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MSE Poll: When did you last switch your energy provider or tariff?

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MSE_Petar
MSE_Petar Posts: 367 MSE Staff
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Poll started 5 May 2020

With many feeling the financial squeeze caused by coronavirus and looking to cut their monthly bills, switching to a new energy provider (or at least to a new deal with your existing provider) is an easy way to save £££s. But when did you last do it – and if it's been a while, why?

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  • Gerry1
    Gerry1 Posts: 10,848 Forumite
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    edited 5 May 2020 at 8:36PM
    January 2020, to Neon Reef and Gulf.
  • matelodave
    matelodave Posts: 9,080 Forumite
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    Last September to Symbio (only got leccy)
    Never under estimate the power of stupid people in large numbers
  • Hasbeen
    Hasbeen Posts: 4,404 Forumite
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    Last September to Symbio (only got leccy)  as well.

     Before that Eversmart. Iresa. GB Energy. etc LOL

    The world is not ruined by the wickedness of the wicked, but by the weakness of the good. Napoleon
  • matelodave
    matelodave Posts: 9,080 Forumite
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    Hasbeen said:
    Last September to Symbio (only got leccy)  as well.

     Before that Eversmart. Iresa. GB Energy. etc LOL
    That's just like me - it's saved us a lot of money though, hasn't it ;)
    Never under estimate the power of stupid people in large numbers
  • brewerdave
    brewerdave Posts: 8,712 Forumite
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    Just moved from Avro to Gulf (gas) and Green.energy (leccy) - could have saved ~ £20pa more by moving to Symbio for elec. but decided that was a bridge too far!  :D 
    I've been with Iresa, Usio, One Select, Better Energy amongst others - all sadly gone now!! And worst of all Together Energy - to my amazement still in existence!!
  • Talldave
    Talldave Posts: 2,002 Forumite
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    September 2019 - switched to Zog (gas) & Symbio (electricity) due to moving into a property supplied by npower, who I refuse to use. February 2020 - switched to Gulf (gas).
    Gulf are excellent, their website is great although a little slow to update after bills are issued.
    Symbio are a joke, incompetent beyond belief, but their broken billing system allows free units which makes life entertaining.
  • sjaeagle5
    sjaeagle5 Posts: 35 Forumite
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    Really shocked at how high the percentage of people in the poll are not willing to switch because they "can't be bothered".
    Recently switched from N-Power to Avro Energy.
    Just the one issue, N-Power issued an estimated final bill, so I'm still waiting for a bill based on actual readings, 3 months after I switched.   And no, I won't be chasing them up on it because it seems it's around £6 lower than it should be.
  • JJ_Egan
    JJ_Egan Posts: 20,281 Forumite
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    edited 6 May 2020 at 10:32AM
    Confusion more than anything would be a reason for them not to switch .
    One only has to look at this forum and posters who do not understand that a direct debit is not all you can eat , others who never enter meter readings .

    Not forgetting all the suppliers that have gone post .
    Will i swap today or will the price drop tomorrow .
  • Mister_G
    Mister_G Posts: 1,946 Forumite
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    edited 6 May 2020 at 10:56AM
    As #matelodave and #Hasbeen, I change when I'm forced to because the cheapest supplier has gone under.  Still with Symbio at the moment, as they are still the cheapest for me, despite what a certain poster says (shouts!) about OFTM on the OFTM thread!
  • burner01
    burner01 Posts: 38 Forumite
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    In both March and April this year!
    E.On -> Octopus -> E.On
    £50 cashback lovely!
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