Octopus energy company. Anyone use 'em?
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colin79666 said:
pingu393 said:
How often do we get the free coffee? I had one at Gregg's on Saturday, but the QR code was rejected on Sunday.
You have to claim it again the following week and get a new QR code. Unclear if a week resets on a Sunday or a Monday. 
You can't switch to Octopus straight on the Tracker or Agile tariffs, you need to switch to a Flexible and set your smart meter to half hourly readings. Once that's working, just email Octopus and ask them to move you over. There's no waiting list to get on the tariff but you must have a half hourly smart meter operational.
Octopus generally aren't particularly quick at installing smart meters. It can be quicker to get the existing supplier to do this if it's one of the big players like British Gas or eon who do their own installs.
Octopus generally aren't particularly quick at installing smart meters. It can be quicker to get the existing supplier to do this if it's one of the big players like British Gas or eon who do their own installs.
Question for those who export energy - do you have one Octopus account or two?
We started as an exporter only (while our consumer contract ran its length) - so we had an account for that. We've now signed up as a consumer with Octopus as well but they insist we keep two accounts. This means we cannot join in with the savings sessions properly as we cannot export at the crazy rates.
Any ideas?
We started as an exporter only (while our consumer contract ran its length) - so we had an account for that. We've now signed up as a consumer with Octopus as well but they insist we keep two accounts. This means we cannot join in with the savings sessions properly as we cannot export at the crazy rates.
Any ideas?
quinny100 said:
Octopus generally aren't particularly quick at installing smart meters. It can be quicker to get the existing supplier to do this if it's one of the big players like British Gas or eon who do their own installs.
I have done about four swaps to Octopus... in all cases the meters were installed (when required) within a few weeks.I suspect it depends where you are in the country.
Puggit said:
Question for those who export energy - do you have one Octopus account or two?
We started as an exporter only (while our consumer contract ran its length) - so we had an account for that. We've now signed up as a consumer with Octopus as well but they insist we keep two accounts. This means we cannot join in with the savings sessions properly as we cannot export at the crazy rates.
Any ideas?
All on one account, but I have a Tesla PW2 that won't export to the grid.We started as an exporter only (while our consumer contract ran its length) - so we had an account for that. We've now signed up as a consumer with Octopus as well but they insist we keep two accounts. This means we cannot join in with the savings sessions properly as we cannot export at the crazy rates.
Any ideas?
m3jappa said:
Has anyone else heard the downright weird octopus radio adverts which are basically a customer speaking about octopus and how happy they are 
Talking like they just won a new car or something
Proper f
king odd.
Decent marketing though because it gets people talking about it Talking like they just won a new car or something
Proper f
king odd.craigjm said:
Decent marketing though because it gets people talking about it
It really is, even a young lad i work with has noticed it, how many youngsters notice energy company adverts?But yes he does sound totally wasted. The people who produced the advert must have been in f
king stitches Mikey G said:
Does anyone know if Octopus are accepting new customers on Tracker again or is there a waiting list? I know they have to sign up and transfer over to Octopus first. Just had a few friends suddenly interested even though I told them about it over 12 months ago... 
I already had smart meters and was able to move to Octopus one day then switched to Tracker the next. madbadger said:
He sounds wasted.
I know the guy who did that advert - Octopus offered him 12 months free gas/electric and also an afternoon in the pub as payment for him to do the voiceover. He read the script after 6 pints of ale paid for by Octopus. The idea behind it was from a marketing graduate who concentrates on advertising effectiveness, often the whackier and cheaper methods of adverts have a high impact as they fall outside of expected parameters.Gassing Station | Homes, Gardens and DIY | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff