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  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    We always said ‘base over apex’ 🤣 

    @Dovefromabove thank you for not lowering the tone. :D
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Bum over boob here,  we’re a common old pair. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    Our dual fuel supplier just tried to nearly double our DD today, without asking us - we're on a fixed 3 year rate. OH told them no way and after a certain amount of polite wrangling, they agreed to leave the amount as it was. Moral - if at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    I've just had an e-mail from British Gas offering a fixed price deal, at twice the price I'm currently paying.  On the face of it, it looks like a bad deal but I certainly need to look into it further.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    My electricity deal runs out next month. 
    NOT looking forward to finding a new one. 
    Ovo are talking about my tariff going from 19p a unit to 47P
    Devon.
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    If at first you don’t succeed, forget sky diving.

    I’m just being curious: Wild Edges typed those two words without asterisks. Was anyone offended by seeing them written in full? We all know what the words mean and say them in full in our heads when we read, so why the prurience?


    Rutland, England
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    BenCotto said:
    If at first you don’t succeed, forget sky diving.

    I’m just being curious: Wild Edges typed those two words without asterisks. Was anyone offended by seeing them written in full? We all know what the words mean and say them in full in our heads when we read, so why the prurience?


    I'm a big boy, I'm not easily offended. 
    Not keen on "the C word"  and certainly not " the N word " 
    Devon.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    We took the advice not to fix in April … we’re currently paying around £190 per month for dual fuel … but where’s it going to go?  Are there any good deals out there now?

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • steveTusteveTu Posts: 3,219
    I looked at deals - deals is a loose term. This will make you smile - a screen shot of some of the deals on offer:

    ... to be fair, there was a deal on the first page at £195 - but that leapt to £300+ on the second and subsequent deals. Barking. I have no issue if this is temporary though. But if it's anything like the water, 40 years to build new reservoirs and arrange pipe lines from wet to dry areas doesn't fill me with confidence that fuel prices won't disappear down the same rabbit hole.
    UK - South Coast Retirement Campus (East)
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    edited August 2022
    steveTu said:
    I have no issue if this is temporary though. 
    The rate of increase will reduce. The chances of the prices really reducing are fairly small. A deep recession may push them back but I doubt they'll go back to where they were a year ago. It's possible - the fundamental costs haven't gone up, after all, but that just doesn't seem to be how the market works

    do you know what the kWh unit price is for those offers?
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
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