sarasquares

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today i was nearly speachless (its true)

i have a prepayment electricity meter in my house but there hasnt been any debt for years so i decided i wanted to change my service provider from Powergen to a cheaper alternative and pay by direct debit so i called them. i was told that when you have a prepayment meter it are there for life. you pay a higher charge for your electricity if you have a meter and you cannot change provider as they wont touch you if you have a pp-meter. i was livid

anyway i have contacted Watchdog as i feel Powergen are monopolising their customers. has anyone got any experience of this?

sarasquares

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ive been in my house for 15 years and had a debt when i first moved in to it. the meter was already in the house when moved in so it was adjusted for my debt.
hopefully watchdog will be able to get on the case and name and shame

i might buy a generator

Nicks VR4

I had a prepayment meter changed to normal meter this year no problem

From Powergen to British Gas

Turbohot

Gas and electricity prices have gone right up! British Gas( most expensive of all) have gone up by about 92% with electric and, 63% up with gas!
I am with them barstards!
Thanks for putting this thread up, Sara.I have a pre-payment meter too. It was already there before i bought this house.I need to get shut of it.Let's see how you get on.

sarasquares

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swati i will let you know how i get on

who took the meter out. if it was British Gas then that doesnt supprise me as they have the highest prices and would do anything to get your cash

Powergen said that the rule was very old and rigid and had no intention of changing it

Turbohot

Cheers, Sara

Nicks VR4

Yeap Grittish Bas price was cheaper at the time and Powergen was sending us a bill at the same time so double the price took ages to tell some thick **** we have payed already

sarasquares

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BG obvioulsey knew that they were going to increase their prises then

^OPM^

cant you harness all the hot air that comes out of your mouth-that way you would you not only be self sufficient but you could make a good profit( be able to afford a turbo) selling your excess power back to the grid-jobs a good un

^OPM^

prepares to duck the impending slap

Funkii Munkii

I pay my leccy Monthly and I'm £159 in credit at the moment, imagine my suprise when I got a letter from powergen telling my the DD will have to go up by £8 a month as from next month !!

chris_c201

As someone that works in a utility company i can confirm that this is rubbish.... contact Ofgem or maybe Energywatch....

Or change supplier then get a meter change done......

magepaster

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I'm with BG for both gas and electricity. I get 3 letters from them the other day. First letter states I am in credit of £46 for gas. Second letter states That I am in credit of £74 with Electricity. Good, so far so good. I open the next letter it tells me both my dd debit payments are going up. Monthly Gas up from £22 to £44 per month and electric up from £42 to £79 per month.

How the F*^) can they justify such a price hike when I clearly pay over the odds now?

I have done an indepth search and the minimum I can save by moving to another company is £363 per Annum

Grittish are a buch of robbing gits..............allegedly

imlach

SS....what you have been told by Powergen is nonsense.

Leslie

Stick with it Sara, dont let the prats grind you down, don't see why they should get away with that load of cobblers.

Les

SCOsazOBY

If you move into a property that has a prepayment meter already installed you can request for a normal meter to be put in. But if you have a normal meter then ask for a prepayment meter if you get into difficulties you are then stuck with it and cant change back.

What you are allowed to do is ring up a new suplier tell them you have just moved in and want a normal meter putting in and give them your maiden name. It worked for me

pslewis

I'm with Scottish Gas and run my account online - paying by DD an agreed amount each month.

I looked at my account before summer and saw that my account stood at £120 ......... I e-mailed them asking for 2 months off from payments so that it could be brought into balance

They said that I was actually £120 in DEBIT!!!!

Although they show it as a positive CREDIT amount!!!

WTF is going on?? Whats wrong with showing it as -£120, or £120 Debit??

They said that lots of customers were confused by it - but have no plans to change it!!

Pete

sarasquares

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thats shocking pete