Sonic'

a price freeze until september 2011

Is it worth taking them up on this offer or not

Bearing in mind the price freeze will be at the upped increase of 35% for Gas and 9% for electricity

It doesnt say how much extra you have to pay or indeed even if you do

Is it worth it

Tam the bam

I thought you created your own gas?!?

Terminator X

iTrader: (7)

BG must think that their customers are mugs! 35% increase then they offer to fix it - how kind of them. Crazy world

TX.

Sonic'

I do Tam, but not enough to cook dinner

I can heat the bed pretty quick though

warrenm2

thought you were going to say offered you outside....

NotoriousREV

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PaulC72

well as the others will be putting up prices too then I imagine that things will level out {like they did last time}

On another note I was wondering who BG use for PR / Marketing, announce 35% increases, record parent company with fantastic profits, offer to fix customers who have just has a 35% increase a fixed rate, and somewhere in there give you some free lightbulbs!! amazing and they will get away with it.

spireite

**** BG and their light bulbs ,im gonna hold out incase eon offer fridge magnets

Sonic'

Have the commision lights flagged up Rev

NotoriousREV

Get buying, I need a new ivory backscratcher

Sonic'

Well some people are just pathetic

wtf has my post been rated negative for, oh I forgot school holidays again

RRH

not any more dude

Jamo

iTrader: (23)

have a look at this steve.

Cheap Gas & Electricity: Warning, DON’T SWITCH! Save in other ways...

Sonic'

Cheers guys

I'm sort of wary about switching, as I did this several times many years ago, and every single bill since then has gone up, it has never gone down

Ill take a look though

collierm

I know they say wait, but personally, I moved to the smallest provider about 4 years ago and I've not had a bill increase once and I live in a 3 bed semi.

Atlantic Gas & Electric are brilliant. I have had the same monthly payments for 3 years now, I'm always checking, I'm still in credit, every 13th month I get free as a loyalty bonus for staying with them and it is their policy never to increase prices in the winter, only for the summer when usage is lower.

I don't work for them or have any special interest, just a satisfied customer.

Cheers

Matt

Scooby Snacks 23

Doesn't fixing your prices work in the same way as a fixed mortgage rate? If gas prices go down (remember they're linked to oil prices which have now started to go down) then you're stuck at the higher rate.

I've made the decision not to fix for this very reason - if I've been misinformed, please let me know sharpish!!

al4x1

if you look at the rates British Gas are offering they were nearly twice what I'm paying with Npower, IMHO BG are sheisters and I can't see them doing anything that will cost them money ignore the switching websites information and just try and compare actual figures get the BG rates for your area then check out the other providers to see if switching is worth while. To me BG released the price increase info and the fix plan deliberately together to try and see how many mugs would jump and sign up without looking into the detail or possible long term gas prices

dunx

iTrader: (3)

Why would a French company give a **** about British gas prices if they are making that much profit ?

DunxC

corradoboy

I'd pay more to NOT be with BG. Last time I was with them really was the LAST TIME.

al4x1

snap I hate them with a vengeance, months of calling useless understaffed call centres when they cocked up my account and because they'd cocked up refused to let me switch as allegedly I owed them money. Cost me a packet

Luan Pra bang

I changed to atlantic and they are about 1 million times better than british gas.

corradoboy

How come 16 million people are still with them

Terminator X

iTrader: (7)

^^ Mugs

TX.

al4x1

apathy

TelBoy

Yes that's right. Locking in a 35% increase has got to hurt though. Having said that, utility companies do not seem to be under the same scrutiny as the petrol companies to reduce prices when wholesale prices decline, so i'd be very surprised if you saw much of this 35% back in your pocket before the end of a fixed term, even if prices fall. End result - probably not much in it now, i think you've seen the proper price adjustment they were itching to implement.

al4x1

look at their prices their click 5 scheme that seems to be their un fixed price hasn't actually been increased and is sitting at 5.96 and 2.5p

versus the bargain fixed rates of 7.25 and 3.68p

Interesting bit of marketing there

michaelro

Similar to a mortgage, if you leave early you usually have to pay a release fee, although this isn't always the case.

I'm with Scottish power fixed till 2009 (Fixed in May ) and don't have a release fee - if prices go down - I'll switch

Diesel

Robin Hood time!

Make sure you give these rogues a nice healthy meter reading for summer or you will all be paying far more for the gas you will use in winter... Ja'-get-me?

D