has anyone a paycard meter from NIE

facingthefuture

What do you think of it?Trying to cut our bill, thought it may make us all more conscious of the price.

gibbyni

Yep we got one in a few months ago and it is saving us about 20-30p Per day, average day in July was £2.02. We did however get the powershift version of it, where you pay different rates at different times of the day.

izzwizz_2

We had one for a year while living in a rented house and it annoyed me immensely. I was constantly worried about running out of credit, so put £50 on at a time, then forgot about it and ran out a couple of times. We were a good 10 miles from the nearest paypoint, but wasn't too bad once we discovered you could top-up online. We are very glad to be back on quarterly billing.

miserly_mum

gibbyni wrote: »

Yep we got one in a few months ago and it is saving us about 20-30p Per day, average day in July was £2.02. We did however get the powershift version of it, where you pay different rates at different times of the day.

We also use the Powershift tariff on our NIE prepay meter.

Our monthly usage used to be £85-£95 it's now £55-£65. I think the meters are great and it's one less big bill coming in every quarter

irishgirl62

I am more concious of turning off lights and not using the tumble dryer when i got the power meter in ... i would not go back to paying for it quarterly

gibbyni

Remember you can topup online now so no need to go to a pay point.

Jaime-V

We have always had a pre pay meter in our house so can't compare savings. First it was the £5 cards you could buy then changed to the keypad. We like it as we are not hit with a big bill every quarter and you can buy top ups on line or over the phone (min £15 online).