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Could I be paying previous tenants debt?
Hi Sorry if this has already been covered, but just after some advice regarding my gas prepayment meter. I very recently moved into a rented house and have just put £15 onto my gas meter. However, the display told me that £9.56 (approx) was for debt £1.11 (e/c - i think) and i was left with £4.50 - STILL in emergency…
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how often do YOU submit meter readings?
Hey :j have finally got my utility bills set up, submitted readings a fortnight ago and have paid so was wondering how often i should submit meter readings from now on? im signed up online to BG so its very easy to submit them when and if i need to So how often do you?
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Npower and night time rate during the day!
I rang Npower end of August as i had credit on my account which i wanted back, so i gave them meter readings and a couple of days later they called me saying i had credit of £543.12. Whoohoo! i thought, it would take about 2 weeks for a cheque to be issued as it was over £500 (fair enough). Have Just got off the phone from…
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First post question.....
Hi folks, long time lurker here and finally decided to join up and seek some advice so please forgive my first post being a call for help/advice. im not sure if im putting this in the correct section also so apologies if im not. Ok so, to keep it as short as possible. i have outstanding bills with my gas and elec suppliers…
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Help, how do i know?
Ok, so im moving into a flat with my bf this week and i was wondering how you can find out who the electricity and water are with? the landlord thinks it might be southern electric but isnt 100% i will call them in the morning but does anyone have any suggestions as to what i should do if they cant give me any info!?…
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Just got my electricity bill help!
Hi all, I have been living at a new build apartment for two years (rented) and initially called around to register water, council tax and electric. The council tax and water was fine but when trying to sort out electric records of the address where not found. After two years of never receiving a bill I assumed it may have…
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First Time Flat (Gas & Electricity)
Hi all, Wanted some advice. We are moving into our flat next week which is from the Cancil and wanted some advice on utilities providers as in what to go for and who to stay away from. In our last place this was all inc in our rent but this time we need to arrange our self and we want to save as much money as we can and…
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Changing tariff Eon
At present I am on the price protection 17 tariff due to finish on 1st October. Spoke to one of the customer service staff on the telephone yesterday about changing to another tariff, told that I could not do this over the phone as my account is now online. What difference this makes, I don't know! Went to change the…
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Southern electric / hydro social tariff energyplus care change - pensioners excluded
At the end of last month, Scottish and southern energy changed the terms of their social tariff. You now need to spend more than 15% of your income on energy to be eligible for the 20% energy fuel discount. For those who spend between 10% and 14% of household income on energy, a winter care rebate of £50 per account is…
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MSE News: Winter fuel cash boost for the over 60s
This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story: "Every household with an over 60 should be claiming winter fuel payment NOW ..." Read the full story: Cash boost for the over 60s. Claim winter fuel payment now
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gas and electricity and moving house?
Can anyone advise please, what happens when you move house, do you carry on with the same energy supplier/s you had at your old address, or do you get billed by whoever the previous owner of your new house had? Sorry if this seems a silly question, but the last time I moved, there was only two suppliers..one for gas, one…
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will my friends gas be cut off
he has been struggling financially and has around 5-600 to pay the gas board in past bills and is worrying they will cut the gas off.. he plans to start working on paying it back shortly. so just wondered whether they will get to the point of cutting off service or is this something they dont do?
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How do I switch?
Sorry to sound silly but just wondering how I go about switching suppliers? :rolleyes: I am currently with EON, price protection until Oct this year and have looked at U switch and can get a cheaper deal with NPower. If I apply through U switch, do they change it all over for me or will I need to phone Eon to cancel and…
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Guardian article on energy (and Money!) saving bulbs
Has anybody seen this piece on the Guardian website? It's describes how the writer was able to cut his elec bills by 60% by switching to energy saving bulbs. I'm only just beginning to look at this option, mainly as a financial exercise, so I'm keen to learn more, and to find out what MSE-ers think of the benefits of using…
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are you cheaper to.....
keep your heating and hot water on all the time, to only switch it on when you need it or is there not really much difference? Also, i had a statement from Hydro electric telling me im in credit and that they would add t to my next statement but i am no longer with them. How do i go about getting this money back? It is…
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Energylinx can't quote me for dual fuel
because it says it is unable to give a domestic quote at this level of use which I've posted about on here before. our average dails usage of electricity in kWh is 21 in spring 29 in winter and 22 in late autumn which averages out at 24 over the year per day. this is for everything except gas central heating/water and gas…
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Eon FixOnline 3 vs Eon SaveOnline
The only differences I can see with this is that FixOnline is fixed until December 2010, and there is a higher online discount (12% as opposed to 9.70%). Given that if I changed to another Eon tariff if prices fell (and not get charged, hopefully), is there any benefit over SaveOnline with FixOnline? NB: I'm investigating…
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Regarding gas leak
I'm currently in rented housing by a housing company. Basically a contract company came around today to check our gas reading he said he was suprised to see there was a gas leak of 10mb a minuite... is that bad? He couldnt find the leak in the house with his detector (he tried all the ends of pipes, behind the oven etc) We…
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How much do you pay for Homecare
Been with BG for 3 years on Homecare 200, rang them out once in the first year. Just got the renewal price for next year. £316 - £26 a year. I know prices have gone up but that pretty expensive or am I wrong? Cheers
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G E Money Home Lending
Hi chaps I don't have a lot of detail because my sister was upset when we spoke on the phone. She works all hours and has very little money but some while ago she had a big repair bill for the gas boiler, she needed to spread the cost and the guy got her to take a loan with G E Money Home Lending which is costing a…
