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Fields Dec 2023 9:49pm, 15 Dec 2023 10,459 posts	Quote Pin Fields I fixed recently with Octopus. For someone on a low income with a lot of financial pressures, certainty is more important than gambling what might happen. I also don’t have the time or mental bandwidth to follow what the energy supply market is doing or not doing.
Windsor Wool Dec 2023 10:20pm, 15 Dec 2023 6,145 posts	Quote Pin Windsor Wool Totally with you Fields. I worked in energy trading for 25 years and so following the markets still comes fairly naturally to me. For many price security is paramount and locking in is the right thing to do. Same for mortgages…where an expenditure is big (and energy bills are now) it’s important to have certainty in many cases. I must say that I believe that Fozzy is making a very valid point. In this high interest rate environment we shouldn’t really be giving our money to others for free. Shame he’ll never see me agree with him. Meow!
rf_fozzy Dec 2023 10:23pm, 15 Dec 2023 21,200 posts	Quote Pin rf_fozzy I see all WW. Not sure why you think I've kittened you. Never have. That is saved for special cases
Fields Dec 2023 11:00pm, 15 Dec 2023 10,465 posts	Quote Pin Fields Having read back a few pages there are some interesting flexes on show.
Windsor Wool Dec 2023 12:28pm, 16 Dec 2023 6,146 posts	Quote Pin Windsor Wool I apologise fozzy. In that case a post of mine got caught in the cross fire of another debate - you must have been blocking someone else and I got the wrong end of the stick.
rf_fozzy Dec 2023 2:10pm, 16 Dec 2023 21,204 posts	Quote Pin rf_fozzy No problem WW. thanks for clearing it up.
Bazoaxe Dec 2023 5:44am, 19 Dec 2023 26,110 posts	Quote Pin Bazoaxe theguardian.com
Merry Christmas and Happy NewG(rrr) Dec 2023 9:01am, 19 Dec 2023 48,935 posts	Quote Pin Merry Christmas and Happy NewG(rrr) Can you imagine a DD for £39,000 appearing in your bank account?! Good news is that it would fail for most of us. A bit of a daft billing error and a funny story but not actually a problem for the end customer. Boo EDF! G
Bazoaxe Dec 2023 9:04am, 19 Dec 2023 26,111 posts	Quote Pin Bazoaxe lol. I have a spare £39k in my account just in case. I did wonder if it was a smart meter error that caused it but doesn’t say.
K5 Gus Dec 2023 9:07am, 19 Dec 2023 6,004 posts	Quote Pin K5 Gus Something extreme as that will obviously fail or be rejected by the bank, but how many other wrong increases that are not so drastic, but maybe "just" a few hundered more than they should be, go through unnoticed by those that don't closely monitor their bank account......