Gas & Electricity

blueinsa said:
Toasters and Kettles are huge pullers of power unfortunately. Thank fuck they don’t need to be on for long.

Miss my marine set up like mad and long to do another one day but thank God I don’t have it now at these prices.
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Hair dryers, curling tongues and brushes make the leccy meter go into overdrive. Trying to get the missus to have a Sinead O'connor cut.ĺ
 
bobmcfc said:
Anyone woke up to the new charges and wondered wtf is going on

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If they are supposed to be capping it then why the feck is it not reflected on my account
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I'd select the move out option on the first screen shot!

Basically, they've fucked up. The prices above are the ones they sent out in the new pricing email that was sent out a couple of weeks ago. The amounts were there for illustrative purposes only. It was basically how much they were going to charge you before the government stepped in with the 2.5k price cap.

It will probably be corrected in a day or two. As long as the correct rate is on your bill.
 
trumpton said:
I'd select the move out option on the first screen shot!

Basically, they've fucked up. The prices above are the ones they sent out in the new pricing email that was sent out a couple of weeks ago. The amounts were there for illustrative purposes only. It was basically how much they were going to charge you before the government stepped in with the 2.5k price cap.

It will probably be corrected in a day or two. As long as the correct rate is on your bill.
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Well I've messaged them on Twitter. They are usually fast in replying but this is a piss take.
 
bobmcfc said:
Anyone woke up to the new charges and wondered wtf is going on

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If they are supposed to be capping it then why the feck is it not reflected on my account
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When I login, there is a text box above the tariff boxes as below:

Important: Prices on your dashboard don't display the Energy Price Guarantee discount yet. We'll update this really soon.

You can find your discounted rates and charges in our email about prices from October – or, here's a full breakdown of discounted Flexible Octopus prices from October 2022 for every region.
 
splinter said:
Netherlands inflation 17.1 % Holy shit
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I saw a video recently of hundreds of people queuing down a Dublin street for a chance to rent a two-up-two-down terrace for over €1,800/month. There’s such a housing shortage there that people are being massively ripped off but they’re all still trying to get them.

What’s going on in the Western World?
 
blueinsa said:
One huge money grab by the rich is what is going on.
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Saw a you tube video about the state of the USA housing market, conglomerates are just buying up normal houses by outbidding normal buyers, they are creating a nation of renters. Seems a similar thing is happening here, apartment blocks are bought up by foreign investors,the rise in stamp duty is nothing to them. They all have tax dodges. I think the only way to curb it is that every house/apartment bought must be lived in by the buyer for a minimum 3 years, before they can sell. This would stop second ownership and give people opportunities to get on the housing ladder.
 
Lets hope for mild winter and feel really sorry for those who will struggle - especially children and elderly and disabled.

I hope the utility companies help out.I recall 15 years ago they chased me for £3000 just for electricticy ....- the bill should have been about £300 based on previous years use, I pointed this out to them many times..... It took months to sort and they made multiple legal threats and even asked if I was heating a swimming pool (I lived in a 2 bed terrace house FFS!) - they finally admitted it was the meter that was faulty and replaced it. I recall at time took ages to speak to anyone and did not really seem to listen or care...just wanted the money. I hope this has changed.
 
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We rent

So we cant improve our roof insulation or improve the double glazing we cant up grade to a better boiler.

Our living room doesn't get any sun at all in the winter due to the build of the bungalow. It's the coldest room. Along with the bathroom.

We are keeping the heating of for as long as possible. It's not easy as I work outside and would like to come home to a warm home, I am possible wet and cold. Missus works in a nice warm office also doesnt want to speed the evening in a cold bungalow.

We arent as bad as some but in 2022 you would think the basic of heat and warmth was a given.

Luckily for me I am on happy pills so can put up with this and things like not going to matches etc. If I wasnt on happy pills I hate to think where my brain would be.

Remember guys and girls to use the 'that's talk' thread if you need to, there are great people who post in there to help.
 
BELFAST_BLUE_BOY said:
Lets hope for mild winter and feel really sorry for those who will struggle - especially children and elderly and disabled.

I hope the utility companies help out.I recall 15 years ago they chased me for £3000 just for electricticy ....- the bill should have been about £300 based on previous years use, I pointed this out to them many times..... It took months to sort and they made multiple legal threats and even asked if I was heating a swimming pool (I lived in a 2 bed terrace house FFS!) - they finally admitted it was the meter that was faulty and replaced it. I recall at time took ages to speak to anyone and did not really seem to listen or care...just wanted the money. I hope this has changed.
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Years ago I had United Utilities come after me for an unpaid water bill in a house I didn’t own. It had the same address but in Urmston rather than Fallowfield. Took about a year to get it sorted following all sorts of threats from debt recovery companies.
 
Blue Maverick said:
Saw a you tube video about the state of the USA housing market, conglomerates are just buying up normal houses by outbidding normal buyers, they are creating a nation of renters. Seems a similar thing is happening here, apartment blocks are bought up by foreign investors,the rise in stamp duty is nothing to them. They all have tax dodges. I think the only way to curb it is that every house/apartment bought must be lived in by the buyer for a minimum 3 years, before they can sell. This would stop second ownership and give people opportunities to get on the housing ladder.
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Last year, before I bought the flat I own now, I was looking around Town and Salford Quays to buy but they were nearly all Buy-to-Let.
 
Cheesy said:
Disconnected my smart meter from wifi. Read my meters last night and submitted manual readings.

Boosted them by quite a large amount.
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Smart meters send readings to suppliers via a central network called the Smart Meter Wide Area Network, this doesn't rely on Wi-Fi at all.
 
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