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    Here in the UK, we are reminded every other week on TV to switch our energy suppliers often to make sure we get the best deal. But ... it's a PITA. Then I saw Dragons Den, and a bunch that promise to do all the work for you, and thought "OK, lets see..." and they did very well - they find a better deal, they do the switch for you, I'm happy and several hundred pounds a year better off. Until today when I get an email from them:

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    Hi Paul, You may have heard recently that Spark Energy has gone out of business.

    no, what? You jest ... a quick search and Spark Energy collapse leaves 290,000 without supplier | Business | The Guardian[^] Oh fer Elephant's sake ... I only just switched to those buggers! Anyone want to pay me to use their competitors services? I may be a kiss of death here....

    Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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      Here in the UK, we are reminded every other week on TV to switch our energy suppliers often to make sure we get the best deal. But ... it's a PITA. Then I saw Dragons Den, and a bunch that promise to do all the work for you, and thought "OK, lets see..." and they did very well - they find a better deal, they do the switch for you, I'm happy and several hundred pounds a year better off. Until today when I get an email from them:

      Quote:

      Hi Paul, You may have heard recently that Spark Energy has gone out of business.

      no, what? You jest ... a quick search and Spark Energy collapse leaves 290,000 without supplier | Business | The Guardian[^] Oh fer Elephant's sake ... I only just switched to those buggers! Anyone want to pay me to use their competitors services? I may be a kiss of death here....

      Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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      Here you go, Griff [^].

      I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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      • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

        Here in the UK, we are reminded every other week on TV to switch our energy suppliers often to make sure we get the best deal. But ... it's a PITA. Then I saw Dragons Den, and a bunch that promise to do all the work for you, and thought "OK, lets see..." and they did very well - they find a better deal, they do the switch for you, I'm happy and several hundred pounds a year better off. Until today when I get an email from them:

        Quote:

        Hi Paul, You may have heard recently that Spark Energy has gone out of business.

        no, what? You jest ... a quick search and Spark Energy collapse leaves 290,000 without supplier | Business | The Guardian[^] Oh fer Elephant's sake ... I only just switched to those buggers! Anyone want to pay me to use their competitors services? I may be a kiss of death here....

        Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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        This is one of the reasons I don't switch bank accounts. I desperately want to but I just don't trust these automated systems not to **** it up. When you make a living writing these kinds of systems the more complex you know it is the less confident you are that their developers have done it right lol How to auto switch bank account. Been given this task and don't know how to start, plz send codes it's urgent.

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          Here you go, Griff [^].

          I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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          OriginalGriff
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          :laugh: Not a problem - they switched me to the new company, and they are already switching me to another at the same rate.

          Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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          "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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            This is one of the reasons I don't switch bank accounts. I desperately want to but I just don't trust these automated systems not to **** it up. When you make a living writing these kinds of systems the more complex you know it is the less confident you are that their developers have done it right lol How to auto switch bank account. Been given this task and don't know how to start, plz send codes it's urgent.

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            Lost User
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            A couple of years ago I switched to Nationwide. Everything went according to plan and timescale, and I now have a better deal than before.

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              This is one of the reasons I don't switch bank accounts. I desperately want to but I just don't trust these automated systems not to **** it up. When you make a living writing these kinds of systems the more complex you know it is the less confident you are that their developers have done it right lol How to auto switch bank account. Been given this task and don't know how to start, plz send codes it's urgent.

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              F-ES Sitecore wrote:

              How to auto switch bank account. Been given this task and don't know how to start, plz send codes it's urgent.

              Email me the account details, and I'll do it for you ...

              Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

              "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
              "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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              • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                :laugh: Not a problem - they switched me to the new company, and they are already switching me to another at the same rate.

                Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                Well I guess you've gotten over your current shock ?

                Ravings en masse^

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                • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                  F-ES Sitecore wrote:

                  How to auto switch bank account. Been given this task and don't know how to start, plz send codes it's urgent.

                  Email me the account details, and I'll do it for you ...

                  Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                  Cool, my name is Prince Adebowale Okafor Hassan of Nigeria....

