I read somewhere that uSwitch were caught misquoting savings.

I check through Compare the bloody Market why don't you dot com

I switch all the time - no bother.   I'm switching again at the moment (tomorrow the's date actually - should save £22 a month over gas and leccy) I tend not take any rates that have a tie in - check Martin Lewis' energy club.

Also never take any notice of the service rating really - what can they do really?  It's all paper and if you check your bills you should be fine.

Cheers Saint and Kaffy. It's the first time and I still have a bit of research to do, Uswitch was my first stop, but other sites including Martin Lewis are on the list. 

However I am going to phone Npower and tell them I'm moving, just for the satisfaction 

Be prepared for nPower to make you an offer you can't refuse

I told the AA I was leaving - saving me £100 in an instant

Scottish power review your costs every three months. Not saying it WILL change every time, but it could. Having said that, it could equally stay the same for several quarters in a row.

From time to time Mr Fluffy Thing negotiates with them if we think the price change is too much. It's surprising how much you can negotiate it back down. Most of the time they acquiesce without a quibble.

Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:

Scottish power review your costs every three months. Not saying it WILL change every time, but it could. Having said that, it could equally stay the same for several quarters in a row.

 

From time to time Mr Fluffy Thing negotiates with them if we think the price change is too much. It's surprising how much you can negotiate it back down. Most of the time they acquiesce without a quibble.

And so, the moral of that is, they're all charging too much in the first place 

I moved to Atlantic Energy  ( SSE ) ages ago ....and have simply moved between tariffs since cos I tend to think that,  unless you are prepared to move every year, financially  there isn't much between them all ....and I find the customer service at Atlantic  is brilliant ...

The government really should step in and set a consistent £ per kw hour across the board! 

They are all robbing gits imo charging whatever they can get away with!

Jen-Star posted:

The government really should step in and set a consistent £ per kw hour across the board! 

They are all robbing gits imo charging whatever they can get away with!

I use First Utility and tie myself in for two or three years, they are for my consistently cheaper than any other when I check Compare  They tend to drop my direct debit at  the end of summer...at the moment I am over £200 in credit and told them to leave it where it is so I can happily run my heating if we have a severe winter without the worry of owing them money and upping my payments. 

Jen-Star posted:

The government really should step in and set a consistent £ per kw hour across the board! 

They are all robbing gits imo charging whatever they can get away with!

I recall the old carp from past governments; "Competition drives down prices". Well I'm not seeing it in businesses like the energy sector, public transport, insurance, broadband to name a few.

Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:

 

I recall the old carp from past governments; "Competition drives down prices". Well I'm not seeing it in businesses like the energy sector, public transport, insurance, broadband to name a few.

 

and the drip of money into the working classes pockets....it does make me larf people believe this carp 

Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:

Jen-Star posted:

The government really should step in and set a consistent £ per kw hour across the board! 

They are all robbing gits imo charging whatever they can get away with!

 

I recall the old carp from past governments; "Competition drives down prices". Well I'm not seeing it in businesses like the energy sector, public transport, insurance, broadband to name a few.

 

Yup those are just as bad, its all a load of rubbish. They all just squeeze and squeeze as much out of people as they can.

Jen-Star posted:

Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:

Jen-Star posted:

The government really should step in and set a consistent £ per kw hour across the board! 

They are all robbing gits imo charging whatever they can get away with!

 

I recall the old carp from past governments; "Competition drives down prices". Well I'm not seeing it in businesses like the energy sector, public transport, insurance, broadband to name a few.

 

Yup those are just as bad, its all a load of rubbish. They all just squeeze and squeeze as much out of people as they can.

It's one of the reasons why I try not to have anything I am not going to utilise fully. I always renegotiate my broadband costs every 18 months and I don't have Sky because I would not make best use of all of the channels available, but mainly as I really hate the Murdoch organisation.

I'm so sad that I even buy my monthly bus/tram saver when I know I will use it to the max. 

If I bought a return every day on the one specific bus that takes me from the stop outside my house to the stop outside my work it would cost me less than my zonecard, but I would have to be at the stop for 7:30 am and the bus home is around 6 pm and any travelling I want to do on other busses, or at the weekends would be additional costs. The zonecard gives me travel on as many of the local busses as I want and as often as I want and at weekends and holidays too, all for a single 10 week payment. No need to worry about having (the correct) money with me at all times.

velvet donkey posted:

I take my hat off to you Fluffs - especially in winter    

No, no. Keep your hat on Velvet, you'll catch your death!

Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:

If I bought a return every day on the one specific bus that takes me from the stop outside my house to the stop outside my work it would cost me less than my zonecard, but I would have to be at the stop for 7:30 am and the bus home is around 6 pm and any travelling I want to do on other busses, or at the weekends would be additional costs. The zonecard gives me travel on as many of the local busses as I want and as often as I want and at weekends and holidays too, all for a single 10 week payment. No need to worry about having (the correct) money with me at all times.

The very same with my monthly TravelMaster card, any bus or tram at any time except Xmas day. 

I'm currently trying to apply for a pop card (to load a monthly pass on to. I am getting a weekly one at the minute straight from the Metro machine but a monthly one works out cheaper).. I have to submit a passport size photo and I can't get the sizing right    

Buy a moped

What? In Shields? 

Pit bull could ride pillion

Oi! We're bad but we're not that bad! 

Sprout posted:

I'm currently trying to apply for a pop card (to load a monthly pass on to. I am getting a weekly one at the minute straight from the Metro machine but a monthly one works out cheaper).. I have to submit a passport size photo and I can't get the sizing right    

Have I missed something - have you tried a photo booth?

Or do they not have them in the wilds of northern England?

Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:

Sprout posted:

I'm currently trying to apply for a pop card (to load a monthly pass on to. I am getting a weekly one at the minute straight from the Metro machine but a monthly one works out cheaper).. I have to submit a passport size photo and I can't get the sizing right    

Have I missed something - have you tried a photo booth?

Yep. I've had photos taken for ID for job and uploaded one of them to the pooter but I just can't get them the right size to attach to the form 

Maybe it;s the form that's at fault! If both the form and the photo are at 100% then you would think/expect everything to fit.