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Utility Warehouse (Telecom Plus) Discussion

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  • Ypaymore
    Ypaymore Posts: 2,802 Forumite
    edited 11 July 2009 at 3:33PM
    I notice they have now put this savings calculator on their site where you enter basic info,and then they claimed they could save me over £700 some of which was on items i gave them no info on.eg mobiles .:confused:

    https://www.utilitywarehouse.co.uk/home/Savings/Savings_Calculator.taf


    Just found this on how they arrive at savings calculation.

    https://www.utilitywarehouse.co.uk/home/Savings/how.taf
  • 1carminestocky
    1carminestocky Posts: 5,256 Forumite
    Cashback Cashier
    Cardew wrote: »
    You rather prove my point about twisted logic!

    Apart from your denial that you intend to become a UW distributor, do you dispute anything I wrote in the post above?


    You attack me and I'll attack you right back, Hugh. What part of this don't you understand? Your annoyance with me stretches way back to the ridiculous claim you made about being 'in profit' on your BG fixed until 2010 deal 'within a year of signing up'. When I eventually forced you to embarrassingly admit this was measured against BGs standard rate and not the Click product they had introduced a few months (or indeed any other company's product except your beloved BG) after you signed up for the fix you really didn't like it, did you? If it wasn't for me you would have happily got away with this totally misleading claim (maybe the others just couldn't be arsed, who knows? :p)

    So much for your alleged dislike of people or companies posting 'misleading info' :confused: We've had the same sort of behaviour on here from you, quoting a figure for your BT phone/BB/calls deals that allegedly includes a £5 discount for threatening to leave but of course not mentioning that fact unti it was queried incessantly. If you're entirely honest with yourself (and I'm not expecting that from someone who claimed they'd witnessed Freanch & Saunders advertising UW on their TV 'most nights' :rotfl: ) you've had it in for me ever since you were embarrassed on that thread. Tough.
    Call me Carmine....

    HAVE YOU SEEN QUENTIN'S CASHBACK CARD??
  • kippen_noedel
    kippen_noedel Posts: 822 Forumite
    edited 11 July 2009 at 4:29PM
    Ypaymore wrote: »
    I notice they have now put this savings calculator on their site where you enter basic info,and then they claimed they could save me over £700 some of which was on items i gave them no info on.eg mobiles .:confused:

    https://www.utilitywarehouse.co.uk/home/Savings/Savings_Calculator.taf
    saving me £591 apparently
    Broadband & Phone £156 (BS)
    Mobile £96 (outrageous BS)
    Shopping and Petrol £120 (n/a) I don;t use Sainsburys
    gas £44 (BS)
    free calls £137 (BS)
    elctricity £37 (BS)

    so lets compare my actual expenditure, excluding gas and electric
    Broadband & Phone & Mobile existing £444

    UW
    Broadband only up to 8Mb available (I get 10Mb) £384

    to get the same minutes and texts, with no internet usage included
    £3967, YES that's £3967

    so total for Broadband, Phone & Mobile would cost me £3907 more pa with UW.
    edit:- I have to pay for 0845 numbers


    & I'm sure you can work out what the BS means.
  • Ypaymore wrote: »
    I notice they have now put this savings calculator on their site where you enter basic info,and then they claimed they could save me over £700 some of which was on items i gave them no info on.eg mobiles .:confused:

    https://www.utilitywarehouse.co.uk/home/Savings/Savings_Calculator.taf

    I could save £1055 on my profile :p:p

    Can anybody better that?
    Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught - Sir Winston Churchill
  • Cardew
    Cardew Posts: 29,059 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Rampant Recycler
    You attack me and I'll attack you right back, Hugh. What part of this don't you understand? Your annoyance with me stretches way back to the ridiculous claim you made about being 'in profit' on your BG fixed until 2010 deal 'within a year of signing up'. When I eventually forced you to embarrassingly admit this was measured against BGs standard rate and not the Click product they had introduced a few months (or indeed any other company's product except your beloved BG) after you signed up for the fix you really didn't like it, did you? If it wasn't for me you would have happily got away with this totally misleading claim (maybe the others just couldn't be arsed, who knows? :p)

