Is this true?!

CM66

I had a representative from Southern Electric knock my door yesterday. Obviously he was trying to get me to move from my current provider Eon but I wanted to know if what he told me was true?

Basically, he said that southern electric own the pipes that supply my gas and electric so if I use any other supplier, I will be paying an addition fee of something like £80 per year - is that right?

I told him to jog on anyway as I dont deal with people on the doorstep and wanted to check what he was telling me!

Thanks

Vestra

CM66 wrote: »

I had a representative from Southern Electric knock my door yesterday. Obviously he was trying to get me to move from my current provider Eon but I wanted to know if what he told me was true?

Basically, he said that southern electric own the pipes that supply my gas and electric so if I use any other supplier, I will be paying an addition fee of something like £80 per year - is that right?

I told him to jog on anyway as I dont deal with people on the doorstep and wanted to check what he was telling me!

Thanks

It's a load of lies.

1carminestocky

Looks like SE are determined to get on Watchdog again this year. :rolleyes: Observe the odious character from 5.00 in. He's the sort of d*ckhead that if I started punching in the face I would never feel compelled to stop.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/watchdog/2008/11/dishonest_doorstep_tactics_dis.html

CM66

1carminestocky wrote: »

Looks like SE are determined to get on Watchdog again this year. :rolleyes: Observe the odious character from 5.00 in. He's the sort of d*ckhead that if I started punching in the face I would never feel compelled to stop.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/watchdog/2008/11/dishonest_doorstep_tactics_dis.html

Haha - toally agree! That'll be me steering clear of them in the future!

lemontart

rofl that s a good they DO NOT OWN THE PIPES or the cables for that matter - if you tell me what part of the country you are in I can tell who owns the pipes and point you in the direction of who is responsible for looking after the electricity side as I work for National Grid who used to own all the pipes, but in his stupidity there may be a rice grain of truth as if you have a property that has an igt then you may have to pay a charge levied by some but not all companies but I very much doubt this sales guy would know if you are or not.

matthew57

I had a rep from SE at my door telling me same, referring to Fiddlers Ferry. He also started by saying he wasn't trying to sell me anything!:rolleyes:

debtfreein4years

my oh's gran had these syhsters round. she switched from british gas to them because they are a uk company and british gas arent! she wont cancel the switch so going to make sure she is on the right tarriff. bloomin shysters!

System

matthew57 wrote: »

I had a rep from SE at my door telling me same, referring to Fiddlers Ferry. He also started by saying he wasn't trying to sell me anything!:rolleyes:

When they say that it really winds me up and they get a very quick + dierct reply .

gasbag1602

debtfreein4years wrote: »

my oh's gran had these syhsters round. she switched from british gas to them because they are a uk company and british gas arent! she wont cancel the switch so going to make sure she is on the right tarriff. bloomin shysters!

British gas are a uk company............. full stop.......

Plushchris

LOL @ Title of this thread and the first line of the post.

I didnt bother reading any further as I knew it wouldnt be true!

savemoney

LOL they seem well known for lying