British Gas next to increase prices (Merged)
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The increase, which will affect nearly eight million people in the UK, includes an 8.4% rise in gas prices and a 10.4% increase in electricity prices.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24562930
All very predictable as soon as one increases the other follow along.
Price fixing i think.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24562930
All very predictable as soon as one increases the other follow along.
Price fixing i think.
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Ive yet to be convinced that changing supplier makes much difference when they all follow each other.
Instead of ripping people off and forcing some people to either eat or stay warm, then why not freeze your prices. Especially after they make ludicrous profits.
This is "competition" Thatcher style.
...a lot of which goes back into maintaining infrastructure costs
However a possible remedy which in the US made natural gas prices fall off a cliff is that old chestnut ----fracking . One suspects it's just a matter of time .
It really is about time something was done about this. :cool:
So competition forces down prices and therefore privatisation is a wonderful thing is it Mrs Thatcher? :mad:
And all the current Prime Minister seems to say is "Let them eat cake.".
Same here. I'll be wondering around the house with my duvet wrapped around me this winter
Example:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Relaxwell-Dreamland-16082-Intelliheat-Chocolate/dp/B00DS5AWMK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1382012558&sr=8-1&keywords=heated+throw+blanket
Other online shops have them. Shop around for best prices.
We don't put our heating on at all these days, haven't for years. Can't afford it. Hot water bottles keep us warm! (and we're not pensioners!)
Customers with British Gas ... nearly 20% increase on their dual bills - bloody hell.
I wonder, does anyone ever switch TO British Gas?
As to the excuses - as everyone says the same they should just make a tape of the usual excuses and play it on behalf of all the companies whenever they hike their prices.
That's the modern version of an electric blanket, is it?
Not the first time I've done that one! Especially in our old house that didn't have central heating just a gas fire that I would sit in front of. The rest of the house wasn't heated at all!
The new house is a luxury compared to what we had.
Already having to dry washing in the kitchen-I just cannot afford the cost of having tumble dryer on.
Instead of expressing your disgust at what - I'll happlly admit - looks like a huge amount of money, have you thought about taking that number and dividing it by the number of customers? If that's the total figure for all of them we must be talking about 25 million households and a few million businesses on top of that.
Siource,
Any sort of commentary. Are you new to DS?
And dare I mention people on benefits: The real ones without loads of kids and just getting the standard amount.
Their money has not gone up in anything like the same amount as all these things that have increased. And also this year, they had to start paying some of their council tax and the money for that hasn't gone up either.
So more and more outlay and yet their benefits go up by a tiny fraction of what they need.
We don't have a problem paying but I still totally agree with you...
I think it's absolutely criminal that they keep allowing these companies to get away with this.
The government claim to make inflation a top priority and yet they allow fuel and energy costs that push up the price of everything we buy to spiral totally out of control. :mad: