EON are scum bags

[RobRainford]

now theres an idea!

 

id best get bodging.

[alex_m]

I just extract leccy from the street light outside my house.

[Dean Lofthouse]

 

I gave up switching, cos it was a PITA

 

I thought it a pain too Tony and couldn't be bothered, so they took advantage

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I thought it a pain too Tony and couldn't be bothered, so they took advantage

 

Im on a pre payment metre and get billed everytime I switch supplier!

[likeitorlumpit]

I thought pre payment was the most expensive option

AT least

It used to be

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I thought pre payment was the most expensive option

AT least

It used to be

 

it is, but I dont get massive bills and it curbs my enthusiasm on the usage.

[Ian Leach]

Changing supplier is easy they do all the work i got a £400 rebate on my gas and electic as i was paying to much. I'm now with edf at a fixed price until 2013/14 gas and electric £25 each per mth and thats for a 3 bed bungalow.

[Hawthorn]

I've just changed one of our meters over to Ebico

 

They are the only not-for-profit energy supplier.

 

They charge everyone (in a region) the same rate regardless of DD or pre-payment meter etc.

 

They are the best without doubt for lower usage on prepayment meters. Check out their tariffs and see if I'm right! :thumbup:

[Hawthorn]

I should have said that they don't have a standing charge and only charge marginally more than some companies per kWH

[djbobbins]

Right, at risk of getting slated... I work for E.ON in my "day job" but in the generation side of the business, not sales.

 

I think the comments about direct debits previously have some merit, for example I have had arguments myself with the sales business for my own home account that the direct debit is too high. The only way I have ever managed to get any money back is when they do an annual reconciliation. However, the whole concept of direct debits is to try and average out payments across the year - so forecasting individual customer consumption is never going to be perfect.

 

Regarding complexity of tariffs, E.ON has now openly decided - based on customer feedback - that the old system was too complex. The company is therefore moving towards a simplified tariff structure, so hopefully that will change things for the better.

 

For info, I can't disclose too much obviously, but in 2013 the E.ON business in the UK will probably just about break even. As far as I understand it, for as many years as I can remember, the company has invested more in new or replacement infrastructure than it has made in profits.