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LPG gas vs oil
We use LPG gas for our central heating and hot water because there is no mainline gas supply and will not be for the near future. At the moment it is costing us approx £55 per 47kg which will last for two weeks when heating the house. We are currently drylining the interior walls of the old stone part of the house. Does…
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Npower sending me debt collection letters.,, i'm not a customer
Can anyone help ? I am at my wits end. Npowr and sending me debt collection letters. I am not their customer and never have been ! I am with scottish power 30 years + ,. soon to be with Eon though. I have contacted Npower 10 + times over the past 2 months and no joy.,, or replies to my emails, just more letters !!! I had…
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EDF threatening legal action for access!
I Changed (pre-payment) suppliers from EDF to E-on over a year ago. A few weeks ago an EDF meter reader turned up, unannounced, when i was out and left a card, they'd be back and could i either be in or fill in the card and leave it visible. To be honest i forgot all about it, not an EDF customer, pre-payed meter ect. This…
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Help with understanding Utility Warehouse philosophy
I am a couple months into the utility warehouse, dual fuel, cash back card deal, and i am struggling to understand how it is cost effective and/or saving me money. I have been trying to use my cash back card as much as possible to supposedly earn discounts off my energy bill. Looking at my recent bill, I have amassed £38…
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Using Uswitch on new property
We've just moved into are new home and are looking into setting up our gas and electricity. Wanted to do the Uswitch offer with the free crate of wine, will I be able to do this on a new home? All I know is they paid £80 a month for dual gas & elec with e-on, don't know what tariff there on or any other info. Will I be…
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EDF end of Energy saver 7...
..got the letter a few weeks ago now, they're moving me to standard tariff from Jan 1st so I'm shopping around again - most likely to SP with cash back tied in until 2013. My EDF contract ends on 31st December, when should I look to put the wheels in motion for the move? I don't want to risk getting stung with termination…
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test a meter
i want to test my parents elec and gas meters, as i think they are faulty. but if we call a engineer out and nothing is wrong they will be charged for the visit. they are in debt on both at about £400-£500 each. the energy company say they are using around £25 each a week on both. its a 3 bedroom house with 3 people. i…
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Solar Panels after 25 years.
After 25 years the FIT payments will stop. Your benifits will then be only about 2p per unit for feeding the grid and about £150 in cheaper electricity bills. So; about £225 a year. However; at that 25 year point, on average, you will be needing to make your second invertor replacement at say £1200. So that will take…
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NPower go8 - £100 argos voucher, £30 cashback....
Hello, I've just applied for NPowers Go8 fixed tariff via the moneysupermarket website and have had an email form Npower saying they've received my application. I heard that they were going to pull the offer quite soon so hopefully have caught the offer in time. Has anyone else signed up for this and it's all gone through…
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Scottish Power - response times
Hi all, Just moved to new house and had an issue with previous tenants debt - SP/Resolvecall intending to disconnect. This was my previous thread... https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3627239 All relevant info submitted to SP and Resolvecall, as advised but no contact back yet! Resolvecall refuse to discuss…
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EON,s save on line 4 ending
Hi all ,can anyone advise me,my dual fuel eon save online 4 is coming to an end early January 2012,they have written to me offering to switch us to eon energy plan which looks a lot more expensive initially when i started doing my calculations.I have looked at the various sites and they are all coming up with EDF fix 2012…
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Home Energy Monitor misreading SwitchedPowerSupply to Laptop
Hi Everyone, Have been playing again with an NPower Home Enery Monitor and have noticed that my laptop with power supply attached is being indicated as drawing 0.235Kw. Curious I read the back of the power supply unit and it indicates 19V @ 3.42 A which is of course 0.065Kw or 65W. So A 65W switchedmodepower supply unit is…
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Boiler servicing
Hi, can anyone give me a rough idea of the cost of servicing a boiler? TIA
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EDF Deducting Credit Amount After Applying VAT, Is this right?
Hello Can anyone help - can't get a reply from EDF as its Sunday. I actually managed to be £87 in credit on the last quarter (first time ever), looking at the bill it appears they do not deduct this credit amount from the bill until after they have applied the VAT, which doesn't seem right or fair to me. Is this right? And…
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EDF billing only annually?
My mother is with EDF on online version7, as am I. However while i have had bills quarterly, my mother has only has one for electricity to 1 march, and no gas one at all. Her account shows over £900 in credit. When i queried this for her they implied they only send a bill annually "Your payment method is Monthly Direct…
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Perplexed about possible DD increase
In August I received gas/electricity bills from Southern Electric, I was in credit with gas by £120.83, and elec by £55.77. Currently I pay dd's of £51 gas/£28 electricity. Today I received a letter from them saying they want me to call them re my dd gas payments as they feel they have to be increased. I'm single, retired,…
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Gas meter readings / charges too high?
I'm having trouble rationalising my gas meter readings and bill as it all seems far too high. I am a single occupant of a one bedroom bungalow. My gas is only used for hot water when washing the dishes and central heating in the colder months. Everything else is electric, even my shower is electric, so no need to gas heat…
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help with reclaiming british gas late payment / agent visit fees?
this is getting out of hand, had letters every other day adding extra to gas/elec bills for the 'convenience' of one of their reps/agents coming to visit, which i've never seen, or to threaten disconnection etc.. this is despite me repeatedly writing to them, asking to get onto lowest tariff (that WAS available!), showing…
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roughly how much would freezer cost per week to run?
I am thinking of buying a chest freezer to try and make the most of shop reductions/whoopsies etc more batch cooking etc ( we have an upright fridge freezer so ltd room in the freezer part) and i was wondering if someone could work out roughly how much this freezer would cost per week to run? we are on a pre-paid meter..…
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Marks and Spencer
I am still trying to figure out which is the best Energy Provider to switch to. Looks like M&S have the highest level of Customer Service Comparing it on Energyhelp line it gives me EDH as the best price which is £47 higher than my current Go Direct 5. I note that M&S is on the SSE provider and this would cost me £81 more…
