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Night storage heaters - how do they know what time it is?
Hi everyone, approaching our first winter in a new flat and trying to get my head round the night storage heaters. I understand how they work, I just don't understand how they know what time it is. They don't appear to have a timer on them and I don't suppose they have an internal, non-adjustable one. All I can think of is…
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BG tariff help standard duel fuel
I am with BG standard duel fuel tariff now. I thinking to switch to BG click 6 energy tariff, as after making comparison between the 2 tariffs, seems that the click 6 energy is cheaper than the standard duel fuel tariff which there both had the following rates; standard duel fuel tariff: Tier 1 - 26.081p/kWh Tier 2 -…
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Movingto a new house - cheapest supplier?
Hi, My girlfriend and I have just bought our first house and are moving in a couple of weeks. We're currently in a rented house with pre-payment meters for gas & electric. With this in mind, I'd like some advice on choosing supplier when we've moved in. Do we have to start an account with the current supplier for the new…
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BG DD help
I am with BG, wondering what would happen to my DD amount that I had paid, if my monthly bills (gas and electric) are less than the DD amount they cahrge me, i.e my monthly bills cost £40 a month, BG debit £70 from my bank account, meaning to say I have £30 credit balance in my BG account. Would BG refund whatever balance…
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Do utilities bills affect credit rating?
I'm one of four housemates disagreeing over a gas/electric bill. It's addressed to three of us (ie Mr Monsteruk & Mr Smith & Mr Jones, 1 My Street) - will it affect my personal credit rating if we miss the deadline while arguing over who uses the tumble dryer more?
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Meter Readings and voice recognition privacy
I rang Scottish Power the other day to update my meter readings. Expecting to be asked for my Account number I had it ready. I was surprised to be answered by a voice recognition system that asked whether I was the account holder, then whether I was ringing from the account address, and "as a security measure" it asked for…
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Help With Gas And Electric Bills
I am supposed to be changing suppliers soon i did the switch over online about a month ago(i did it through quido just so i would get cashback) .I am presently with Npower but i should be going over to british gas soon ,switching both my gas and electric over . This is my dilema i owe £350 combined gas & electric bill to…
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Which would you use- Gas fire or Central Heating
Okay now the chill is in the air and the evenings are darker who will sit in a warm lounge with the gas fire on just heating the one room being used and who will have the gas central heating on, heating the entire house including rooms that aren't in use, but maybe being more cost effective then a decorative gas fire with…
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Outstanding debt with BG
Just asking for advice here. I graduated this year and the BG account at my last shared house was in 3 people's names, but there was 4 of us paying rent. This was due to BG not being able to edit the names on the account as instructed, so our surnames are all mixed up too. Anyway I was the one who collected the money and…
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First bill from BG, wrong prices not a good start!
In July I managed to get on the British Gas Price Guarantee 2009 tariff just before they pulled the offer. Just had my first electricity bill and the prices do not agree to the ones they sent me. I have checked the prices and the ones on the bill are from the Fixed Price 2011 tariff. Not a good start, is this why BG always…
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Wanting to switch - advice needed
Hi All As a bit of background, we moved into our property back in March and decided at the time that we would just take over the previous owners suppliers when it came to gas and electric and then look into switching so that we were getting the best deal once we had settled. Its now 6 months down the line & I have been…
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EON just got a bill for back payment £1362!!!
I use EON as my gas and Electric since i moved into my house over 3 years ago; i used the same company for both so assumed when the bills came in and I'd paid them I was paying both in sequence.. HOWEVER... unbeknowns to me ;genuinely; it was only the electric and they have for the first time sent me a GAS bill and its…
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The Utility Warehouse
Has anyone used this company or know anything about it?
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Arrears with gas & electric not sure what to do
apologies if I've put this in the wrong place but I'd appreciate a bit of advice. I have an outstanding bill of £400 for the gas and electric (in hubbys name) which I'm not able to pay at the moment due to having absolutely no money. He received a letter this morning from scotcall asking him to pay up or have a 'personal…
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Electric bill shock Direct Debit increase
I pay my electricity and gas monthly from the same supplier - British Gas - by Direct Debit. I got a letter yesterday informing me that after a 'review' my direct debits would be increased from £40 to £106 per month (electricity) and my gas from £30 to £40 from 4th November. I am in a state of shock. I am on Incapacity…
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Southern Electric Bills HELP
Hi everyone. Got my Gas and Electric bills this morning and oh my God I am not very happy. I moved into my new house April, and the Electric bill is for 22 April to 20 Oct and is £201. The Gas is from 16 July to 13Oct and is £303.66.Seems very high for the period. Both bills are from a reading of the meter. Now my house is…
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Online Billing -Clarity & Transparency
How many of you good people out there are wholly satisfied with the quality of online 'Billing' or even paper billing cost information that is provided by your Utility companies to support their bill? I for one consider myself to be a reasonably financially savvy guy but when it comes to reconciling my utility gas and…
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Getting money back
Hi, I took over the tenancy of this house over a month ago when my parents moved out. At that time I was still using their Gas card and Electric key as Scottish Power hadnt sent new ones out. I contacted them a couple of weeks ago to get new ones and I have them now though have not used them yet. They had a guy come out to…
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Can any help me with this problem
I recently brought a repossed house in (august i phoned to Changed the gas into my name and i explained that i brought repossed house and The bill was addressed to the occupier was wrong because i just brought the it, anyway said yes we will stop sending you the leters but it been about 3 months i haved phoned over 4 times…
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Huge Gas bill
Hi all , just got my latest gas bill from scottish hydro covering jul to oct an it £486! but my last bill was only £43 from may to jul I don't understand how we could have used so much gas, especially since we've only started putting the heating on again in the last week or so. could the meter be faulty?
