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Switching sites

BobQ
BobQ Posts: 11,181 Forumite
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Has anyone else been concerned by being cold called by a switching site. I was contacted by the Energyhelpline recently. Rightly or wrongly I signed up to BG Websaver 11 about 8 months ago and the energy advisor who called me suggested I incur a £60 cancellation fee in order to save £10 by moving to Scottish Power. I could not see any difference between this behaviour and the energy salesmen who used to cold call at the door!
Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are incapable of forming such opinions.

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  • Ypaymore
    Ypaymore Posts: 2,802 Forumite
    Have a read of this thread and Energy Help Lines response.

    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2449539
  • BobQ
    BobQ Posts: 11,181 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Ypaymore wrote: »
    Have a read of this thread and Energy Help Lines response.

    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2449539

    Very interesting! Thanks for this.

    Frankly, I'm less concerned with the fact they called (I am on the TPS but accept that I may have ticked a box sometime). What concerns me more is questionable advice by an organisation that gets commission for me switching. If they had highlighted I could save £200 it would be good advice but I do not think their advice was sound.
    Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are incapable of forming such opinions.
  • split_second
    split_second Posts: 2,761 Forumite
    to be honest i would check any advice given with advice on this site, no-one here can gain from advising you
    Who remembers when X Factor was just Roman suncream?
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