e.on Fixonline 8 - question for e.on Company Representative on alternatives?

Cardew

marshallka wrote: »

Just rang E.on again and they have said that my direct debits have gone down in May to £86.00 a month because we were in credit so working on that direct debit from the gas and electric usuage figures we have had a rise in price by 47%...... going to have to think about this one now???? How crafty really. There was no letter to say my direct debit had been reduced and also they did not mention it when I called to change. I had always been paying 101 a month so thought that a rise to £127 from that would be good. It was not a rise from £101 to £127.... it was from £86 to £127????

That makes the point that it is no good using monthly Direct Debit amounts as a guide to the percentage increase as DD do not always reflect your annual consumption.

If they reduced your DD when going on Fix 5 it wouldn't make that tariff cheaper!!

The only way is to use annual kWh consumption and do your comparisons on those figures.

Whilst mine is 44% more to switch between those tariffs, it could vary slightly depending on where you live and how much gas and electricity you use.

marshallka

grizzly1911 wrote: »

Yep mine went down from 94 to 79 around the same time. They did send me a letter. Submitted a reading today and I am £70 in credit which I can't see me using up in the next 2 and a bit weeks.

They have done a credit into our bank for £83 too and then reduced payments to £86 a month and then in July's payment it will got up from the £86 to £127.... a huge leap there but must admit we always thought we were using the £101 so not too bad....!!! No letter though

grizzly1911

marshallka wrote: »

They have done a credit into our bank for £83 too and then reduced payments to £86 a month and then in July's payment it will got up from the £86 to £127.... a huge leap there but must admit we always thought we were using the £101 so not too bad....!!! No letter though

I must admit I forgot FOL8 was a fixed rate, back in March and increased my feeder payment by their increase and never bothered putting it back down, so mostly prepared too:rotfl:

henlans

I dont think the E.ON Price Protection April 2014 is that good.

My usage is

ELEC YEAR 11779 kilowatt-hours
GAS YEAR 27866 kilowatt-hours

If i switched to a normal one I would save £633, so im paying £633 to be locked into the locked to 2014
If i swithced to Unifi Capped Energy November 2013 NSC i would save £144 on the eon 2014 one.
now if I switched to EDF I would save £138 on the eon one.

should i cancel the switch over?

now when i check uswitch it says edf is £70 more then the eon one. why would that be?


E.ON Price Protection April 2014 Dual Fuel features

Payment method: Fixed Monthly Direct Debit
Estimated cost of gas: £974.71
Estimated cost of electricity £1,427.98
Based on a consumption of 27866kWh for gas and 11779kWh for electricity.


EDF Fixed Price 2014 Dual Fuel features
Payment method: Fixed Monthly Direct Debit
Estimated cost of gas: £1,000.46
Estimated cost of electricity £1,472.83
Based on a consumption of 27866kWh for gas and 11779kWh for electricity.

steve237

Talk about confusing...

I'm on fixonline8. I have just switched (via beatthatquote - £35 cashback) to EDF's 2014 fix. Will take me from around £90 a month to £125. At least I don't have to worry about this for another 3 years.

I am considering calling EON and asking about this elusive 2014 fix they have been offering though...

bufferz

how accurate is the energyhelpline thingy? As apparently moving to fix5 is only going to cost me £142 (9%) more than FOL8, based on 12000 kwh gas, and 10000 kwh electricty

edit - Plus it apparently 2% cheaper for me to go on energyonline than stay on FOL8, that certainly doesnt seem right

grizzly1911

bufferz wrote: »

how accurate is the energyhelpline thingy? As apparently moving to fix5 is only going to cost me £142 (9%) more than FOL8, based on 12000 kwh gas, and 10000 kwh electricty

edit - Plus it apparently 2% cheaper for me to go on energyonline than stay on FOL8, that certainly doesnt seem right

Methinks you are not looking at the right comparison.

Energyhelpline will recognise that FOL8 is ending and do your comparison against the default tariff that Eon will swap you to if you do nothing Eon online dual fuel.

If you look at the comparison details you have an option (top right) to use FOL8 to compare. Will be a lot more.

g4fne

After sleeping on it last night, i thought i would try again at getting the Price Protection 2014. After long conversation & a long hold with an advisor, it was eventually agreed ............ however my online account states that Price Protection April 2014 is due to end 2012 !!!. :mad::mad:.

Another phone call & it was confirmed that it actually ends 2014 & the small print is incorrect and nobody can amend this. I have since had an email i requested supporting that it actually ends April 2014.

So, i'm now on Eon Price Protection 2014 ................... i think :o

solorize

After looking into "E.on Fixed Price 5" I have noticed the following when reading
up about the Tesco Club Card vouchers that you can exchange into tokens that can be
used to make payments against your energy bills..
On their page it states the following:

To redeem your points against your energy account exchange your Tesco Clubcard Points
for token codes on Tesco's website, which you can then redeem below.

Our new and unique offer makes your Clubcard points go further. You'll receive 50% more
for your Clubcard vouchers, so for every £10 of Clubcard vouchers, you’ll receive £15 of tokens
to use to pay your energy bills. *

* This is a limited offer and you must apply for a token code by 5 August 2011.
All tokens expire on 31 August 2011.

Ok so after reading that does it mean that you will only
get the benifit of 50% more up until 5th August 2011?
And then after that you get the face value of the club
card vouchers (i.e. no extra 50%)

Or are they stopping people redeeming Club Card Vouchers
after that date?

It's a bit unclear to me (but I am half a sleep at the mo.)

speedy_gonzalez

Another one who is looking around. There are cheaper options out there but I don't want to change to another supplier if their service is rubbish and our bills get mucked up. Any suppliers to really avoid?