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General Topics => All things that have nothing to do with Turkey => Topic started by: Colwyn on June 09, 2011, 16:04:53 PM
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Hi chums
I hope UK residents have heard the warnings about imminent price hikes in gas and electicity prices. Scottish Power has already announced +19% on gas and +10% on electricity. Experts recommend that you protect against this by going on to one of the market leading fixed rate tariffs that cover the next year or so. However, as other fuel companies follow Scottish Power these good-rate fixed deals will quickly disappear. If you are going to act, then act now. I changed my tariff this afternoon; it took me 10 minutes.
If you've already got a good fixed rate or you're not worried about fuel prices please ignore this post. If not you might find find this site helpful - http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/latesttip/#energy
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Thanks Colwyn, I'd been meaning to take a look. Bye bye Scottish Hydro and hello to EDF Energy, a little cheaper anyway but also fixed till September next year. As you say, all done in 10 minutes. I can't wait for the local news to say that Scottish Hydro are hiking their prices up now :)
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have shared with me mum and dad - thanks
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Blimey, thank god im with Aydem. ;) :)
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Try doing it with Topcashback...works for me!
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I've always found EDF to be the best for me, very good customer service, freephone number & comparable prices, what more do we want?
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Me too. Seems like the Frenchies are getting a lot of our business.
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Originally posted by Colwyn
Me too. Seems like the Frenchies are getting a lot of our business.
Just out of curiosity are they (the French) using nuclear power as the source of their energy?
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Nichola, it doesn't matter to the UK customer. The French company EDF is not selling French energy to the UK. It doesn't matter whose gas or electricity you seem to be buying; it is all exactly the same gas and electricity - otherwise you would need different pipes and cables for you and your neighbours! All the different energy companies (retailers) are doing is applying different administration rates to charging you for it, combined with different skill in buying it from the energy producers (wholesalers) at high or low prices.
What the big, fat, inefficient energy companies are hoping (and, yes, I am thinking about British Gas) is that most customers are too trusting, timid, lazy or uniformed about how easy it is, to bother changing their provider. For years I was one of these people who never changed my bank nor my insurance company as well as my fuel supplier. When I finally realized that companies offer no prizes for loyalty - they just take increasing advantage of you, I started questioning everything and saved £100s. Oh, well - better late than never.
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many thanks Colwyn just done ours as we are currently with Scottish Power and to pay nearly 30% more is just ridiculous:D
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Originally posted by Karennina
many thanks Colwyn just done ours as we are currently with Scottish Power and to pay nearly 30% more is just ridiculous:D
It's bad K, but not quite as bad as that. The rise won't be 29% for Scottish Power customers. It will be 19% on gas and 10% on electricity. Actual amount of increase would depend on how much of each you use. In my household it would be an increase of 16% overall (you don't add the 10 to the 19). This would be plenty bad enough.
Of course, for those of us who are fixing until Sept 2012, we will be returning to this topic in 15 months time and god knows what the increases will be like then!
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"What the big, fat, inefficient energy companies are hoping (and, yes, I am thinking about British Gas) is that most customers are too trusting, timid, lazy or uniformed about how easy it is, to bother changing their provider." Colwyn.
Thanks Colwyn and same also applies to mortgages - people sometimes spend hundreds more a month than they need to often because they don't realise they can simply change their mortgage provider or even change to a new deal with an existing one.
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A year ago quite a few of us signed up to an EDF fixed rate dual gas/elec. deal. This expires in September so now is the time to switch again. I've decided to follow Martyn Lewis' advice (again) and have gone for EDF Blue +Price Promise which is a fixed rate deal lasting through the next two winters to April 2014 - but you can switch away at any time without penalty. And they will actually email you if a competitor comes up with a significantly better tariff (i.e. more than £1 per week). This isn't quite the cheapest offer available but it is longer and if prices do fall (well it is just about imaginable) you can always switch again. The estimated monthly direct debit I have been quoted based on current annual usage is just £4 per month higher than I have been paying over the last year - which strikes me as damn good.
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Hi All, last year I was recommended by a comparison site to go with a firm called Ovo, who set my dd for an amount that was £12 cheaper than Scottish Power. They have sent me notification this week that from September 1st my d.d. will be £2 less than I was paying for the next 12 months .Maybe people should give them a try, I know some of the supplies are not always good for everyone but this one is o.k.for me. Google them.
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I do not like Martyn Lewis but I followed Lord Jones of Colwyn Bey to EDF when he posted about it. I have now followed him again to the "EDF Blue +Price Promise" tariff which does seem excellent in the current "climate". Now, if only EDF can give us back some of the £614 we are in credit with them, that would be great!
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If you ring them they will alter the dd down to a more suitable level Keith, always had great service from EDF.
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I do not like Martyn Lewis but I followed Lord Jones of Colwyn Bey to EDF when he posted about it. I have now followed him again to the "EDF Blue +Price Promise" tariff which does seem excellent in the current "climate". Now, if only EDF can give us back some of the £614 we are in credit with them, that would be great!
Also changed to EDF blue yesterday after my current EDF plan came to and end but they £1300 of mine and the DD payments go up under The new EDF plan. I tried calling yesterday to try and sort it but after 25 mins I threw in the towel .
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GB, did you fill in your current fuel usage on the basis of kWh or DD? If it was the latter I suspect that your entries will have over-estimated your actual usage since you were inputting an exaggerated DD rate. So the computer program calculated your new DD based on this mistaken rate.
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They have my current usage as I'm a current customer. I simply said I wanted to switch to the new programme and the costs were already there,just slightly more than I currently pay (£106 per month). I wanted to discuss the fact that with so much in credit on account surely the monthly payment should be less- hey Ho it will all sort itself out in the end.
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Would members still recomend EDF?,,,, Iam in the middle of choosing a supplier after moving to a new build home>... What are the members thoughts?
Is Edf the best option?
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It is not possible to recommend an energy supplier to someone when you don't know their circumstances (e.g. size of gas/elec bill) or what is their attitude to the future - "pessimistic" (e.g. prices will go up) or optimistic (e.g. they will go down) and whether they are risk averse (e.g. they would rather have a fixed price) or not (e.g. they are happy tol gamble on a variable rate that may come down).
Having covered my backside on this in case things go wrong ......... I thinkthe EDF Blue + Price Promise is still on offer. This is fixed rate but with no penalty for moving companies in a few weeks or months if something better comes along. I would also compare it with Scottish Power's fixed rate offers. If you are looking for variable rates, I haven't looked at these and can't help you.
Probably best to visit one of the comparison sites such as uSwitch, MonetSupermarket, or EnergyHelpline. Obviously you will need to make guesses about your future usage. Are you moving into a bigger or smaller house, and are you moving from the cosy south to the icy north? In most cases, but not always, you get the best deal by opening your account via internet and paying by Direct Debit. Often dual tariff is also good.
Hope some of this helps.
P.S. To get the best cheap rate fixed deal I think you need to move now. I think Scottish Poer have already removed their current offer from comparison websites.
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Thanks Colwyn, it can be slighly confusing cant it.
I have a spare few hours today so will try and find the best option for me. :)