Avro Energy reviews: Give your feedback

Consumerist

Anyanka1 said:

. . . How sad; I hate variable tariffs but guess I will just have to watch it every day; what a bore.

Looking on the bright side, when the crisis subsides you'll be watching your prices come down.

LippyDoodle

Octopus secures up to $600m from investment fund set up by Al Gore.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/sep/27/octopus-secures-up-to-600m-from-investment-fund-set-up-by-al-gore

IanManc

QrizB said:

Anyanka1 said:

As above, why would anyone opt for the Flexible October tariff when, according to the link posted above, the September version is still available and appreciably cheaper?

Because the September version is not really available.

I joined Octopus today (a regular switch, not a SoLR move) and I'm on a previous variable rate but I've already been informed that it will increase to the October rate on the 14th.

Qriz, may I ask you how you changed to Octopus today and got onto a variable tariff?

The website lists Flexible Octopus October 2021 v1 as a current available tariff, but you can't apply for it on the website, and when I rang them today to ask about switching I was told that they couldn't sign me up on the phone "as that tariff has been removed from our screens".

So how do you actually get it?

Thanks.

Consumerist

Probably applied to switch 3 weeks ago when it was available.

polymaff

Anyanka1 said:

As above, why would anyone opt for the Flexible October tariff when, according to the link posted above, the September version is still available and appreciably cheaper?

So many on this and other forums can't move on from the fixed tariff mentality.  Did you really think that you'd win by having bagged the September tariff when it was available?

IanManc

Consumerist said:

Probably applied to switch 3 weeks ago when it was available.

The Octopus website says it is available now, like I said in my post. It is listed as one of their "current tariffs". The ones that are not available are listed under "historical tariffs".

Also, the Which? comparison site says the tariff was only launched on 16th September so no one could have applied to switch to it three weeks ago.

Thanks anyway though.  🙄

Consumerist

But surely, even if the site says the tariff is 'available' but you can't apply for it then either it is not actually available to apply for or else your browser settings may need some adjustment.

QrizB

IanManc said:

Qriz, may I ask you how you changed to Octopus today and got onto a variable tariff?

and

Consumerist said:

Probably applied to switch 3 weeks ago when it was available.

Yes, Octopus were offering a variable tariff when I signed up (I was hoping to join Go but you can't go straight onto that, you need to go to a "normal" tariff first and I chose Flexible). The tariff when I applied to switch was Flexible Octopus July 2021 V1.

Octopus have bumped up the daytime Go tariff significantly since my switch started and I'll need to look carefully at the numbers and see if it's worth changing from Flexible.

2010

Whatever rate Octopus puts us on, it is virually "fixed" until April 22 by the price cap.
There are no exit fees so if anything comes up worth switching to before April you can do it.

IanManc

Consumerist said:

But surely, even if the site says the tariff is 'available' but you can't apply for it then either it is not actually available to apply for or else your browser settings may need some adjustment.

There's nothing wrong with my browser settings. Octopus only let you get an online quote for two very expensive fixed tariffs, which they call their "most popular", despite having numerous tariffs shown on their site as "available".

I asked another forum member for information about how he got a particular available tariff, but which you can't apply for online, and he's kindly answered.  I don't know why you're posting in answer to my request for information, because you clearly don't have any.

Thank you for the info Qriz.