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WATCH OUT! British Gas Door to Door Man quoting wrong info to get me to change over.
Please excuse if this is not quite correct as this is my first thread ive started. I would like to make people aware of what happened to me in the last few days though so hopefully it doesnt have to happen to anyone else. I had a British Gas man knock on my door wanting me to change over so i told him that just within the…
Switching from Economy 9
Hi everyone. First post so I hope I'm not going over old ground with this... I'm on an Economy 9 electricity rate provided by London Energy. I think this rate is pretty rare and I'm not entirely sure of what the benefits are. There's no gas supply in my house so heating is by storage heaters and the water is heated up by…
NPower online billing
I have just signed up for NPower for gas/leccy and I seem to remember that they mentioned something about online billing facilities. I've had a look at their site but can't see any links.
Powergen Customers That Pay By Direct Debit
For all those of you who use Powergen and pay by direct debit just check your bills from sept 2004 to date. You should have recieved a letter last sept telling you that if you paid by direct debit you would get 3% off your bill.Having just checked mine for the last 2 bills is was given £2.50 off each bill when one should…
Central heating grant?
Appoligies if this is the wrong part of the char forums for thia to be posyed. Please feel free to move me if ive put it in the wrong place. My friend told me today thats shes had central heatig put inot her own home and it was paid for or contributed to by a grant as she is on a low income. Can anyone please give me any…
Just had my First Elecy bill in 10 months
Scittish power/Manweb have just billed me my first electric bill for 10 months after they forgot to bill me after I switched to them it has come to £288. How long should they give me to pay it? If they let me pay over 10 months I will be paying double for my electric over the next 10 months. I spent 25 minutes on the phone…
EDF energy & Nectar points
I'm trying to work out whether if I sign up for nectar points I lose my discounts to EDF? I have just been on the website and there is a box about swapping something for 800 points but I can't make head nor tail of whether that is IT or whether you get so many points per useage etc. Anyone shed any light??? Link is edf…
Computer electricity costs
Just as a matter of interest, how much electricity would a computer that is always switched on use per day?
C.A.B. report - "The Fuel Picture"
Citizens Advice report - "The Fuel Picture"
Electric - Estimated Bills
Hi there. Apologies if this should go into another board - but this category seemed relevant. I'll take it to another board if it shouldn't be here - please let me know! I want to ask advice and also offer some myself. I've been in my rented flat for just over 2 years. To cut a long story short, I've just had a shock (no…
Switching charge
I've just switched my gas and electric to a single supplier. My final electric bill arrived today from scottish power manweb and I find they have charged me £60-00 for cancelling. Is this correct?
Seeboard Energry and Warmwise Tariffs
Hello Anyone out there that knows anything about Seeboard Energy and Warmwise Tariffs? I moved in to my property last April and was only here for 2 weeks when I received an electricity bill for £269.66! I contacted them and asked for an amended bill after paying an £80 credit upon occupancy, and they sent me a revised…
Save £50 - £70 per year on your Electric bill
Not a lot of people realise this but if you turn your T.V off completely (don't leave it on standby) before going to bed you can actually save £50 - £70 per year off your electricity bill, you also reduce the risk of having a fire caused by the T.V overheating.
Prepayment Electric Meter
Anyone know of any companies/websites that will let me change from Manweb to a cheaper company without having to have meter ripped out and replaced (at my cost) Do none of the utility companies have a card for me to top up and then bill me for usage? Eric
Fuse Box Query
Hi, I have recently been advised by an electrician that my fuse board needs replacing, my electricity company recently replaced the meter to the new digital type. My question is the guys replacing the meter never said anything should they have? And is it down to me or the electricity company to replace? Thanks
Price cap for energy
Scottish Power have offered me the chance to cap gas and electricity prices, for £2.50 a month until May 2007, is it worth it?
Sorry new customers only
:confused: It's a bit like the adverts you see on television I used the price comparison facility of saveonyourbills the results show that my existing supplier (npower) was nearly the cheapest but cheaper than my present tariff was an on-line version supplied by npower I rang them and asked if I could swap to the on-line…
Low energy Halogen Spots
Hi I was wondering about using low energy MR16 LED lamps (1.8W) and was wondering if anyone can help me out. I have been looking for information regarding their brightness, ie how do they compare to a normal 20-50W MR16. Also, several sites have mentioned that they require LED drivers/converters, which I have been unable…
Cheaper than Atlantic
I am at present getting gas & elecricity from Atlantic. Can someone suggest me any cheaper supplier than Atlantic. I have seen on the board about Zest4. Can someone have any experience about the. Thanks.
British Gas £5 back for bills on-line
Just over a year ago I switched to paperless billing by getting my bills on-line for which British Gas said I would be credited with £5 per utility after a year. A year has passed and my £5 was not credited so I e-mailed them. They apologised and said it would be credited shortly. This is just a reminder to anyone who has…

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