Getting tired of the effort it takes to save money......

[Notafettler]

I can offer the same for Bulb

My daughter sent me a £75 refer a friend link for bulb. I got £75 and she got £75 AND SHE REFUSED TO GIVE ME ANY OF HER £75. Outrageous its normal to offer at least £25 for using a link but no she had to play the daughter card! Without the £75 off I am looking at a £24 a month bill. (No gas)

 

[Notafettler]

My electric has recently gone up to around that too. Still using storage heaters as I don’t want the upheaval of getting gas in.

What do you mean the upheaval? I have heard they can charge staggering amounts of money just to bring the mains 20yards. So much it would be cheaper to stay on economy 7 radiators

 

[Shadow121]

Socialism?

On an even more rudimentary level, I don’t know anyone who had or were involved in
an rtc and yet every year the insurance company twists the knife for all they can get,
and nothing is done about it, why, because banks financial institutes and insurance
brokers can afford to control their markets, and we can’t afford to fight back, especially
in regard to car insurance, because when we refuse to pay it because we are being ripped
off, then we break the law, so between price fixing and the law we are screwed.

 

[Mo1959]

What do you mean the upheaval? I have heard they can charge staggering amounts of money just to bring the mains 20yards. So much it would be cheaper to stay on economy 7 radiators

Floorboards up, etc to install the plumbing. I don't actually mind the storage heaters too much to be honest. I know they are maybe not quite as controllable as gas, but at least if you have a power cut they stay warm for a long time.

 

[Notafettler]

As long as the power cut takes place after you have "filled up" your radiators. It always seemed to happen during the night when I had them so never really benefited.

 

[vickster]

My daughter sent me a £75 refer a friend link for bulb. I got £75 and she got £75 AND SHE REFUSED TO GIVE ME ANY OF HER £75. Outrageous its normal to offer at least £25 for using a link but no she had to play the daughter card! Without the £75 off I am looking at a £24 a month bill. (No gas)

But you got £75 for doing nothing (except presumably getting a cheaper deal)

 

[DCBassman]

I do Wah for 2-3 days a week

Another eejit who read that and suffered an immediate earworm attack!

 

[Smudge]

The thing with energy suppliers, is to never trust their estimate of what you monthly payments will be in a quote. Always look at the costs of unit rate price and any standing charges and compare with your current supplier. Also some quotes will include vat and some wont. Then there's different rates that are dependant on how much you use.
You have to do a bit of work yourself with these quotes to get a correct price comparison, the suppliers hope you cant be arsed to work it out, so they can blind you with their often complicated pricing structures.

Ovo, have recently told me about their price rises, so i've dumped them and got a better deal with Coop energy for my leccy. My gas has been with Better Energy for quite a few years now, and even with a recent small price rise, they've still been the cheapest for me to date.

 

[Notafettler]

But you got £75 for doing nothing (except presumably getting a cheaper deal)

If I used mse I could probably have got an extra £40 (guessing). I have done that before. The person whose link your using gets lots of referral payments. Loads of moneyyy

 

[Notafettler]

The thing with energy suppliers, is to never trust their estimate of what you monthly payments will be in a quote. Always look at the costs of unit rate price and any standing charges and compare with your current supplier. Also some quotes will include vat and some wont. Then there's different rates that are dependant on how much you use.
You have to do a bit of work yourself with these quotes to get a correct price comparison, the suppliers hope you cant be arsed to work it out, so they can blind you with their often complicated pricing structures.

Ovo, have recently told me about their price rises, so i've dumped them and got a better deal with Coop energy for my leccy. My gas has been with Better Energy for quite a few years now, and even with a recent small price rise, they've still been the cheapest for me to date.

Surely comparison sites do all the working out for you?
I use mse they send me an email when my deals is coming to end.
Although they don't seem to note that you can leave 49 days early and pay no "fine".
Despite telling you so on their weekly "save a penny deals

 

[vickster]

If I used mse I could probably have got an extra £40 (guessing). I have done that before. The person whose link your using gets lots of referral payments. Loads of moneyyy

What’s wrong with that? You could equally do the same and benefit. Or you didn’t have to use your daughters referral link but then you would have missed out too. You chose to go that way

 

[Notafettler]

What’s wrong with that? You could equally do the same and benefit. Or you didn’t have to use your daughters referral link but then you would have missed out too. You chose to go that way

Obviously I choose to go that way. I was really pointing out you can do better. People like me who only use a relatively small amount of electric are, percentage wise making a major savings. IE check mse

 

[vickster]

Obviously I choose to go that way. I was really pointing out you can do better. People like me who only use a relatively small amount of electric are, percentage wise making a major savings. IE check mse

I did. Very little benefit for me to switch from Bulb who are easy to deal with (£50 saving a year not worth the hassle tbh, especially with companies with poor CS ratings)

 

[youngoldbloke]

PS tsb cycle insurance £28 a year for loss of any bike up to £3500. No specific lock needed (not gold level) any where in the world. BARGAIN!!

Sounds good - but don't cover ebikes? ('bike with motor')

 

[Notafettler]

Are you sure? After all it is classed as bicycle there is no separate class for ebike. Sometimes when dealing with insurance reps you need ask them to go further up the line of command. Or even ring more than once to speak with different advisers. Just thought see what there terms and conditions say. The latter might be best bet.