**** you, british gas.
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What a joke. Anyone else keep finding your bills going up and up? About 6 months ago it was £35 per month. Last month they put it up to £45 and now i've had a letter saying its now £54 per month. Wtf.
I dont even have a gas fire or gas cooker, its a semi-detached bungalow for crying out loud, all i have is just an old boiler used for central heating (not a combi boiler) however, the pilot is always running, would this cause this massive price increase? If i need to heat water, i always use the emersion heater to try and keep the gas cost down.
I f
king hate british gas. Everything in my house is electric and the elec bill is half of this nonsense.
A couple of months back, i killed the gas supply to the boiler for a week and the meter outside never moved, so i know i don't have a leak.
Im worried now with the run up to winter, how much are these robbers going to try and get me for if we have some harsh weather?
I think it's going to be cheaper to fire up the Mondeo and just sit in the driveway with the heater on. I can probably run that for less than £54 a month on tickover
I dont even have a gas fire or gas cooker, its a semi-detached bungalow for crying out loud, all i have is just an old boiler used for central heating (not a combi boiler) however, the pilot is always running, would this cause this massive price increase? If i need to heat water, i always use the emersion heater to try and keep the gas cost down.
I f
king hate british gas. Everything in my house is electric and the elec bill is half of this nonsense.A couple of months back, i killed the gas supply to the boiler for a week and the meter outside never moved, so i know i don't have a leak.
Im worried now with the run up to winter, how much are these robbers going to try and get me for if we have some harsh weather?
I think it's going to be cheaper to fire up the Mondeo and just sit in the driveway with the heater on. I can probably run that for less than £54 a month on tickover
It's all companies. You switch and save money for 2 days then the company you joined adjusts its prices.
Interesting chart, eh? http://futures.tradingcharts.com/chart/NG_/M?antic...
That's right. Don't let any one-cell-brain politians tell you it's supply and demand. Price of gas is falling.
Interesting chart, eh? http://futures.tradingcharts.com/chart/NG_/M?antic...
That's right. Don't let any one-cell-brain politians tell you it's supply and demand. Price of gas is falling.
Edited by RemainAllHoof on Sunday 9th October 14:34
And I know you've been thinking: why is petrol half the price it was in 2008?
This is why: http://futures.tradingcharts.com/chart/CL_/M?antic...
This is why: http://futures.tradingcharts.com/chart/CL_/M?antic...
Eh, how can they put it up?
Are you paying by DD?
After our energy provider proved they couldn't do good averages to save their lives, I pay quarterly upon receipt of a bill.
If you pay quickly by card you still get discounts approaching DD cheapness, but you avoid them hoarding about £400 of your money to earn interest on into the following summer!
Dave
Are you paying by DD?
After our energy provider proved they couldn't do good averages to save their lives, I pay quarterly upon receipt of a bill.
If you pay quickly by card you still get discounts approaching DD cheapness, but you avoid them hoarding about £400 of your money to earn interest on into the following summer!
Dave
OK, so they put your DD up. Why?
If you are in arrears then it's hardly be a surprise. The amount they take from your bank every month is not necessarily a true reflection on what you use. If you are in arrears or going into the winter with close to a zero balance then they like you to "get ahead"
I have had energy companies try this on on a number of occasions. It so happens that my renewal date is at the end of the summer but I also have pretty good records of what my consumption is - therefore I will only accept a direct debit that equates to 1/12th of what the total annual bill is likely to be - that means that I am usually in arrears by March but that by the end of August the thing has righted itself back to zero. They don't like it
, they'd much rather you kept up or even over paid during the winter so that its they that owe you money & not the other way around.
Alternatively they are about to announce a price rise in the next few weeks - that is what Scottish power did to me (or rather tried to do). However, when I got the price rise letter & challenged it miraculously it seemed there was another pricing plan I could have which meant a 2% increase instead of about 22%.
I have found that having good records of what your energy usage has been is very useful when it comes to dealing with these people, on two occasions in the last year SP have tried to increase my DD. I have accepted one small increase (much less than they were asking for) when the price went up. Net result is that as of 1st October I think I am in credit by about 20 quid instead of the 250 quid they would have had given half a chance. Assuming no price changes I will be in arrears by March but back to all square by this time next year.
If you are out of contract then www.uswitch.com - but you will need to know your usage.
If you are in arrears then it's hardly be a surprise. The amount they take from your bank every month is not necessarily a true reflection on what you use. If you are in arrears or going into the winter with close to a zero balance then they like you to "get ahead"
I have had energy companies try this on on a number of occasions. It so happens that my renewal date is at the end of the summer but I also have pretty good records of what my consumption is - therefore I will only accept a direct debit that equates to 1/12th of what the total annual bill is likely to be - that means that I am usually in arrears by March but that by the end of August the thing has righted itself back to zero. They don't like it
, they'd much rather you kept up or even over paid during the winter so that its they that owe you money & not the other way around.Alternatively they are about to announce a price rise in the next few weeks - that is what Scottish power did to me (or rather tried to do). However, when I got the price rise letter & challenged it miraculously it seemed there was another pricing plan I could have which meant a 2% increase instead of about 22%.
I have found that having good records of what your energy usage has been is very useful when it comes to dealing with these people, on two occasions in the last year SP have tried to increase my DD. I have accepted one small increase (much less than they were asking for) when the price went up. Net result is that as of 1st October I think I am in credit by about 20 quid instead of the 250 quid they would have had given half a chance. Assuming no price changes I will be in arrears by March but back to all square by this time next year.
If you are out of contract then www.uswitch.com - but you will need to know your usage.
The 'big six' energy companies in the United Kingdom plan a new wind farm from scratch, apply for planning consent, build new wind farms without actually spending a single penny of their own money. The money for this extravagance comes from the 11% charge for 'government obligations' on every electricity bill throughout the UK. This amounts to Billions of pounds each year and the incumbent politicians say nothing. In fact, every politician in the UK are complicit in the biggest consumer crime in the UK ever.
Marf said:
We've never had it so good. 
The reason OPs bills are going up and down is because they're charging a fixed monthly amount that keeps getting revised depending on his recent usage. None of the companies get this right and it got me riled in the past.
I found a solution in switching to First Utility. You put your reading into the website every month and they bill you for what you actually used. Or they'll fit smartmeters and they can read remotely.
I found a solution in switching to First Utility. You put your reading into the website every month and they bill you for what you actually used. Or they'll fit smartmeters and they can read remotely.
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