switching

[Just Rizzle]

any one switched there gas ,electricity supplier
had a bad deal with mine so have switched to a new supplier using u switch.
based on my consumption last year this should save me approx 450 quid a year.
are u sticking with the devil u know or are u making the break.
ive gone from british gas to SSE

 

[J Sid]

yes ray, do it every year.
my and most probably your local council put it out to tender and get us to sign up.
check your council website, I get great hassle free deals

 

[macten]

Same. Change every year. This year Nottingham Council have a non profit energy supplier so gone with them and saved even more.

 

[J Sid]

I find it a real shame that these are published better

 

[Chalker]

After reading this. Just been onto uswitch and saved £172 a year, on electric.
Was very easy, just needed a current bill.

 

[J Sid]

check your local council, mine has about 70,000 local residents sign up and go out to all the suppliers for there best price which is normally a lot better then u-switch.

 

[White Room]

British gas and electric both to Eon, can't remember how much saving but it was a good deal.

 

[One Day]

Anyone see the utter stupidity of it all though?
Divide (or confuse) and conquer.

 

[Old Mod]

Anyone see the utter stupidity of it all though?
Divide (or confuse) and conquer.

Imp mate, I think you need one of my remedies!e
Just have one of these!

 

[Old Mod]

 

[One Day]

Imp mate, I think you need one of my remedies!e
Just have one of these!

I'm definitely in need of a good slap!
Might go watch some tv and turn my brain off tonight....

 

[Andy Allen]

Has anyone switched TV, broadband and land line? I'm with sky got the full package but fed up with them keep increasing there prices so thinking of switching to Virgin ........

 

[Old Mod]

Has anyone switched TV, broadband and land line? I'm with sky got the full package but fed up with them keep increasing there prices so thinking of switching to Virgin ........

I'm on Virgin Andy,
I was on sky before that.
Still I undecided as to which I prefer.
The broadband with Virgin is excellent as long as you're not too far from the nearest hub.
We're on the newest super speed, switched the other day.
This is my new broadband speed this morning.


But you do need to be specific about your broadband speed. They have different packages.
Their extra room boxes are very cheap compared to sky, effectively half the price.
Usability is definately won by Sky.
Super easy to use compared to Virgin, you have to read all the tips and tricks in menu to get most from it.
I don't have sports any more, but with the biggest family package I still get BT sport for free, so I don't need the rest tbh, there's enough on there to suit my needs.
When we first signed up, if you had TiVo box you got an extra room box free.
One thing about their extra boxes,they're very basic. No forward or rewind and so on, and you can't access your recordings. You have to have extra TiVo boxes for that.
But tbh Andy I don't know what sky boxes give.
Virgin anywhere app is pretty kool.
You can watch a lot of channels over wifi if you're out and about.
I don't know how far sky's come in that respect.
I still pay £85 a month tho mate.
No sports or movies either.
But I do have highest broadband, Eve and weekend free calls on landline, which we NEVER use haha
And 3 extra room boxes. One in each bedroom.
Which means I can happily bolt the kids in their room and they don't have to watch the living room tv, which is a blessing! (I do love them, but only when they're out of sight!)
Dunno if that helps mate.

 

[Andy Allen]

I'm on Virgin Andy,
I was on sky before that.
Still I undecided as to which I prefer.
The broadband with Virgin is excellent as long as you're not too far from the nearest hub.
We're on the newest super speed, switched the other day.
This is my new broadband speed this morning.
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But you do need to be specific about your broadband speed. They have different packages.
Their extra room boxes are very cheap compared to sky, effectively half the price.
Usability is definately won by Sky.
Super easy to use compared to Virgin, you have to read all the tips and tricks in menu to get most from it.
I don't have sports any more, but with the biggest family package I still get BT sport for free, so I don't need the rest tbh, there's enough on there to suit my needs.
When we first signed up, if you had TiVo box you got an extra room box free.
One thing about their extra boxes,they're very basic. No forward or rewind and so on, and you can't access your recordings. You have to have extra TiVo boxes for that.
But tbh Andy I don't know what sky boxes give.
Virgin anywhere app is pretty kool.
You can watch a lot of channels over wifi if you're out and about.
I don't know how far sky's come in that respect.
I still pay £85 a month tho mate.
No sports or movies either.
But I do have highest broadband, Eve and weekend free calls on landline, which we NEVER use haha
And 3 extra room boxes. One in each bedroom.
Which means I can happily bolt the kids in their room and they don't have to watch the living room tv, which is a blessing! (I do love them, but only when they're out of sight!)
Dunno if that helps mate.

That helps a lot mate.....thank you.

I pay about £120 a month that's with the full sky TV package, broadband and land line, and sky go .....every channel you can get apart from bt sport I pay extra for that....that's with 2 box sets that you can pause, rewind, record ect.
Was looking at Virgin the same package would cost about £90 but not sure if I would get as many TV channels as I get with sky....plus the box sets .....you know how I love my box sets !!

 

[magga]

We used to have Virgin BB but had so many problems with it that they couldn't fix, despite multiple engineer visits, we just cancelled and moved to sky in the end. Sky broadband has been really good, and we've got sky q too which is their new tv product. It's a bit buggy, but you can access all your recordings from multiple boxes, and even watch them in your iPad if you have one.

In your situation, I would just ring them up and say you want to cancel because it's too expensive and you'll get putthrough to retentions where they will offer you a good discount to stay.

 

[Andy Allen]

We used to have Virgin BB but had so many problems with it that they couldn't fix, despite multiple engineer visits, we just cancelled and moved to sky in the end. Sky broadband has been really good, and we've got sky q too which is their new tv product. It's a bit buggy, but you can access all your recordings from multiple boxes, and even watch them in your iPad if you have one.

In your situation, I would just ring them up and say you want to cancel because it's too expensive and you'll get putthrough to retentions where they will offer you a good discount to stay.

Think might do that...I've been with them for years....so will see how much they value my custom.

 

[Old Mod]

That helps a lot mate.....thank you.
plus the box sets .....you know how I love my box sets !!

Yeah keep meaning to look fo the boxsets, but just not got round to it.
I'll try remember to look when I get home mate and let you know.

 

[Andy Allen]

Yeah keep meaning to look fo the boxsets, but just not got round to it.
I'll try remember to look when I get home mate and let you know.

There are 100s on sky.....currently into 'house' at the moment.......just noticed full box set of the sopranos as well so may move onto that.

 

[Old Mod]

Think might do that...I've been with them for years....so will see how much they value my custom.

Hahaha a corporate value your custom!

So you enjoying House Andy?

 

[Andy Allen]

Hahaha a corporate value your custom!

So you enjoying House Andy?

It's not to bad....he reminds me of me, or so my wife says anyway......can't see it myself...
And yes ......we're a bit off topic....Sorry Ray..

 

[Old Mod]

There are 100s on sky.....currently into 'house' at the moment.......just noticed full box set of the sopranos as well so may move onto that.

They do have box sets on demand Andy, but fairly limited in choice it seems. But I've only flicked thro menu mate, not spent time going deeper in to it.
And Virgin tv is undergoing improvements at the moment it seems.
So may be best to ask in a store to see what's coming up mate.