KFC Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 Although switching looks like the answer, all the companies will put their prices up in the near future so I'm going wait a bit. I don't want change and then find my new provider whacks their price up even more. The gummint can't do anything other than offer platitudes. That's why I don't vote, big business runs this country now not the politicians. They can't have it both ways. Ask me to vote for them and then give the country away to foreign businesses, often nationalised too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welsh1 Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 Follow the guide on moneysavingexpert: http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/utilities/you-switch-gas-electricity That's the site to go for, get on and look for a deal to lock your price for as long as you can,i just changed my gas and electric locked my price for a year and a half and will save about £100 initially on switch ,but will be protected from the next couple of price hikes,because you can be sure they will rise the prices again in 6 months and again next winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 Ah, but petrol at the pump is going down...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welsh1 Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 Ah, but petrol at the pump is going down...... Those prices are like a whore's knickers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aris Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 Gas prices are very seasonal. Sadly, due to under-investment, the UK doesn't have the storage capacity to buy cheap gas in the summer months to last through the winter for when gas is more expensive. These investment projects should have been started 10-15 years ago when the economy was booming- along with investment in new nuclear power stations. Instead the boom was squandered on who knows what - I can't think of anything we have to show for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byjovecarruthers Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 Was Cameron in charge 10-15 years ago? No, Gordon Brown was busy squandering the National capital that Major, and Thatcher before him, had built up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krugerandsmith Posted October 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 Gas prices are very seasonal. Sadly, due to under-investment, the UK doesn't have the storage capacity to buy cheap gas in the summer months to last through the winter for when gas is more expensive. These investment projects should have been started 10-15 years ago when the economy was booming- along with investment in new nuclear power stations. Instead the boom was squandered on who knows what - I can't think of anything we have to show for it. No but .... we can still supply Eire .... Pipeline running from Brighouse Bay Scotland to Landfall just north of Dublin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aris Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 No but .... we can still supply Eire .... Pipeline running from Brighouse Bay Scotland to Landfall just north of Dublin. Yup, it's called the open market. We HAVE to supply gas at market rates. We're not allowed to hoard it for ourselves. This is why Gas is so cheap in the US. They have this new-found shale gas, but no capacity to export it in any quantity. So they can only sell the bulk of it domestically - and the prices falls. They have been dragging their heels with regards to investment in export terminals (with the help of lobby groups representing energy intensive industry in the US), though some export capacity is due to come online in the next few years, it won't affect our gas price much. In some respects shale gas in the UK is a con too. It won't bring prices down - it may level them for everyone though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 I saved £300 by switching suppliers last year-I try to switch around March time as the best deals seem to be then-look for bonuses like clubcard points as well cos they do add up-paperless bills and direct debit along with a longer term fixed price deal can all help lower the price-take your time because companies will quite often call you back a few weeks after you spoke to them with a better offer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KFC Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 Was Cameron in charge 10-15 years ago? No, Gordon Brown was busy squandering the National capital that Major, and Thatcher before him, had built up. Hang on, it was Maggie who started flogging the country off and splitting everything up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aris Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 Hang on, it was Maggie who started flogging the country off and splitting everything up Which is why we have some of the cheapest energy prices in Europe. Competition can do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KFC Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 Which is why we have some of the cheapest energy prices in Europe. Competition can do that. and price-fixing between companies can make sure they can screw as much as possible out of us but make it look like we're getting a deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aris Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 and price-fixing between companies can make sure they can screw as much as possible out of us but make it look like we're getting a deal. If that were the case, we would not have some of the cheapest energy prices in Europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Bear Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 What everyone seems to have overlooked is that this was a given as soon as megabland said he would freeze prices if he got liebour back in power - it's just the suppliers insurance policy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 Having had a haircut today and been forced to read the sun, I'd imagine British gas might be more than a little scared at the slating of their chief exec and his wages and the paper pointing out exactly how easy it is to swap to the masses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delburt0 Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 (edited) Was Cameron in charge 10-15 years ago? No, Gordon Brown was busy squandering the National capital that Major, and Thatcher before him, had built up.boooooooooo ORDER !!!! They might have had more money in there account in thatchers Britain but the population where all working twice as hard and where always skint, motability cars, single parents allowance, and asylum seekers where a thing of the future !!!! Nothing against thatcher I for one wish derv was still 20p a litre....... Edited October 19, 2013 by delburt0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 Derv could be 20p a litre again,basic rate income tax may rise a little to cover the loss in fuel duty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delburt0 Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 (edited) Would asylum seekers chip in Your right but it would be punishing the workers and not the ethnics that cannot even speak our language, but seem to be able to claim benefits without any trouble....... Edited October 19, 2013 by delburt0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 Probably not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimlet Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 (edited) The previous Labour government has turned people into virtual slaves even reliant on the state to think for them, Exactly. And its the soaring cost of the industrial levels of state expansion required to do this - invariably skewed and wrong-headed - thinking that is really responsible for this mysteriously high cost of living that Milliband and Cameron pretend to agonise about. Yet Milliband as a senior member of the previous government is one of those chiefly to blame for inflicting this national disease upon us, while Cameron and his government are determined to continue it and where possible make it worse. and price-fixing between companies can make sure they can screw as much as possible out of us but make it look like we're getting a deal. Which is precisely what will happen if the aforementioned Milliband gets the chance to do the price-fixing himself as he has suggested. Edited October 19, 2013 by Gimlet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twistedsanity Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 Thatcher didn't build up any wealth it all came from North Sea oil , I for one am convinced that Cameron has a huge bet on that he can get more people to celebrate his demise than his aunty Maggie had celebrate hers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jega Posted October 20, 2013 Report Share Posted October 20, 2013 This should help us all out a bit lads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpkiller Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 just been on money saving expert and swapped from BG to EDF fixed till 2017 especially with that new nuclear reactor rubbish going on so will have to see if it happens and runs smoothly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.