UW pricing

strawb_shortcake · 28 February 2022 at 5:50PM

I've no intention of switching but does anyone now UW current pricing?
Someone I know works for them and is quick to say they are the cheapest but not actually tell you what their rates are?

They did come round to ours a few years back but couldn't beat our prices on Broadband, mobile or electricity so tried to sell us a job instead telling us how many £20k holidays we could earn/win a year if we became an agent(s).

TY

QrizB · 28 February 2022 at 5:55PM

annabanana82 said:

I've no intention of switching but does anyone now UW current pricing?
Someone I know works for them and is quick to say they are the cheapest but not actually tell you what their rates are?

Their unit prices for gas and electricity are the same capped rates as every other supplier.

You ger a small discount onj your standing charge if you also take phone, BB and mobile with them but you need to check that you're not then paying over the odds for telecoms.

Everyone who works for UW gets commission if you switch so it's in their interest to emphasise the discounted standing charge and downplay the other bits.

Utility Warehouse appear on the price comparison sites so you can see exactly how big the discounts are there, eg.

https://energycompare.citizensadvice.org.uk/

Shedman · 28 February 2022 at 6:20PM

For fixed rates the electricity is pretty much in line with others fixed rates at around 34p kWh and 24p SC (ie not very attractive vs April cap) but the gas is better than most others, other than some loyalty tariffs being offered, at 7.43p kWh and just over 15.8p SC fixed until 31 Jan 23.

But as QrizB says you do have to take broadband and mobile (£27.90 a month for 70mb broadband so not ridiculous and £12 a month for 5gb SIM which is a bit on the high side) to get those rates, but you can take just gas or just electric or both. There is also some sort of cashback card offering 1% on most spend but higher amounts at selected retailers eg Sainsbury & Argos that could produce recoup some of the extra.

Definitely needs some number crunching to see if its worthwhile especially for anyone Gas only eg ex Zog

strawb_shortcake · 28 February 2022 at 9:11PM

Thank you both, I currently pay £31 a month for 4 mobile phones, and £23 a month for my broadband. As I recall the electric was broadly similar, and the only way they could get me lower was by the cashback card, but I have these available through work and Quidco so wasn't really going to save me anything.

I don't like the hard sale from anyone but seeing some one try to sell hard how cheap their electric is and also how lucrative it is to work for UW seems rather contradictory.

And with the link above UW is still not saving me anything on my electric bill

EssexHebridean · 1 March 2022 at 10:52AM

For E7 electric they still seem (for us at least) to be cheaper than most - although less so from April as the night rate is hiking by a hefty 140%-ish. Their billing though is horrific - I'm pretty savvy with energy bills and even I stuggle to make sense of them. They have no useable app for the purposes of keeping track of payments and use either which is a pain for those of us who find it easiest to deal with such things on the go, and the inability to actually see that any additional payments made have been applied to the account is a PITA. We are ONLY staying put right now because moving elsewhere would increase our costs by a fair chunk at a time when those costs are already increasing significantly. Once there are better options available again we'll be off.