Energy: Find the cheapest supplier & earn cashback

daz9643

Having spoken to British Gas about my dual fuel cashback i wanted to check it had been applied to my account. The cashback should have been £80 as that was on the form i filled out to join them but when i received my welcome letter it stated £40. The guy i spoke to last week who didn't know how much cashback i should be receiving said he would add £80 credit to my electricity account. Found out today that he had only added £40. The guy i just spoke to has now added the other £40. Its like a circus, they're full of clowns.

ernie-money

I am with E-on on their online energy saver 5 tarriff, and given the latest reports about price increases, I was considering switching to their capped tarriff. I rang them to enquire about this, and they advised me not to, told me that I would be better off staying on the tarriff I'm on. Should I trust them, or is there any way of getting an accurate comparison at all?
Thanks to anyone who can help!

I-LOV-MONEY

ernie-money wrote: »

I am with E-on on their online energy saver 5 tarriff, and given the latest reports about price increases, I was considering switching to their capped tarriff. I rang them to enquire about this, and they advised me not to, told me that I would be better off staying on the tarriff I'm on. Should I trust them, or is there any way of getting an accurate comparison at all?
Thanks to anyone who can help!

Do you know when the price will increase ?

If you switch to a fixed rate tariff you will be paying more than you are paying now. It may save money in the long term when the prices go up, but in the meantime you are paying extra. Have a look at the price you are paying now, the price you will pay if you switch, you will have to guesstimate how much the increase will be. See if you think you could afford to sustain the increase, bearing in mind you would have to pay extra until that time.

loocyloo

arghhh!

i'm so confused! have been saying to my OH that we MUST switch our fuel suppliers for months. he couldn't see the point...still can't really!

anyway, have spent most of the day looking at suppliers/deals etc, and decided on a capped rate, in that as i suspect prices will go up, we won't be paying any more, even though it will cost us slightly more over the year.

i also wanted a supplier that had good, (well, better than the rest!) reviews, and so, have chosen Eon (energy saver V2).

but now, having a read a bit more on MSE, i'm worried i have done the right thing? why would Eon be telling customers not to switch to capped rates? (apart from for their benefit?)

x

deborahmcgeachy

Has anyone received their cashback yet??? I changed suppliers nearly 3 months ago through this website and with 2 different suppliers but still no sign of the cashback!!!

slik_2

I Want To Switch But I Can Only Compare Prices Using The Direct Debit Price, How Do You Work Out How Many Kwh You Use . I Know How Many Units I Use Per Year. Please Help Its Very Confusing

I-LOV-MONEY

slik wrote: »

I Want To Switch But I Can Only Compare Prices Using The Direct Debit Price, How Do You Work Out How Many Kwh You Use . I Know How Many Units I Use Per Year. Please Help Its Very Confusing

On my bill (E-On) they printed a formula. 5 to the power of 3 minus the square root of 4, plus the legs of a frog .....:rotfl::rotfl:

NobleSX

Hi all

This is my first post here.
I recently went to a few utilities switching sites for gas and electric and was given the good news that i could save £211. But I thought this too good to be true and did the maths - working out exactly how much i'm spending per kilowatt and how much (the new provider) would charge based on my kilwatt useage over the last year.
My findings were that I was better off where I am - with Swalec Domestic Standard Tariff.

Am I going mad or are my numbers all wrong cos I just don't see how it's cheaper to switch even though the switch site says it is...

Also do they charge you the higher rate per kilowatt every six months or only per year. I.E. Swalec charge 11.12p per unit for the first 513 on our six monthly bill.

Any help appreciated, I'm going to pull my hair out otherwise!

TM's

HI,
Just moved here, husband swithed to npower from scottish, don't know what our bills will be. He just set up for direct debit online. So the rate is cheaper than the standard rate, not by much.
So: can I go online and switch using one of the cashback sites to npower (which I already have) but to the flat-rate long-term capped tariff?

HELP

JimmyTheWig

Generally I don't believe you get cashback when switching unless you change suppliers. Don't know about this specific case.
No reason not to do it that way, though, if that's what you want to do.