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Can I switch?

mutty_hc
mutty_hc Posts: 252 Forumite
Hi all,

My contract with edf runs out on the 30th of this month.

I ran edf and they said I couldn't switch till then as I may pay fees.
However scot power ran me and said due to the 4-6week change times ale I could switch now?

I don't know what to do really. I would like to switch today but I don't want to incur fees. So does it work when I put in my application today or when the switch actually happens?

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  • Premier_2
    Premier_2 Posts: 15,141 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    If you want to switch then do so - as the new supplier informed you, it takes 4-6 weeks (minimum 4 weeks) for any switch to actually occur

    If you are still a customer of your old supplier on the day that tariff deal expires, I can't see how they can charge you early exit fees.
    "Now to trolling as a concept. .... Personally, I've always found it a little sad that people choose to spend such a large proportion of their lives in this way but they do, and we have to deal with it." - MSE Forum Manager 6th July 2010
  • st999
    st999 Posts: 1,574 Forumite
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    However scot power ran me and said due to the 4-6week change times ale I could switch now?

    And you believe them?

    Did they ring you out of the blue?
  • mutty_hc
    mutty_hc Posts: 252 Forumite
    Yea they did cold call me
  • st999
    st999 Posts: 1,574 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Yea they did cold call me

    I hope you haven't signed up to them without doing your own research?

    What tariff do they want to put you on?

    If I were you I would put my yearly kWh figures into a comparison site and see what comes out.
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