Octopus Tracker

MP1995

Telegraph_Sam said:

My Compare has been on strike for several days but has today seemed to recover. Whenever possible I compare Tracker with Agile. Taking account of the greater volatility it's telling me that most times I am marginally better off with Tracker, certainly over the longer time periods

You won't know unless you look to pretend to be n Agile, looking for the cheap spots and shiftinf a little,

I only say this as tou tariffs appear to be the future so we all have to get used to a little load shifting for the better prices.

Telegraph_Sam

If using  he Compare defaults - yesterday, week, month and year -  doesn't give me valid comparisons, then I'm going to have to enrole on a course in consumption shifting. I choose my consumption profile, Compare tells me the consequences. So far no  complaints. At the end of the day it is a matter of getting a trade-off between lifestyle and cost savings.

MP1995

OK I give up, have a great weekend :-)

masonic

Telegraph_Sam said:

I've just seen that my price has dropped from 18..7 = normal) today to 16.4 - which qualifies as low, tomorrow.

Wholesale price for delivery in the early afternoon is more expensive than today, so seems like sensible timing of the session today (other than the hour chosen).

Telegraph_Sam

My conclusion is that I could spend a lot of time and effort  with the clever stuff catching up with you gurus when Compare is telling me that with my present consumption profile (which has its limits) I am doing not too badly at all. Gut feeling is that the law of diminishing returns could be applicable.
Reset all of the above when Tracker Feb 2025 makes its debut

Telegraph_Sam

MP1995 said:

I only say this as tou tariffs appear to be the future so we all have to get used to a little load shifting for the better prices.

I was contacted today by a man whose job it was to book me an appt with  BT "engineer" for a survey and recommendations as to saving money compared with my current tariff.  I tried to explain that that would not be simple when ToU's were involved.  I had just started on explaining the difference between Tracker and Agile when the line went dead. No doubt he was convinced that I was taking the p**s.  I have a feeling that news of ToU's has yet to reach the heavyweights.

masonic

Telegraph_Sam said:

MP1995 said:

I only say this as tou tariffs appear to be the future so we all have to get used to a little load shifting for the better prices.

I was contacted today by a man whose job it was to book me an appt with  BT "engineer" for a survey and recommendations as to saving money compared with my current tariff.  I tried to explain that that would not be simple when ToU's were involved.  I had just started on explaining the difference between Tracker and Agile when the line went dead. No doubt he was convinced that I was taking the p**s.  I have a feeling that news of ToU's has yet to reach the heavyweights.

LOL, I'm not surprised he hung up. He was probably trying to flog you a broadband upgrade.

northernstar007

£18 of octopoints in my account sitting there doing nothing
lots of credit in my acc (quarter of yearly bill) lowered my dd a little (60) over the summer, may increase it to about 70-80 in the winter if req
now do i cash in on these points or is it worth saving them up for anything, nothing on the store i require

Telegraph_Sam

I have always had variable D/D's. OK you lose some "control" but there is rarely a credit balance in the account which frees up lsd for other goodies.
I've  never had more than a few octopoints so cash them in as soon as they are available (to spend on other goodies)

Telegraph_Sam

I've noticed that in the yearly view of my latest Compare there is a clear contradiction between the graphs and the colum totals for Agile and Tracker respectively.