Fix til Sept 2012 or March 2014

babyfruitella

AndysDad wrote: »

Why bother to ask for peoples advice and then 'do your own thing' before reading other peoples views.:mad:

If you bother to look, there was over an hour between my post & the first response. Martin Lewis had advised that these fixed rates could be withdrawn at anytime. What if no-one had replied til today? Was I supposed to just sit & wait??

babyfruitella

jalexa wrote: »

Well, given that the tariff could have been pulled at any time I think that was very sensible. If the subsequent advice had worried the poster, then there was always the cooling-off period.

And the poster did thank, which is not always the case regrettably.

And yes, knowing I had the cooling off period was a big factor in my decision. Thanks for defending my decision

Irratus_Rusticus

myozone wrote: »

I'm going from BG's Websaver 10 to SP's Fixed till 2015 - well 12/2014, it costs more now BUT with another ~25% increase next year it'll seem cheap - trust me !

Flip, now I'm worried. I'm on Websaver 11 and if i stay until next April/May I'm due £125 credits already promised by BG. I was just today checking out Scottish Power's fix till Dec 2014, but this would cost me £80 a year more than WS 11. By the time WS 11 ends next May I'd have lost over £200 on like-for-like consumption. I couldn't figure out if I'd recoup this £200 over the remaining term of the 2014 deal - my brain doesn't cope with that kind of maths.

Is there NO chance prices will come down :rotfl:or maybe not go up by the percentages you all seem to think?

I'm a pretty below average consumer anyway so the percentages aren't as big in pounds terms, if you know what i mean.

fonejacker77

the new scottish power, british gas and SSE (southern, scottish hydro, altantic, swalec, M&S) fix plans are SO much more expensive than those still available with edf (ie fixed price 2014). Scottish power's 2015 is only 9 months more than edf's 2014 but you would end up paying about £100 - £200 more per year to have it fixed for an extra 9 months.

Walter_Sobchak

Our house will either be up for sale soon or rented out, so I'm not sure what to do either?

jhp

jalexa wrote: »

Good points and even better, I think it is only £30 after March 2012.

Correct !

£15 for electricity accounts and £15 for gas accounts (a total of £30 for customers with both gas and electricity accounts) if you withdraw from the tariff between 1 April 2012 and 31 March 2013.

myozone

At the weekend I went for the SP's fixed till 2015 (12/2014) only about £35 PA more than BG's websaver 10 on our use 1650 KwH PA. Went via Simplyswitch.com and £20 cashback, only electric here no gas...Also no £30 exit from BG and £20 cashback from SP - all in all £70 saved !