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And the best thing is that it only takes a 10 minute phone call.
The average saving for any household that has never switched away from any one of the BIG 6 RIP OFF MERCHANTS is £200 per year, every year, until finally and surely inevitably the BIG 6 will eventually be forced to be more competitive when they have no customers left, as it's obvious that the governments watchdogs are not going to do anything about their excessive profiteering, with sharp practices like never lowering customer prices when wholesale prices tumble, but always instantly passing on any increases in their wholesale costs.
But you do have a choice, there is something you can do about it, and it's really very simple.
At present only an estimated 30% of consumers have moved away from the BIG 6 to get a better deal from all of these burgeoning, new, much smaller companies, who simply do not take excessive profits; and do not take their customers inertia/lazyness/fear/confusion/completely misplaced loyalty for granted. With all these new companies now in existence it is no longer the case that "it's not worth switching because the company you've switched to will be putting up their prices next month anyway". This did seem to be the case for some time, when switching did seem pointless for exactly the reason I quoted, but this certainly does not apply any more. %)
I have just done it, and i will be saving £200 from now on. I can't believe I didn't do this ages long ago as it's been a constant source of anger since the very steep increases in costs first seen about 5 years ago, it seems to be just some form of inertia or something failing to click in people's heads. 8( Maybe it's partially because they deliberately make the bills so confusing and complicated that nobody can understand them, but if you go to the website above it will guide you through extracting the required information. Ideally you will have an annual statement showing the kw/h you used for both electricity and gas, or failing that any bill showing standing charges etc and details about how much you pay and how often if you don't know what your usage is.
You can immediately save £85 on standing charges alone, the price you pay just for the privilege of being connected and having meters standing in your home. British Gas charge 52p per day just for that dubious honor, the newer companies charge roughly half that on average. And then adding the unit costs for actual useage adds up to an average saving of £200 p/a, which might not seem very much for those on decent incomes, but it could make a huge difference to any household struggling to get by on a low income or on benefits.
And the best thing is that it only takes a 10 minute phone call.
The average saving for any household that has never switched away from any one of the BIG 6 RIP OFF MERCHANTS is £200 per year, every year, until finally and surely inevitably the BIG 6 will eventually be forced to be more competitive when they have no customers left, as it's obvious that the governments watchdogs are not going to do anything about their excessive profiteering, with sharp practices like never lowering customer prices when wholesale prices tumble, but always instantly passing on any increases in their wholesale costs.
But you do have a choice, there is something you can do about it, and it's really very simple.
At present only an estimated 30% of consumers have moved away from the BIG 6 to get a better deal from all of these burgeoning, new, much smaller companies, who simply do not take excessive profits; and do not take their customers inertia/lazyness/fear/confusion/completely misplaced loyalty for granted. With all these new companies now in existence it is no longer the case that "it's not worth switching because the company you've switched to will be putting up their prices next month anyway". This did seem to be the case for some time, when switching did seem pointless for exactly the reason I quoted, but this certainly does not apply any more. %)
I have just done it, and i will be saving £200 from now on. I can't believe I didn't do this ages long ago as it's been a constant source of anger since the very steep increases in costs first seen about 5 years ago, it seems to be just some form of inertia or something failing to click in people's heads. 8( Maybe it's partially because they deliberately make the bills so confusing and complicated that nobody can understand them, but if you go to the website above it will guide you through extracting the required information. Ideally you will have an annual statement showing the kw/h you used for both electricity and gas, or failing that any bill showing standing charges etc and details about how much you pay and how often if you don't know what your usage is.
You can immediately save £85 on standing charges alone, the price you pay just for the privilege of being connected and having meters standing in your home. British Gas charge 52p per day just for that dubious honor, the newer companies charge roughly half that on average. And then adding the unit costs for actual useage adds up to an average saving of £200 p/a, which might not seem very much for those on decent incomes, but it could make a huge difference to any household struggling to get by on a low income or on benefits.
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