We’d like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum.
This is to keep it a safe and useful space for MoneySaving discussions. Threads that are – or become – political in nature may be removed in line with the Forum’s rules. Thank you for your understanding.
📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!
Seems I am not alone with B/Gas d/debit price hike
Hi everyone just got my B/Gas electric statement to day andwe now have to find and extra 37 quid a month (from £50 to 87)
I rang up B/Gas and told the gentleman on the phone that we cannot afford to pay that much of an increase all he said was well we can drop it to £80 well I was doing cartwheels around the room at such a dramatic drop and was thanking him unconditionally and offering to send his xmas cards forever and have his babies (yes I am being sarcastic)
I then asked him if i paid my bill in full then how much would the bill go to in regard to my direct debits he told me £58 yippee I cried so even if I clear my arrears you still want me to pay another £8 on top oh thank you all the extra money I had lying about the house was becoming a burden I had know idea what to do with it and you hiking my monthly costs up by £37 has put paid to that problem
So fellow money savers (sob you lucky people)
have a look at my bill and see if you can offer advise on how I can go about asking for a more suitable payment direct debit wise and how I can stop the dreaded estimated bills (funny how they never estimate low)
I rang up B/Gas and told the gentleman on the phone that we cannot afford to pay that much of an increase all he said was well we can drop it to £80 well I was doing cartwheels around the room at such a dramatic drop and was thanking him unconditionally and offering to send his xmas cards forever and have his babies (yes I am being sarcastic)
I then asked him if i paid my bill in full then how much would the bill go to in regard to my direct debits he told me £58 yippee I cried so even if I clear my arrears you still want me to pay another £8 on top oh thank you all the extra money I had lying about the house was becoming a burden I had know idea what to do with it and you hiking my monthly costs up by £37 has put paid to that problem
So fellow money savers (sob you lucky people)
have a look at my bill and see if you can offer advise on how I can go about asking for a more suitable payment direct debit wise and how I can stop the dreaded estimated bills (funny how they never estimate low)
0
Comments
-
did you give a meter read? Find a cheaper supplier have a look at an online tariff via a cashback broker. £58 must be based on usage so that's fair start to get comparative quotes.you should save at least the £8 they have put it up by by shopping around.0
-
If you are using more than you are paying for at the moment I'm not sure what you expect them to do - perhaps cut your direct debit for you so you get further into debt?
If you are not on it already, you should either switch to BG's online tariff (click3) which is slightly cheaper or as wills34 suggested consider searching for another provider.0 -
Ok sorry for the rant yesterday decided to pay off the access which got my dd down to £55 and now im on the process of going over to click energy 3 which gets me down to 30.37 so from 87.oo quid to 30.37 in one day not bad at all.
Now is there any tips for keeping my electric usage down I am getting kow enery bulbs sent to me and an item called goodbye standbye which controls all my stanby devices (e.g t.v)
so are there any tips from the best forum group0 -
How do you get on to Click Energy 3? I am on Click Energy 2 now. Is it automatic or do you have to contact them to switch?0
-
Ok sorry for the rant yesterday decided to pay off the access which got my dd down to £55 and now im on the process of going over to click energy 3 which gets me down to 30.37 so from 87.oo quid to 30.37 in one day not bad at all.
Now is there any tips for keeping my electric usage down I am getting kow enery bulbs sent to me and an item called goodbye standbye which controls all my stanby devices (e.g t.v)
so are there any tips from the best forum group
why don't you just switch all your standby devices off?0 -
HI Hansai i did it online yesterday seemed to go ok have approx 28 days for it to click in d/debit wise. As to the standby saver it it all remote control so i can turn off multiple devices from one location so i guess human energy saviing!!0
-
How do you get on to Click Energy 3? I am on Click Energy 2 now. Is it automatic or do you have to contact them to switch?
I wouldn't see why you'd want to switch, it seems to be the same as click 2. There must surely be a difference, but I haven't found what it is yet. There is not guarantee the difference would be in your favour though.0 -
Well when I went on the site click 2 was no longer available so i just click 3 was just an upgrade of 2. Anyway if it saves me monmey it saves me money if it doesnt I can change but thanks for taking an interest.0
-
British Gas tried to do the same thing to us. When we phoned up to complain they actually said they'd overestimated everyone's projected usage and a lot of people were calling them to complain. In the end they backed down and didn't put our dd up.Debts: Mum £3923 0% APR0
-
Good for you when did this happen in this quarter.?0
This discussion has been closed.
Confirm your email address to Create Threads and Reply
Categories
- All Categories
- 351.7K Banking & Borrowing
- 253.4K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
- 454K Spending & Discounts
- 244.7K Work, Benefits & Business
- 600.1K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
- 177.3K Life & Family
- 258.4K Travel & Transport
- 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
- 16.2K Discuss & Feedback
- 37.6K Read-Only Boards