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Bankruptcy/House contents/bare wires etc
Just a quickie! We're doing vol repo and br soon and have moved out of mortgaged flat and took contents etc. Are we safe to take things like kitchen doors to use in our next place or things like light switches? We bought these items and other things like a heated towel rail for the bathroom etc when we first moved in 5…
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Opinions wanted on electricity bill/useage
Hi people. Just wanted to run these figures by you knowlegable people to see if this seems correct...The figures are for my 3 adults living in a 3 bed house. Tv on about 12 hours a day 1 light on 6 hours per night Fridge - 24/7 obv...AAA rated Now as you can see there is no Central heating (Gas), No hot water (Gas), Never…
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Advise and help needed.
Are these quotes good? Which is better out of the 2? im a bit confused by it all. Or can anyone tell me of better ones? British Gas You are currently on our standard tariff for gas. Therefore, I'm pleased to say you can definitely make savings by switching to our WebSaver 9 tariff. WebSaver 9 guarantees a minimum of 6%…
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Trying to switch from Eon Problems Storage heaters Used
Hi All We are trying to move from Eon but when tryed to move to Scottish Power but we was told that they could not give us tariffs rates for some of the units rates, the reason is that we use storage heaters and have 5 different reading from our meter , has anyone managed to switch from Eon who are in the same position as…
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4 millibars over 2 minutes - gas cost?
The disastrous news is that my gas pipes are leaky, and I've been disconnected. *shiver* The good news is that it's set me to thinking, my gas bills have been really high despite my frugality measures to reduce them. So, does anyone know how much it was costing me if my gas pipes were leaking 4 millibars over two…
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How do you convince an ex things are over?
My relationship with Scottish Power ended just over a year ago. We'd had a good innings, but things had become stale and I'd met EDF who I felt I was far more compatible with. Since the break-up, Scottish Power has just refused to leave me alone. I get calls every month begging me to come back, and three times she's been…
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Expensive Electric Bill
Hi, This is my first post. I have just received my bill from eon - it is ridiculously high compared to my previous bills.....I have just spent the past 40 mins on the phone to them and im even more confused. So basically this is what is says on my bill: Normal previous 32 read by us on 04 June 2010 Normal current 805…
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why so complicated?
trying to switch my gas or electric for the first time... why is it all so complicated???? why cant they just table cost per unit of different companies so can just compare them..!!! anyone know of such a table? have googled for half an hour and cant find one. I still cant work out who is cheapest
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Differing results from comparison sites!
Hi guys! I got the MSE email today with info about the £100 cashback! So, I worked out my kwh usage for the past year (gas and leccy) and entered it on MoneySupermarket. It came back with savings of £58 if I switch to NPower. I then realised that I could get more cashback with EnergyHelpline so I went to their comparison…
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When to switch supplier without paying penalty
I have a contract with OVO until 16th Oct for gas and electricity. Can I start switching supplier now without paying for leaving or do I have to wait until then? I believe that it takes 6 weeks to change over completely so by that time it should be well after 16th Oct
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Flogas - Please Help, the Cowboys Want to Take us to Court!
I am writing this post as a friendly warning to anybody considering signing up with Flogas - I would say, steer well clear! It is unlikely that many people would go with Flogas anyway, considering their high prices, however should you be thinking about going with them please read my story first. Also, if somebody could…
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NPower Question
Hi I have just spent the last hour arguing with N Power over their Direct Debit policy. Breif history:- I pay monthly by DD £80 a month which I thought was £40 for each. However having received my bill today I find that they have taken £50 for gas and £30 for lec, which means that I am £161 in credit on my gas and £135…
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Large electricity bill for 1 bed flat on moving out - does this seem right?
Hi All, I've been looking around here for some clues after getting a large electricty bill today as I'm a bit confused, but I can't work out if this is right or not really! I live in a 1 bedroom flat for a year from Sept 09 - Sept 10. I was the only person living in the property, which was on the 2nd/top floor. No gas in…
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help
hi is there a better tariff than british gas web saver 7 i take both my gas and elctricity from them and since having new meters put in my useage of 10 pounds per week has shot up to 17.50 per week atm im paying 70 for gas and 70 for electric i use around 14.000 kwh on gas and around 6.500 kwh on the electric annually i…
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Broken Boiler, Ineligible for Warmfront....
Hi, I have a broken boiler, that is repairable although there is no point because the fault re-occurs constantly due to a leak in my concrete floor. I.e all the pipework needs replacing before repairing or replacing the boiler. I therefore have no heating or hot water. I'm a home-owner on JSA and housing benefit but as I'm…
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Help required: mystery of British Gas and a £3 million Giveaway
Hi all, and apologies for the length of this post. I’m trying to get to the bottom of a Government-backed initiative to provide every UK household with £300sworth of energy-saving equipment, subject to at least one member of that household being aged over 60. The initiative must in theory have seriously dented the public…
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Npower-econ7-huge bill
I'd like some guidance before I go into battle with Npower. We've been in our new house for a bit over 6 months and just had our first electricty bill from N power. It is huge. We've been paying by dd and they say we owe them over £240 on top!!!! Some of that is because our usage was high when we first moved in, but I'm…
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Huge elec bill
I have an outstanding elec bill for £10,000. This covers July 2007 to July 2009. We did have some building work carried out during that period but I just cannot see how we are supposed to have used that amount of elec. We are a familyof four and live in a 5 bed house with gas central heating and a gas cooker. We are in…
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Need to install heating in small flat
I have just bought a v small flat which currently has no heating. There is no gas to the property so whatever I do has to be electric. I have no clues what is out there on the market. I would like low cost installation, low running costs, slimline (it is a small flat) and clearly I want to be roasty toasty in winter. Any…
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Electricity Costs / hour
Does anyone know if £1.30 / hour is an excessive cost to run an electric wet central heating system? I set up an electric monitor gadget yesterday (courtesy of British Gas - it was a freebie when i moved to them as my supplier) and can see that this morning when i have my central heating on / tv / laptop all running the…
