Are the sites comparing Fixed deals including wider benefits?

Quest4Savings

Sorry if this discussion has happened and I haven’t found it - I am new here.

I have been checking the MSE cheap energy club and other switching sites to work out whether I should switch and fix, or stay with Octopus and fix…?

has anyone found anywhere that takes account of the wider package offered such as weekly free coffees, reduced price cinema etc.?

it may sound silly but I looked at Octopus fixed and it was a few £ more per month than a couple others on the Cheap Energy Club list, but then I remembered I get a free Nero Coffee each week (worth £3-4 so approx £14pm ish), and I can get cheap deal on cinema tickets which is actually valuable now one of my children is old enough to go..  this is making me think maybe staying with Octopus on slightly higher monthly fox is maybe not a bad idea 🤷‍♀️

I note they say your direct debit is not fixed, they just advertise what they expect it to be based on our usage etc.

Thank you.

MSE_ForumTeam5

Hello - welcome to the Forum. We've moved your post across to the Energy board which is the best place for this kind of question

bristolleedsfan

Quest4Savings said:

Sorry if this discussion has happened and I haven’t found it - I am new here.

I have been checking the MSE cheap energy club and other switching sites to work out whether I should switch and fix, or stay with Octopus and fix…?

has anyone found anywhere that takes account of the wider package offered such as weekly free coffees, reduced price cinema etc.?

it may sound silly but I looked at Octopus fixed and it was a few £ more per month than a couple others on the Cheap Energy Club list, but then I remembered I get a free Nero Coffee each week (worth £3-4 so approx £14pm ish), and I can get cheap deal on cinema tickets which is actually valuable now one of my children is old enough to go..  this is making me think maybe staying with Octopus on slightly higher monthly fox is maybe not a bad idea 🤷‍♀️

I note they say your direct debit is not fixed, they just advertise what they expect it to be based on our usage etc.

Thank you.

In my region Octopus electricity kWh rate 2p higher, SC also higher than British Gas fix launched this week - Octopus gas kWh rate a little cheaper, SC more expensive.

Up to individuals who have smart meters to weigh up if perks you mention are worth staying for. ( I have not used any of the perks)

If any of the perks have a limited customer number availability might be misleading to include within 12 month fixed rate tariff comparison.

born_again

Quest4Savings said:

Sorry if this discussion has happened and I haven’t found it - I am new here.

I have been checking the MSE cheap energy club and other switching sites to work out whether I should switch and fix, or stay with Octopus and fix…?

has anyone found anywhere that takes account of the wider package offered such as weekly free coffees, reduced price cinema etc.?

it may sound silly but I looked at Octopus fixed and it was a few £ more per month than a couple others on the Cheap Energy Club list, but then I remembered I get a free Nero Coffee each week (worth £3-4 so approx £14pm ish), and I can get cheap deal on cinema tickets which is actually valuable now one of my children is old enough to go..  this is making me think maybe staying with Octopus on slightly higher monthly fox is maybe not a bad idea 🤷‍♀️

I note they say your direct debit is not fixed, they just advertise what they expect it to be based on our usage etc.

Thank you.

I doubt any will do this. As many people will never use the freebies. So adding these into any energy usage figures will lead to complaints when people are paying more than quoted.

Really is something that you will have to factor in yourself.

bob2302

Some suppliers use extra benefits as a way of muddying the water and preventing easy comparisons. It's largely the point that these can't be accounted for on comparison sites. I tend to ignore them as a matter of principle.

Quest4Savings

Thank you everyone for comments. I do use the coffee once a week as it feels like the only way I can justify having one 😇 but of course, that could change at any time and if they replace it with an alternative promo that I don’t use, it won’t be any good to me.

stripling

Martin's Energy Club Octopus Tracker details could do with a little update. Tracker's latest version has very high standing charges and mediocre unit prices.  

It would also help if it was spelled out whether people looking for fixed tariffs should wait until after July 1st or not. All over the internet there's media quotes but they are so heavily edited by the news outlets it's not clear.

This entire energy tariff malarkey - just like car or house insurance and broadband - has become ridiculous. It needs to change.  

Competition, just like supermarket pricing, has become a bizarre fiction.