Bulb energy - UK's biggest green supplier - becomes Octopus energy
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mauvais
on reddit or something
Yes, but the core purpose of this is to predict and balance the year as a whole - high winter consumption, low summer, but regular monthly payments. Building up a surplus beyond that is overbilling.
IME pretty much. Just got an email to say XYZ will now be running Bristol Energy. Maybe I should look into it a bit more but it's obviously so boring and I've still got power, so....
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
I just checked my Bulb balance, and it's at a shade over £22. Which pleases me.
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
The original estimates were that only 10 of the 70 energy providers will survive the next 12 months.
That is now being described as ‘optimistic’.
That is now being described as ‘optimistic’.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
So "the market" crashes and burns again, and guess who'll end up picking up the tab. AGAIN.
Chz
Stark Raving Sane
That's probably a sign of why they're in trouble. Your credit should be at its maximum heading into winter.
I don't mind keeping a reasonable balance with Ovo, since they pay more interest than any bank account I can find!
Has anyone told Sid?
Private Eye have run stuff on Bristol Energy - they say it was sold last year though.
Yeah I should probably read up on what happened a bit.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
The government hands you over to another company and you wait for the switch while paying shit prices.
I was with one last year or the year before that failed. No warning given. Then I was suddenly with Scottish Power and paying double in a deal I could not get out of until they finished the paperwork. . . . then I moved to Octopus.
I hope they don't go under. With the last guys I ended about £150 in credit but by the time I was done with Scottish Power I was £150 in debt (despite still paying my monthlies).
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
The government picks a supplier and you get stuck on the closest tariff that they have to what you had at the last place, and you just have to live with it until they have done all the paperwork. . . took them a few months at double the cost last time it happened to me . . and that was a much smaller company than octopus or bulb.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
Shiiiiiiitt.
Going to be a shit winter.
. . . and it's not like the prices will ever fall again.
I know of “miles and points” people who pay £1000+ of credit into their account using a credit card and then get a refund back to their bank account (aka Manufactured Spend). It’s often the smaller suppliers who take Credit cards to provide a point of difference. Stuff like that can’t be helping.
It can’t be costing them much as they’d just block this.
You could just require a payment closed loop, or require people to not withdraw top ups.
Alex
two sheds
Least noticed poster 2007
They always seem to have the same script wherever they're from: "Hello arthur, how are you this morning?" (Why the fuck do you want to know
). Am always non committal until it's clear in case it's actually someone human from a proper company.
moose
like some cat from Japan
I'm quite rude, tbh, unsolicited calls whilst I'm at work wind me up.They always seem to have the same script wherever they're from: "Hello arthur, how are you this morning?" (Why the fuck do you want to know
two sheds
Least noticed poster 2007
I work from home so as soon as they've told me what finance company they're from I just say 'No thank you' and put the phone down. I'm always aware they have my phone number and are probably 'working' at 3 am in the morning when I'd prefer not to provoke them into phoning me.
That evil communist Corbyn is to blame for suggesting nationalisation.
trashpony
Hag
I remember that. It worked quite well iirc
