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Do I have to pay fee to switch?

electricco
electricco Posts: 892 Forumite
how do the switching companies make money? Am I paying for them?

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  • j2011
    j2011 Posts: 238 Forumite
    Of course.

    In higher gas and electricity prices.

    The money has to come from somewhere.

    Same with all the solar FITs.

    Who do you think are paying for them

    The consumer in higher gas and electricity prices.
  • Terrylw1
    Terrylw1 Posts: 7,038 Forumite
    Do you mean if you leave your current supplier i.e early termination fee? You don't pay a fee to move to a supplier, they would be very enticing that way.
    :rotfl: It's better to live 1 year as a tiger than a lifetime as a worm...but then, whoever heard of a wormskin rug!!!:rotfl:
  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Switching companies (or cashback companies) reduce the sales overheads to the supplier (commission, sales staff overheads etc). They share some of that commission with you.
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
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