Energy: Find the cheapest supplier & earn cashback

FNUSNU

johnbhoy10 wrote: »

Thanks for the response but according to quidco they are £101 for a dual-fuel swap. From memory (and feel free to correct) but surely they won't pay from one of the comparison sites and also a cashback site. It would be nice though as quidco are also offering £24 for purchasing through confused.com .

What i'm talking about doing is with the market the way it is and not being sure to change supplier or not just moving to Scottish Power as the cashback is relatively high at the moment and leave when it suits me. This will actually be quite quickly as the 2 SP tariffs without canc charges are Online and Online(no standing charge) which aren't that cheap at all really

Quidco were offering £101 for using their site to switch directly, Scottish Power were offering £70 through uswitch, and hopfully £28 from topcashback,so more or less the same fingers crossed.

Dannyboy123

Hi

This is my first post, so apologies if I have posted to the wrong forum.

I am with Southern Electric Superdeal tarrif (I only have electricity no gas) and I live in a flat. When I try to use comparison sites they do not allow me to compare the superdeal tarrif.

Is (or has) anyone been in a similar situation? Is it worth switching?

Any advice is greatl;y appreciated.:)

All Thanks

Dan T.

Premier_2

Dannyboy123 wrote: »

Hi

This is my first post, so apologies if I have posted to the wrong forum.

I am with Southern Electric Superdeal tarrif (I only have electricity no gas) and I live in a flat. When I try to use comparison sites they do not allow me to compare the superdeal tarrif.

Is (or has) anyone been in a similar situation? Is it worth switching?

Any advice is greatl;y appreciated.:)

All Thanks

Dan T.

I believe Superdeal is a 3 rate supply. Unfortunately you'll have difficulty getting anyone to accept you as a new customer whilst you have that set up, hence why you don't find your current tariff on the comparison sites.

Moobear

Have read a quite a bit on here and to be honest totally confused:eek:

All l know is l am with EON - All electric no gas - Economy 7 and our bill is £113 a month and we have been with the same company for 20 years as hubby never changes anything.

Has any one advice please - went on to a comparison site and hubby tried to look at Scottish power and it went blank.:(

Please basic talk as no techno, trying to subscribe to threads and it doesn' work for me either - just not very good on computers:(

If you do :A

Premier_2

Moobear wrote: »

Have read a quite a bit on here and to be honest totally confused:eek:

All l know is l am with EON - All electric no gas - Economy 7 and our bill is £113 a month and we have been with the same company for 20 years as hubby never changes anything.

Has any one advice please - went on to a comparison site and hubby tried to look at Scottish power and it went blank.:(

Please basic talk as no techno, trying to subscribe to threads and it doesn' work for me either - just not very good on computers:(

If you do :A

Try again, perhaps using a different comparison site.

If he still gets difficulty, many of the MSE recommended comparison sites also have a phone number to call who can do the comparison for you. Mention you saw the site on MSE and he might get the cashback too if he actually switches.

harryhound

Dannyboy123 wrote: »

Hi

This is my first post, so apologies if I have posted to the wrong forum.

I am with Southern Electric Superdeal tarrif (I only have electricity no gas) and I live in a flat. When I try to use comparison sites they do not allow me to compare the superdeal tarrif.

Is (or has) anyone been in a similar situation? Is it worth switching?

Any advice is greatl;y appreciated.:)

All Thanks

Dan T.

Is it your flat or are you renting it?

Dannyboy123

harryhound wrote: »

Is it your flat or are you renting it?

It is my flat.:)

suji

FNUSNU wrote: »

I see Scottish Power are offering £70 for dual fuel switch, if you use topcashback and go through USwitch you get another £23, Moneysupermarket say £20-£30. I've not looked at other comparison sites yet but there are decent deals out there!

Hi Could anyone please tell me, how to switch via topcash back and uswitch at a time so that both can be tracked. I mean log in to TCB, click through find the relevant supplier and switch or sign in to TCB go through uswitch find the supplier. Then come back to TCB and click through the supplier and switch.

Sorry for rambling, but recently i bought the car insurance in the same way only cash back(lowest) was tracked.

thanks

competitionscafe

suji wrote: »

Hi Could anyone please tell me, how to switch via topcash back and uswitch at a time so that both can be tracked. I mean log in to TCB, click through find the relevant supplier and switch or sign in to TCB go through uswitch find the supplier. Then come back to TCB and click through the supplier and switch.

Sorry for rambling, but recently i bought the car insurance in the same way only cash back(lowest) was tracked.

thanks

It is not possible to do that - if you go via uswitch you will get the uswitch cashback from TCB + any cashback uswitch are offering direct (if any).

Alternatively if you use uswitch only to find the cheapest supplier and then go via TCB link to that supplier you will get the TCB cashback for that supplier but not for uswitch.

The suppliers pay commissions to uswitch so the suppliers are not going to pay commission twice on the same sale.

So you need to work out if you are better off using uswitch etc for comparisons and then TCB for the supplier or doing it all through uswitch (via TCB).

In most cases you will be better off using uswitch / energyhelpline etc for the comparison only and then going to the supplier via TCB for the switch.

TCB on uswitch = £23 (gas and elec)

TCB on suppliers (varies from £20 to £140)

"You will only be eligible for one cashback payment as listed above from uSwitch, you will not receive a second cashback amount from another merchant... "
From: http://www.topcashback.co.uk/uswitch/

http://www.topcashback.co.uk/RetailersByCatUtility_Services.htm

harryhound

Dannyboy123 wrote: »

It is my flat.:)

Perhaps the time has come to try to improve the efficiency of your heating system.

It is difficult in a flat because you really need the support of all the flat owners.

The latest versions of night storage heaters adjust themselves according to the outside temperature (the buzz word for his sort of thing is "heuristics".)

There are several people on this site recommending air-source heat pumps - but having the equivalent of a large freezer motor on your balcony might upset your neighbours if they are not in on the benefits too.

There are also opportunities developing for selling building roofs for the generation of PV electricity (economic nonsense but our politicians are desperate to get carbon out of the grid).

I guess that the obvious things like double galzing and filling the cavity walls have already been done - it being much more sensible to improve insulation and draught proofing than to spend money on expensive new heating systems.

Are you on your special tariff because you night storage heating is very old and really does need the extra boost.

If you are on the ground floor you might be able to hide the noisy (?) heat pump in the dustbin area:D.

What ever you do I would keep an element of night storage for really cold weather or other breakdowns.