Soldato
It isn't all that much credit though because the rate for fixed is higher than the rate at the expected October rise so you are just paying a huge chunk more (almost 50% more) on a direct debit option to staying on variable currently.
This is getting ridiculous (energy prices - Strictly NO referrals!)
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It isn't all that much credit though because the rate for fixed is higher than the rate at the expected October rise so you are just paying a huge chunk more (almost 50% more) on a direct debit option to staying on variable currently.
Interesting one this morning, my sister is with EON and has DD set up and all is well.
OVO Energy has had other plans, a completely unknown and OTT payment for £280 odd has gone out, she's not with OVO and they have no idea who she is as she isn't a customer.
Is this likely a scam? God knows where they'd have got her bank details either... Anyone experienced similar?
OVO Energy has had other plans, a completely unknown and OTT payment for £280 odd has gone out, she's not with OVO and they have no idea who she is as she isn't a customer.
Is this likely a scam? God knows where they'd have got her bank details either... Anyone experienced similar?
Soldato
Wow £1000 a month is mental and certainly is large to me. My 2 bed mortgage is at £354 and that is costing enough, if it raised to £550 I would struggle to pay bills on top of all the other outgoing rises. To rent this house whole would be £950-£1000 though. Rent is mental but you must have a large home/large mortgage for that sort of figure.
She should probably contact bank, if its a DD, the DD policies should allow her to claw it back easily. Report as fraud if necessary.
Give over, you came into a thread where people are discussing the troubles that they are facing to gloat. If you want to be act like a **** at least own it when you get called out and don’t try to worm away by classing it as ‘dark humour’.
Yep renting costs more which gives an idea where mortgages are at as most landlords are not going to let out for less than what they pay bank.
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Soldato
96p per litre for heating oil for my son last week, I managed to get a fixed price energy tarrif last week at the pre rise price . I haven't seen any petrol price reduction since the budget maybe it just curtailed ongoing rises.
Your mortgage is incredibly cheap for Oxfordshire, I take it you bought a while ago.
Those figures are from 2018 so will be even higher now
Seems TGTBT. Who did you switch to last week and what was the name of the tariff?
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/looks at £1450 mortgage payment
/cry
Don
Looking at my direct debits this morning, energy is now the second most expensive thing I pay for - after the mortgage.
Soldato
She ain't wrong.
Soldato
It's very easy to set up a direct debit on someone else's account, all you need is sort code, account number and name and those details are all available on your bank card.
Also omitting the difference between the UK & France in terms of energy generation and where it's bought and obtained from.
Disingenuous. Then again, it's twitter so only serves one purpose.
Soldato
6yr ago but re-mortgaged in Feb this year though to get decent rate for 5yr more. Mortgage is for £101k. The rate is 1.69% for that. House price for the little two bed was £205K. We have to note this little 2 bed is only 64m2 in total size! no garage or anything. It not large place and I brought in the cheapest part of Oxfordshire. The same house in Witney where I moved from was £310k and it only 20miles down road!
If you took London out though the average is £608 which I would say is more reasonable. I also guess it depends if you a single person or a couple sharing. £500 each for a £1k mortgage can be done. Single person that is a huge difference.
Location and property size though, this is a very small 2 bed terrace for that and I own 50% myself to get mortgage down.
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She isn't, but that situation is a lot more nuanced than it's given credit. EDF in france have a significant amount of nuclear power, which isn't all that much expensive to run today than it was previously. Sure, they have an opportunity cost in not charging a 'market rate', but they also don't have a such a huge increase in costs either to supply in France. It's a very different situation from the UK and our heavier reliance on CCGT power stations where the raw material/fuel is vastly more expensive to buy.
Soldato
I wouldn't worry, he doesn't like it when it's someone else he deems to be gloating so meh...
Give over. I think I'll troll through the motors and homes forum looking for people who show off their 60k audis and million quid homes and label them as crass and blatantly showing off.
State ownership may have played a part in that extra nuclear power been online yes/no?
https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-a-f/france.aspx