Octopus Tracker

pete-20-11

I've just switched gas from svr to tracker

Bit nervous about it, hoping it works out cheaper and I've not missed the boat. 

Should have joined sooner, but I assumed the prices would shoot up in December and wasn't using much gas in the summer! 

Telegraph_Sam

hubb said:

To be fair I have just gone to the Octopus site and got a quote for their tracker tariff after giving a meter reading. "Your quote is accurate as of the time of sending" 

£164.60 a month

Currently paying £130 per month and still £272 in credit so it's an absolute no no for me.

I think that in all fairness you should give readers more info on what's behind your £130 p month in order to permit sensible comparisons with Tracker to be made.

QrizB

hubb said:

... as I am presently on a much lower tariff ...

It's quite common for posters on the energy forum to confuse their tariff for their monthly DD. You may have fallen into this trap. The two are not the same.

I would suggest that you are not presently on a lower tariff than Tracker, although you might well have a lower monthly DD that Octopus have suggested would be appropriate if you were to switch to Tracker.

MeteredOut

QrizB said:

hubb said:

... as I am presently on a much lower tariff ...

It's quite common for posters on the energy forum to confuse their tariff for their monthly DD. You may have fallen into this trap. The two are not the same.

I would suggest that you are not presently on a lower tariff than Tracker, although you might well have a lower monthly DD that Octopus have suggested would be appropriate if you were to switch to Tracker.

The poster has already admitted they were trolling (though they called it having fun) which, is some respects, is quite a relief, as it’s confusing when someone writes with so much conviction on a topic they clearly have little understanding of.

Chrysalis

Still waiting for this supposed winter surge on tracker.

14.05p today on electric and 4.20p on gas.

Telegraph_Sam

I have benefited from the WoF several times to the tune of scarcely more than pennies. Likewise the savings sessions. I regard both as simple sweeteners rather than deciders as to whether to stay with Octopus or leave. 
 I would be interested to know where else you would go and on what terms. My impression is that Tracker has been doing rather well for us over both the short, medium and longer terms - unless you are risk averse and see present conditions changing - in which case you go for a fixed rate deal.
I'm not sure what the latest change to the govt cap scheme will have since for much of the time Tracker has been trading below the cap anyway.
OR can it be that there's a late night emoji that I failed to spot?

Chrysalis

Telegraph_Sam said:

I have benefited from the WoF several times to the tune of scarcely more than pennies. Likewise the savings sessions. I regard both as simple sweeteners rather than deciders as to whether to stay with Octopus or leave. 
 I would be interested to know where else you would go and on what terms. My impression is that Tracker has been doing rather well for us over both the short, medium and longer terms - unless you are risk averse and see present conditions changing - in which case you go for a fixed rate deal.
I'm not sure what the latest change to the govt cap scheme will have since for much of the time Tracker has been trading below the cap anyway.
OR can it be that there's a late night emoji that I failed to spot?

I think you confused octoplus with octopus, I wont be leaving the supplier.

Just the octoplus addon thingy.

The wheel of fortune without octoplus gives cash amounts as prizes and is instantly credited to your account, in the year before I joined octoplus I have won £11 on it.  Since I joined octoplus I have won 6 pence on it which I also have to manually claim.

You will need to drag me kicking and screaming away from Octopus tracker.

edited the post you replied to as its off topic on this thread I suppose and it caused confusion.

Telegraph_Sam

Correct on all scores

SAC2334

hubb said:

Just stay on the Flexible Octopus. Not worth changing tariff as you don't gain anything.

I think you should delete that misinformation .Terrible advice

mmmmikey

The price is creeping back up, just over 16p/kWh for me. A fair bit higher than it has been for the last few weeks, but if it settles at that level I'll be well pleased. If you look at the demand and wind/solar forecasts it's not unreasonable to expect it to settle there, but probably need to leave it a few days before making any predictions for the month ahead.