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Switching Deals and Special offers

Kingsransom
Kingsransom Posts: 18 Forumite
Having been inspired to change my energy supplier from British Gas I was wondering if anyone knew of any site that listed all special offers such as cash back etc.

Simply Switch offers cash back off car insurance but I dont drive, not yet anyway.

Has anyone switched and got good cashback or something else?
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  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Check the main cashback sites: Topcashback and Quidco.
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
  • Wywth
    Wywth Posts: 5,079 Forumite
    Having been inspired to change my energy supplier from British Gas I was wondering if anyone knew of any site that listed all special offers such as cash back etc.

    Simply Switch offers cash back off car insurance but I dont drive, not yet anyway.

    Has anyone switched and got good cashback or something else?

    Simply switch offers cashback off fuel switching too, if you use the special MSE link (other comparison sites offering cashback are available, as well as the cashback sites mentioned above)

    http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/utilities/you-switch-gas-electricity ;)
  • alinwales
    alinwales Posts: 335 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    This very site has a list
    http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/utilities/you-switch-gas-electricity

    It is MSE after all!
    edit: ha posted same time!
  • pickoftheday
    pickoftheday Posts: 80 Forumite
    edited 10 May 2013 at 4:28PM
    I was looking for the same thing. Thanks.

    The £40 wine voucher one looks good but there is a similar one going on at www.yoursuresave.com which uses Naked Wines and a free diners card which isn't bad. You may want to look into that too.

    Here is more from quidco
    I am a moneysaver
  • Kingsransom
    Kingsransom Posts: 18 Forumite
    Thanks peeps!

    I was looking forward to the straightforward switch not sure how quidco works.

    Doesn't M&S do cash-back in the form of £70s worth of vouchers you can spend in its stores?

    £40 cashback doesn't sound like a lot and do you get the cashback straightaway? or do you have to qualify for it?
  • Wywth
    Wywth Posts: 5,079 Forumite
    Thanks peeps!

    I was looking forward to the straightforward switch not sure how quidco works.

    Doesn't M&S do cash-back in the form of £70s worth of vouchers you can spend in its stores?

    £40 cashback doesn't sound like a lot and do you get the cashback straightaway? or do you have to qualify for it?

    You will find all the terms and conditions of the various cashback offerings on the appropriate websites. :)

    If you don't want the £40, you can always donate it to a good cause ... like me ;)
  • Kingsransom
    Kingsransom Posts: 18 Forumite
    @Wywth

    Ha ha. I'm just I can find a better cause, like me. ;)

    @pickoftheday

    That doesnt sound too bad, the diners card and the wine voucher alone add up to over £100 and I'm sure I can save more switching.

    Thanks I'll let you know how it goes.

    Anyone else got any other deals?
  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Find the best two or three tariffs first, then factor in the final annual price with cashbacks or freebies taken into account.
    No point in going for a tariff with £100 of freebies if it's going to cost you £150 more per year.
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
  • Kingsransom
    Kingsransom Posts: 18 Forumite
    Yes thanks macman.

    It's not really worth switching unless I will see a reduction in my monthly direct debt but if I can get something on top of that then that's always a bonus too.
  • Kingsransom
    Kingsransom Posts: 18 Forumite
    I’ve just done and energy switch check with the yoursuresave link that pickoftheday provided above and npower are offering £20 cashback ontop of the £207 I’m saving if I switch to them and I’ll save money with the diners card too.

    Swalec can save me more £5 more but npower can fix my prices until August 2014.

    Although npower can also give me £50 cashback if I go with their Price fix Decembe 2015 and there are no cancellation fees so I could switch to them, claim the diners card, claim the £40 voucher, claim the £50 cashback and switch away further down the line and claim some more cashback with someone else.

    Is there anything stopping me from doing that?
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