British Gas - £50 Loyalty Credit

jason.parker.86

Could not see it already posted so would like to tell you I phoned British Gas up today to check if my Click Energy 6 was still competative, and it appears its not bad considering its almost 2 years old!

I then told them that npower wanted my business, to which they replied "we'll give you £50 if you are still with us in 3 months and throw in a power calculator worth £35 for free".

Just thought id let you all know.

macman

Why would you rely on your existing provider to tell you if your tariff is competitive-you're hardly going to get a negative answer!
Why not just use a comparison site?

Gerrard_8_lfc

Im sure Click 6 is Cheaper than most websavers tbh. Check Comparison websites to see for yourself.

jason.parker.86

macman wrote: »

Why would you rely on your existing provider to tell you if your tariff is competitive-you're hardly going to get a negative answer!
Why not just use a comparison site?

I actually used uSwitch and a few others, and it made me realise they are very inaccurate. I selected my tarriff with uSwitch and it said by switching to npower I could save £200 per annum.

Upon investigating it, it was a load of rubbish. The figures they had for my tarriff was out by almost 0.5p. Doesnt sound like alot but when I did my own manual calculation over the past year based on npowers Web Saver 9 (which come up top) and my Click Energy 6 tarrif, I actually would have lost £39 per annum had I switched, not to mention the £50 loyalty bonus I just got.

So one has to ask... are the comparison sites working in our best interests or the providers?

Jason

neil9313

Energy help line are spot on. IGT tax is not taken into account though.