EDF have admitted their mistake

renegadefm

Swipe, I will ask him tonight at work for figures. I remember he did say his heating and cooker is Gas and the rest is electric.
But £52 seems incredibly low doesnt it when you concidered thats both combined. I dont know what they work out at individually. But its as if hes never home, but his 3 daughters live with him, so they must use devices.

Talldave

Start thinking terms of consumption in kWh. Ask your friend what their consumption is and what the unit rates are. Comparing payments is meaningless.

You need to get off PAYG. Are the comparison sites blocking credit tariffs because you are PAYG? Try using other local addresses and see what results you get.

renegadefm

Talldave, how can they tell what method of payment do I use to block credit tarrifs? I didnt declare I am a pay as you go user. I pretended to canvas for DD.

renegadefm

Talldave, I will rule this out on Monday, I will use my desktop PC to do a search with my VPN activated. But doesnt that become irrelevant because they are asking for post code which then they know your address. I dont know how an unknown provider can tell what method of payment I use, plus it wouldn't be fair on consumers who wish to switch from PAYG to DD.

Swipe

Use a different house number of someone you know who doesn't have a PAYG meter. They know by the address.

renegadefm

Swipe thanks I will try that and hope they dont have a PAYG meter.
But I think some search engines didnt ask for house number, just post code. But will try thanks

Talldave

renegadefm wrote: »

Talldave, I will rule this out on Monday, I will use my desktop PC to do a search with my VPN activated. But doesnt that become irrelevant because they are asking for post code which then they know your address. I dont know how an unknown provider can tell what method of payment I use, plus it wouldn't be fair on consumers who wish to switch from PAYG to DD.

At a guess (and I honestly don't know the real answer), I suspect the national meter database has a PAYG flag against the entry for your meter. Hopefully someone will be along with a definitive answer!

Gerry1

Talldave wrote: »

At a guess (and I honestly don't know the real answer), I suspect the national meter database has a PAYG flag against the entry for your meter. Hopefully someone will be along with a definitive answer!

Everything you've (n)ever wanted to know...

https://www.ecoes.co.uk/documents/user_guides/ecoes_User_Guide.pdf

It knows your meter type (see P.7, item 33).

MWT

renegadefm wrote: »

MWT, believe it or not I pretended to search for direct debt tarrifs, lots of results I get is either sorry we cant provide information based on my property search, or that we dont provide at all.

As has been mentioned, you can't use the switching sites to search for tariffs that are incompatible with your current meter, you can usually look at individual providers tariffs on their own website though.


For your call tomorrow I'd be inclined to ask them what would be the cheapest tariff they could put you on with a normal credit meter.


Once you get away from PAYG you will then find it easy to move to a cheaper provider if you still want to move... ... but make sure they are clear about any costs or early termination fees involved.

renegadefm

MWT, I see what you mean, but my thinking is once I set up a direct debt, wont that make me more tied into them or anything, and harder to leave them? Or is that just my nieve way of thinking?