Switching sites don't agree?! Advice needed pls.

pigeonpie

I'm with EDF (ex London Energy) on dual fuel, capped until March 2008 when the tariffs go up to:
gas 3.529p for first 5860kWH p.a, then 2.219p
elect 14.99p for first 225 units, thereafter 9.14p.

The switching sites only take the current (lower) fixed tariff into account. It takes up to 6 weeks to switch in my experience here in London. We are medium to high users I reckon although no idea what that really means (obviously use less than a big house or business, but have heating on all day in winter). Not low users though. This is a 2 bed flat, but with very high loft ceilings. Having lived abroad for a long time, where energy is cheaper, I have no idea as to what is 'normal'. We can't do insulation either as the ceiling goes to the roof. But have dbl glazing.

USwitch says I would be worse off (at present) by switching. The other 2 recomm by this site suggest British Gas, Eon or Scottish Power may save anywhere between £10 and £200. With such a large discrepancy of opinion, I don't trust it at all.
Should I wait until my dual fuel expires in March and check again? And who with? I was hoping to pre-empt the price rise and looking for a fixed rate tariff with quarterly payments. I refuse to pay by dd as they keep getting it wrong and it's hell on wheels to sort it out.
Can anyone help please as sure energy tariffs are going to keep climbing. I called EDF who didn't offer any duel fuel extension, just gave me the above tariffs. Their elect is also measured in 'units' not kWH, making comparison more difficult.
Sorry about the long post.

jem16

Instead of putting in your current tariff try putting in the EDF tariff that you will be going onto.

Also to get an accurate figure for switching are you putting in your actual consumption over the last year or are you putting in your payments?

pigeonpie

I rang EDF who were really helpful. Terrifyingly though, we are apparently low or lowish users! They say that the new fixed rate tariffs should be viewable by end Jan. NPower's latest outrage may mean that is brought forward I suppose. I was putting in the consumption figures yup. I used all sites and as I say, all 3 were totally different. The Guardian money pages uses uSwitch: they are the ones that say I wouldn't benefit right now from switching....who to believe?!
I'm v glad I saw off the aggressive young sales crews from NPower who kept ringing my bell a couple of months ago.

djbd1973

From my point of view, I am currently dubious about switching as we are low users and have had trouble switching in the past. The last time we tried to switch (can't remember when but it was within the last two years) we were accepted through the U-Switch site, then a week or so later we were emailed to say our offer was being withdrawn, and then a couple of months later we got an email saying - sorry, reconsidered and that our switchover was back on and would happen shortly. Nothing actually happened though as still on original supplier.

Also have a bone to pick with original supplier as when originally switched to them a few years ago, we told them our (low) consumption and how much we were paying and they insisted, or to be more accurate, refused to accept the amount we were paying and setup a direct debit for twice the amount coming out of the account. We were stupid enough to go along with the telephonist but 6 months later I was writing to them to ask for my lump sum back that had built up in their account from our overpayments.