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How accurate are comparisons - confused!!
Hi, my SP fix is due to end so I'm looking for a new deal. I'm so confused about the comparison websites I've used. I've had some figures fro SP about their capped rate but due to standing charges or tarrifs which vary ( [EMAIL="xx@£"]xx@£[/EMAIL] then [EMAIL="xxx@£"]xxx@£[/EMAIL]) I'm finding it so hard to decide which is…
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N power and Pre Paid Electric meter
Hi, Ive just moved into a new rented house, where both the gas and electric are with N power. The gas is on a normal meter and the electric is on a pre pay meter. I seem to be constantly putting money in and its costing about £15.00 per week. Ive never had one of these before and although i like the idea of not having…
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e-on DD increase mistake
A letter arrived today saying that my direct debit (DD) would increase by £13 a month, starting in December. However, I am also £128 in credit so I called Customer Services (using the 0800 number* I found on SayNo to 0870 :) ) and questioned the increase. It seems that e-on did not take the £128 credit into consideration…
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Utilita
I have just signed up with Utilita, which sounds great for key meter customers..however, I have now seen some reviews on line and now a little dubious...does anyone have any 'positive' reviews or should I cancel now? Thanks..in anticipation
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Southern Electric Social Tarrif - BEWARE!!!
I have been on Southern Electric's social tarrif for a couple of years and qualified because I was spending more than 11% of my income on electriity (I don't have gas). Recently I got a letter saying that I had to go through the qualifying process again and when I did I found out that this time I didn't qualify because…
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Question - Gas V Electric?
Hello Everybody, My first post. Can anyone tell me, is it cheaper to cook and heat your home by Gas or Electric? Also, now that I have a new boiler, with timer, wil it be cheaper to have the heating coming on and going off about 4 times during the evening, or is it better to leave it on until it's time to turn it off, eg…
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Oil Fired Central Heating
I'm sure there have been threads on this topic previously, but it seems an issue that is very subject to change, so I thought I would ask the question, anyway. I'm looking at an apartment in the next couple of days that has oil-fired central heating. It's a one-bedroom apartment. I'm not a person that requires to be baking…
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Our house is so cold, what can I do?
Hi, We own an ex-council 3 bedroomed house and about 5 years ago had total heating with total control installed instead of the warm air central heating (no gas option at that time). Our house is all electric and our current direct debit is set at £150 per month, but scottish hydro want to put it up to £220 per month. I…
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Rude British Gas
Am i the only one who is feed up with the main supplier aggressiveness? I’m talking from my experience of British gas, Thames water and BT. Finally had enough of British gas and moved gas and electric to Ecotricity. I didn’t even bother to compare the rates, I just couldn’t stand the bad customer service from British gas.…
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Help - New House, Who To Go With?
Hi everyone, New to this posting thing, hope I'm in the right place. I'm going to be moving into my new flat on 1st Dec, and have no idea who is best to go with for my gas and elec?! There are so many products, it just blows my brains out. My property is a medium size 2 bedroom flat, with elec oven and hob and central…
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imported storage heater advice please - how to use?
Hi, I have just moved into a new property and it has storage heaters that I am told were imported. I have no idea how to use them! neither do my landlord or the electrician or storageheater.co.uk :( I have had storage heaters before but they just have "input" and "output" switches. This one has a "comfort" switch. The…
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Scottoish Power Rep. BG Took money out of my Bank
I am quite cross:mad:very to be trueful I have just been looking at my online bank statement and after SP have caused me a fair amount of grief regarding changing suppliers when I requested clearly that I did not wish to change at this present time. I now see they must have given BG MY BANK DETAILS AND THEY HAVE TAKEN OVER…
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NPower refund
Has anyone else received a letter from NPower saying that they are entitled to a refund ??? Just got a letter from them saying they owe us due to discussions with Consumer focus regarding changes to the way they have charged for gas in 2007....??? £21.70 refund due to us...not a lot but we use mainly electric...However,…
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Storage heating
My husband and I are moving to a different flat, with economy 7 storage heating. I know it heats up at night on the economy 7 rate, but I'm confused by all this input/output business. When I'm at uni all day, but it's been heating up at night, how do I set it so that it gives out heat when I get home at 6 instead of…
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British Gas Quote for Combi Boiler.
Hi all. Just joined this excellent site, so first time posting, sorry if it has already been asked. My very old boiler (heat only) is on its last legs. It received its yearly service a week ago, the gas engineer lady said that although it is still working ok , it is just barely efficient (71%) and that the parts are very…
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Central Heating vs. Electric blanket
Hi all, You'll either this this is daft or ingenious. I live alone in a sizable house that remains pretty cold regardless of how much I turn the heating up. I was thinking that instead of sitting with the heating on high constantly (and still not getting much warmth) perhaps it would be an idea to wear an electric…
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Moved into new place where old tenant did not pay the electricity provider
Hello, Great..... I moved into a new place three weeks ago where the previous tenant does not seem to have paid his electricity bills. The supplier now keeps leaving notes of debt visits and that they will install a pay-as-you-go meter taking off 50£ per week automatically.... today came the second letter, even though I…
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dissertation: - costs of gas and electric
Hi for my dissertation I need to come up with some sort of average cost for each kwh of gas and electric. I know it differs alot based on tarrifs, provider and things like paying by direct debit, but could someone provide some ideas please. I was thinking for gas 4p per kwh and for electricity 12p per kwh. I am also going…
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npower rebates
Hi I have just received a letter from npower offering a rebate of £34.73 from my payments to the company due to possible missunderstandings in the pricing structure. Two questions really Firstly is this a preemptive strike by them to avoid paying real compensation Secondly why do they need so much information? they have…
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enterprise dug up my garden!
apologies if in the wrong place, just wanted some advice! came home from work to find about a quater of my back garden had been dug up...including my veg patch with yellow plastic fencing round it with the name enterprise on. On checking by my front door there was a letter saying they had called to discuss 'upcoming' gas…
