Is imitation the greatest form of flattery or is this just theft? I immediately thought āwhy is Hot Chip dressed as a boiler?ā 
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Oh no, a 2.8% rise on 28th April! 
yeah, disappointing (though not unexpected). For me the increase works out as a 4% increase. But I did a couple of quick searches and they are actually still the cheapest for me, even after the increase, so I guess Iāll have to live with this ā¦
I think thereās one company who quoted me a saving of Ā£38 per year a few months ago, which probably isnāt worth switching for. They are probably also subject to the rise in prices, so probably arenāt cheaper anymore.
Hello - switching to Bulb Energy has been great. People can do it through testing the Monzo Marketplace; but if you do not yet have access to that, and want to earn Ā£50 for switching, please feel free to use my referal linkā¦ bulb.co.uk/refer/nick3188
@Ganey, sorry to bring up an old post but I was wondering if you were still having issues with this?
When you signed up, did you have to say you have an Economy 7 meter?
I ask because Iām about to switch and have the same BG Tariff ending next month.
Cheers!
Thatās okay, at the moment I still submit both readings for the electric, the Saturday one never increases. It causes a warning message sometimes that the reading is different than expected but you can just click āOKā with it anyway. I tend to submit with the app they have now, which doesnāt have any warnings about the value being the same as last month.
I signed up without saying it was economy 7, the meter has a ātotalā option which you can just submit to start with, eventually they get in touch for both readings, but theyāre really friendly and good about it all.
They are apparently aiming for thier own smart meters in Q3 this year though, these will be the newer type which work across different suppliers.
I messaged them earlier this week about the dual readings and incorrect estimates, hereās the response:
weāre currently working on a fix to allow you to submit the same reading through our website, and weāll let you know when that happens. Weāre trying to do this in the next couple of weeks. when this happens we can also stop the system generating estimates for the night reading so it will stay the same. When all that has been done, we will generate new bills to reflect the situation and factor out estimates generated for the fixed reading.
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I have to say, that Iām not particularly impressed by bulb:
I switched to them and despite giving them opening meter reads, they use āestimated readsā which were off quite significantly. I called them and they told me that there was an industry agreed practice under which the old supplier could override customer supplied reads. I would have to file a dispute (I have switched suppliers yearly for the last 7 years, but never had this issue.) so I filed the dispute, and was told it could take 4-6 weeks. Nothing happens after 6 weeks, so I talk to them again. They say they havenāt heard back yet, I should chase it up. I call my old supplier, and they say they have never heard about the dispute. This has been going back and forth for quite a while now: bulb insists they are waiting for my old supplier, my old supplier insist they have never heard of a dispute. Whoās lying I do not know, but itās very frustratingā¦
are we talking a few quid or hundreds? Sometimes lifeās too short to worry about it.
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Oh, itās a few quids. I would love to withdraw the dispute, but bulb wonāt let meā¦
Hi all I had an awful time with bulb having nothing but issues from day one. With them taking two lots of money from my card each month and it took lots of phone calls and copies of bank statements for me to get it back.
I have now moved to a company called outfoxthemarket ( outfoxthemarket.co.uk) my monthly charge with bulb was Ā£57 and swapping to out fox the market it went down to Ā£41 Purley because they donāt charge a standing charge for each meter it is just a small monthly membership fee. You also get a wholesale price for your energy which means Iām quids in. The limit the amount of people that can join each day meaning the service is never flooded or over subscribed staff are very friendly and helpful.
Check them outā¦
Exactly, and great comms as well.
weird that the āmembership feeā varies with usage though.
Can i say iām a low user?
Canāt show a not available in your area page instead of an error page?
To counter most peoples good feedback, Iāve actually had a fairly poor start with Bulb.
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Ignored my meter readings and charged me double what I used.
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I raised a complaint and they sent it to Scottish Power - got rejected. Iām not surprised I was never with Scottish Power and Iād already organised leaving EON, I had smart meters and thus had settled the difference.
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Finally reimbursed me the difference.
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Charged me double again this month despite submitting two readings this month.
For me, they seem just as crap as any other energy supplier. Plus if you ever have a problem they have the most poorly staffed live chat service in the world, think Monzo at the height of its Cop trouble, but waiting even longer after every response.
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Bulb has consistently not been the cheapest option in my last two annual switches. Hasnāt even come close.
Iām really struggling with readings with them at the moment too 
They just ignore my submitted ones!
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