Yet another Octopus Tracker question...

SJMALBA

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Indeed - last Sunday, for example, would have been a good day to do as much 'electrically' as possible... with Tracker, however, they don't seem to crop up all that frequently?

People cannot live their lives hoping that a low cost day is just over the horizon. 

Where did I say they should?

I was merely pointing out that, on occasion, some load-shifting may be possible on Tracker.

scobie

I’m going to patent what I call my Octopus Law.  If you come to MSE and ask if you should join Tracker and / or Agile, and in the process demonstrate reasonably well that you don’t truly understand the product, then you likely shouldn’t join. You’re probably better off staying on a fixed rate deal and not worrying about it. 

I’m not being mean but the sheer volume of questions and confusionlike this where people demonstrate they haven’t truly got to grips with what it is about or get key facts wrong about it is worrying. It seems to many people have got wind of it, and those people are being caught up in the hype without really knowing all its ins and outs. It’s starting to get silly. 

CSI_Yorkshire

scobie said:

I’m going to patent what I call my Octopus Law.  If you come to MSE and ask if you should join Tracker and / or Agile, and in the process demonstrate reasonably well that you don’t truly understand the product, then you likely shouldn’t join. You’re probably better off staying on a fixed rate deal and not worrying about it. 

I’m not being mean but the sheer volume of questions and confusionlike this where people demonstrate they haven’t truly got to grips with what it is about or get key facts wrong about it is worrying. It seems to many people have got wind of it, and those people are being caught up in the hype without really knowing all its ins and outs. It’s starting to get silly. 

It's not helped by the stories with things like "Tracker was £50 cheaper than the price cap over the last six months".

They might be factual, but they mean nothing.

scobie

CSI_Yorkshire said:

scobie said:

I’m going to patent what I call my Octopus Law.  If you come to MSE and ask if you should join Tracker and / or Agile, and in the process demonstrate reasonably well that you don’t truly understand the product, then you likely shouldn’t join. You’re probably better off staying on a fixed rate deal and not worrying about it. 

I’m not being mean but the sheer volume of questions and confusionlike this where people demonstrate they haven’t truly got to grips with what it is about or get key facts wrong about it is worrying. It seems to many people have got wind of it, and those people are being caught up in the hype without really knowing all its ins and outs. It’s starting to get silly. 

It's not helped by the stories with things like "Tracker was £50 cheaper than the price cap over the last six months".

They might be factual, but they mean nothing.

I saw one guy on octopus Facebook say he is currently away on holiday but he ran tests on energy usage while his home is empty and it showed that Tracker came out around 4p cheaper that Agile and Ipso facto Tracker wins. 

Could you get a clearer illustration of the misunderstanding?