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Old 22-02-10, 01:54 PM   #1
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Anyone with southern electric/gas? recently i had a huge gas/lekkie bill so today i rang them to pay off some of my debt I'd run up
after abit of moaning on the dog and bone the kind lady said "have you tryed a quote on our "Go Direct 3 tariff" ehhh whats that i replied?
Its their cheapest energy tariff - she ran a quote for me based on what id used over my last billing period and guess what?
my gas used was £311.31 she dropped that to £233.32
my lekkie used was £349.62 she dropped that to £259.62
saving (if i was on that go direct tariff) £170!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This new tariff is only advertized on their web site so you have to go look for it.
just thought this might be worth a mention.
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Old 22-02-10, 02:04 PM   #2
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bloody hell! use less gas and leke would be my suggestion.
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Old 22-02-10, 06:00 PM   #3
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bloody hell! use less gas and leke would be my suggestion.
But if it's -12C then 'wear another jumper' isn't really helpful.
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Old 22-02-10, 06:21 PM   #4
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I'm with scottish power. I decided this month to do some saving.

I used to pay 59.50 for gas and electric, then for 2 month I left the boiler on 24hrs and it jumped upto 97.50 and stayed there for 2 years.

This month a rang around and British gas could do me dual fuel for 61 a month. So after getting the best qoutes I rang Scottish power and they said I was on the wrong tarif and could get me down to 60 a month. So £37 saving.

I also rand sky to cancel and ended up with sky+HD for the same price as I pay now.
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Old 22-02-10, 06:26 PM   #5
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Anyone with southern electric/gas? recently i had a huge gas/lekkie bill so today i rang them to pay off some of my debt I'd run up
after abit of moaning on the dog and bone the kind lady said "have you tryed a quote on our "Go Direct 3 tariff" ehhh whats that i replied?
Its their cheapest energy tariff - she ran a quote for me based on what id used over my last billing period and guess what?
my gas used was £311.31 she dropped that to £233.32
my lekkie used was £349.62 she dropped that to £259.62
saving (if i was on that go direct tariff) £170!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This new tariff is only advertized on their web site so you have to go look for it.
just thought this might be worth a mention.
Thanks Kwak, im with them and will have a look later, every penny counts in this house
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Old 22-02-10, 06:30 PM   #6
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I'm with scottish power. I decided this month to do some saving.

I used to pay 59.50 for gas and electric, then for 2 month I left the boiler on 24hrs and it jumped upto 97.50 and stayed there for 2 years.

This month a rang around and British gas could do me dual fuel for 61 a month. So after getting the best qoutes I rang Scottish power and they said I was on the wrong tarif and could get me down to 60 a month. So £37 saving.

I also rand sky to cancel and ended up with sky+HD for the same price as I pay now.
Swapped from Scottish Power to British Gas this month. Was paying something stupid for combined. Now paying £70 per month for both gas and leccy.

Also got a cheque for £111 from Scottish power rebate on my gas usage.

Plus I'll get £40 cashback for swapping to BG.

Go to moneysavingexpert.com and use their utilities checker for the best comparrison of what you're paying
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Old 22-02-10, 06:31 PM   #7
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Thanks Kwak, im with them and will have a look later, every penny counts in this house
KJ use this

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/utilities/?tab=14
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my gas used was £311.31 she dropped that to £233.32
my lekkie used was £349.62 she dropped that to £259.62
I wish my bills was so low . I am all electric and I pay £155
a month for a 2 bed apartment.
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I wish my bills was so low . I am all electric and I pay £155
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Check it with the linky, you're payin way too much
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Check it with the linky, you're payin way too much
im on economy 7 with f***in old storage heaters and the hot water never stays hot so im always putting the emergen on too.

I do have loadz of crap too big 50" plasma, 40" in the spare room,
Amps Speakers / xbox's my PC is constantly on downloading ect ..

so i think i am using it its just that this economy 7/storage heaters are crap.
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