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BG Cancellation Charges
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Thank you all for your responses, couple of points:
If these ultility companies are having to charge an exit fee due to the number of customer's switching via this loophole, why are they constantly encouraging us to switch this way by door-knocking and telesales to get new business?!!! Bit contrandictory that this is then charged on to the consumer in an exit fee or higher tariff - or some form of another.
I did not sign anything as I was contacted by British Gas via the telephone. Obviously I will have to put this down to an expensive experience, but I will be cancelling my boiler cover now (I have always had this with BG), so they need to think of the bigger picture with this exit fee.
I agree 100% with this post. This is after all the most discredited industry in the UK. It's 99.999999% the Govt's fault, though. Private companies will always find a way of playing the system - to be allowed to do this in an industry supplying a basic human need is a sad indictment of not only this Govt but every previous Govt in power since privatisation IMO.Call me Carmine....
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