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                  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                    Here in the UK, we are reminded every other week on TV to switch our energy suppliers often to make sure we get the best deal. But ... it's a PITA. Then I saw Dragons Den, and a bunch that promise to do all the work for you, and thought "OK, lets see..." and they did very well - they find a better deal, they do the switch for you, I'm happy and several hundred pounds a year better off. Until today when I get an email from them:

                    Quote:

                    Hi Paul, You may have heard recently that Spark Energy has gone out of business.

                    no, what? You jest ... a quick search and Spark Energy collapse leaves 290,000 without supplier | Business | The Guardian[^] Oh fer Elephant's sake ... I only just switched to those buggers! Anyone want to pay me to use their competitors services? I may be a kiss of death here....

                    Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                    It's stuff like that which makes me want to stay with the likes of British Gas for my gas supplies and Hydro (SSE) for Electric. No dual fuelling, no random company in the middle etc.

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                    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                      Here in the UK, we are reminded every other week on TV to switch our energy suppliers often to make sure we get the best deal. But ... it's a PITA. Then I saw Dragons Den, and a bunch that promise to do all the work for you, and thought "OK, lets see..." and they did very well - they find a better deal, they do the switch for you, I'm happy and several hundred pounds a year better off. Until today when I get an email from them:

                      Quote:

                      Hi Paul, You may have heard recently that Spark Energy has gone out of business.

                      no, what? You jest ... a quick search and Spark Energy collapse leaves 290,000 without supplier | Business | The Guardian[^] Oh fer Elephant's sake ... I only just switched to those buggers! Anyone want to pay me to use their competitors services? I may be a kiss of death here....

                      Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                      Same thing happened to me recently (Iresa went bust) I had a large credit balance because they never billed me and they also paid me interest on my credit balance! maybe explains why they went bust.... Advice was don't change, any outstanding balance(credit or debit) will be transferred to a new company appointed by the regulator. Any credit balance is protected by the regulator. It all went smoothly, with the new supplier putting us onto their best tariff and charging my credit balance for the power used on the original Iresa rates. Once balance transferred we could then move to another supplier. If you change mid-bankruptcy it can delay refunds of any credit balance. Apparently multiple smaller suppliers at the cheaper end of the supply market have gone under this year.

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                        Same thing happened to me recently (Iresa went bust) I had a large credit balance because they never billed me and they also paid me interest on my credit balance! maybe explains why they went bust.... Advice was don't change, any outstanding balance(credit or debit) will be transferred to a new company appointed by the regulator. Any credit balance is protected by the regulator. It all went smoothly, with the new supplier putting us onto their best tariff and charging my credit balance for the power used on the original Iresa rates. Once balance transferred we could then move to another supplier. If you change mid-bankruptcy it can delay refunds of any credit balance. Apparently multiple smaller suppliers at the cheaper end of the supply market have gone under this year.

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                        Steve Owen wrote:

                        smaller suppliers at the cheaper end of the supply market have gone under this year.

                        They don't actually supply anything, it's all smoke and mirrors.

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                        • W W Balboos GHB

                          Well I guess you've gotten over your current shock ?

                          Ravings en masse^

                          "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

                          "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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                          Ohm y God! You just couldn't resist it, huh? :confused:

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                            Ohm y God! You just couldn't resist it, huh? :confused:

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                            Wire you surprised?

                            Ravings en masse^

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                            "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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                              This is one of the reasons I don't switch bank accounts. I desperately want to but I just don't trust these automated systems not to **** it up. When you make a living writing these kinds of systems the more complex you know it is the less confident you are that their developers have done it right lol How to auto switch bank account. Been given this task and don't know how to start, plz send codes it's urgent.

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                              Years ago, Bank of America bought out the tiny little bank that I was using in Cardiff by the Sea, CA (north of San Diego.) I intentionally moved all but about $15 to another bank, not trusting BofA. Sure enough, after the "transition", I went to the ATM to check my balance and had over $25,000! Turns out "they" had merged my account with someone else's. :rolleyes: I always wonder who "they" are? Was this some bug in the software? A random cosmic ray glitch?

