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Will an A+/A++ Fridge Freezer provide significant savings?
I have been trying to reduce the number of units used each day by economising heating/hot water, and now I'm moving on to appliances. We have a Hotpoint fridge freezer which is not new. I can't tell how old it is because it was in our apartment when we moved in, but it is an old boxy style, and the door seals feel fairly…
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SimplySwitch cashback con
I used SimplySwitch to move my energy supplier from EDF (awful customer service) to First Utility on 3 Nov '12. Still no £40 cashback and when I phone I get some financial service telling me that there is nobody available from SimplySwitch& to try again later. This seems like pretty sharp practice. Any suggestions as to…
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Gas Supply Standard Licence and Scottish Power's avoidance of it...
Before the winter we were pretty even with our gas/elec balance after paying £70 a month. I entered my meter readings yesterday, as I realised it had been a while since we'd heard from Scottish Power and it had been a cold winter. I then phoned up to get a balance based on those new readings... £800 in debit. I questioned…
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First Utility 18.6% rise.
Hi, Just received this e-mail from First Utility. I only moved to them at the end of December. Am I tied to them or can I move again? My decision to move to them was marginal and this smashes the savings out of the water. This makes the sales guy at British Gas sound like the oracle....rather than a commission driven blood…
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Monitoring electricity to one floor
Can anyone advise me. My friend has a need to monitor electricity use to just one floor of his house, the top floor of a 3 storey house. Even if it were just the ring main, just the sockets on that floor it would be a great help. I have just been looking at the monitors that work by slipping a device round the main cable…
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Which? : Ofgem's energy plans could cost consumers £55m
It seems Which? has come out against the plans by Ofgem for simpler energy tariffs. They have come out in favour of a single unit price (I presume with no standing charges) as the simplest way for consumers to compare prices. I think that is far more sensible than the current proposals of replacing two teir unit prices…
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Na power problem...again
I've just received a bill from NPower's collection department for £244. I set up a DD with NPower about 6 months ago, after having had to jump through hoops with them after they made a mess of my initial attempts to switch to DD. I'm going to call them to resolve this, however I am less than happy. Is there a direct…
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Central Heating cover
Hi, Just had to replace my boiler. Had months of trouble with it and it finally died. The new boiler comes with 7 years parts & labour for the boiler only, I can't seem to find anyone that will insure the rest of my system on its own. It seems daft to insure the boiler twice! Example quote for boiler only £13.50 per month…
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Moving House - New Supplier?
Hi everyone, I recently moves flats, it is all Electric. I had no bills in my name at my old place (shared house) so I have never done this before. I got a letter from Ovo energy saying they are the current supplier and I must contact them or my supply will be affected. Am I able to chose my own supplier at this point…
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LoCo2 Charging Daily Fee Twice on Energy 7
Hello, I recently switched to use LoCo2 service from Scottish Power. I used to be with Scottish Power and switched through compare the market was going to reduce my bills mainly due to the lower standing daily charge. However as I am on energy 7 I have two meters and am getting charged twice for the daily figure by LoCo2.…
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Underpaying then being trapped
Why do all the energy firms offer low payment plans for 12 months knowing you won't be paying enough for the energy that you would use. They know that when people are in arrears there will be less chance of being able to leave the supplier. I started off paying £50 per month, then after 12 months it went up to £70 per…
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Insane electicity bill. Please help.
Hi all, My parents have had a pay meter for their electricity. For a long time this meter was swallowing money, so much so that my parents called the electricity company and were told that the meter was functioning correctly. They had the meter for about six years and always believed that the meter was set to "Economy…
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huge jump in direct debit??
hello this is my first post on here and the reason is i have just recevieved my latest eletric bill, i live on my own in a 2 bedroom apartment (2nd bedroom dosnt get used), i normally pay around £30 a month for my eletric which i was recommended to pay by edf, however i have just received a bill saying my direct debit is…
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Please Please Be Careful: Energy Switching Schemes
A big warning for savvy and not so savvy folk to be on their mettle. A while back I signed up to the no-obligation of the Greater Manchester Energy Switching Scheme - Cheaper Energy for All! At first I had problems as our tariff wasn't listed. I emailed them about it and in fact I had to email again as I kept getting…
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Npower Go save gas broken website.
Can any forumites confirm if it is possible to get a quote for go save tariff gas without electricity on http://www.npower.com/at_home/Applications/QAndS/Evo1/quote.aspx ? If so, what values are used on the quote form ? Its not been possible for a t least a couple of weeks.
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Not been billed! Now want £2400!
My electric/gas supplier has not billed me nor contacted me in 2yrs and now have sent a bill for £2400! What are my rights considering I thought I had a dd set up, then mention they sent a letter Feb11 saying it was cancelled (can't remember), not had any comms since and now send a bill for £2400. It is there fault for not…
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Staggering Bills
Hi, my latest quarterly electric and gas bill was 1780 pounds. These figures are really bad, it was 1050 in gas and 730 electric, I'm paying around 4500 a year and thats going higher still. We have a 5 bedroom house, is it possible I have meter problems and am being way overcharged? does anyone else have similar bills? I…
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Failed British Gas credit check, can't understand why
Hello, am in need of a little urgent advice. I've just bought a new flat, and upon moving in started doing the usual administrative things - including asking British gas to change the existing prepay meter to a credit meter (the property had previously been a long term rental, hence the prepay). I called the British Gas…
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Ovo Energy Grrr
Hi Last year around October time i swapped from British Gas to Ovo Energy then i got a call from British gas just after my cooling off period to say then will give me £200 credit if i comeback to them, £100 of my 1st bill which they have and £100 off my next quarter bill. I received letters through the post saying i needed…
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Npower-may be better to buy batteries & butane bottles!
I left Npower in Dec 2012, they send me final bills showing I was in credit by over £1200 but they have not paid. It is now with the ombudsman 4 months later. You need to get a letter of 'deadlock' from them to show the ombudsman. Make sure you send Recorded Delivery post to the complaints team member. Keep a careful…
