Cheap energy club problems

moonpenny

When I do a comparison for dual fuel gas elec on CEC and enter kWh used I get a top saving of approx £150 saving Inc £ 25 cash back.
However, if I put in the amount in money spent instead of kWh I only get £25cashback as savings for the year.
Also, it won't let me enter gas and electric separately.

Another question - do all the switching sites switch automatically without me informing my present provider?

Gerry1

No point in entering your usage in ££ because it's less accurate.  Always enter your annual usage in kWh from actual meter readings.  The CEC doesn't show all suppliers; try using Citizens Advice and 'Switch with Which?'.  There's not much point in chasing cashback: the cheapest suppliers usually don't offer it.  Remember that separate suppliers are often better than dual fuel.

When you've decided to switch, the gaining supplier informs the losing supplier.

 

moonpenny

Gerry1 said:

No point in entering your usage in ££ because it's less accurate.  Always enter your annual usage in kWh from actual meter readings.  The CEC doesn't show all suppliers; try using Citizens Advice and 'Switch with Which?'.  There's not much point in chasing cashback: the cheapest suppliers usually don't offer it.  Remember that separate suppliers are often better than dual fuel.

When you've decided to switch, the gaining supplier informs the losing supplier.

 

I did enter my usage in kwh.  My point was why was it so different when I entered the £?  It should have been the same discount.
Also, I wasn't looking for cashback, I was just laying the facts out.
Thanks for your advice anyway, I will look at the sites you mentioned.

dreamypuma

What benefit is there in switching through Which?

Gerry1

dreamypuma said:

What benefit is there in switching through Which?

The site shows all suppliers by default, including those that don't pay commission and sometimes includes exclusive tariffs not available by going direct to the supplier's own website.

Talldave

moonpenny said:

Gerry1 said:

No point in entering your usage in ££ because it's less accurate.  Always enter your annual usage in kWh from actual meter readings.  The CEC doesn't show all suppliers; try using Citizens Advice and 'Switch with Which?'.  There's not much point in chasing cashback: the cheapest suppliers usually don't offer it.  Remember that separate suppliers are often better than dual fuel.

When you've decided to switch, the gaining supplier informs the losing supplier.

 

I did enter my usage in kwh.  My point was why was it so different when I entered the £?  It should have been the same discount.
Also, I wasn't looking for cashback, I was just laying the facts out.
Thanks for your advice anyway, I will look at the sites you mentioned.

When you enter £, you're relying on the site reverse engineering the tariff you've told it you're on to extract your actual consumption.  I guess CEC is crap at doing this - although perhaps you were lucky it knew your tariffs in the first place, as I usually find it doesn't know mine.  I don't understand why anyone perseveres with CEC.