'MSE's collective switch - the stats' blog discussion

Former_MSE_Paloma

This is the discussion to link on the back of Martin's blog. Please read the blog first, as this discussion follows it.

Read Martin's "MSE’s collective switch – the stats" Blog.

Please click 'post reply' to discuss below.

mad990diver

At the time I thought it was a bold step for MSE to promote a collective energy switch at a time of high turmoil with oil prices. It was also a surprise to see an exit penalty (albeit a cheap one).

However, my fix was coming to an end and therefore I thought I would give it a go. My switch is 50% complete, with one fuel transferred and the other only a few days away from transfer to EOn and the collective tariff.

Now my previous supplier is on the phone with "we have a new cheaper deal, are you sure really want to leave us". I might even have been tempted if I had not caught the the chap on the phone out on a few points and his general style had been less pushy and annoying (why when the product they are pushing is fundamentally good value do these fools feel they need to spin so much?).

So, here are my questions to the 40,000 of us who have just signed into a collective switch "deal" that is already outdated and higher cost than others in the market - how do we feel? Should we stay or move again? We MSE advice worth it (on this occasion)?

P.S. MSE has been great for me, saved £1,257.49 this year alone on Santander 123 which I got via MSE, so one 'setback' is not going to shake my confidence in MSE, Energy club or future collective switches but I am genuinely interested in others thoughts on this years energy switch.