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How often do you switch and do you profit from it?
Just interested to know how often people switch their gas and electricity providers? Do you profit purely by cheaper tariffs? Do you use cashback? And how much have you 'profited'? :D
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havent been billed
Joined first utility last year and went live on 1st november. The conditions of joining were that i supply a reading every month (which I have) and they bill me every month. I have not had a bill yet. I have rang 6 times and each time they say there is a slight problem and i should have my bill "any day now". I have kept…
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Help with moving home please ~ I haven't a clue!
We're moving in a few weeks, I've had prepayment meters here for the past God knows how many years. In the new property, there are no PP meters. All I know is that the Gas is with British Gas and the Electricity is with Scottish Power. I know that I've got to take readings when I leave here ~ do I ring the conmpanies above…
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New Tenant: Switching WITHIN British Gas advice please!
Hi. I've just moved into a new house share and we automatically inherited Gas and Electric supply from British Gas upon moving into our rented property. The previous tenant had cleared the outstanding bills as expected and the agreement was transferred into our names. From then, we asked for an estimation of bills based on…
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condensing boiler stopped working
I had a new condensing boiler fitted in July 09 and on Christmas Eve it stopped working. The company that fitted it came and had a look and I had hot water and heating for 24 hours then it stopped working again. The company said they couldn't do anything else or it would invalidate the manufactures warranty. The…
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gas central heating cover
i currently have homecare 200 from scottish gas,they are looking for £16 a month now,was having a look at homeserve can anyone tell me if this cover is any good http://www.homeserve.com/singleproductdetail?id=40 thanks scott
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soft water & condensing boilers
Had 2 quotes to fit condensing boiler. We have a water softener, one firm say must have a stainless steel heat exchanger not an aluminium one. Other supplier says it does not matter as boiler not fed from mains. ( I asasume he means it has a small header tank, but that is fed from soft water mains, he did not mention…
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Has anyone regretted removing prepayment meter?
I've had a prepayment meter almost all of my adult life. The first houses I moved into (council or HA) all had prepayment meters in them already and I just kinda got used to having them. I've had the one in this house for over 20 years now. The theory was that we were going to rent this house out at one point and it seemed…
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BG Pre Payment Meter Question
Hi all, Just topped up my Gas Meter today which is on BG and noticed it said on Screen 01 'Last For Debt £0.01'. Can anyone tell me what this means or what its for. I know its only that amount LOL but just instrested why it said that this week and its never said that any other times Chris
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Watch out scottish powers lockin trap !!!!!
Hi Just noticed the great switching offers for (SP Online energy saver 9). I was just ablout to switch when I decided to look at the details. I have always assumed that a lockin clause was only applicable for a fixed rate supply. However this 'offer' has a lockin and is 'variable' stating ..... "Under the Online Energy…
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First time buyers - what utilities company to go with???
Hello, my partner and I are due to move into our first house next Friday and I'm trying to sort out all the relevant utilities etc. Im hoping to get both gas & electric through one company, as this will mean just one bill coming out for the time being and give us both chance to find our feet. Can anyone give me any…
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British Gas Cold Calling
Hello, My current energy provider for Gas and Electric is Scottish Power. About 2 weeks ago, around the time British Gas were advertising that they have the cheapest standard energy prices on TV I got a telephone call from one of their sales staff asking me I would switch to them. At the time I was already considering…
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REFUND ON GAS/ELEC - Very Much In Credit
I've had a browse on MSE but cannot find anything relating to this. I'm currently browsing the interweb and BG Site for info too, but I thought I'd hammer this on here incase anyone has had similar, or is in a similar scenario... Basically, I am massively in credit on both my Gas and Electricity with British Gas. I was on…
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Where is my address - E.ON?
I tried to switch last night, but my address is not in the drop down list, when I search by postcode. We changed the name of our house 2 years ago, every other company/authority has the correct address listed in their drop down lists. Why not E.ON? :mad: There is not an option to manually enter your address. I have…
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Economy 7 - is it worth it?
Hi all I'm using the Economy 7 meter that was on my house when I moved in, but from my latest bill I've think I've used ~15% of energy in the night. My use on my bill was from 14 Dec to 14 Feb: Night = 106 kWh, Day = 560 kWh The thing is I'm not sure how I can increase my night time electric consumption as my house and…
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unknown gas supplier
just after some advice about what sort of bill I might expect and how I can check if this is correct. I moved into a new property in September '09 and the gas meter reading was 7320. There was no supplier (despite numerous calls no one was willing to admit ownership). I changed supplier (despite not having a supplier!) in…
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Disconnecting my cooker
Hi i'm selling my electric cooker on ebay,i don't like electric so I want so advice on disconnecting my cooker, i know that I have to switch it off at the mains I know where that is-i'm a bit worried about the disconnection part-i know the wires go into the socket on the wall ,do I just remove them carefully, and screw the…
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what to do with scottish power??
ok so when i moved into my flat we signed a direct debit mandate for scottish hydro electric to pay £45 a month for our electricity. simple!! we paid the 45 a month and it was fine, we recieved bills saying our account was in credit or debit till november. In january i recieved a bill from scottish power for 770 pounds…
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told to wait
I rang british gas before xmas because my fixed rate tarrif was ending in december 2009,they told me to ring back in the new year.I rang back in January only to be told I had been put onto a new fixed tarrif.After showing my displeasure they put me on websaver 5 with no charges.I did not recieve any notification of the new…
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Switch for Npower £120 cashback or stay with Scot Power
I have just switched to SP Online7 tariff (this has cancel fee £50). But notice npower giving £120 cashback on quidco. The SP tariff does appear to be one of the cheapest for me at present , so I am in too minds about continuing to switch again to cashback or stay with SP good tariff?? Switching will get me £120-£50 cancel…
