gas/elec bills

[babscartland]

i just had a letter from british gas saying that they are putting my gas payments up to 66 pounds a month, my elec costs 15 a week. thats 120 pounds per month for my utilities, the only gas i use is my combi boiler. and i only live in a 2 up 2 down.
anyone else experiencing this?

[CiderMonkey]

we got a letter a few months ago saying they were going to put up my gas direct debit from �26 per month to 5�8. I thought this was too much of a jump (esp as we'd moved in during the winter and they hadn't even given it a chance to equal out over the summer). So I called and said no it it and they said ok, they would review in 3 months. They did and now are saying they want to raise it to �36 as we have worked out to be in debit. I said it was ok, as long as they reviewed it again in 3 months and didn't keep it at that uneccessarily as I want my money in MY account, not THEIRS!

If you don't think the raise is fair, call them and see what they say.

[Pea Pod]

I am giving up direct debit after my bill comes in. I pay �42 a month electric and �59.50 month gas. At the moment they owe me �120 back on the electric, I told them this was going to happen but they insist on taking the �42.Funny enough my gas rose after getting a combi boiler last year, thought it was supposed to save you money. Bye Bye British Gas April when my tie in finishes.

[chasbo]

Move immediatley from B.G., they are well known as the dearest supplier. Go into U Switch.com and get quotes from other suppliers. I can almost guarantee a reduction

[kev100]

Babs, welcome to privatisation

[CrazyDaisy80]

Hello.... I dunno about British Gas putting Prices up too much but I am with Southern Electric and they are brilliant, Customer Service is fantastic. And I live in a One Bedroom Flat and Pay �20 each for Gas and Electric.

[mormess]

Yep, I'm sick of getting bills which say i'm in credit. Swalec give you a refund readily enough but tried to get a gas refund and they say it will be done in January. They have �60! And I've got that boiler care thing after having to have mine fixed - that might have worked out cheaper than paying all in one go. I went for it cos a corgi gas fitter left us with a gas leak last time he looked at it and for some reason I trusted BG more!

I might switch too but I want to do it when I want, not when someone tries to sell me a new deal.

Grrr. And I just had a new water meter (which replaced an old one) which has put my bills up!

[spazvas]

With my latest bills from British Gas seriously depleting any spare money for another quarter, I thought that it was time for me to look at finding an alternative energy supplier.
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Paying by Direct Debit
Paperless Billing
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[kwicky]

Now that cheap gas is being pumped from Norway expect a drastic reduction in gas bills?

[MrCrip]

Yeh right, the gas companies are really having us on with the wholesale prices. I checked out that http://www.searchandsave.com/.

They were quite helpful and went through the option available, however at the end of the day they are just selling the USwitch service, so they are no more than an agent for them.

I too pay for my energy bills via Direct Debit and it is amazing how British Gas accrue the cash and are not fortcoming with reimbursement.