Energia dual rate [18% off Elec & 17% off of Gas]

mrcheez wrote: »

What happens when you exhaust all of these "new customer-only" deals, and you decide to return to a company you were with previously?

All the comparison sites seem to be concentrating on new customers only.

I was with Airtricity for the last year on a 17% discount paying 15.83 cent ( including vat) .
Rang Airtricity who are frustration to contact.

First I was ringing too early ( 8 days before contact was due to finish).
Then I rang the day before and all operators were busy.
Rang the next day and same story but someone did ring me back.
I was offered the new customer rate of 15.27( including vat)
So despite some misgivings , I decided to stay with them for another year.

So advice is :
either switch again or insist on your current provider offering you their best current discount rate.

What all providers hope is that after the discount expires, that you'll just slip on to their current standard rate... and you won't do anything about it.

CH3OH wrote: »

I was with Airtricity for the last year on a 17% discount paying 15.83 cent ( including vat) .
...
I was offered the new customer rate of 15.27( including vat)

Hmm has anyone here tried asking Energia for their cheapest "new customer" rate for year 2?

Seems to be called "SaveMe338 Dual Fuel" according to bonkers.ie

I was with them since pilot scheme and over the last couple of months they underestimated my readings by almost 300 euro.
so I got hit for a bill of over 450.
sling your hook.
moved over to the new kid on the block panda power,lets hope they dont do the same!

seanin4711 wrote: »

I was with them since pilot scheme and over the last couple of months they underestimated my readings by almost 300 euro.
so I got hit for a bill of over 450.
sling your hook.
moved over to the new kid on the block panda power,lets hope they dont do the same!

So you have been getting free electricity over the last few months. At any point you could have checked the meter yourself and let them know that they were undercharging.

Either way, why shouldn't you pay for what you have used?

They might be in an apartment block where the landlord locks access to the meter (at least that's what happened in my mate's case)

My dual fuel deal with energia in up in Nov, bonkers tells me the following, I'll be switching

i usually tot up my expenditure for the year and input it in. I was with energia dual fuel up till august but the best option for me when changing was flogas and airtricity

kooga wrote: »

i usually tot up my expenditure for the year and input it in. I was with energia dual fuel up till august but the best option for me when changing was flogas and airtricity

A question about FloGas, do they estimate their usage bills, or do they allow you to submit readings and you pay for exactly what you use?

The sign-up form mentioned something about spreading the cost equally through the year using something like Level Pay, but I wasn't clear if it was optional or not.

kooga wrote: »

i don't think flogas have a level pay plan...................which suits me as i found previously that these level pay schemes usually owe me money after 12 months.

I believe they meter read, as they are still on paper billing.

What has paper bills got to do with anything?

It does not matter what supplier you are with or how you receive the bills. The energy suppliers do not read meters, that is left to the networks.

kooga wrote: »

thanks for correcting me I was wondering how long it would take for this to be noticed considering I posted last September!

All in a days work!