Utility Warehouse (Telecom Plus) Discussion

MillicentBystander

Yet another post by Cardew that ignores the SIM only mobile deals. How long can he keep this up? Forever, obviously, because it doesn't tie in with his reason d'etre for being here.

PS I wonder when his 'secret tariff' that no-one knows about (and he's not telling ) increases? Surely the energy company (whoever they are because, again, he's not telling ) has noticed by now? :money:

oldharryrocks

Meeper wrote: »

After the first 12 months you get 10% of your energy spend back,

Only if you have four eliglble services with them, and jump through some hoops.;)

https://www.utilitywarehouse.co.uk/home/Misc/tacs/10_per_cent_energy_discount_ts_and_cs.pdf

oldharryrocks

Didnt know UW was one of the big 6.:D

"Gemma, 28, thought she had the best deal on the street in the two-bed semi where she lives with sons Gino, eight, and Fabio, two.
She pays £31 a month for gas and £59 electricity through The Utility Warehouse by direct debit. Her gas heating, gas hob, electric oven and washing machine add up to an annual £1,080.
But we showed her how to save £150 by ­switching to npower, cutting her spend to £930, ­effectively giving her a month-and-a-half FREE.
Delighted Gemma said: “I thought I was on a great deal yet I can cut my costs by this much.”


Read more: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/10/23/energy-street-sunday-mirror-consumer-investigation-heralds-fightback-against-the-big-six-fuel-providers-115875-23507239/#ixzz1biunHKMK

Cardew

Meeper wrote: »

After the first 12 months you get 10% of your energy spend back, therefore £1210 - £121 = £1089, which is only £55 per year more than your "cheapest" tariff listed. Then take off the savings able to be made with the cashback card, good cheap phone & broadband and super-cheap mobiles, and actually, you'll find that there are big savings to be made.

So, please take your sensationalist 17.02% (not 17%, oh no! This is 17.02%!!!),take a leaf out of your buddy Q's book and look at the T&C's (not that he bothers, because he regularly posts items from a UW distributor-only website when the T&C's of that expressly forbid such reproduction).

Are you trying to tell me that UW's dual fuel energy in that region being £55 (5.32% more (omg!!)) is a horrendous deal and won't save people money?

What a perfect demonstration of the UW salesman's art!

You can get that for the first year only and provided you:

‘10% Extra Discount on Energy’ Promotion – Terms and Conditions

New members whose application form is received and processed by us between 4 April 2011 and 31 March 2012 can receive an extra discount of 10% off the total

cost of the energy we supply to them during the first 12 complete calendar months following the successful transfer of their energy services to us, subject to them having complied in full with the following terms and conditions:


1. The initial application form (whether on paper or online) must have included at least four eligible service types from the five types of eligible service set out in clause 1(b) of the Price Promise terms and conditions;

all those services must have been successfully transferred to us within 75 days of the date on which your application form was processed by us.


2. You must have paid all the monthly bills received from us by direct debit, with none of our requests for payment having been rejected for any reason (unless this is directly due to a mistake made by us).

3. You must not have cancelled (or given notice to cancel) any of the services being provided by us, or moved home (even if we become the supplier at your new address).

4. You must give us three meter readings for each energy service we are supplying to you; each reading must be given to us within a 10-day window (five days either side) of the following dates:

a) Firstly (so we can ensure we start billing you from the correct opening meter reading), the date on which
each energy service is transferred to us;

b) Secondly (to ensure we are billing you accurately each month),

(i) if you are taking either gas or
electricity from us, the end of the third month after the month in which that energy service was transferred
to us (ie. if your service went live during June, you would need to give us the second reading around the
end of September).

(ii) if you are taking both gas and electricity from us, the end of the third month after the month in which the second of your energy services was transferred to us (ie. if your electricity service
went live during June, and your gas went live during July, then you would need to give us the second reading around the end of October).

c) Thirdly (to ensure we calculate your discount correctly), the end of the month during which both energy services have been live for 12 months (which, based on the example in b)(ii) above, would be the following July).

5. You must have given us all the meter readings set out in the preceding clause, even if a meter reader visited your property during one of those periods. We strongly recommend that you use our automated meter reading line to give us your readings; it’s quick, easy to use, and ensures that your readings are entered onto our systems without delay.

6. Subject to meeting all of the above conditions, you will receive your 10% discount off the cost of the energy you have used; this will appear as a credit on the next bill we produce after all your services have been live with us for 12 months.

So that's nice and simple then!

HappyMJ

oldharryrocks wrote: »

Didnt know UW was one of the big 6.:D

"Gemma, 28, thought she had the best deal on the street in the two-bed semi where she lives with sons Gino, eight, and Fabio, two.
She pays £31 a month for gas and £59 electricity through The Utility Warehouse by direct debit. Her gas heating, gas hob, electric oven and washing machine add up to an annual £1,080.
But we showed her how to save £150 by !switching to npower, cutting her spend to £930, !effectively giving her a month-and-a-half FREE.
Delighted Gemma said: “I thought I was on a great deal yet I can cut my costs by this much.”


