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  • netloser
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    And FYI I am just leaving OTM due to the end of their fix.  Moving to Orbit to save 12.5% pa.  Variable so I will be wary.  OTM were faultless apart from being a tiny bit slow in refunding me when I got nearly 3 months payments in credit (due to kids moving out!).  Comms otherwise have been excellent even during the switch away.  I have yet to find any company as bad as Scottish Power for appalling service.  From start to finish, and beyond they excelled at incompetence and silence!!
  • QrizB
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    netloser said:
    And FYI I am just leaving OTM due to the end of their fix.  Moving to Orbit to save 12.5% pa.  Variable so I will be wary.  OTM were faultless apart from being a tiny bit slow in refunding me when I got nearly 3 months payments in credit (due to kids moving out!).  Comms otherwise have been excellent even during the switch away.  I have yet to find any company as bad as Scottish Power for appalling service.  From start to finish, and beyond they excelled at incompetence and silence!!
    I was happy with OFTM for 3 years or so, but left them late last year for Green Energy Network for ~£50/yr saving. GEN then went bust (it wasn't my fault, I promise). I'll seriously consider switching back to OFTM once EDF sort out my current account etc. (In hindsight, I should have stuck with OFTM!)
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