just seen some thing that makes my blood boil
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Guess so.
Our friends house is exactly as you've described and is freezing during the winter with massive cold spots all round the house. I thought £200/month was massive but I'm so far removed from those kinds of bills that £400 seems an impossibly high amount.
Having said that, technically, you only need a house that's twice the size and the thermal losses from 1 wall are 4 x higher so is possible. However from the OP's admission is sounds like his family are throwing money straight out the windows/doors.
Our friends house is exactly as you've described and is freezing during the winter with massive cold spots all round the house. I thought £200/month was massive but I'm so far removed from those kinds of bills that £400 seems an impossibly high amount.
Having said that, technically, you only need a house that's twice the size and the thermal losses from 1 wall are 4 x higher so is possible. However from the OP's admission is sounds like his family are throwing money straight out the windows/doors.
Fatman2 said:
In general though, 2 months free anything = inflated price for 10 months. Same goes for 12 months car insurance for the price of 10.
I'm sure they do it as it's easier to divide by ten, dividing by twelve is so hard!What really upsets me is that it was all privatised in the first place. Oh that's right, to open it all up to competition giving us the consumer, greater choice...
The utilities should be nationalised so the revenue generated is kept in country for it's population. Any profit now, is on it's way around the Globe, USA, France etc. Bloody criminally stupid.
mildmannered said:
Fatman2 said:
In general though, 2 months free anything = inflated price for 10 months. Same goes for 12 months car insurance for the price of 10.
I'm sure they do it as it's easier to divide by ten, dividing by twelve is so hard!What really upsets me is that it was all privatised in the first place. Oh that's right, to open it all up to competition giving us the consumer, greater choice...
The utilities should be nationalised so the revenue generated is kept in country for it's population. Any profit now, is on it's way around the Globe, USA, France etc. Bloody criminally stupid.
I'm usually pretty laid back but the thing that did really cheese me off was hearing that the government regulator, OFGEM, the people that are supposed to control our energy suppliers and their pricing, had thier regulatory powers taken away from them under Labour. WTF?!
What I want to know is why taxpayers' money is being channelled in that direction when they have absolutely no real function any more? I'm hoping this has changed under new governance but very much doubt it.
Anyone else seen this:
http://news.sky.com/home/business/article/16088840
If that doesn't make your piss boil then I don't know what will
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http://news.sky.com/home/business/article/16088840
If that doesn't make your piss boil then I don't know what will
.SKY News said:
The following month it will make further decisions to "break the stranglehold of the Big Six in the wholesale electricity market".
Yes because forcibly fragmenting a market creates real competition doesn't it...It's the same pot of gold, now being split between more people all wanting their share of profit. Oh, silly me, they are competing!
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