My Eon tariff is the cheapest in the country according to SP

NowRetired

I am on Eon warm assist tariff and am quite happy with Eon.

I've just had a call from Scottish Power, I thought that was all stopped, and he asked the usual questions about my energy supplier.

I told him that he was wasting his time and he could not beat my tariff but if he wanted to waste his time to go ahead.

I'm retired and waiting to go on my next holiday so have all the time in the world.


So he did, asked my usage and I told him, asked what my tariff was and I told him, are you sure that is what your tariff is? he kept asking.

That is what is on the letter Eon sent me and what I am going to be paying from the 3rd June I told him.

He eventually agreed with me and said that was the cheapest tariff he had come across and promptly hung up.

Why do people never believe me?:D

Same with PPI callers, they cannot believe I have never paid a penny in PPI.

MillicentBystander

What are your unit rates on this tariff; and what's your usage? You've piqued my curiosity now.

NowRetired

Electricity 4750 kWh per year
Standing Charge 0.20013 per day
Unit Rate 0.10238 per kWh

Gas 19,000 kWh per year
Standing Charge 0.20013 per day
Unit Rate 0.03167 per day
vat inclusive

from 3rd June

Wywth

MillicentBystander wrote: »

What are your unit rates on this tariff; and what's your usage? You've piqued my curiosity now.

Here's one to get your teeth into Millie.

Last month the Eon rep (Helena) said that warm assist was charged at a 20% discount to their standard tariff (and no other discounts apply)
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4546699


I think the Eon standard (Energyplan) tariff (inc VAT) for the Scottish Hydro supply region is:

Electricity
Standing Charge £0.2739 per day
Unit Rate £0.14018 per kWh

Gas
Standing Charge £0.2739 per day
Unit Rate £0.04334 per kWh

I calculate this as almost 27% discount.

DragonQ

NowRetired wrote: »

I told him that he was wasting his time and he could not beat my tariff but if he wanted to waste his time to go ahead.
...
Why do people never believe me?:D

I was asked a similar thing when I moved to my new flat and said I'd be changing electricity suppliers immediately. The existing supplier acted shocked, asking how I could possibly know whether anyone else would be cheaper. I read out the unit prices I could get from my old tariff and he immediately conceded they couldn't beat them.

First 900 kWh = 18.7p
Rest = 10.1p

Equivalent to a standing charge of 21.2p/day plus unit price of 10.1p/kWh. Plus a £10/year discount.

NowRetired wrote: »

Same with PPI callers, they cannot believe I have never paid a penny in PPI.

Same here. I used to get many automated calls about PPI, even though I've never had a loan or mortgage and the first credit card I had was a couple of years ago - well after the PPI scandal emerged.

My solution when moving was to get a brand new phone number and not plug any phones in. I do have one just in case I need to call an 0845/0870 number (free during weekends & evenings) but with saynoto0870 this only happens maybe once a year.

Wywth

DragonQ wrote: »

I was asked a similar thing when I moved to my new flat and said I'd be changing electricity suppliers immediately. The existing supplier acted shocked, asking how I could possibly know whether anyone else would be cheaper. I read out the unit prices I could get from my old tariff and he immediately conceded they couldn't beat them.

First 900 kWh = 18.7p
Rest = 10.1p

Equivalent to a standing charge of 21.2p/day plus unit price of 10.1p/kWh. Plus a £10/year discount.
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Is that still available to new applicants?

If so, then it sounds like the OP maybe isn't on the cheapest tariff. Maybe you could post more details?

If not available to new applicants, then I don't know why you are comparing to this historical tariff; you can't usually take a tariff with you when you move home.

DragonQ

Wywth wrote: »

Is that still available to new applicants?

No.

Wywth wrote: »

If not available to new applicants, then I don't know why you are comparing to this historical tariff; you can't usually take a tariff with you when you move home.

I asked to take it with me, pointing out that there was nothing in the T&Cs preventing a home move, and they agreed.

Wywth

DragonQ wrote: »

No.


I asked to take it with me, pointing out that there was nothing in the T&Cs preventing a home move, and they agreed.

Who was the supplier?

You won't find any energy supplier's terms that prevent you from moving home, but most do not allow you to take an existing tariff with you.

When you get yourself a new home, you must first sign up with the existing supplier (so you've about a 1 in 20 chance of that being your previous supplier).

Despite this, I think one of the suppliers on here said they would allow this, but it's not the norm throughout the industry.

DragonQ

Wywth wrote: »

Who was the supplier?

You won't find any energy supplier's terms that prevent you from moving home, but most do not allow you to take an existing tariff with you.

When you get yourself a new home, you must first sign up with the existing supplier (so you've about a 1 in 20 chance of that being your previous supplier).

Despite this, I think one of the suppliers on here said they would allow this, but it's not the norm throughout the industry.

Scottish Power.

Wywth

DragonQ wrote: »

Scottish Power.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that was the supplier who said they would allow this