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                                Cool, my name is Prince Adebowale Okafor Hassan of Nigeria....

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                                F-ES Sitecore wrote:

                                Cool, my name is Prince Adebowale Okafor Hassan of Nigeria....

                                Oh so you;re the guy that still owes me $125,000,000 :mad::mad::mad:

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                                • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                  Here in the UK, we are reminded every other week on TV to switch our energy suppliers often to make sure we get the best deal. But ... it's a PITA. Then I saw Dragons Den, and a bunch that promise to do all the work for you, and thought "OK, lets see..." and they did very well - they find a better deal, they do the switch for you, I'm happy and several hundred pounds a year better off. Until today when I get an email from them:

                                  Quote:

                                  Hi Paul, You may have heard recently that Spark Energy has gone out of business.

                                  no, what? You jest ... a quick search and Spark Energy collapse leaves 290,000 without supplier | Business | The Guardian[^] Oh fer Elephant's sake ... I only just switched to those buggers! Anyone want to pay me to use their competitors services? I may be a kiss of death here....

                                  Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                                  Spark Energy - Wikipedia[^] "The company ceased trading on 23 November 2018 after a series of major failures, including the failure to pay the industry regulator Ofgem to the sum of £14.4 Million for their renewables obligation (RO) payment." Er hum. Need we say more?

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                                  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                    Here in the UK, we are reminded every other week on TV to switch our energy suppliers often to make sure we get the best deal. But ... it's a PITA. Then I saw Dragons Den, and a bunch that promise to do all the work for you, and thought "OK, lets see..." and they did very well - they find a better deal, they do the switch for you, I'm happy and several hundred pounds a year better off. Until today when I get an email from them:

                                    Quote:

                                    Hi Paul, You may have heard recently that Spark Energy has gone out of business.

                                    no, what? You jest ... a quick search and Spark Energy collapse leaves 290,000 without supplier | Business | The Guardian[^] Oh fer Elephant's sake ... I only just switched to those buggers! Anyone want to pay me to use their competitors services? I may be a kiss of death here....

                                    Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                                    OriginalGriff wrote:

                                    several hundred pounds a year better off.

                                    I wish I could lose weight that quickly. :-D

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                                    • W W Balboos GHB

                                      Wire you surprised?

                                      Ravings en masse^

                                      "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

                                      "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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                                      You should charge for this!

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                                      • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                        Here in the UK, we are reminded every other week on TV to switch our energy suppliers often to make sure we get the best deal. But ... it's a PITA. Then I saw Dragons Den, and a bunch that promise to do all the work for you, and thought "OK, lets see..." and they did very well - they find a better deal, they do the switch for you, I'm happy and several hundred pounds a year better off. Until today when I get an email from them:

                                        Quote:

                                        Hi Paul, You may have heard recently that Spark Energy has gone out of business.

                                        no, what? You jest ... a quick search and Spark Energy collapse leaves 290,000 without supplier | Business | The Guardian[^] Oh fer Elephant's sake ... I only just switched to those buggers! Anyone want to pay me to use their competitors services? I may be a kiss of death here....

                                        Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                                        So are you moving to Ofgem then?

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                                        • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                          Here in the UK, we are reminded every other week on TV to switch our energy suppliers often to make sure we get the best deal. But ... it's a PITA. Then I saw Dragons Den, and a bunch that promise to do all the work for you, and thought "OK, lets see..." and they did very well - they find a better deal, they do the switch for you, I'm happy and several hundred pounds a year better off. Until today when I get an email from them:

                                          Quote:

                                          Hi Paul, You may have heard recently that Spark Energy has gone out of business.

                                          no, what? You jest ... a quick search and Spark Energy collapse leaves 290,000 without supplier | Business | The Guardian[^] Oh fer Elephant's sake ... I only just switched to those buggers! Anyone want to pay me to use their competitors services? I may be a kiss of death here....

                                          Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                                          Speaking of Dragon's Den, the best audition ever: [The IT Crowd Dragon's Den Pitch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUEemQeInjE)

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