Energy: Find the cheapest supplier & earn cashback

Doc_N

Quark_GB wrote: »

Or alternatively now I think of it I guess your local or otherwise friendly HM Tax Inspector's number would work equally well!

If you can find a geographical code for HMRC these days you'll be very lucky!

Quark_GB

Doc_N wrote: »

If you can find a geographical code for HMRC these days you'll be very lucky!

Oh! Good point. I overlooked that! :T

Guess it will have to be plan 'B'.

Perhaps a freephone number (some avail.) for another Energy supplier site. Or possibly perhaps a comparison site?

Quark_GB

Doc_N wrote: »

If you can find a geographical code for HMRC these days you'll be very lucky!

Although, on reflection, if using a comparison site and don’t want nuisance calls from a host of Insurers, Energy suppliers or the comparison site itself.

Perhaps entering a 0844; 0870 or even an 09 number might prove a useful deterrent!

I-LOV-MONEY

Doc_N wrote: »

If you can find a geographical code for HMRC these days you'll be very lucky!

You can use the 'overseas' number from here.

Doc_N

I-LOV-MONEY wrote: »

You can use the 'overseas' number from here.

True - that's a useful number. Saynoto0870 lists a lot of other HMRC numbers, too.

I tend to use the number of any company that makes a nuisance of itself by calling other people who don't want to be called. This is a particularly good one:

0208 731 5892 (See: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2085601)

Numan111

Quick note to everyone who like collecting nectar point. As of december 2010 edf energy will no longer be offering nectar points on the gas and elec. British gas will be taking over. This was confirmed by nectar helpline.

Numan111

Quick note to everyone who like collecting nectar point. As of december 2010 edf energy will no longer be offering nectar points on the gas and elec. British gas will be taking over. This was confirmed by nectar helpline.

jay_bee2007

Two months ago I was sent a letter by Eon saying my (cheap) tariff contract had ended and they were tranferring me automatically to their standard tarrif. I was paying £65 per month, online, d.d for dual fuel. They were putting me on a tarrif where it would be £10 per month more expensive. I called to challenge this and say I want to stay on the old one (where I also got tesco cc pts) but they said I couldn't and where quite unhelpful. So, I decided to use moneysupermarket to do a comparison and switch (via topcashback). Scottish Power came out cheapest - closer to the £65 per month than Eon, so I went with them. TWO MONTHS later I have received my first communication from them, a direct debit, telling me it's going to £100 per month. I am GUTTED. They say they've come up with this figure based on the information from my previous supplier - is this true? They did take one meter reading about a month ago at the property. What does anyone advise me to do? Switch again? Switch back to EON? They keep sending me letters telling me I can go back to them!
Any suggestions welcome. Thanks.

Premier_2

jay_bee2007 wrote: »

Two months ago I was sent a letter by Eon saying my (cheap) tariff contract had ended and they were tranferring me automatically to their standard tarrif. I was paying £65 per month, online, d.d for dual fuel. They were putting me on a tarrif where it would be £10 per month more expensive. I called to challenge this and say I want to stay on the old one (where I also got tesco cc pts) but they said I couldn't and where quite unhelpful. So, I decided to use moneysupermarket to do a comparison and switch (via topcashback). Scottish Power came out cheapest - closer to the £65 per month than Eon, so I went with them. TWO MONTHS later I have received my first communication from them, a direct debit, telling me it's going to £100 per month. I am GUTTED. They say they've come up with this figure based on the information from my previous supplier - is this true? They did take one meter reading about a month ago at the property. What does anyone advise me to do? Switch again? Switch back to EON? They keep sending me letters telling me I can go back to them!
Any suggestions welcome. Thanks.

I don't know if what you were told was true, but what I am left wondering is what consumption figures did you put into the comparison site if it was not the figures from the previous supplier?

The other thing to remember is that whilst you may think you simply pay 1/12 of the anticipated annual cost when paying monthly by DD, some suppliers aim to have you on a zero account balance about March/April. If you've only just joined them and it's now only the expensive winter period until such zero point, then you will be paying more monthly.

The important thing is how much your consumption will cost annually, not what your monthly DD payment is set to

boobbby

The part you need to check before your switch is to compare the amount it costs per kWh at both standard and discounted energy between your the old and new provider. It gets a little more complicated if you move from a standing charge to no standing charge.