Using Energy Comparison Sites (including MSE)

roman321

I would make sure you tick all boxes to show every deal available. After shopping around many times for about 3 - 4 weeks before my 12mth deal expired

chose a 2 yr deal with OVO which I thought was the best (with £30 exit fee).
2 weeks later updated the current info and curiosity got the better of me to check again showing I could now save around £200 (12 month deal). Have now changed . Obviously it's a gamble eg going bust, customer service etc. At the time I'm pretty sure I was showing cashback deals only so touch wood it's worth the effort.

[Deleted User]

Savings are meaningless if you are at the end of a 12 month fixed term deal. The quoted savings are the cost of a year on the supplier’s standard variable less the cost of your new fixed term tariff. It follows that you can end up on a new tariff that ‘saves’ you money but one which actually costs you more. The ‘savings’ increase the closer you get to the end of the fixed term.

roman321

Not not in this case because I use my own spreadsheet to compare current rather than when the current deal ends