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Misleading and dishonest Npower Increases
Papers say average 5.1% increase, Npower customer services say 3.1% average. My increase on a current annual dual fuel usage of £778 on one of their best tarriffs is 15% plus!! How do they get away with it?
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E.on Energy fit software - strange behaviour
Have been uploading my energy usage into the software that comes with e.on's energy meter. I've been doing this fairly often recently to monitor some newly installed storage heaters, and the figures on the monitor ( for last 7 days, last day, etc ) seemed to tally pretty well with the numbers in the software. Today, I…
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Scottish Power - On line problems.
I found out yesturday that Scottish Power are having problems with their on line account system. I first highlighted the problem in September, which they have seem to put as a one off. Whichis fair to be honest, however it reoccurred in Novemeber and now I have been told that there is 4 other cases and the IT peeps are…
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EDF Gas Bill- 1 months usage
Moved house and changed supplier recently, just had the final bill for a 3 bed terrace for one month £80 heating on 5 hrs a day during week and most of the weekend cos of the cold snap. Does this seem right?
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No one should use eon
I would advise all NOT to go with EON thay tried to get my area to sign up with them promising cheaper gas & electric prices & within a week of signing up thay hiked the prices up I chose to return to my original supplyer Swalec as I've never had a problem with them. Eon sent me my final bill but b4 I got a chance to pay…
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SPARK energy big problem!!
Hi everyone, I have moved in to rented property in May 2009 when we moved in we were told we had to go with spark as our electricity and gas provider. On moving in to the property we submitted meter readings and started receiving bills which were quite standard on average about £60 per month, considering this is a very…
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Eon Help being charged twice I think advise needed please
Hi All, I'm new to this so please bear with me and it is long to explain. This is what has happened. We bought a property back end of April and moved in a month later the house had prepayment meters with scottish power we didn't want the prepayment meters and my old supplier (Eon) offered to replace them for free. but we…
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quick ? re switch
on the comparison site it says i should switch from npower to e-on but it only saves £1.00 per year difference. I am already with npower so how can it save me £228 per year? I don;t understand tarifs & can't find an old bill will the prices displayed be b4 the npower rise? and are e-on due to rise also £928£229(20%)4 Stars…
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I think im being ripped off by British Gas
To cut a long story short i have recently swapped from British Gas to a competitor....at the time a meter reader came round...My online Electricity bill upto that point wasnt significant..though i hadnt had it read since May10..( and to be honest i hadnt checked it over the summer) anyway i recieved my final bill for £269…
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The great electric rate swindle....
I buy leccy at 4.4p per unit (night rate) off British Gas I am fairly certain they wont be losing on that so...... How can they get away with some "standard" tarrifs of 11p per unit? (or my "rate 1" tarrif of 30p! .. "no standing charge sir!"......yeah...pull the other one) I wonder what they pay per unit... (the only…
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HELP !!Cheaper Electric tariff
Dear All, Season greetings! Please could anyone help me. I am on Scottish Power Standard Direct Debit Tariff. I had early in the year an underpayment on my account (estimated bill) so got into somewhat arrears meaning I am now paying around £135 pounds a month on what they say I will use next year!! Please can anyone help…
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The so-called 'experts' have no idea, do they?
Reading this article by Christine Toner of Moneywise regarding the huge Winter fuel bills that are expected and at the end she gives a few energy saving tips to help save money: http://www.moneywise.co.uk/news-views/2010/12/15/consumers-face-record-winter-fuel-bills What ridiculous advice! Shakes head in disbelief.
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Getting ripped off for gas & electric after switch
H, i'm hoping someone can help me. i'm living abroad myself, but my mother is a pensioner in the UK in Cambridgeshire and a few months ago she had a call at the door by someone from Southern Electric telling her that they could save her money on her gas & electricity bills and that she should switch to them to save money.…
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Best Boiler Breakdown Cover
Hi, I've been looking at getting boiler and central heating breakdown cover. I'm an E-On customer but their prices look steep. HomeServes prices look a bit more appealing but has anyone had any experience of using either or is there a better provider? My boiler is only 3-4 years old but I've already had to replace the PCB…
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price comparison SP Feb 2011 - what to ?
Having looked through the forums I see there are a number of others on the SP fixed to 2011 deal (no suprise I guess), and I am struggling to find this on the comparison sites, I found it on one site which only seemed to find a £28 annual saving.. However, my concern is that I do not want to compare the current deal, which…
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Npower - standing charge hike as well!
I've just had my letter from Npower telling me that they are increasing my prices from 4th January 2011. No surprise as I read it in the media. However, on closer inspection of my Daily Standing Charge, they have increased my Gas standing charge by 28% from 34.00p per day to 43.50p per day, and my Electricity standing…
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Npower HUGE elec bill - advice?
Hello all - first post here! My partner lives in a house share - three adults, all working full time. They have just received an electricity bill from Npower for a whopping £2300!! :eek: The last meter reading Npower had from them was in 2007. They have been paying around £700 per year already, all based on estimated…
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Npower price changes
In May (I think - I am digging out the paperwork tomorrow) we signed up with Npower on their online V18 price plan. I thought we were locked on that tariff for 12 months but have today received a letter saying that they are changing there prices and wanted to let me know how this would affect me. Can they do this?
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Gas Safety check ..not done properly !x!
Hi Just looking for some advice please . I had my yearly gas safety check done to day ( I say yearly but this one as usual was 2 months late ) Anyway the engineer did the following . 1. Looked at the control panel on the boiler. 2. Turned the gas fire on for 2 Min's 3. went into the loft . And that was it . I now have a…
