Inviting comments on energy suppliers

gudda96

Talldave wrote: »

Type "Bulb" into the Search this Forum drop down box.

Can't see the "search this forum", have looked at "forum search"

Talldave

gudda96 wrote: »

Can't see the "search this forum", have looked at "forum search"

On the index page:https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.php?f=13 just below the blue New thread button, there's a green banner - it's at the right hand side of that banner.

And at the time of writing, the Bulb thread is 9th in the list anyway, so no need to search. But of course it drops down the list if other threads are more active.

Stompa

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5382226/bulb-energy-reviews-give-your-feedback-on-the-energy-supplier&highlight=bulb

Talldave

LeeCox wrote: »

I see you're a member of the "obsessing about those who you consider are obsessing about membership duration" club, or the "obsessing about those who highlight suspicious posting activity" club, as I prefer to call it.

I don't obsess. I try to treat all posters equally and focus on the thread topic. I don't go rushing to look at their profile page to analyse their use of the forum to determine whether they're worthy of my help or not and certainly don't switch on a condescending tone when they don't meet some imaginary criteria that others appear to use.

In what way was gudda96's posting activity suspicious? Or more generally, what are the differentiating parameters between suspicious and non-suspicious?

I try to make sure that my references to page locations use the exact text string as a reference so that those with screen readers will be able to find a match almost as easily as those with the benefit of full sight.

I couldn't provide a full url to the search facility because I was on my tablet and couldn't extract it from the page rendered on the tablet. Perhaps I shouldn't have bothered trying to help at all?? Apologies for caring for gudda96's plight at all!

jefaz07

One thing you might want to bare in mind is in the event of a fault with the gas equipment, say on a Friday evening, you may have to wait until Monday to get your gas equipment fixed and restored (meters and governors)
So you may have periods without gas.

hareng

Outfoxtemarkets performance stems from about this time last year where they wanted to go to actual usage per month rather than average per year, many kicked off big time. Now they resorted back around Feb this year.
Emails answered within a day even at the height last year, online chat immediate. I dont stand for poor service i usually depart at next convenience of which there are many 'supposedly' rated far higher.
For me non approach their costs as at 5 months back, Bulb was 19% dearer per month at £81.
The only problem you would have as found out is not submitting a meter reading on time.

Gerry1

hareng wrote: »

Outfoxtemarkets performance stems from about this time last year where they wanted to go to actual usage per month rather than average per yea

I'd have been all in favour of Variable Direct Debit, i.e. pay for the exact amount you've used, just like a petrol pump. But this wasn't what they were trying to impose, at least with sister company Eco7.

They had a series of crazy proposed increases which were changed and messed up shambolically.

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No thanks , variable direct debits..I prefer the tried and tested 12 months of roughly the same amount spread out to even the payments.who wants a whopping big gas/electric bill around christmas ? My big 4 bills are the winter months and i don t like the look of them.
As for the ridiculous idea of denying yourself a tidgy bit of interest having your money in the suppliers bank rather than your own, its not worth worrying about as most current bank accounts do not deliver any worthwhile interest, eg 0.25 %.. a year
Santander offer a useful 1.5 % minus a £5 a month fee .They are the highest payers I know of.
Building up the credit through the year works well for me. I do not want or need a variable direct debit.
Suppliers give us a good discount on standard /variable. Letting them have a few quid of interest in return is no hardship

Neil_Jones

Houbara wrote: »

As for the ridiculous idea of denying yourself a tidgy bit of interest having your money in the suppliers bank rather than your own, its not worth worrying about as most current bank accounts do not deliver any worthwhile interest, eg 0.25 %.. a year
Santander offer a useful 1.5 % minus a £5 a month fee .They are the highest payers I know of.

Nobody gets a clean 1.5% on that account., it is actually 1.2%. Which can be beaten. Quite easily.
The 2% cashback is a useful perk for energy purposes.

Building up the credit through the year works well for me. I do not want or need a variable direct debit.
Suppliers give us a good discount on standard /variable. Letting them have a few quid of interest in return is no hardship

"Suppliers give us a good discount on standard/variable"? What is this sorcery of which you speak?

[Deleted User]

Neil_Jones wrote: »

Nobody gets a clean 1.5% on that account., it is actually 1.2%. Which can be beaten. Quite easily.
The 2% cashback is a useful perk for energy purposes.




"Suppliers give us a good discount on standard/variable"? What is this sorcery of which you speak?

Santander have been doing 1.5% ( they were 3% before that ) now for a few years on current account s from I think its a minimum of £2500 up to a max of £20,000 ( £40,000 for a joint ) and it works out at around that figure depending on how many direct debits you have with them. My DD s pay for the £5 a month fee they charge. Its been top of the interest rate s for easy access for years.Just check with MSE Banking and Savings.. I know this will only apply for those with a decent amount of savings..
Most suppliers apart from a few, like Bulb offer lower fixed tariffs than their standard/variable rates..No sorcery .Its been around for years and it is a substantial discount on standard variable