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This company has come out as cheapest on my price comparison.

Has anyone had any experience of the company at all?
MFiT - T2 # 64start date: 1.7.09 MFW end date: 31.10.17
Start balance: £205,746.51 :eek: Month 18/100..paid 13.50%
Current balance: £177,977.07 (updated 18.12.10)
Target 12.12.12: From £194,000 to £140,000:p
MFI-3 reductions: £16,023/£54,000 achieved (29.67%):j

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  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Do a forum search, loads of CS and billing issues, did very poorly in a recent Which survey-the worst of the non-Big 6 suppliers.
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
  • Popperwell
    Popperwell Posts: 5,088 Forumite
    macman wrote: »
    Do a forum search, loads of CS and billing issues, did very poorly in a recent Which survey-the worst of the non-Big 6 suppliers.

    Oh dear, now I really don't know what to do...having just signed up with them...wonder if I should get out whilst there are 6 days of the cooling off period and stay with British Gas...but again they were only offering standing charge tariff. Perhaps NPower who I started with was best but if the comparison sites put FU first what do I know?

    Anyone got any positives to say about FU?
    "A government afraid of its citizens is a Democracy. Citizens afraid of government is tyranny!" ~Thomas Jefferson

    "Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in" ~ Alan Alda
  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Comp sites give you price only-not service ratings. if FU are the cheapest for you, and price is the priority, then go with it and deal with any other issues as they arise.
    I assume that since you signed up by phone, you made sure that you are on the same tariff recommended by the comp sites?
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
  • Thanks for the replies. As the difference between FU and Scottish Power are small(£10 per year) I think I will go for Scottish Power as I have been with them in the past with no problems.
    MFiT - T2 # 64start date: 1.7.09 MFW end date: 31.10.17
    Start balance: £205,746.51 :eek: Month 18/100..paid 13.50%
    Current balance: £177,977.07 (updated 18.12.10)
    Target 12.12.12: From £194,000 to £140,000:p
    MFI-3 reductions: £16,023/£54,000 achieved (29.67%):j
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