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Bloomin NPower!!!
Grrr. Last July, NPower decided my next door neighbour's meter was installed in my house. So I started getting absolutely massive bills! Before I realised what was happening, I swapped to British Gas. I waited MONTHS for a final bill from NPower and when it arrived, the meter readings on it were higher than they were in…
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get neighbour to borrow u money if you want gas!!
Hi All Got off the phone with British Gas yesterday and my blood is still at boiling point.. Long story short on 12th march I put my usual £30 on my gas card got home put it in meter and meter just froze on please wait.. 1 hour later still no good, so rang BG they sent engineer out who said it was card that was faulty…
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EDF Prepayment Metre
Hi, I have 2nd property which is currently empty. I had a Electric billing metre previously which has been changed to prepayment on 03/03. As I said property is empty - during 29/11/09 to 03/03/10 I had my bill for £10. The engineer provided me with £10 topup when metre was installed. From 03/03 to todate the metre has…
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Energy Saving Boilers
I live in Scotland and am looking at the possibility of installing a Wood Burning Boiler. There are grants available but these do not cover the full cost. Does anyone know of suppliers who offer loans/hp to cover the cost of purchase/install?
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Very high electricity charge
Hi guys I'm after some advice. Basically, my mother had her prepayment meter changed about 3 months ago as the electricity company informed her that it was necessary. Right from the start, she found herself paying about 3 times more. She's only on electricity, no gas. She then switched to monthly payment in the hope that…
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Boiler scrappage scheme delays
I sent in a claim weeks ago but have as yet received nothing. Has anyone else experienced delays? With the end of the financial year upon us, I have a sneaking feeling that I'm not going to either ...
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Switch now or wait-Scot Power Online Energy 9?
Hi all, I have gone through the various comparison sites and the Scottish Power Duel Fuel Online Energy 9 tariff has shown up cheapest for me. I was already to switch but remembered reading on a thread on this forum that they were due to cut prices and intro a new tariff soon. I cannot find the thread, now I need it!!…
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getting a new meter
I am in the process of buying a house which has a gas pre-payment meter. I want to get a credit meter installed, does anybody know who to contact? I have googled at length without success. I don't have utility bills in my name at the moment, they are in my husband's name but he and I are no longer together. Thanks.
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Scottish Power cashback £130
Hi, Topcashback is now offering £130 cashback for dual fuel switch to Scottish Power. But it says offer until mid night, Sunday. Does it mean mid night tonight or last night? thanks
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Eon - Meter seems to have a problem - What should I do?
hi I have been with Eon for 3+ years on electricity only (small flat - no gas). Never had any problems with them so far. Received last week an email to provide meter reading and doing so received my bill. However I have, by chance, glanced again at the meter and it is still showing the same numbers. Therefore it seems that…
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British Gas: Am I entitled to compensation?
I moved into my new property six months ago. The original suppliers to the house were british gas but I wanted to switch to Scottish Power. I filled in all my details online with SP and got the confirmation email saying it'll take 6 weeks to change. After 6 weeks I still hadn't heard anything. I called SP and tried to find…
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Npower Pre-payment
Hi there, we got a pre-payment meter installed last thursday 25th March, well the story goes, they installed it with us having no pre-payment card yet, so they put emergency credit in for us. By the monday still no card and credit had ran out, so they sent an engineer out to put more credit it in to machine. dont ask me…
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Energy Saving Monitors/Sockets.
Hi all, Just before last Christmas I received one of those "Electricity Monitors & Energy Saving Sockets" from British Gas. Now to be fair, these 2 items, though they had the British Gas logo on them are not made by B/G. and a number of companies give/sell the exact same kit with their own badge on it. I've just this…
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£400 gas bill for one bedroom flat!
Just got a gas bill from Scottish Hydro for £400 for the quarter! We have a one bedroom flat and restrict turning on the heating as much as possible by using our electric fire (electric only £100) and we are not even in the house full time. Can someone tell me if this is normal as we had electric storage heaters in our old…
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Scottish hydro Go direct 4
Hi there, I'm currently with Scottish Hydro on their standard online dual fuel. Thinking of switching to their Go Direct 4 plan - is it basically the same plan except cheaper and locked in until June 2011 ? Probably sounds a daft question - but when they say paying bills online - does this mean paying a set amount each…
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How much will it cost...?
Hi everyone, I'm a first time renter looking for some information about what to expect when my bills come through and if there are any ways of cutting back on costs. I had originally planned to spend no more than £60/month on bills but reading these forums, I don't know how realistic that is! I am living in a small, 1…
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Not sure what to put here? tennants not paid bills?
Hi, Im posting on behalf of my Lanlord. The tennants in another flat he rents out have just vacated at the end of the tennancy, he has, however, discovered that they still owe the electricity board a few hundred pounds in unpaid bills. He has their forwarding address which he has given to the electricity board but will…
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Direct Debit Increase-Debt
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My mums electric Bill - advice please!
Hiya, I used to be quite good at doing all the online pricing and such but since my marriage breakup my brain cant handle that kind of stuff so well so any help you can give me is greatly appreciated - I am reasonably intelligent, its just my brain is like a filing cabinet in disarray at moment! My mum is in a 1 bedroom…
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Help - I hate changing suppliers, I don't understand how to do it!
Ok, it's the time of year when I need to look at changing my electricty and gas suppliers to check I'm on the best deal. I'm currently with EDF on their online v6 account. I've checked my statements and when I joined them in April last year I submitted my reading of 4341 and tonight my reading is 5066. I make this a…
