EDF Increase Gas Price Online V3 Direct Debit

malamute

See quidco if switching to SP
For genuine tracked transactions completed wholly online, you can earn:
£17.50for a succesful sale£35for a successful dual sale

Gambler

malamute wrote: »

See quidco if switching to SP
For genuine tracked transactions completed wholly online, you can earn:
£17.50for a succesful sale£35for a successful dual sale

and £50 for Powergen if i am reading it right.:dance:

malamute

Yes your right Quidco:


Powergen For genuine tracked transactions completed wholly online, you can earn:
£25 for a genuine fuel switch. This can only be paid if your account is set to pay through BACS.£50 for a genuine dual switch. This can only be paid if your account is set to pay through BACS. (this is for your payment by Quidco)

malamute

I have spent a fair amount of time doing comparisons (excel spreadsheet) using live data from previous usage and tariffs from the various web site comparison sites suggestions (dual fuel and also gas/electric separately), all of them apart from one make savings claims which are not attainable. The best i can manage is saving £4.00 overall over a 12 month period and getting the change supplier bonus £35.00 (that's if you get it the last time it took month's of email and phone calls before they paid it). For me its not worth it unless the electricity tariff goes up.

The comparison site that gives the true / realistic predictions in my opinion is



I am in no way associated with confused and only say as i find.

jem16

Your spreadsheet sounds useful. Could you supply a copy of it please?

LeifGR

Cardew wrote: »

If I understand the posts above correctly you are saying that EDF on-line now vary their gas prices by region as well as electricity?

I believe that previously EDF charged a standard price for gas across the country; like BG.

If that is so, it seems that practice is being adopted by several companies.

I today received my first communication from SP with their rates included. They vary both electricity and gas across regions, with a 30% variance between the highest and lowest rate for electricity and a 14% variance for gas (figures are approximate since the variation is different for tiers of consumption and for Economy 7 meters).

xeis

Cardew wrote: »

Nice to see people who seem to understand gas/electricity tariffs!!

Whilst I totally agree with your method of calculating who will offer you the best deal, I suggest however that the average consumer is not that aware(sophisticated?) and will take the figures given by the comparison sites as ‘gospel’.

Even before the recent increase by EDF for editions of their on-line tariffs, people were changing to more expensive tariffs simply because the comparison sites did not have version 3.1 etc on their database and used a later tariff version.

I personally think the comparison websites are an abomination; they are driven by the need to maximise their commission which can only be achieved by getting people to change supplier. Parasitic organisations that we, the consumer, pay for their huge profits.

It is an absolute disgrace that OFGEM do not set up an ‘official’ comparison site that would give unbiased advice.

A further point. Whilst I am not inclined to defend any Utility company, I am not sure your criticism of EDF raising prices while wholesale prices fell is entirely valid. That is not to say I am questioning your calculations but putting them into context.

As I said earlier, some versions of EDF on-line tariffs(particularly those ‘inherited’ from other companies) were inexplicably much lower than anything available on the market as they simply did not increase in line with all the other companies and indeed their own tariffs. Even after the increases they are still pretty competitive.

It doe seem a little unjust to criticise EDF in this situation. Had they increased prices throughout 2006 in line with all the other companies, and their own other tariffs, and then reduced them to their present level, they wouldn’t be subject to your criticism???

The bottom line is those customers on early EDF tariffs have done very well over the past couple of years, and all that has happened is their advantage has been eroded.

On the comparison sites most you will not find much disagreement. However you clearly do not live in the Midlands that EDF have targeted to increase costs so as to be able to subsadise prices cuts in the south east. So while british Gas are cutting prices EDF want 20% more for gas and electricity.

The point about old tarrifs is also moot unless you were on one, as unless you were on one there is no benefit. When the Midlands have the lowest salaries and highest unemployment in the country (statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=1606[/url]) it is gaulling to watch EDF squeeze the region so that it can subsadise lower prices in the south east.

duggo1

Why do people on here active threads from 2 1/2 years ago :rotfl: