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Electric Box
The plastic electric box is coming away from the wall on the outside of my rented out house, who is liable? me or the supplier?
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Arrggg british gas vent !!
On electricity only with British Gas. Had an email from them on 27th July stating that my websaver was ending on 31th July and would then go onto standard tariff. Searched around and they still were the cheapest based on my usage so opted to change over to their websaver 8. Did this on 1st August - first day on standard…
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best provider for prepayment meter gas and electricity
Hi folks, Apologies if this is posted somewhere else, I get quite overwhelmed by the number of posts on this forum! (great forum though!). We are currently on a pre-paid meter for gas and electricity (scottish power). I think its best we stay on a pre-paid meter (still sorting our finances out and its amazing how much more…
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So-called 6% cheaper E-On charges
I spend on average £190 pcm on Gas+Elec. on E-On's Standard tariff. E-On advertise 6% cheaper combined bills by monthly direct debit. On the verge of switching, they tell me my DD will be £285 pcm. That's £95 more - and £95 of my money going into E-on's Savings account every month! 11.7% of my bill overpaid to "prevent it…
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british gas huge bill
my niece has been with british gas for 3 yrs and has paid on avarage a whopping £150 a month for electricity. she has now come to the end of a fixed deal and has tried to change to another povider, bg refused to let her go and have now found discrepancies in the meter readings for her address, the readings were read back…
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EDF- why will they not listen ?
Hi, i have been with EDF from June last year... paying £17.00 during the first 2 months then £90 for a few months then reduced to £80 and july and august paying £60 a month, only because i request it. I live in an old cottage, very small 2 bedroom house, average usage, tv pc, washing machine twice a week. Well i decided to…
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Switching utilities and cashback - help
Decided to switch gas and electricity supplier via energyhelpline but thought I'd check out cashback via quidco. If I go into this website and go to energyhelpline I believe I can get £20 cashback. If I put in my chosen supplier (EDF) into quidco I can get £80 cashback plus the offers from EDF. Do I still get this if I go…
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British Gas Cheapest?
Had a salesman call this evening from BG saying he could save me money (cant they all!). In his calculations against my current suppliers, it looked as though the savings were £18 a month for gas and electric combined. Quite a saving I thought. As I had signed to a new supplier only a few months ago I had to check to see…
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Economy 7 billing query
My girlfriend has been with EON for the last 4 years She has a 2 rate meter ( low and normal which I assume is same as night and day) EON have been billing her by adding the 2 meter readings and then dividing them into the normal primary and secondary units We have switched to Scottish Power and they charge the low reading…
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pricing misrepresentations
Unless I'm rather confused I've had problems when using price comparison websites in trying to find best dual fuel supplier. First however, my supplier Atlantic (and others in the same group Swalec etc.) are raining their gas prices by 9.4% on December 1st. However if you look at the new pricing structure, I calculate that…
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pre payment advice wanted should i switch
heard some are putting price up in thsi weeks emails i am with southern electric for gas and electric my electric bills are fine but my gas bills are around 20-25 a week when weather is cold i want to stay on pre payment as i fine i am more carefull with this option even tho i know i pay more who would you advise to go…
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E ON FIXONLINE V3 Coming to an end? Please Help
Hi Have recieved a letter from EON today saying that my fixonline v3 is coming to an end on December 1st. At present on the Fixonline V3 my deal is this; Electricity Normal units up to 900 kWhs per year 24.3915 pence Normal units 9.5445 pence per kWh Gas Normal units up to 2680 kWhs per year 6.5247 pence Normal units…
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Eon Fixonline 3
Like lots of people , my discounted plan Eon Fixonline 3, will be finishing on 1st Dec. If I wanted to change supplier to get a better deal, do I have to wait until 1st Dec to start the switching process as there is a cancellation fee on the Eon plan. Or can I start it all off immediately so that its in progress ? Would…
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Scottish Power-great Start!!!!
Recently decided to switch electricity to Scottish Power and received email today stating that they were now providing my electric and to check the following details. Great joy, they had put me on monthly direct debit instead of the quarterly on receipt of the bill type. Phoned and got it changed. Then happened to be…
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Electricty 47 Units per day??
Hi, For the past few years we have been recieveing excessive electricity bills from scottish power. According to my meter I have used 47 units in the past 48 24 hours. In this time we have used the shower twice, the washing machine once, made a few cups of tea and watched TV. We have no tumble drier, no dishwasher, no…
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Electricity Advice - For 2 bed Apt Please
Hi All, I completed on my apartment purchase on Friday 29th :-) Its 2 bed built in 2006. The current energy supplier is EDF. It only has electric no gas. On average the lady said its £80.00 per month. Im a FTB so all this is new too me! I know it has economy 7. Does anyone have any advice? EDF told me if i pay direct debit…
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Charged for wrong tariff after switching - supplier & switching site deny their error
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to proceed when your put on the wrong energy tariff by your new supplier after switching? The comparison site says the quoted tariff was requested but the supplier says a different one (or possibly none) was requested. This didn't transpire until the first bill arrived, before then,…
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NPower haven't billed my gas correctly for 2 year
My first post so hi everyone! I've just been looking at switching (prompted by a money saving expert email!) so pulled out my 6 monthly statement (as I’m on paperless billing) and spent 10-15 minutes trying to fathom all the facts and figures it presented. Finally I realise that there is something wrong with the amount of…
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Should I switch?
Hi all, I am currently with British Gas (standard tariff) for gas and N Power (standard tariff) for electric. I have paid £370 over the last year for gas and £290 for electric. (2 of us living in a 3 bedroom house) I'm wondering whether to switch as comparison websites say I'd save between £70-£80 (by choosing duel fuel…
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nPower underhand tactics
I have just a guy from nPower show up at my doorstep saying he was from 'gas and electric'. He told me he had identified that we were on too high a rate and that he was going to switch me to a cheaper rate. Given that we are not a customer of nPower, this was an underhand attempt to switch us to nPower without our consent…
