Moving house, changinging supplier and arrears with previous supplier

tigerfeet2006

Hi folks :wave:

I hope someone can advise me on this one.

When we changed supplier to E-on ages ago, mistakes were made and they didn't set up a DD. I missed the fact that one wasn't set up. When it was eventually sorted we ended up with a pre-payment meter and now pay £10 a week off it

We are moving house in 2 weeks time and it doesn't have a meter :T and I want to go for the cheapest supplier. Will it be ok to set this up, then inform E-on that we have moved, then ask to set up a DD for the arrears and do you think I could ask to repay less?

Thanks

UtilityMan_3

It does have a meter but not pre-payment? Would be harder otherwise, but yes you are correct.

18 months is the "norm" for off supply debt repayment. They try to tell you it's a lot less, but I would TELL them not ask!

Word of warning, if you set up a DD to repay, don't miss a payment or it goes straight to a debt recovery agent and the costs incur!

tigerfeet2006

Yes, sorry that's what I meant, has a normal meter that you read not a pre-payment one.

Crumbs! I hope they give us more than 18 months to repay this debt as we couldn't afford it otherwise :eek: