My Outfox fixed contract for E and G ends on the 15th November and the market is in absolute chaos, with no one knowing what will happen to the energy prices. Outfox's quote was well up on some of the other offerings.
Looking at the fixed contract prices, they are 2 to 2 1/2 times the present cost of the variable tariffs, so I decided it was prudent to go for a variable tariff for the first time ever, with no exit fee - so I can always 'jump ship' later.
On a fixed price contract both supplier and customer take a gamble, on variable you just pay what it costs, month by month.
MSE's club was suggesting Utility Warehouse was the cheapest offering for me of £104, but if I took phone, broadband and mobile along with it too. I already had a good deal on the later, much cheaper than their offering, so without those it took it to £112. There website was a mess, no really able to make sense of what tariffs they were offering and none listed without bundled phones - so I rang them to ask for the quote and asked for it to be emailed with full details. There stupid phone system was setup so as to only make it easy for there existing customers, potential new customers had to do battle with the system to get through. There idea of a detailed quote was to mention the annual cost of gas and annual cost of electric based on my consumption figures - no details of standing charge, no details of Kw charge. What a way to run a company...
There were three at £105 on the MSE site, one of which was Bristol Energy which I have been with before, without any issues - besides, the women they employ to answer the phones have a sexy Bristol accent
I filled in their online form, got to the end of all of the three pages, pressed Continue and it then showed a blank page with an 'EXCEPTiON....' - so I had to ring them and do the deed over the phone. Luckily, they still had most of the details stored from the last time I was with them.
Looking at the fixed contract prices, they are 2 to 2 1/2 times the present cost of the variable tariffs, so I decided it was prudent to go for a variable tariff for the first time ever, with no exit fee - so I can always 'jump ship' later.
On a fixed price contract both supplier and customer take a gamble, on variable you just pay what it costs, month by month.
MSE's club was suggesting Utility Warehouse was the cheapest offering for me of £104, but if I took phone, broadband and mobile along with it too. I already had a good deal on the later, much cheaper than their offering, so without those it took it to £112. There website was a mess, no really able to make sense of what tariffs they were offering and none listed without bundled phones - so I rang them to ask for the quote and asked for it to be emailed with full details. There stupid phone system was setup so as to only make it easy for there existing customers, potential new customers had to do battle with the system to get through. There idea of a detailed quote was to mention the annual cost of gas and annual cost of electric based on my consumption figures - no details of standing charge, no details of Kw charge. What a way to run a company...
There were three at £105 on the MSE site, one of which was Bristol Energy which I have been with before, without any issues - besides, the women they employ to answer the phones have a sexy Bristol accent
I filled in their online form, got to the end of all of the three pages, pressed Continue and it then showed a blank page with an 'EXCEPTiON....' - so I had to ring them and do the deed over the phone. Luckily, they still had most of the details stored from the last time I was with them.
