Well I learned something today.
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If you switch energy suppliers - and here in the UK we are recommended to do so loudly and stridently - always do it in late spring / early summer. If you don't they will use historical data from actual meter readings to estimate your annual costs which will be over the most expensive months of the year, not the cheapest ... That's the second conversation I've had with the idiots after they try to up my direct debit by 40% pcm because I'm obviously going to use as much heating the house all summer as I do all winter ... :doh:
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If you switch energy suppliers - and here in the UK we are recommended to do so loudly and stridently - always do it in late spring / early summer. If you don't they will use historical data from actual meter readings to estimate your annual costs which will be over the most expensive months of the year, not the cheapest ... That's the second conversation I've had with the idiots after they try to up my direct debit by 40% pcm because I'm obviously going to use as much heating the house all summer as I do all winter ... :doh:
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!
They know where you live, average temperatures are probably only around 0.1 degrees warmer in summer :-) Now that I have a "smart" meter why can't I pay monthly for exactly what I use should I choose to? I'm always in credit with my energy supplier regardless of which one it is, obviously they are making profit investing our money.
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If you switch energy suppliers - and here in the UK we are recommended to do so loudly and stridently - always do it in late spring / early summer. If you don't they will use historical data from actual meter readings to estimate your annual costs which will be over the most expensive months of the year, not the cheapest ... That's the second conversation I've had with the idiots after they try to up my direct debit by 40% pcm because I'm obviously going to use as much heating the house all summer as I do all winter ... :doh:
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!
Energy companies are their own breed of special, aren't they? When I called mine to sort out a new tariff a few weeks back, they wanted me to provide them with a meter reading. Despite the fact that they'd installed a "smart meter" over a year previously. :doh: Once I pointed that out, it took a couple of button-clicks for them to get the up-to-date readings, so it's not even as if there was a problem with the meter. I'm starting to think their name stands for "Extremely Dense :elephant:-wits".
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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They know where you live, average temperatures are probably only around 0.1 degrees warmer in summer :-) Now that I have a "smart" meter why can't I pay monthly for exactly what I use should I choose to? I'm always in credit with my energy supplier regardless of which one it is, obviously they are making profit investing our money.
Tip: Ask to change to variable direct debit and see what happens.
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If you switch energy suppliers - and here in the UK we are recommended to do so loudly and stridently - always do it in late spring / early summer. If you don't they will use historical data from actual meter readings to estimate your annual costs which will be over the most expensive months of the year, not the cheapest ... That's the second conversation I've had with the idiots after they try to up my direct debit by 40% pcm because I'm obviously going to use as much heating the house all summer as I do all winter ... :doh:
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!
Tip - call them and say you want to switch to variable direct debit. Very few energy suppliers advertise this.
