Does the old 28 day rule for switching suppliers again still apply?

Shedman

I know it used to be the case that once you had changed suppliers there was a 28 day period before you could switch again.  Is that still the case? Just seem to recall seeing something that suggested it was no longer the case.

vic_sf49

People were runing into that issue when switching away from British Gas, I think it was.

As they'd been migrated to BG's new billing system, the computer was "seeing" them as a new customer, and blocking transfers within that 28 day window. 

Spoonie_Turtle

vic_sf49 said:

People were runing into that issue when switching away from British Gas, I think it was.

As they'd been migrated to BG's new billing system, the computer was "seeing" them as a new customer, and blocking transfers within that 28 day window. 

Good point, I recall some posts about that with EDF changing systems too.

bristolleedsfan

Spoonie_Turtle said:

vic_sf49 said:

People were runing into that issue when switching away from British Gas, I think it was.

As they'd been migrated to BG's new billing system, the computer was "seeing" them as a new customer, and blocking transfers within that 28 day window. 

Good point, I recall some posts about that with EDF changing systems too.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/80303521/#Comment_80303521 read in conjunction with O/P which was the day before on same thread indicates to me was able to switch after a relatively small number of days ( a few days)