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Dave_Duggan

Stayed with British Gas and saved £32 a month, just the job.

Consumerist

Dave_Duggan wrote: »

Stayed with British Gas and saved £32 a month, just the job.

Just what job?

It's all very well saying you saved £32 a month by staying with BG but you don't say how you achieved this great saving, if indeed you have "saved" it or were you merely promised it by a comparison site?.

Consumerist

WaxiesDargle wrote: »

. . . On experience, who would you recommend for a one year fixed deal? . . .

This week's <MSE newsletter> had an informative article on how to select an energy supplier to suit your personal needs. Hope it helps you.

DanHoward

Hi all - I've just bought my first property, and looking at moving from the pre-pay meter that's installed in the property at the moment, to a metered option.

I don't know the amount of units that are used regularly, so would only be basing it from anecdotal bits and calculators that you find on here.

If anyone has any advice, I'd greatly appreciate it.

Thanks a lot,

Consumerist

DanHoward wrote: »

Hi all - I've just bought my first property, and looking at moving from the pre-pay meter that's installed in the property at the moment, to a metered option.

I don't know the amount of units that are used regularly, so would only be basing it from anecdotal bits and calculators that you find on here.

If anyone has any advice, I'd greatly appreciate it.

Thanks a lot,

It's hard to predict individual consumption but you could start the ball rolling by using <Ofgem's Typical Domestic Consumption Values> according to your set up.

If you're on a typical gas & electricity arrangement (i.e. not Economy7 type), a typical medium consumption is 12,000 kWh/yr for gas and 3,100 kWh/yr for electricity.

DanHoward

Thanks very much for the reply Consumerist!

footyguy

DanHoward wrote: »

Hi all - I've just bought my first property, and looking at moving from the pre-pay meter that's installed in the property at the moment, to a metered option.

I don't know the amount of units that are used regularly, so would only be basing it from anecdotal bits and calculators that you find on here.

If anyone has any advice, I'd greatly appreciate it.

Thanks a lot,

If you want the meter changed, you will have to contact your supplier, A cost may apply for such a meter change. Before that, you may be credit checked, and the result of that may be you will be provided with a credit meter, you may only be provided with one if you stump up a security deposit (somethimes this can be avoided by agreeing to pay monthly by DD), or being refused credit.

If you don't know what your anticipated annual usage will be in kWh, most PCWs will help you - it will only be an estimate, but better than nothing.

Katy_Stevens

I switched with a new company called Switchcraft to Bulb. This seems way cheaper but apparently the tariff is increasing. Has anyone else heard that?

footyguy

^^^ (@ Katy Stevens)
I may have missed it, but I don't see that comparison site pays any cashback at all :huh:

How much cashback do they pay, and where can I find confirmation of this?

Edit: Oh it's not a compariosn site, but rather an automatic switching site. It seems they could switch you as much as 4 times a year, and so with an average referral of about £50 per switch, that'll be £200 a year they'll make out of you in commission ... for something you could do yourself, and perhaps trouser half of that by following the advice in the MSE article.

Your post leaves me with a slight meaty flavour, livened up with a hint of spice... :cool:

Good luck!

System

Katy_Stevens wrote: »

I switched with a new company called Switchcraft to Bulb. This seems way cheaper but apparently the tariff is increasing. Has anyone else heard that?

Hi - welcome to the forum. Bulb offers a variable tariff. All variable tariffs are subject to change and Bulb has indicated that it will review its tariffs in March:

Quote: You might have seen in the news that energy prices rose sharply last week. We just wanted to reassure you that since we buy our energy three months in advance, we don't need to change our prices now.

There's a chance we may have to increase our prices in March 2018. If we do, we promise to give you 60 days notice. And we never charge exit fees, so you can leave us anytime at zero cost.

We've written a blog with more info on how wholesale energy costs are changing because we think it's important to keep you informed. Unquote