    So much for your alleged dislike of people or companies posting 'misleading info' :confused: We've had the same sort of behaviour on here from you, quoting a figure for your BT phone/BB/calls deals that allegedly includes a £5 discount for threatening to leave but of course not mentioning that fact unti it was queried incessantly. If you're entirely honest with yourself (and I'm not expecting that from someone who claimed they'd witnessed Freanch & Saunders advertising UW on their TV 'most nights' :rotfl: ) you've had it in for me ever since you were embarrassed on that thread. Tough.

    You still persist in trying to discredit me, as you do to everyone else who upsets you. Can you not understand that it does nothing to take forward the subject of this thread - namely UW.

    All you are doing is confirming that you took up a pro-UW stance initially because you disliked some contributors who had criticised UW.

    Even if your assertions were 100% correct and I am an idiot etc, what has that got to do with UW's high prices and disreputable tactics which is the subject of this thread?

    Your unstinted praise for UW, who by any measure have the highest gas and electricity prices and disreputable sales tactics, whilst being caustic in your criticism of every other Utility company can only be because of your vested interest as a shareholder. You cannot possible even pretend that your praise of UW is in any way objective.

    So I ask again, was anything I said above incorrect?
  • penrhyn
    penrhyn Posts: 15,215 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    edited 11 July 2009 at 5:24PM
    You could save:
    broadcall.gif broadband & phone £156

    mobile.gif mobiles £96

    cashback.gif shopping & petrol £120

    gas.gif gas £44

    broadcall.gif free calls £137

    electric.gif electricity £27


    totalsavings.gif£580

    Please note: the Utility Warehouse is a Discount Club. Membership costs from £1.73/month (inc VAT), which is added to your monthly bill. This figure is not included in the calculation above. How we calculated your savings

    No such luck for me then, only £ 580.
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  • SwanJon
    SwanJon Posts: 2,339 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    edited 12 July 2009 at 3:14PM
    penrhyn, kippem - you both seems to have the same numbers, but it adds up to different savings.
    (edit, spotted the £10 difference, but the overall saving is £11 different. Must be rounding. Feel silly now)
    I've had a bash myself and to be honest I'm impresed with how much information they managed to get from the 4 bits I gave them - the cynical may think the 'made them up' with the intent of maximising the apparant savings.

    biut I'm sure a company of UW's integrigty wouldn't stoop that low...
  • 1carminestocky
    1carminestocky Posts: 5,256 Forumite
    Cashback Cashier
    £1316 potential savings for me :eek: :D It's a nonsense, of course. But, spookily, the projected cashback figure of £452 is the same as my projected figure. suspect.gif

    Shopping and petrol

    Our unique CashBack card gives you 5% CashBack when you use it at Sainsbury’s petrol stations and stores, as well as at a range of other leading retailers. The saving shown is based on you receiving 5% CashBack on food, drink and personal transport (fuel) costs, and uses expenditure figures in those categories, and relevant household profiles, from Family Spending, Office for National Statistics, 2008 edition.
    Call me Carmine....

    HAVE YOU SEEN QUENTIN'S CASHBACK CARD??
  • jimexbox
    jimexbox Posts: 12,480 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Carmine, is that correct you are a shareholder in UW?
  • 1carminestocky
    1carminestocky Posts: 5,256 Forumite
    Cashback Cashier
    jimexbox wrote: »
    Carmine, is that correct you are a shareholder in UW?



    Crikey, a normally-phrased question. :D

    Yes.

    Am I required to put it in my sig? :confused:
    Call me Carmine....

    HAVE YOU SEEN QUENTIN'S CASHBACK CARD??
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