£130 topcashback switch to Scottish Power

flossie217

Scottish Power are currently offering £130 duel fuel and £65 single fuel if you switch through the topcashback site.

MacsReturns

Same cashback on Quidco, but when I go in through there I get a quote that's £70 a year higher than going direct to ScottishPower. I'd rather save £70 every year than have one £65 cashback (only looking to switch gas... )

Edit to add: cashback sites only seem to offer monthly DDs, but on Scottish Power website the best rates come with QUARTERLY DDs

bye_bye_band_G

Scottish Power may offer you £130 cashback themselves if you enter your details on the quote form on their website including your phone number - they will probably phone you back within a day and offer you £130 without you even requesting it.
They did this to me the other day, and it got my business. No third party website involved at all, straight from the supplier.

kalifire

Very tempted by this (it expires on Wednesday) but I'm wary about the terms - you have to pay monthly by direct debit, and although the amount is supposed to be determined by the monthly meter readings you give them, it's still essentially an estimated DD. There are plenty of horror stories about how SP increase these payments out of the blue and for no apparent reason, then make it very difficult to get them reduced.

Does anybody have any experience of this?

MacsReturns

bye_bye_band_G wrote: »

Scottish Power may offer you £130 cashback themselves if you enter your details on the quote form on their website including your phone number - they will probably phone you back within a day and offer you £130 without you even requesting it.
They did this to me the other day, and it got my business. No third party website involved at all, straight from the supplier.

Oh shoot... I've had three missed calls from a Glasgow number recently... perhaps I ought to keep my phone with me! Thanks for that :beer:

roddydogs

bye_bye_band_G wrote: »

Scottish Power may offer you £130 cashback themselves if you enter your details on the quote form on their website including your phone number - they will probably phone you back within a day and offer you £130 without you even requesting it.
They did this to me the other day, and it got my business. No third party website involved at all, straight from the supplier.

So i did the same, and they did, online energy 9, which was only slightly dearer than the cheapest (OVO) £130 paid by cheque on completion of change.Thanks.

JasX

kalifire wrote: »

There are plenty of horror stories about how SP increase these payments out of the blue and for no apparent reason, then make it very difficult to get them reduced.

Does anybody have any experience of this?

yes, this method requires basic common sense in the areas of
-having a fairly good idea of what your houses typical useage is
-checking the readings on your meters occasionally to check what you're paying is broadly in line
-making sure you switched to the best quoted tariff based on your typical useage in annual kWH

unfortunately this seems beyond some people who get stunned that the £10 monthly dd they we're paying initially didn't cover their all electric heated house they've had on 24/7 for the last 3 years without ever checking their own meter reading......

they usually come on here and whine its all energy company Xs fault they've got themselves into some kind of mess :j

kalifire

Well I've taken the plunge now that Scottish Power have re-introduced their £130 dual fuel offer. I noticed, on applying for the switchover, that SP's suggested tariff, which they implied would save me the most money, wouldn't. Their calculations factored in a 'reward' that they don't give you until June 2011, and the actual saving on the energy you use isn't even £20. The next tariff down however didn't include any reward, so all the savings come straight off the bill - a much better option. I wonder how many have just gone for the suggested choice without reading the small print.

Anyway, I've applied now, and the 130 quid will be a nice little sweetener. I'll be watching their monthly calculations / my meter readings like a hawk, however.

Careful_hands_67

Yes Kalifire, good point.

I to have noticed that the Online Energy Saver 9 tariff does not have the "£105 reward" paid in June next year. This is factored into the savings which is not obvious. HOWEVER, this Saver 9 tariff is not fixed, as is the Saver Reward. So, that difference should be noted also. Especially as fuel prices are predicted to be on an upward trend. Also, I just called Scottish power direct and they know nothing about any cashback given directly by Scottish power themselves. So If I'm going to switch from EDF Online V5, then it will have to be through Topcashback who are currently offering £130 for dual fuel switch to S.P.. I wish it was direct though because TCB is never guaranteed is it?

Will probably go for Saver 9 tariff as I dont want to wait until next year for the £105 discount. Jam today better than jam tomorrow. BTW EDF said that there are no early cancellation charges for getting out of Online V5 (she also said she would confirm this in an email to me).

Just keeping fingers crossed that it tracks and pays out on TCB.

JasX

On a vaguely relevant note I switched to scottish power via topcashback late february and just got my £120 cashback paid this week

...just remember to clear those cookies...

Clavas

I almost signed up to their Online Energy Reward Dual Fuel tariff today to take advantage of the £130 cashback. Unfortunately I found out that I would be charged an additional £10 - £11 per quarter as I am outside the main Transco supply pipelene and on an independent supply.

E-On also charge this additional fee of £42 per year however Atlantic (Southern Electric etc) do not.

How do some companies find the need to charge but others don't?