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have i been overcharged on prepay?
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powderking
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in Energy
hi. i've had a prepay elec meter for my 2 bed top floor flat since moving in 4 1/2 years ago. so far i've been charged about £6500. this seems very excessive to me, especially as elec/gas prices have only been 'really high' in the last 2ish years, and i didn't owe any ££ b4 moving. i'd like to know how i can go about finding out if i've been overcharged, and if i have, how to go about claiming it back.
Thanx
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Before we say anything we need to know abit more like what type of heating you had, big plasma tvs ect?
You can your supplier for a bill which will tell you price and how much you've used/ paid for but I dont know if they'll back date for 4 years.
As the meter faults/powering someone else flat switch everything off see if your meter still going.
If your on economy & check your time switch hasnt failed.0 -
I doubt that you have been overcharged. You have, however, probably cost yourself a lot of money. By not switching to the cheapest prepayment tariffs regularly you could easily have paid 25% more than necessary. And by not switching to a credit meter and paying by direct debit you may have paid 40% more than necessary. That's an extra one-and-a-half to two-and-a-half thousand pounds.0
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