Does any supplier treat existing customers fairly?

Clubman said: Yeah, but you might save more if you shopped at Aldi/Lidl!

Oh I do! I pay with my clubcard, and get points, ha ha
 
BTW in case people don't know you can use the Dunnes, Aldi or Lidl €10 vouchers in Tesco against your shopping bill. I knew that they took the Dunnes ones but wasn't aware until recently that they took the other two. €10 voucher for Lidl seems to be in Indo on Saturdays and Aldi on Sunday.
 
Gervan said:
Clubman said: Yeah, but you might save more if you shopped at Aldi/Lidl!

Oh I do! I pay with my clubcard, and get points, ha ha
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What do you mean?
You can't buy pay for anything with your Tesco Clubcard.
And you can't get points on it in Aldi/Lidl...?!?!
 
Sue Ellen said:
BTW in case people don't know you can use the Dunnes, Aldi or Lidl €10 vouchers in Tesco against your shopping bill. I knew that they took the Dunnes ones but wasn't aware until recently that they took the other two. €10 voucher for Lidl seems to be in Indo on Saturdays and Aldi on Sunday.
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I think it's something like:

Lidl €10 voucher - Saturday Indo, Sunday World, Saturday Star.
Aldi €10 voucher - Sunday Indo, Thursday Indo?, Examiner some day?

€10 off when you spend €50+ in one go.
 
ClubMan said:
You can't buy pay for anything with your Tesco Clubcard.
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Sorry, Clubman, I meant my Tesco Credit card. I get points whenever I use it, so yes, shopping in Lidl or Aldi does get me money off my electricity bill.
 
does anyone know if Energia let existing customers sign up to their new packages?
My 1 year contract is up with them in a few weeks. According to Bonkers, my bills would be 170 cheaper per year if I was on their new tariff and about 120 cheaper if I switched back to Electric Ireland.
 
Most service providers have some sort of "customer loyalty" department who may try to do a deal to keep an existing customer.
Of course some are probably more inclined than others - e.g. Bord Gais never even bothered to get back to me so I walked - to another cheaper provider.
So just get onto them and ask/haggle.
If they don't let you take advantage of their lowest priced package then go elsewhere.
 
I often looked in aw at the savings that bonkers.ie and others say you can make by switching, and up to €300 often quoted.

What they don't make clear is that you would have to be on 'standard rates' to get the full savings quoted. Example: for my gas account, bonkers says change to flogas and save €164 *rubs hands* with a 20% discount, but what they don't make clear is that you have to deduct your current discount (12% in my case) which only gives me an 8% discount in reality by switching and saves me only €64 and not the €164 quoted.

In my example there was only .72c difference in the annual standard charge, and I used the 'average usage' consumption.
 
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pudds said:
I often looked in aw at the savings that bonkers.ie and others say you can make by switching, and up to €300 often quoted.

What they don't make clear is that you would have to be on 'standard rates' to get the full savings quoted.
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This is not correct - at least not when it comes to their search/comparison form and results.

When you enter your current plan details properly and then search they compare the two (always accurately in my experience) and display the potential savings based on your estimated usage and your current plan details NOT some standard rates.
This is clear if you click on the links for more detailed comparisons.
If the "before" details do not match your actual bills then you entered something wrong.

I don't know if you're talking about static web content elsewhere on the site which talks about "potential savings" or something like that?
But the actual search and comparison does not assume that you are on (usually the most expensive) "standard" rates.
For best results don't use the "average" usage option - look at an old bill and one a year later and subtract the old meter reading from the newer one to get your actual usage. Optionally add in some "slack" and then use that figure when filling out the form.
 
Brendan Burgess said:
I phoned Electric Ireland about 10 minutes ago to get my electricity usage and I still have the constricted feeling in my stomach from the frustration of their phone system. It sent me around in circles. I had to choose an option by saying "bill" and it could not understand me, and sent me back into the loop which insisted on telling me that my bill was paid and that there were loads of options for doing different things. I reached the "bill" point again and again it did not recognise me, so I decided there and then to switch from Electric Ireland.

Brendan
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To avoid this hassle a handy option for getting your usage is to log-in to the same spot that you get to view your bills (for anyone registered for online billing). Go to 'Account Overview' and 'Meter Reading History'.

While logged in its also useful to look at the graph available under 'Usage History'.

Clubman's option of taking one of last year's bills and the same period bill for this year is handy too to compare usage over the year.
 
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