E.on pushing their fixed tariffs

sam1974_2

My good deal came to an end a few days ago and like many others I’ve opted for their standard variable rates as it’s already an increase of almost £500 a year on my previous deal. 

Opened email today with them still pushing their fixed tariff but you have to laugh at “You've rolled onto our higher, variable price, but it's not too late to change that”

Really - cause I think you’ll find the variable price is cheaper 😂

jackiestew

I had a similar quote from British Gas a few days ago and now its gone up a further £200 

daaave

Yeah that’s rather scummy.

id have thought the Advertising standards agency and/or ofgem would have something to say about this. It’s deliberately deceptive marketing.

daaave

Shocking how high the fixes have now become, though.

The April increases are gonna hurt a lot of people.

wittynamegoeshere

I suppose they could claim that it's higher than the amount that you used to pay.

Still intentionally misleading though, I'll bet they're all playing these kind of games.

sam1974_2

daaave said:

Shocking how high the fixes have now become, though.

The April increases are gonna hurt a lot of people.

It is indeed! 

I hope things settle down by April but who knows! But I’d rather be paying variable rates during these winter months than some of the fixed prices 😮

wittynamegoeshere said:

I suppose they could claim that it's higher than the amount that you used to pay.

Still intentionally misleading though, I'll bet they're all playing these kind of games.

Yep, nearly £500 more than I used to pay 😕

I’m sure E.on won’t be the only ones! 

GingerTim

Worst case scenario is that come April, the fixes being advertised now might look quite attractive...

matelodave

Agreed,but as I'm gonna chew through around 5-6000kwh of leccy between now and then (depending on the weather), I'm gonna take my chance with the SVT and see whats around next April.

Come April my consumption will drop dramatically so the rise wont be quite so painful and hopefully the situation might have stabilised a bit by next autumn (fingers crossed). Fixing at really silly prices looks like a big gamble at the moment