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uSwitch Not Showing the Cheapest Tariffs!!

KeithMc9 · 2016-01-19 16:57:01

I have noticed from running a quick comparsion that uSwitch is not showing the cheapest tariffs on the market despite claiming to show the whole market. Quick google search and it looks like they're being investigated for it by OFGEM seems unfair on customers who use their site and think they're getting the cheapest…

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macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite

20 January 2016 at 3:39PM

Non-commercial switching sites are fine in theory, but how do you propose that they are to be financed?Setting up and maintaining such a database is not cheap. Be it through an energy bill levy or general taxation, it's ultimately going to be financed by you and me.

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