Grecian2K
Very well known Exeweb poster
Perhaps this should be on the "little things that annoy you" thread but, as our current deal Octopus deal comes to an end just trying to get even current price breakdowns from the energy gougers at the moment for comparison purposes. 
None of the "comparison" sites will even touch energy at the moment and all the direct suppliers seem to want you to drill through screen after screen just to provide a basic overall estimate (often based on totally incorrect usage assumptions from themselves)...and only that after harvesting most of your personal information.
Surely just postcode and (your own recorded) usage info should be enough to provide a simple, basic quote of current unit and standing charges...not just an invite to "change to us and it MIGHT only cost £x,XXX per month on your direct debit".
If the evil Ofgem really want to treat the poor consumer with some degree of equality if would put a ban on all this opaque pricing and, perhaps, even provide its own online spreadsheet of current price breakdowns.
None of the "comparison" sites will even touch energy at the moment and all the direct suppliers seem to want you to drill through screen after screen just to provide a basic overall estimate (often based on totally incorrect usage assumptions from themselves)...and only that after harvesting most of your personal information.
Surely just postcode and (your own recorded) usage info should be enough to provide a simple, basic quote of current unit and standing charges...not just an invite to "change to us and it MIGHT only cost £x,XXX per month on your direct debit".
If the evil Ofgem really want to treat the poor consumer with some degree of equality if would put a ban on all this opaque pricing and, perhaps, even provide its own online spreadsheet of current price breakdowns.