Read more: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/10/23/energy-street-sunday-mirror-consumer-investigation-heralds-fightback-against-the-big-six-fuel-providers-115875-23507239/#ixzz1biunHKMK

Well done Gemma.... I've personally had a chat with a UW rep and they also said my Npower price protector deal cannot be beaten by UW and do not recommend that I switch to UW until that deal expires.

Cardew

MillicentBystander wrote: »

PS I wonder when his 'secret tariff' that no-one knows about (and he's not telling ) increases? Surely the energy company (whoever they are because, again, he's not telling ) has noticed by now?

Your term is 'secret' - I used the term 'hidden' and mused it might be a computer glitch and wondered if there are any more about.

You of course know I am 100% correct in what I stated.

For those who didn't read the thread, and purely to antagonise the multi-named troll a little more;)

I was told about a tariff still available after the last round of prices increases this summer. I was sceptical but joined and the tariff was withdrawn days later - I couldn't even get my son signed up in time. It apparently wasn't available in all regions.

I have no intention of revealing the company or tariff until I have been served notice that the prices are to be increased. Not least because people like the multi-named troll would do their utmost to ensure that such notice of an increase would come sooner rather than later.

I will of course provide absolute proof when the tariff increases.

Some details -

Gas:
Tier 1(2680kWh pa) less than 6.5p/kWh Tier 2 less than 2.8p/kWh

Elect
Tier 1(900kWh pa) less than 19p/kWh Tier 2 less than 8p/kWh

Above include VAT but not some discounts.

rsitch

Thank you for the clarification on the 10% extra discount Millicent, also Cardew for the associated smallprint. and HappyMJ for confirming the detail on the double difference detail.

One thing I forgot to mention yesterday was the use of cash-back websites such as Quidco who offer discounts for online purchases from various mainline retailers. If paying with a UW discount card, do these discounts still apply ?

MillicentBystander

rsitch wrote: »

Thank you for the clarification on the 10% extra discount Millicent, also Cardew for the associated smallprint. and HappyMJ for confirming the detail on the double difference detail.

One thing I forgot to mention yesterday was the use of cash-back websites such as Quidco who offer discounts for online purchases from various mainline retailers. If paying with a UW discount card, do these discounts still apply ?

Absolutely! I do it all the time.

MillicentBystander

Cardew wrote: »

Your term is 'secret' - I used the term 'hidden' and mused it might be a computer glitch and wondered if there are any more about.

You of course know I am 100% correct in what I stated.

For those who didn't read the thread, and purely to antagonise the multi-named troll a little more;)

I was told about a tariff still available after the last round of prices increases this summer. I was sceptical but joined and the tariff was withdrawn days later - I couldn't even get my son signed up in time. It apparently wasn't available in all regions.

I have no intention of revealing the company or tariff until I have been served notice that the prices are to be increased. Not least because people like the multi-named troll would do their utmost to ensure that such notice of an increase would come sooner rather than later.

I will of course provide absolute proof when the tariff increases.

Some details -

Gas:
Tier 1(2680kWh pa) less than 6.5p/kWh Tier 2 less than 2.8p/kWh

Elect
Tier 1(900kWh pa) less than 19p/kWh Tier 2 less than 8p/kWh

Above include VAT but not some discounts.

Great. I look forward to a scan of your 'increase letter' with full name and address details (for absolute proof purposes, obviously). And no sign of any 'tampering'.


PS UW MOBILE SIM ONLY DEALS?? STILL NO COMMENT I SEE? You're nothing if not predictable.

MillicentBystander

oldharryrocks wrote: »

Didnt know UW was one of the big 6.:D

"Gemma, 28, thought she had the best deal on the street in the two-bed semi where she lives with sons Gino, eight, and Fabio, two.
She pays £31 a month for gas and £59 electricity through The Utility Warehouse by direct debit. Her gas heating, gas hob, electric oven and washing machine add up to an annual £1,080.
But we showed her how to save £150 by !switching to npower, cutting her spend to £930, !effectively giving her a month-and-a-half FREE.
Delighted Gemma said: “I thought I was on a great deal yet I can cut my costs by this much.”


Read more: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/10/23/energy-street-sunday-mirror-consumer-investigation-heralds-fightback-against-the-big-six-fuel-providers-115875-23507239/#ixzz1biunHKMK

I'm assuming you will now also post on the nearest Scottish Power thread regarding the ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE POUNDS SAVING that the Mirror secured the Ashberrys by transferring them to EDF? No? Thought not.


Joan

na and Graham Ashberry


Mum-of-four Joanna, 44, a former NHS !manager forced into !redundancy by Tory cuts, pays Scottish Power a !staggering £2,580 to light, heat and cook for her family in their three-bed semi, paying on average £215 a month.

We managed to dramatically slash that bill to £1,105 with EDF’s fixed price until December 2012 – saving a whopping £1,475.

Joanna said: “I had no idea it was that easy. Everyone is worried by the massive price hikes and it is disgusting how much the energy companies’ profits from householders have risen.”

Read more: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/10/23/energy-street-sunday-mirror-consumer-investigation-heralds-fightback-against-the-big-six-fuel-providers-115875-23507239/#ixzz1bjuhRqBt