Desperate for customers had the Contact Door Knockers again last night average at least once a month. Would a price cut be a better answer to their obvious lack of customers?
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Desperate for customers had the Contact Door Knockers again last night average at least once a month. Would a price cut be a better answer to their obvious lack of customers?
I must be the lucky one!
My letter from Contact this morning announced an increase of only 1.44% - and attributed that to an increase in price charged by the local lines company. But I do seem to remember another increase in the recent past. For another valid reason, no doubt!
The persistent door-knocker in my case seems to be Meridian. Because we have gas water and space heating, Contact offer the best combined deal - others have offered to provide cheaper electricity but the gas price/provision has them beaten, particularly when CEN's online billing/direct debit payment "discount" is taken into account.
Meanwhile, I kid myself that I have some sort of hedge in holding CEN shares.
The recent increase you remember is the removal of the dual fuel discount. They did offer another discount in its place but if you already got the online/direct payment discount, you got no benefit.
Given everyone's (john campbells at least) moaning about the price of electricity, it is very competitive and it differs by area as well.
ICEMAN If they stopped wasting money doing this they could bring the price down & so possibly be competitive. As the power price comparison web site I use usually makes them the dearest unless you buy gas off them. Mercury has announced a price cut as from 1st of April
MAC DUFFY others are passing on a decrease in lines charges where I live
Iceman unfortunately I do not reside in Nelson & I assume they do not go door knocking every month there.