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Eynsham Red Dec 2022 7:49pm, 7 Dec 2022 9,277 posts	Quote Pin Eynsham Red That the two pieces of breaded fish in a box are very different in sizes. The meal is for two adults, not one child and anode adult!
3M (aka MarkyMarkMark) Dec 2022 11:05pm, 7 Dec 2022 19,861 posts	Quote Pin 3M (aka MarkyMarkMark) Shell Energy, smart meter failure, their inability to fix it, ignored my customer reading in favour of random estimated ones, and bills which refer to direct debit amount wildly different to what we pay. Oh, and I'm currently £430 in credit, even based on their estimates.
Night-owl Dec 2022 11:25am, 8 Dec 2022 40,756 posts	Quote Pin Night-owl I was about £500 in credit last statement. Guess it's a bit less because since then I've started to put heating on Roll on spring
Surrey Phil Dec 2022 2:54pm, 8 Dec 2022 8,878 posts	Quote Pin Surrey Phil I'm over £200 in credit and regularly get requests to increase my Direct Debit even though I calculate that I will still be well in the black by next summer.
tonyp2604 Dec 2022 3:00pm, 8 Dec 2022 672 posts	Quote Pin tonyp2604 We are over £400 in credit but they (British Gas - ie. Centrica) have just increased our direct debit total again to £326 per month. Robbing greedy bastards. Tax them to the hilt and nationalise utilities.
Raptors Claws are coming to town Dec 2022 3:13pm, 8 Dec 2022 61,482 posts	Quote Pin Raptors Claws are coming to town Knitting yarn being sold in skeins that need to be wound instead of in balls that can be used as they are. And anyone who tells me bullshit about it being because it's better for the fibre in some way instead of acknowledging that it's to create an air of exclusivity.
LazyDaisy Dec 2022 3:15pm, 8 Dec 2022 37,367 posts	Quote Pin LazyDaisy Tonyp you don't have to accept the increase to the direct debit. We didn't - we have a four figure credit balance!! Interestingly a few days later Octopus emailed to offer us some of the balance back!
Fragile Do Not Bend Dec 2022 3:23pm, 8 Dec 2022 10,473 posts	Quote Pin Fragile Do Not Bend Tony, you can also ask to move to a variable direct debit - i.e. only pay for what you used that month. Obviously that means paying more in winter and less in summer though. moneysavingexpert.com
tonyp2604 Dec 2022 4:17pm, 8 Dec 2022 673 posts	Quote Pin tonyp2604 Tonyp you don't have to accept the increase to the direct debit. We didn't - we have a four figure credit balance!! Interestingly a few days later Octopus emailed to offer us some of the balance back! Thanks for the reply - I'll keep an eye on things.
tonyp2604 Dec 2022 4:17pm, 8 Dec 2022 674 posts	Quote Pin tonyp2604 Tony, you can also ask to move to a variable direct debit - i.e. only pay for what you used that month. Obviously that means paying more in winter and less in summer though. moneysavingexpert.com Thanks for the reply - I'll keep an eye on things.