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Me and my partner chose to stay with SSE back in March as we didn't want to pay monthly (we currently pay quarterly and Robin Hood said we couldn't do that). But now we're going to switch to Robin Hood as these standing charges SSE are going to introduce are outrageous given me and my partner's low usage. On the projected usage given in the letter we received today, our gas bill will go up 75%! Yes, SSE say they're going to 'pay back' the difference for 6 months but I don't think that's satisfactory, given that they said a couple of months ago the tarriff would remain for existing customers. The biggest joke is the bit in the letter saying 'SSE a company you can trust'. I hardly think so!0
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Me and my partner chose to stay with SSE back in March as we didn't want to pay monthly (we currently pay quarterly and Robin Hood said we couldn't do that). But now we're going to switch to Robin Hood as these standing charges SSE are going to introduce are outrageous given me and my partner's low usage.
It sounds like you contacted Robin Hood directly rather than through Ebico as the Ebico/RHE arrangement continued the option of paying quarterly (with the added bonus of a quarterly direct debit discount).
Make sure you contact Ebico, not RHE, if you are interested in switching to Ebico. You should still be able to get quarterly bill payment with the optional direct debit discount, or you can use any of the other supported payment methods."In the future, everyone will be rich for 15 minutes"0 -
On the projected usage given in the letter we received today, our gas bill will go up 75%! Yes, SSE say they're going to 'pay back' the difference for 6 months but I don't think that's satisfactory, given that they said a couple of months ago the tarriff would remain for existing customers. The biggest joke is the bit in the letter saying 'SSE a company you can trust'. I hardly think so!
Yet despite my total bill increasing by just over 100% i have not been offered the "pay back" offer, i don't quite understand why only some people are getting this.
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Anyways, i'm trying to get a credit meter installed now in order to get the cheapest deal possible - the cheapest PAYG on electric is doable, however the PAYG option for gas is still almost double my old projected gas price.0 -
I don't know why everyone isn't getting it, either. Could it depend on the type of meter you have? We have a credit meter not a pre-payment meter.0
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Thank you, Penny. Yes, it's possible we spoke to RH direct rather than via Ebico ... it was my partner who rang while I was at work. And we had such a mess of contradictory letters at the time. That was the one thing that made us stay with SSE (at the time, we're definitely going to switch now, however we have to pay!)
Edited to add: sorry, I'm not being clear, I think we could have paid quarterly if we did it via direct debit, but we wanted to pay how we do know - online but quarterly instead of monthly.0 -
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...And we had such a mess of contradictory letters at the time. That was the one thing that made us stay with SSE (at the time, we're definitely going to switch now, however we have to pay!).
Ah! If only you had followed the discussion on this site which was attempting to cut through the confusion... although not helped by some contributors who were determined to stoke the confusion and turn people away from Ebico."In the future, everyone will be rich for 15 minutes"0 -
I've just had the same letter today and to say disappointed is an understatement.
My combined annual bill will be around £200 extra due to the loss of the £0 standing charge.£52,365 owing December 2017.Now for the final countdown..1st Jan 2021 - £29,316 -- 1st Feb 2021 - £28,809 -- 1st Mar 2021 - £27,309 -- 1st Apr 2021 - £26,811 -- 1st May 2021 - £26,315 -- 1st Jun 2021 - £25,811 -- 1st Jul 2021 - £24,311 -- 1st Aug 2021 - £23,809 -- 1st Sep 2021 - £22,305 -- 1st Oct 2021 - £21,798 -- 1st Nov 2021 - £20,292 -- 1st Dec 2021 - £19,783 -- 1st Jan 2022 - £18,276 -- 1st Feb 2022 - £17,762 -- 1st Mar 2022 -£17,248 -- 1st Apr 2022 -£15,713 -- 1st May 2022 - £15,202 --1st Jun 2022 - £13,703 -- 1st Jul 2022 - £13,184 -- 1st Aug 2022 - £11,665 -- 1st Sep 2022 - £11,144 -- 1st Oct 2022 - £9,822 -- 1st Nov 2022 - £9,298 -- 1st Dec 2022 - £7,572 --1st Jan 2023 - £7,045 -- 1st Feb 2023 - £5,516 -- 10th Feb 2023 - £5,518 Overpayment Pot @ 10th Feb 23 = £5,518 / Primed = £0 / Actual debt = £0!!!! "Yes, the medicine is harsh, but the patient requires it in order to live, should we withhold the medicine?" Hopefully at zero mortgage debt by December 2022 or very close to it. Determined for freedom! 🍻🥂🍸🍹.0 -
pappa_golf wrote: »been with ebico for many yrs , no standing charge , however SSE took over , promised to keep the tarrif , but within weeks have cancelled it
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Silly question, but do you need to be on PP?
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I think given Ebico ethos it is an unforgivable thing to do, but I guess it was part of the RH partnership.
It isn't Ebico who are introducing the standing charge, it's SSE. It affects previous Ebico customers (including me) who stayed with SSE after the Ebico/SSE partnership ended and is irrespective of whether they have credit meters or pre-payment meters. (Although some of us have a letter saying SSE will pay back the difference for 6 months, whereas other people have a letter without that section, which may be dependent on which type of meter you have).0
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