On 13/04/17 08:45, Andy Burns wrote:

If you have a year-old bill available, find your annual gas and electric
usage in kWh and feed that plus your address into

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/cheapenergyclub

if you tell it your existing tariff it will compare differences with
that, but if you don't know then tell it whatever supplier you like, but
disregard whatever comparative "saving" it tells you back in return.

You can choose whether to look at all deals (including those from new or
tiny suppliers you've never heard of) or only to pick from more well
known names.

I've never had the slightest bit of spam from them, and they're honest
about how much kickback they get, and they share some of it with you.

I guess could always use a "disposable" email address I can create.

But there are a couple of other things I don't like about the Cheap
Energy Club process. Why do they need my *full* address? As far as I can
see, uSwitch only need a postcode (which is all the energy suppliers
need to give you a quote). If I live at No 55, surely it's not going to
make any difference at 54 and 56. The popup box actually states "We need
your address to be able to find your cheapest deal as it differs from
area to area". Since when did "area to area" become a specific address?

And then I can't opt out of getting email alerts for price savings. I
could set it at the maximum of £250, and probably never get any alert,
but that shouldn't be necessary. There should be a "no thanks" option.

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Jeff