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E-On locked me in afta my cap ended-help!
The story so far - I opted for a capped deal in Summer 08, closing date of cap advertised as Oct 09. When Oct 09 came, I was not sure whether to move or not so was looking. Then I got an email from E-On saying "Thanks for extending your capped deal, this now ends in 2011" Whaaat!!!! Rang them up n was told I couldn't get…
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Forced meter change
:mad::mad::mad: Hi, I am a British Gas dual fuel customer, I have just had a letter stating that they are changing my meter for a smart one. My landlord doesn't want it and neither do I. The number to call just rings then asks you to leave a message-but the mailbox is full :mad:. I rang B'Gas to be told that I can reject…
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Twin-rate tariffs - where and what?
I've seen twin-rate tariffs mentioned a few times in posts on here but I'm struggling to find them from any supplier. SWMBO needs to sort out her tariff - she is on a standard tariff but needs to be on E7 as she has storage heaters. The twin-rate tariffs that offer heat in two periods, one at night and one during the…
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Problem with stalled meter estimated Bill sent
I had moved into a new property (all elec) early January 2009 and my energy provider asked me to setup a dd of £60 a month. I had agreed and set it up. Since then I gave them the meter readings once in June 09. Supplier collected their own reading in December 2009. I had been receiving bills from them regularly to my email…
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Trying to swap but all seems very expensive!
Our gas & elect monlthy dd have risen from £51 to £92. We are out of the fixed contract (which I dint realsise we were in) but all of a sudden it all seems very expensive. So I am looking to swap, which is something I just cant get the hang of despite you all explaining it to me! So I go through USwitch and it tells me…
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BG Complaint stages
Hi, My wife and I have a long standing issue with BG, after months of fruitless phonecalls we nade a formal complaint but after two months we have had no response apart from the acknowledgement. We now want to take things further, if we take it up with the MD of BG 'Pay As You Go' (as suggested on the BG site) do we then…
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National Grid - Help needed with form please
Is there anyone here that works for National Grid and can help me. The more I talk on the phone the more expensive this job is getting and I'm getting annoyed because no one is actually listening to me. I have infront of me a 'Non Standard Connection & Alteration Application Pack Quotation Charge Information Sheet' and I'm…
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Hot Water only or H&W more cost efficient?
Might sound like a daft question but is there a big difference in cost on my Glow-worm boiler to turn the heating and water on for a couple of hours each day or to just have it switched to heat water only! I have the timer set to turn the H&W on for an hour in the morning and again at night for an hour, but is it greatly…
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Atlantic gas standing charge doubles?
I have just left Atlantic gas and received my final Bill. I noticed that from 1st April gas price went down but the standing charge nearly doubled from 13.36p to 25.57p per day. As normal they tell you 8 weeks later they have changed the prices. Worth noting if you are thinking of switching.
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First home: How do I compare gas and electricity rates?
I am about to move out of my parents house into my first home, I am completely baffled how I find out what the best gas and electrcity companies will be. Every single website I go on they ask you to fill out information about your current provider and current usage- but I don't have either of these as this will be my first…
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Is it cheaper to use gas or electricity to boil a small amount of water?
I recently used an electricity meter-register device I borrowed from the library to see what electricity everything in the house used, after a shockingly large bill this winter. To my surprise the thing that used the most electricity was the electric kettle, way more than anything else including the hoover and hairdryer.…
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Scottish Power CASHBACK - MSE.COM
<<POST CLOSED>> I have since discovered that the move was through Money Saving Expert and I have managed to obtain the tel. number to pursue this issue. Cheers. My 1st ever post on the forum boards!:) - I just wondered if anyone could point me in the right direction? I switched over from EON to Scottish Power through…
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G&E unit price comparisons
Anyone know where I can see a simple chart of the unit prices for Gas & Electricity for the suppliers in the UK? Looking to switch to a better deal but can't find the info in one place. Cheers:beer:
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Difficulty chnaging suppliers and leaving readings
Hi all Just wondered if you could maybe help me wit this but in the past few years I have changed electricity suppliers twice and had difficulties with leaving readings each time. First I was with Swalec and switched over to NPower. I did what I was meant to do and gave them leaving readings on the day of the switch.…
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Help with immersion heater and electricity
Hi There, I have an electric hot water immersion heater in my flat with a top heater and bottom heater and also a booster timer. Installed in my flat is a comfort plus meter through Scottish Power. I recieved my tarrif in for this year and says that I will be paying a fixed amount of £75 a month which seems to be very high…
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moving home with debt/credit on meter
What happens to any debt or credit on a pre-payment meter when you move home? Does it stay on for the new tenants or do we get a refund/final bill? We are moving from Scottish Power to Npower in a few weeks
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no idea wot im paying for
my electricity meter had never been read in the year id lived in my house so i gave british gas my reading they then sent me a £2500.00 electricity bill.(we only have electricity) when i called to object to this they cut it to £200.00 very strange.(this was last summer) i have now recieved my bill which says i have used…
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help pls, advice on electric combi boilers
HI i am hoping to buy a house but the problen is is that it's all electric and currently has storage heaters. I hear these aren't very good and was wondering if any you knew about electric combi boliers, i had read old threads on here but that's it they are old i didn't know if newer technology had improved these and if…
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Metric / Imperial units
Hi people, struggling to get my brain into gear so can people give me their opinion on :- I Had a gas Meter that read in Imperial Units, BG have had it changed into a Metric units one. I have now had the ¼ gas bill, the units before the change have been charged in Metric Units instead of Imperial units, on that part of the…
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Npower problems again
Last year we had a lot of trouble and in the end they discovered our meter was faulty and they were taking the reading the wrong way around, after ages it was sorted out and replaced the meter and for six months they estemated our bill at £100 a month, and then the next 6mths our bill came down to £58 a mth and now we have…