Electric Ireland Price Increase

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  • Old_Git
    Old_Git Posts: 4,744 Forumite
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    edited 10 September 2018 at 4:38AM
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    I have topped today ,still got the 20 digit code .
    "Do not regret growing older, it's a privilege denied to many"
  • Money_Grabber13579
    Money_Grabber13579 Posts: 4,272 Forumite
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    Can you also do this with a credit account? I believe that you can submit a meter reading yourself, so is there anything to stop you from adding a few hundred units onto the meter reading, the day before the price increase? Apppreciate that it will probably get noticed in the following quarter, when it looks like I have used negative units!
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  • Old_Git
    Old_Git Posts: 4,744 Forumite
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    Money_Grabber13579 wrote: »
    Can you also do this with a credit account? I believe that you can submit a meter reading yourself, so is there anything to stop you from adding a few hundred units onto the meter reading, the day before the price increase? Apppreciate that it will probably get noticed in the following quarter, when it looks like I have used negative units!

    nothing at all to stop you adding a few hundred units .It will be a case of oops did I submit the wrong reading ,how did that happen.
    "Do not regret growing older, it's a privilege denied to many"
  • guli
    guli Posts: 184 Forumite
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    max on the prepay meter is £999.99
  • guiriman
    guiriman Posts: 525 Forumite
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    Have they all increased now? Maybe wait another month before comparing and switching (if needed)
  • IrishMarco
    IrishMarco Posts: 13 Forumite
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    This is incorrect. If there is a price change and theres a financial hit to you, i.e. its going up - then you have 21 days to switch without penalty, regardless if you are in a contract or not.

    Switch, switch , switch.
    :money:
  • guiriman
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    I can save £60 a year by switching, if I wait until February I'll get my annual £20 back from Electric Ireland. Think I'll wait then switch when the 20 quid's in hand
  • tommie
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    So with all these recent price rises who is the cheapest out there now, i`m with Click on keypad atm.


    Is there still a price comparison table out there somewhere?
  • guiriman
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    http://www.consumercouncil.org.uk/comparison_tool/consumersteps-one
  • donnac2558
    donnac2558 Posts: 3,610 Forumite
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    I am rather strange, I have an easysaver card as it is known. So I just pay a set amount each month and when the bills come in they are paid.


    When enquiring the only one who did this was Electric Ireland and I moved to them. So I cannot do a proper comparison as the other companies don't do this.



    I am NIHE and never offered a key meter.
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