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Quartz (infared) Heaters - Running Costs?
I work from home and spend most of the day in the computer room. It's probably the coldest room in the house, but a perfect space for my needs. Anyway, it seems silly to have all the central heating in the house on when I'm cold when I'm just using one room and I can't be bothered to turn off the un-needed radiators during…
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Help calculating electricity savings using hot water bottles instead of elec heater
I had a moment of insight this morning as I awoke freezing with a swollen/sore tonsil due to the cold. I had turned on the elec heater and had to leave it on for 3 hours to warm the room. I then decided no more! and resolved to buy two hot water bottles. I filled them once as soon as I got back and placed one in my front…
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Eon Saveonline3 v Southern electric Price fixed 5 March 2012
Can someone help me with this problem. I have currently switched from Southern Electric to E-On Saveonline3 after advice from this and associated websites. During the switch over Southern Electric contacted me and offered Price Fixed 5 - March 2012. They told me this was cheaper than the E-On Saveonline 3. Naturally I said…
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they have your details
:DLooked at money supermarket .com site to compare prices of my gas and electricity i gave the required information to them and looked at quite a lot of comparisons. At no time did i give my details to E.ON. E.ON phoned me today they had my name and details.:mad: The salesman hung up on my wife when she told them we had…
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Please help!! Calor Gas Tanks???
We moved to our lovely new home (1 bed flat in a barn conversion, attached to a country farm) last week and have had nothing but worries since! There is a calor gas tank here which powers our heating. The gas bill is split between us and the flat below (he pays more based on a larger floor plan). However, the cost is not…
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Well done OVO
I may be a harsh critic of OVO when they get things wrong but when they get it right I shall tell the world (or this forum at least). OVO's new system of billing on the basis of customer's own monthly meter readings works a treat and no more added estimated readings for the two days between the customers reading being…
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npower billing me twice on a prepay meter
Hi forum, long time listener, first time caller. I moved into a new flat in September, with npower providing gas through a prepay meter and card. As we all hate those sorts of meters, I swiftly changed to British Gas, who offered to put in an economy 7 meter free of charge at the end of October (npower wanted £300 off me…
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Bill jumped UP after I gave a reading LOWER than estimate?
British gas and I have never been the best of friends, but I'm trying to get on track and have been for a few years now! I stopped having a DD with them a couple of years ago when the amount used to jump around, so I switched to paying them by standing order. They didn't like it, as I would split my quarterly bill over 3…
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Npower
Im with Swalec at present, but after them announcing they are putting their prices up by 9.4% I want to get out now - there are no cancellation fees with this. Ive been searching the web and I found a NPower tariff and Im trying to work out if its worth switching as they have a £20 per fuel cancellation fee - Which I will…
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Switching to EDF but still under contract
Hi all Im currently with Scottish power discounted energy Dec 2010 tariff. I want to switch to the EDF online saver 7. I phoned up SP and asked when my contract runs to and was told Nov 30th. Exactly the date the EDF £100 cashback offer finishes. I was also told by SP that if i switch before Nov 30th i will be charged a…
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Pre-Pay meter to Credit meter?
Hi all, I've just moved into a flat (13th November). The previous tenant had run up significant debts with Southern (Atlantic?) Electric and had a pre-pay meter fitted that was collecting £10 / week. The day previous to my moving in date I had a conversation with Southern Electric who agreed to send out a new key with the…
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Southarn Electric, DD increase by stealth.
Hi, I have recently received (what I call) a ‘stealth’ letter off Southern Electric informing me they were increasing my monthly DD from £18 to £36, but I didn’t have to do anything as they would kindly take care of it. When I called SE to find out why they told me that I had previously been on the discounted ‘Energyplus…
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EDF mislead with lower gas & elec direct debits??
Are EDF misleading customers and getting them into more debt for gas & electricity? - Please beware! Just in case you are not aware of what seems to be a new 'trick' by EDF to keep customers! We are with EDF for both elec and gas. This week we received notification that our direct debit was to be slashed by just over 50%!!…
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Scottish Power Switch
Hi, I've done the comparison and it's recommending that I switch from the ScotPower band we're on to another SP band. If we go to fixed we'll pay more. Should I therefore change within SPower or wait for their price rise before comparing again? Cheers
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I am new to this switching business and could do with a bit of guidance??
I have compared my gas and electricity via energy helpline and money supermarket! Both came up with similar results of big savings, a dual fuel switch looks like my best option. Moneysupermarket offer £30 cashback for this and energy helpline £15, however with edf it reads as though I will also get upto £100 credit with…
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Just moved into new house...
Hi there, We moved into a new house last month and our gas and electricity suppliers are EON. We haven't changed them from what the old owners had. However, with all the price increases announced recently, we're a bit confused as to whether or not we should switch. The problem is that we don't have any real bills for a…
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Shower over £1 an hour!!
Hello, Please forgive me if i have the wrong thread for this post. Can someone please tell me whether it is cheaper to have a 20 minute shower every day for a month or a bath which the water is heated by gas. Everyone in this family seem to have a full bath of water... Standard bath size The shower for 20 minutes will cost…
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Condemned Boiler & No £ for repairs
I'm writing on behalf of a friend who is going through a tough time at the moment. A house sale fell through which would have solved a few of her financial worries and to cap it all her boiler was condemned by British Gas so she has no heat or hot water which with two boys under 8 isn't good. She will complete her studies…
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First Utility Review
I have been asked by other forum posters to share my experiences of taking a First Utility energy contact (see forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=2862272) and am doing so in order that others may be aware of possible pitfalls and traps. In January 2010, I did a comparison of the energy market, and found First…
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Credit Agency Checks
Do Gas and/or electricity suppliers in the UK carry out credit reference agency checks on new customer applications? If so, are there any who don't, or who definitely do?
