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doveman

Looks like I've left it too late to cancel, so I'll just have to let it go through and try and get switched to normal rate electric afterwards. If they won't do that, I'll just switch back to Scottish Power and get some more cashback as I'm not tied in and there's no termination charge.

doveman

Looks like our posts crossed and we're both thinking along the same lines

It's not actually impossible for me to have E7 as I do have a dual-rate meter, which unfortunately seems to make suppliers just assume that I want to be on E7 even when I don't ask to be and despite that I'm currently on normal rate with my current supplier (who just add up the two readings).

NonGeographicalMan

doveman wrote: »

Looks like our posts crossed and we're both thinking along the same lines

It's not actually impossible for me to have E7 as I do have a dual-rate meter, which unfortunately seems to make suppliers just assume that I want to be on E7 even when I don't ask to be and despite that I'm currently on normal rate with my current supplier (who just add up the two readings).

I thought I had read somewhere that some especially bureaucratic suppliers made you swap your meter for a normal one if you wanted to no longer be on the E7 tariff?

doveman

NonGeographicalMan wrote: »

I thought I had read somewhere that some especially bureaucratic suppliers made you swap your meter for a normal one if you wanted to no longer be on the E7 tariff?

Possibly but I've not had any problems with EON/Powergen or Scottish Power. If Npower want to be awkward about it, I'll just switch again.

Power_Man

Ive been with Scotish Power (my current duel fuel supplier) for several years. I thought I would look on a price comparison web site for a better deal. Nice to find that my existing supplier came out top. Phoned them and saved 11 percent by changing there and then to a new deal with Ecomomy 9.

NonGeographicalMan

Power_Man wrote: »

Ive been with Scotish Power (my current duel fuel supplier) for several years. I thought I would look on a price comparison web site for a better deal. Nice to find that my existing supplier came out top. Phoned them and saved 11 percent by changing there and then to a new deal with Ecomomy 9.

But a shame they would still have shafted you with an uncompetitive price unless you had spotted your existing tariff was uncompetitive and asked to switch. And a shame they lock you in for another 12 months as though they are a new customer to get that cheaper tariff.:eek::mad:

Also you could have made a couple of hundred quid in cashback by switching to Npower and then back to Scottish Power to get that improved cheaper tariff.

KimYeovil

NonGeographicalMan wrote: »

I thought I had read somewhere that some especially bureaucratic suppliers made you swap your meter for a normal one if you wanted to no longer be on the E7 tariff?

You answered your own question. You do know what the word 'some' means?

And there are some quite sensible, not just bureaucratic, reasons for the fussiness.

NonGeographicalMan

KimYeovil wrote: »

And there are some quite sensible, not just bureaucratic, reasons for the fussiness.

Perhaps you can indicate what those "quite sensible" reasons are?

harryhound

I've had all sorts of fun and games with my E7 meter over the years.
A couple of years ago N-Power refused to supply an advertised tariff because of my EDF white large postcard sized electronic meter.
This meter flashes "1" when counting units during the 7 hours and flashes "2" when counting during the rest of the 24 hours.
Finally it displays a figure which is the "1" count added to the "2" count.

One of the problems seems to be that "1" electricity on the tablet that the meter readers use is the expensive stuff and "2" is the cheap stuff.

You could not make it up:T

Premier_2

NonGeographicalMan wrote: »

Perhaps you can indicate what those "quite sensible" reasons are?

Cost.

Dual rate meters cost more than single rate ones. If you are not on a dual rate tariff, you are not paying the higher standing charges associated (in part) with the higher cost, dual rate meter.