beansforyou Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 It was on the news recently regarding people paying by Direct Debit. The companies have made huge assumptions regarding the price rises and how much consumption people are going to use, and budgeted your DD accordingly. I can't remember if they said what they had done was illegal or not, but they did say that out of every case of people ringing up and sorting it out, they had got it reduced way back down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beansforyou Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 I'm intrigued by the amounts people are saying they pay for their electric, i've just had my quarterly bill and its £85. Do you leave stuff on all over the house or something? There is someone in at my house more or less all the time, so there is usually a TV or PC on at least all day. Where do you think your spending the money? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuey Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 3 of us in my office have had the same thing. We where so in credit last quarter they sent us a cheque. This quarter we are in credit but they put up the DD by £20. It would seem this is a strategy Npower are applying to every one. After all it suits them to have loads of our cash sitting in their accounts. I phoned them, gave them a meter reading and said put it back down, which they did. Remember that at the end of the day YOU decide the DD amount not them. Legaly the amount is up to you. Saying that you need to make sure i covers your bills to avoid huge arrears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hels1977 Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 I've just got my electricity bill today and unbelievebly, its gone up by 25%. I used to pay £65 per month, and Npower have upped it to £85 per month. I just can't belive that Npower 's costs have gone up by the same proportion. It feels like I'm been ripped off but can't do owt about it. I changed supplier in he past, and look where I've ended up. Do you live in a mansion? Seriously that's obscene, I'd definitely read the meter and check the records, we pay 1/3 of that a month on NPower. Yes we're careful - always turning lights off when we're not in the room etc, but not that careful! Is your cooker leccy or gas? What about heating? Do you use leccy storage heaters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojomarmite Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 we are with southern electric,and a bill came today for 07 sept-09 december. Gas is 24 quid and elec is 112 quid. which i think is very cheap!! and there is 3 of us living here. we just try not to use too much heating etc and its always cheap!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solarman Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 The easiest way is to cancel direct debits and get a 3 monthly bill sent, that way you will only pay for what you have used. Ok you will pay a tiny bit more for not having direct debit and you will have to put some money away each month to cover it but at least you will stop them cocking it up It always pays to take meter readings, I do mine weekly and xcell them into a spreadsheet, that way I know what Ive used Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_rudeboy Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 We have just had our DD reduced by about a 1/3. But on the downside the DD for the gas has gone up by about a 1/3. Giving an increase of about 10% over all on our energy bills. £85 a month does sound rather a lot though for electricity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satman2222 Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 We are with EON and pay £85 for gas AND electricity on a dual fuel deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte_24 Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 Yikes, we pay £85 a month for gas, electric, internet and phone!! I would check the bills and query it with them, is there an 'E' next to the readings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kazmerlin Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 I have pre pay meters for gas and electric thru british gas, and on average the leccy meter eats £40 a week n the gas guzzles £30 a week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.