Moving house - should I take opportunity to move supplier or stay with Bulb?

Welshspacechick

Hi all

I'd be grateful for your thoughts please.
As the title says I am moving home in a couple of weeks time. My current supplier is Bulb and the property I am moving to is Scottish Power. Having had past experience with SP I won't want to stay with them in the long term. I know I will have to end my account with bulb and set a short term one up with SP when I move. 

Overall I am happy with bulb and although expensive I think everyone is in the same boat at the moment so not really fair to blame them for that. 

So my question is should I go back to bulb once I've moved or take the opportunity to swap to someone like Octopus who seem to have a similar ethos and standard of customer service?

Are there any obvious pros and cons I am not thinking of?

Thanks

QrizB

Welshspacechick said:

Are there any obvious pros and cons I am not thinking of?

Bulb are under administration. Are they taking on new customers? If they aren't, moving back to them won't be possible.

Welshspacechick

That's a good point I hadnt thought of that, I'll give them a call

emmajones1976

Welshspacechick said:

That's a good point I hadnt thought of that, I'll give them a call

Dont waste your time

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2021/11/energy-supplier-bulb-enters-special-administration---what-it-mea/

"it will no longer take on new customers"

wild666

If you have to stay with the supplier at the new property you will default onto their standard variable rate under no circumstances move to a capped fix for 12 or 24 months unless the prices are going to be less than the April price cap rates, but as a new customer it would be highly unlikely that they would offer rates anywhere near the April capped rates.