But Martin said NO

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I find myself in the strange position of just being put on a 2 year fix that I can get out of if I act quickly. I know Martin has said ‘do nothing’ but (if my calculations are correct) it will only cost me £47.77 more a year to take the fix than the standard tariff.  Bearing in mind the anticipated price hike in October I wonder if it would be worth the gamble of taking the fix - if prices went down by much over the 2 years it would cost me £80 to leave.

I’ve never had to look this closely at energy bills so any input would be helpful. 

If anyone wanted to check my maths:

Fix: electric standing chg 24.03 x 365 = 87.71, 3000 units @ 31.63 = 948.90.  Total 1036.61. I
      Gas standing chg 26.11 x 365 = 95.30, 13580 units @ 7.69 = 1044.30.  Total 1139.60.  Year total = 2176.21

Std: electric standing chg 41.65 x 365 = 152.02, 3000 units @ 29.48 = 884.40.  Total 1036.42.
      Gas standing chg 27.21 x 365 = 99.32. 13580 units @ 7.31 = 992.70.  Total 1092.02.  Year total = 2128.44.

Thanks

Gerry1

Welcome to the forum.

And the name of the fix is...?

pochase

That's a no brainer, keep it.

What fix is this?

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It’s the So energy Grape 2 year tariff. They missed my email saying I didn’t want to switch - looks like I may have been lucky

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and thank and thanks for the welcome

pochase

Looks a bit more expensive for gas than you quoted, but still great. So did it start on 1st of April or is it backdated?

Gerry1

According to Energylinx, the SO Energy Grape 2 year tariff was withdrawn on 26 January. 

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This is my quote. My old fix ended on 28th March so it started on 29th. 

pochase

They must have made a big mistake, but all the better for you. I assume the difference in my screen shot might be different regions.

So instead of putting you onto the SVT they put you onto a a fixed tariff that was withdrawn already in January? 

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They called me in January to offer the new fix quoting the new monthly payments so I asked to see the figures. The email I got, dated 28th January, indicated I had accepted the new tariff and set it out as above. As the advice at the time was not to take a new fix I emailed straight back on 31st January (well within the 14 day cooling off period) saying I didn’t want to take it. 

On Saturday I had an email from SO energy apologising for not responding to my email within usual timelines etc. It said that if I hadn’t received a response through another channel I should respond to the email and they would respond asap. 

On Monday I received an email welcoming me to the new tariff. I was about to call them to say I hadn’t accepted the tariff but realised I had the opportunity to compare the real figures before doing anything.

It seems I fell into a communications black hole and it’s been to my advantage.  

Ally_E.

That's a very good deal, thank your lucky stars. Well done.