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Can I have a little help please
Were wanting to put a small heater into a room that our cat sleeps in The heater will be kept away from the cat:o The one were looking at is a 350w (im sure thats what it said) hallogen heater Can anyone please tell me if these heaters are effective or should we look for a higher wattage one and secondly for example if one…
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ScottishPower - Improvement Activity Required
Hi All I suppose that this is really aimed directly at the official ScottishPower member to get their teeth into in order to improve the switching experience for their customers, so here goes .... I have recently requested a dual fuel switch from my current supplier to ScottishPower and have today received the confirmation…
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Confused and Overwhelmed
My gas and electricity bills are horrendous, we currently pay £270 a month by direct debit !!! and it is crippling us. We are with Npower for both utilities and on their standard tariff. We get a statement every 6 months and if it is an estimate i always do a reading and ring them up. they often underestimate i find. We…
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Switch with OVO gone wrong
I recently applied to switch my gas and electricity from npower to OVO, which was supposed to have happened last week (got the confirmations, provided readings etc.). Now I find out that OVO has switched my gas correctly, but has switched someone else's electricity instead of mine. Npower confirmed that they are still…
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Electric Heaters
I currently have two large storage heaters in my flat that do not look very nice and was thinking of changing them to thin, electric panel heaters as they look a lot nicer. Do electric panel heaters use a lot more electricity?
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ANyone had this problem wit Uswitch?
I switched power on Uswitch last week, because Eon were putting up my bills by another £10 a month. Meaning £840 per year I did a search and found scottish power could do it for £692, so i thought great happy days, i changed over but got a letter yesterday from scottish power saying thanks for joining your monthly bill…
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Any good deals on Energy Monitors?
I am looking for and energy monitor, does anyone know of any good deals going, in good old MSE fashion :D
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Cheaper Gas Electricity
Can someone explain how this is £146.33 cheaper than my current provider? Current provider EDF: Gas unit rates: 6.535p per kWh 2.975p per kWh above 2680 kWh p.a Electricity unit rates: 11.19p per kWh 8.73p per kWh above 900 kWh p.a Prospective New Provider EON: Gas unit rates: 6.525p per kWh 3.158p per kWh above 2680 kWh…
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Starting up a new home
Hi I am a first time buyer and trying to budget monthly expenses what is the rough average out going for gas, electricity and water for a terrace house? The house has a combi boiler and loft and cavity wall insulation, the property is also double glazed. Can anyone please help? Thank you Michael
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Best current cashback for electricity only switch to N-power??
Hi im going to be switching to N-power this week, as their sign-onoine V-18 tarrif is the cheapest overall. But does anyone know if theres any better cash-backs than the current £20 that quidco and topcashback are currently doing for them? Or are there any other suppliers which would are doing cashback to such a high…
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Comparison Sites?
Yesterday, I answered the door to find a Southern Electric rep who said he was trying to gather former customers back into the fold. He was a little surprised when I was able to tell him off the cuff that I was on EON's best tariff and paid about £550pa for 6000 electricity units and about £650pa for 25000 gas units.…
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is it too good to be true?
I am being relentlessly pursued by British Gas to return to them for dual fuel. Their sales pitch is that they guarantee to beat all other suppliers until Nov 2011. They say if any other utility company lowers it's charges to below British Gas they will drop their price to beat it. All sounds wonderful but I am firmly from…
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How much would it cost?
I'm moving to a 2 bed ground floor flat on 17th July (wooo! so excited!!!!) Thing is, I'm desperate to know how much money I'm going to be left with after bills to put towards debt. I know ideally wait until the first bills and all that, but I'm so impatient! I'm really bad at guessing figures so am asking for any help if…
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Cookers - Gas or electric?
Hi, about to move into a property and I have the choice of using electric or gas for the cooker as I currently don't own one and the supply for both is available. Which one is generally cheaper on the bills? I'm guessing gas but you never know!
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Do I fix my rate or not?
I've just had a letter from my current duel fuel provider offering me 2 more years at the same fixed rate but do I take it or do I jump? I jumped to them 2 years ago and then prices started to fall, but I was trapped but if I move now will I face the same problem? Whats everyone else doing - to fix or not? MM
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Fix now before its too late
It Looks like eon are about to remove their cheap online fixed tariff - I think now is the time to jump on this before it goes
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Faulty electric meter
Hi guys and gals, received an electric bill from edf today which was £700, to cut to the chase, after a telephone call to them it turns out that my dual tarriff meter hasn't been recording day units and only night ones. Edf state that it's industry standards for faulty meters to be estimated. Surely, edf have to prove my…
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MoneySavingExpert Simply Switch Voucher!
Hi, I was wondering if anyone else was robbed of their £35 amazon voucher using the MoneySavingExpert link? I've just tried to claim, In the fine print it says that you have to wait until you are connected and claim within 60 days of the application. Well I waited until my first bill (to be sure I'm connected) which…
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Moneysupermarket Switch to Atlantic Cashback
Back in January I switched both my gas and electricity to Atlantic using Moneysupermarket. My recollection is that, at the time, Moneysupermarket were offering £30 cashback to switch both, and a month or so ago they did indeed pay me £30. This morning though, I notice they've paid me a further £30. I wonder if I'm…
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Switch before or after home move?
Hi all, Live in a two bed flat in London on dual fuel with nPower and keen to investigate switching. Due to move to new flat in 3 weeks time. Do I transfer to new supplier (if of course I find a cheaper one) before or after the move? Conscious that Scottish Power have got a great deal on at the moment. Thanks Stix