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EDF Online Saver Version 7
I switched to this in December 2010 and received a letter yesterday saying this is coming to an end on 31 December 2011 and I will be transferred to the standard (variable) tariff. At the time there were a lot of people who switched to OS v7 so I assume there are many in the same boat. What is everyone thinking of doing?…
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EON - Save Online £155 per month...Expensive?
Hi. I am looking to switch my dual fuel plan on Eon Save Online 10, as I feel I am paying a lot for my G+E. I am paying £155 per month, £84.58 gas and £68.09 on electricity. I am father to 3 children, and I believe the price plan Eons 'cheapest' apparently is too expensive for me. Is this an OK amount to be paying towards…
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Standing Charges For Empty Business Properties
My company act as agents for an empty shop in West Yorkshire. The outgoing tenant handed in the keys on Monday after trading there for over 20 years. Yesterday we received a letter from Scottish Power welcoming us as business customers. Today I rang them as I understood that we would be charged a daily standing charge of…
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British Gas
Hi moneysavers , just need a bit of advice really british gas have been aware that my night time rate has not been correct since the beginning of the year and still haven't corrected it even though I have phoned and had two engineers out to back me up! (yes they think I am lying) I have now been billed over £1000 for three…
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British Gas Homecare
Hi all, Just a quick question.... I want to switch my energy supplier away from British Gas. It the landlord has homecare with them. My question is, do you need to be a BG customer lying them for gas to get their homecare or am I free to switch? Also, I have an energy smart monitor on the online saver 5 tarrif. If I…
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New home empty for 4 months, standing orders?
Hello All; I'm looking for a little help, my partner and i have just bought our first home and it is sitting empty whilst we are working at sea. No one is living there and all services are off. I've already informed the council so that council tax will start on the date we intend on moving in. What is the effect on our…
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radiators off = no gas used?
Hi, I live in a upstairs of a converted shared house/ flat and the boiler is downstairs so at the moment I do not have access to it. The tenant donwstairs has agreed to keep the boiler on the hot water all the time but we are unsure what to arrange in terms of the gas / central heating as we don't want to run up a massive…
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Switching Energy Suppliers - HELP!
I have just tried 2 different energy supplier comparison websites (EnergyShare and MoneySupermarket) before committing to switching suppliers. I was drawn to the n-power fixed rate tariff 'Go Fix 8' as recommended. However, when I enter my current energy useage information, the 2 websites bring up 2 vastly different…
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£120 energy discount
I received a letter last week to claim for a discount on my electric. Had to just fill in form sent from electric company with name national insurance and tick box for certain benefits. Phoned electric company today and asked about it they said it a goverment run scheme where government gives them so much money to help…
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£100 gift vouchers, do you still get them if you are already with npower?
Hi i am interested in switching tarrif but am already with Npower, does anyone know if i will still get the vouchers if i do it through comparison website???? Thx
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Move
I shall be moving home in Januaray. As I'm on pay as you go meters what will happen to credit on my meters? How long does British Gas take to transfer account to new house? Do I take my current Gas card/Electricity key with me? The new house has the pay as go but with different provider. Recently was informed by British…
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British Gas offer
Hi Been offered £120 by British Gas today to go back to them, also promise of another £100 in next twelve months if agree. This was by phone and they were a bit reluctant to give out tarrifs only that it would be fixed till 2014. Anyone else had this ? Thanks
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Moving into our first house, confused by utilities!
Hello all, Me and my fiance are moving into our first house the weekend after this weekend. It is a brand new build 3 bed house we are renting from a family friend that built it. We are currently staying with my parents and have never lived on our own. The house is well insulated, has a combi boiler and every light in the…
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have you capped??
Hi, for those of you who have capped with British Gas please be careful! after sending my meter reading I received an email to say my payments would have to increase from £57.00 to £62.00 I asked why this should be when I had capped, good thing I did, they said it was an error & my new payment would be £36.00!! the same…
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Dyson Hot
Just come over from the over 50s forum where i have read about a new heater called the Dyson Hot Can any experts say what they think of this heater good or bad
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Which comparisons sites for the £100 shopping vouchers?
Just read Martin's weekly email where it mentions a possible £100 voucher for switching to Npower's dual fuel Go Fix 8 tariff "via some comparison sites", but I am not clear about which comparison sites he is referring to. He also mentions cashback and crates of wine - is that instead or on top of the vouchers?
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Just bought house - cancelling utilities from rental and setting up new: HELP!
Hi everyone. So we just moved house on Sunday to our own pad! I want to set up new utility accounts for our new home with new suppliers. We've taken meter readings and been looking at the comparison sites for best deals for gas and elec. The only thing I'm worried about is the utility bills in our old house. We were…
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Npower refuses to reduce my high direct debit, what can I do?
I have a bill of duel fuel with Npower for £216 for a quarter. I called to set up a direct debit and they said it would be £127 per month, this seems extrordinarily high and to be honest I can't afford it - which I told them. They then offered to try and reduce it by setting me up on different tariffs if I paid £50 now and…
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Retrospective Bill from British Gas - 3yrs late
Hello, I've just been told by a friend who I flat-shared with that she's received a bill from British Gas for electricity charges. She's been in the flat for 3 years and when she moved in, she tried to get the billing in her name. It didn't happen and she did not receive bills until now. British Gas have now sent a hefty…
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Probable stupid question - obligation to stay with existing supplier?
I'm currently renting in a shared house (moved in 3 weeks ago), where the previous electricity and gas supplier was EDF. I want to set up an account, and looking at the comparison sites, and using knowledge of what the previous tenants paid, it seems I would be better off with a different supplier. Can I just sign up for a…
