PAYG meter

darrencolne

Bought a apartment that was previously rented. Eon gas electric on pay as go smart top up meter. Asked to change to normal meter direct debit as always have they said not doing it. Do they have to switch me over or do I need new supplier? Obviously cost more on PAYG . Any other suppliers who will do this for me? Thanks 

pochase

It does not really cost much more. The standing charges are around 15p per day higher, but for most regions the unit rates are even slightly cheaper.

It is a business decision of Eon if they change you to credit. With the threads of people not paying from October I am not really surprised that they keep people who are on prepaid on it.

There are only 2 suppliers who might let you switch to them if you are on credit, Octopus and EDF and only if you call them and get lucky, so not much options for you here.

darrencolne

pochase said:

It does not really cost much more. The standing charges are around 15p per day higher, but for most regions the unit rates are even slightly cheaper.

It is a business decision of Eon if they change you to credit. With the threads of people not paying from October I am not really surprised that they keep people who are on prepaid on it.

There are only 2 suppliers who might let you switch to them if you are on credit, Octopus and EDF and only if you call them and get lucky, so not much options for you here.

Eon told me paying approx £90 a year more!!  On PAYG not my choice and won't swap me to normal meter

t0rt0ise

Yes it does cost more. Those who say it's not much more are obviously wealthy enough not to worry about saving every pound you can. With a smart meter it's not difficult for the company to change it to a credit meter.  I'd try raising a complaint, and if no joy, move to Octopus.

SAC2334

darrencolne said:

pochase said:

It does not really cost much more. The standing charges are around 15p per day higher, but for most regions the unit rates are even slightly cheaper.

It is a business decision of Eon if they change you to credit. With the threads of people not paying from October I am not really surprised that they keep people who are on prepaid on it.

There are only 2 suppliers who might let you switch to them if you are on credit, Octopus and EDF and only if you call them and get lucky, so not much options for you here.

Eon told me payineviousg approx £90 a year more!!  On PAYG not my choice and won't swap me to normal meter

Its probably because this property was previously a rental flat where there would have been tenancy changes quite often with some lasting only a few months .
These properties are much better for all suppliers if they all stay on prepayment metering .

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darrencolne

SAC2334 said:

darrencolne said:

pochase said:

It does not really cost much more. The standing charges are around 15p per day higher, but for most regions the unit rates are even slightly cheaper.

It is a business decision of Eon if they change you to credit. With the threads of people not paying from October I am not really surprised that they keep people who are on prepaid on it.

There are only 2 suppliers who might let you switch to them if you are on credit, Octopus and EDF and only if you call them and get lucky, so not much options for you here.

Eon told me payineviousg approx £90 a year more!!  On PAYG not my choice and won't swap me to normal mete

Its probably because this property was previously a rental flat where there would have been tenancy changes quite often with some lasting only a few months .
These properties are much better for all suppliers if they all stay on prepayment metering .

.

Yes was a rental we have bought it to live in that's why we want it changing but eon not having any of it. 

SAC2334

darrencolne said:

SAC2334 said:

darrencolne said:

pochase said:

It does not really cost much more. The standing charges are around 15p per day higher, but for most regions the unit rates are even slightly cheaper.

It is a business decision of Eon if they change you to credit. With the threads of people not paying from October I am not really surprised that they keep people who are on prepaid on it.

There are only 2 suppliers who might let you switch to them if you are on credit, Octopus and EDF and only if you call them and get lucky, so not much options for you here.

Eon told me payineviousg approx £90 a year more!!  On PAYG not my choice and won't swap me to normal mete

Its probably because this property was previously a rental flat where there would have been tenancy changes quite often with some lasting only a few months .
These properties are much better for all suppliers if they all stay on prepayment metering .

.

Yes was a rental we have bought it to live in that's why we want it changing but eon not having any of it. 

I switched ok to Octopus by email and got rid of both Eon and EDF . Octopus seem better run and more amenable so Its well worth a switch as its exactly the same capped rates with whoever you go with
 
With a smart prepayment meter it is very easy to switch you remotely to credit mode. 

Odd that the meter was in prepay mode when you moved in as normally when a property becomes vacant its remotely switched to credit meter mode . 

Either way you do not want to be on prepay mode at all and Eon should allow you after the normal credit check . even if its just £90 a year that is too much .

QrizB

darrencolne said:

pochase said:

It does not really cost much more. The standing charges are around 15p per day higher, but for most regions the unit rates are even slightly cheaper.

Eon told me paying approx £90 a year more!!

£90/yr is 25p/day.

Taking the North West region as an example, the current Ofgem caps are:

• Gas, 12000kWh/yr: £933.79 for "other" (ie. DD) payment, £966.50 for prepay (+£32.71)
• Electricity, 3100kWh/yr: £974.11 for DD, £1037.86 for prepay (+£63.75)

All those prices are plus VAT.