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British Gas Price Fix
Just had emails from British Gas offering us a "Special Deal" as a "valued Customer" to put in a new Fixed price tariff, valid from 1st October to 31st May 2014 at a premium on standard rates of 7.3% on Gas and 11.4% on Electricity. Good deal or loser? Any views welcomed!! A.
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Utility exit fees
I am looking at leaving my existing dual fuel provider, which I have been with for a number of years. My original deal finished and they automatically enrolled me in their new deals. I did not agree to these deals, just kept them rolling. Now I want to leave, they are asking for an exit fee. Is this correct as my original…
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Extortionate gas bill from my Landlord
Ok, background information. I rent a 2 bedroom bungalow on a large rural estate owned by a foundation. They have several properties on the huge estate including flats, cottages and houses, a golf club, riding stables and they used to also own a college. They have since sold the college but retained the smaller properties…
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Advice needed
This is quite long, so please bear with me. We moved into a new rental property on 01/03/12. The Letting Agent did the inventory but forgot to take the meter readings and asked if we could do it ourselves. When we got to the property, we were unable to read the meter as it required a meter key. We contacted the LA who said…
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Do I keep or ditch economy 7?
We are due to come out of a fixed term contract for our electricity in the next month and I'm wondering whether we should get rid of Economy 7 and go onto a standard meter. We dont have any storage heaters which I believe are the benefits of E7 and we use approx 20-25% of our energy during the Economy 7 period. Any advice…
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BG Websaver 12 ending
My son's Deal with BG Websaver 12 ends on Sep 30th he's looking at moveing to EDF Blue Price promise Fixed 2014 he's thinking of starting switch at the end of August would this be about right or should he start switch sooner? also his account is about £10 in arrears on both his Gas and Elect at the moment should he pay…
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The Energy Ombudsman - Good or Bad ?
What are your experiences or impressions of the Energy Ombudsman ? I am part way through using their service for the first time and prior to adjudication, I thought I would document my experience and find out about the experiences of others. GOOD The ability to refer an unresolved dispute to a third party. The ability for…
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Switch from EDF Fix til 2014 to EDF Blue+ price promise April 2014
Anyone done this switch ? Have EDF applied a switching penalty/Will give me a savings of ~ £40 pa vs a potential penalty for switching early.:j
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Economy 7 users Beware!
just bought my 1st house, new to all the outgoings! and there's a few of them!! anyway, i'm on economy 7, which is supposedly 7hrs cheap electricity, anywhere between the hours of 10.30 and 7.30 (i may be incorrect there) I've been on holiday and have had nothing better to do than watch my electric meter go round, so far,…
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Contract
How do you know if you are under a contract? [that has a cancellation fee] I just started renting a flat and the gas is being taken from my bank account (set up by the letting agency I assume) with the electricity being a top up meter (which I don't want). I ran through one of the online comparison websites and it suggests…
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Solar panel query.
Hi....is it possible to install a small panel to run a limited heating system?...
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EDF blue Sep 2013 to Apr 2014 ?
Hi, Only joined edf a few months ago on blue+ Sep 2013. Just noticed that edf have a new blue+ tariff which is now fixed until Apr 2014. Presumably i can just change to this no problem and extend my fixed deal (it is very marginally cheaper too) ? Pretty sure both deals are penalty free
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British "grabbing"gas!
Hi all. Need some help. Recently received a letter from lcs regarding an unpaid bill from our previous property(we moved out last August!). We were paying electric by key and gas by DD. We have emailed lcs stating we disputing bill so they have passed it back to British gas. BG has sent us a copy of the bill. The copy of…
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British Gas - HomeCare 400 + Kitchen Appliance Cover - Are we being ripped off?
In a quest to help my mother with her finances, I have been looking at all her policies as they come up for renewal... Her annual renewal notice has just come in from British Gas for: 1. Homecare 400 - Central heating cover with annual service visit, plumbing & drains cover, home electrical cover at £594.30 2. Kitchen…
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Boiler cover for one that is already broken
My GF has just rented out her home - 4 weeks ago and the boiler has broken :( a local guy has had a look and said it needs some board of some kind but wasnt 100% sure. What are her options now. I know British Gas do landlord cover called Repair and Cover 200 which is £99 for the initial callout as it is already broken and…
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BG tactics
After being a customer for about 8 months now on Dual Fuel i have decided to shop around for better pricing. I have had alot of issues with BG overcharging me in thier billing i.e.charging me for the same unit twice, incorrectly working out the amount of days of use of services so that they charge more on the 2 tier…
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storage heaters verses new system
ive just bought a house built in the sixties with all its storage heaters and economy seven etc. My question is whats the cheapest more realistic way to heat the house. I have gas to the building and i also have a east to west facing roof. Please help i want to save money i can do alot of my work myself ie radiators etc…
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change of meter
So finally after months of waiting our gas is now on a credit meter, it was changed yesterday. I'm not expecting it to be all sorted yet but I thought I'd give EDF a call as they messed up big time with the electric. It will be 3 weeks for the whole process to be sorted out, 3 weeks! Tried to give a meter reading but could…
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Leaving eon sadly
Been with eon (or Powergen as they were then) for 10 years at least. They have always been the most competitive for me. My Saveonline9 ends on 30th August. Scottish Power is showing considerable savings for me. I can only assume eon wish to get rid of customers at present. What a shame. Its been such a long time since I've…
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Transfer from E.on to EDF - (E.on claim me back)
Anyone know what has happened here. I moved from E.on back in April my gas and electric, and my supply with edf (gas) started in June. I since noticed that I had E.on DD still coming out my account so I gave them a call, and I was told that I haven't left them, however I clearly did because numerous times I had calls and…
