On 17/12/2017 19:59, newshound wrote:
On 15/12/2017 20:31, newshound wrote:
Been dual fuel with Ovo (Which? best customer feedback) for a while,
decided to check the Which? switch site and found I can save over £300
pa on two separate fixed price contracts. Internet, no paper, direct
debit of course.

Relatively painless apart from the hassle of setting up two DDs rather
than one. Nice to have the easy option to view fixed price contracts
only.

Having skimmed the responses to date, I suppose I'd have to say I trust
Which? (who are very open about getting kickbacks), am a bit more
cautious about Moneysavingexpert although it is certainly a site I have
looked at in the past, and would be slightly more careful about Flipper.

Fair comment that I have not checked the market for three or four years.
My consumption is probably a bit higher than average, but not "mansion"
scale. *Slightly* surprised not to find Ovo not offering something else
reasonably competitive to what I guess is their "standard variable rate"
tariff which kicked in a couple of weeks ago when my previous deal expired.

Probably because you are not a new customer. OVO was the best fixed deal
for me, but previously Sainsburys, NPower, EDF and a couple of others
have been - all but one for one time only, then the repeat price has
been way above what I can get elsewhere.

The other interesting finding (to me) was that duel fuel deals are no
longer generally competitive. If you don't mind taking a chance on an
unknown name rather than one of the big six, then going for small
players who specialise only in one market perhaps makes more sense.
These days, with paperless online systems and DD, the old savings from a
"single bill" and "single payment" are evaporating.

Single bills would have been cheaper for me, but at only about £10 a
year less, I decided that covenience would win out and went for the dual
fuel offering.

SteveW