To meter or not

theshed

Hi All
My Daughter has recently moved into her new home, the previous owner had a pre-pay meter installed for both electricity and gas.
To change to Direct Debit the meter exchange has to be done by the current supplier, British Gas.
The standing charges are slightly more expensive for a meter but currently, the Unit rates are the same.
With the market as it is at the moment is it worthwhile her changing ?
Thanks

Ultrasonic

I would get it changed if possible, both to save money and for the convenience.

QrizB

I would get it changed, too, but (as you've noticed) the difference in cost is small so don't fret if it takes a few weeks or months to happen.

theshed

Thanks. I will get her to start the process.

theshed

Just looked on the British gas website
Apparently they are SoLR. Supplier of Last Resort !
Sounds rather ominous 🤔

Ultrasonic

theshed said:

Just looked on the British gas website
Apparently they are SoLR. Supplier of Last Resort !
Sounds rather ominous 🤔

Most of the big companies are. I was with Pure Planet and when they went bust I was moved to Shell Energy as my SOLR. 

theshed

Ultrasonic said:

theshed said:

Just looked on the British gas website
Apparently they are SoLR. Supplier of Last Resort !
Sounds rather ominous 🤔

Most of the big companies are. I was with Pure Planet and when they went bust I was moved to Shell Energy as my SOLR. 

I was moved from Avro to Octopus, just SoLR sounds a bit like taking to the lifeboats !

Ultrasonic

theshed said:

Ultrasonic said:

theshed said:

Just looked on the British gas website
Apparently they are SoLR. Supplier of Last Resort !
Sounds rather ominous 🤔

Most of the big companies are. I was with Pure Planet and when they went bust I was moved to Shell Energy as my SOLR. 

I was moved from Avro to Octopus, just SoLR sounds a bit like taking to the lifeboats !

In energy supply terms this is what we did. The number of failures last year really was unprecedented.

BobT36

Check there's no debt on the pre-pays. I copped for that at my first rented house (due to previous tenants). Both the landlord and a meter reader insisted there was no debt, but noop, every time I topped up it took an extra fiver off me. GRR. 
I got them switched out for proper meters sharpish. 

QrizB

BobT36 said:

Check there's no debt on the pre-pays. I copped for that at my first rented house (due to previous tenants). Both the landlord and a meter reader insisted there was no debt, but noop, every time I topped up it took an extra fiver off me. GRR. 
I got them switched out for proper meters sharpish. 

If you contact the supplier, let them know you've just moved in and request a new meter key, you won't find yourself paying off the previous tenenat's debts.

theshed

Yes she has her own 'key' but previous owner did leave one in case needed.
It could indeed have been an expensive mistake.