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Boohoo

I have just got my monthly update from PS and i was looking at the bill and it says my new tarrif will be Baseline Elec 2019 Version 3 and i will be paying just over £80 per year more IF i buy all packs.


17.86 pkwh and 23.87 per day.
Old rate is 17.24 and 18.02.


So a big difference to me and if i buy all available packs it would be 12.24 and 17.03 per day.


Had a quick look on Which compare and Symbio is 11.39 and 22.00 per day without having to but any power packs.

tlcgrantham

Exactly same size and discount as the Oktoberfest Pack.
Cost £7.41 Worth £9.88 @ 25% discount about 3 days power

fewkeste

Boohoo wrote: »

Had a quick look on Which compare and Symbio is 11.39 and 22.00 per day without having to but any power packs.

Make sure you read the MSE thread on Symbio before making your decision to move to them so you know what to expect.

Tafrock

Symbio have massively improved over the last couple or so months fewkeste. The one strange aspect of symbio is their billing. They bill you up to 1st of next month using estimated billing

So mid September for example (around 14th) they send you a bill which is calculated on estimates up to October 1

However if you give them actual readings they then compare the actual October 1 reading with their estimate and compensate you with a equivalent reduction of your bill on the next months bill. Therefore you are never in credit or debit with symbio and your monthly direct debit is for the amount of electricity you use and varies monthly

Their customer service was extremely ropey at beginning but appears to have improved though I have little need to contact them nowadays

I'm. Happy staying with them though other companies are emerging like green. energy whose tariffs are comparable to symbio

There are a host of tariffs out there much cheaper than powershop nowadays and I've got to admit I don't miss the powerpack buying even though I enjoyed it whilst a customer

Equites

Better deal this time compared to the Oktoberfest Special Pack.
National Dessert Day for me has a 22% discount for the equivalent of 4 days power.

And why on earth did Powershop choose to celebrate a USA special event day?
Come on Powershop marketing, a quick search on Google would have shown you that Winnie the Pooh was published for the first time on 14th October 1926 - that is a bit more UK relevant. Or how about the Battle of Hastings in 1066!

fewkeste

Equites wrote: »

...Winnie the Pooh was published for the first time on 14th October 1926 - that is a bit more UK relevant. Or how about the Battle of Hastings in 1066!

My wife has Winnie the Pooh mugs, Tigger mugs and Eeyore mugs and, depending on what mood she wakes up in, the mug appropriate to her mood is used for her morning coffee and throughout the day:D

She has more Eeyore mugs than Tigger or Pooh mugs :rotfl:

Hermann

National Dessert Day pack gave me 43.3% discount.

Equites

Halloween Special Pack released today, in my case (single fuel, 2nd year with Powershop) this has a 20% discount for the equivalent of 4 days electricity use.

tlcgrantham

Pack 1 Cost £5.93 Worth £7.41 20% discount
Pack 2 Cost £19.41 Worth £22.83 15% discount
I'm dual fuel and these packs are less than half the discount of last year.

Tafrock

You know what to do then tlcgrantham. Powershop rely on you holding on in anticipation of big discount packs.