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Post by geefe on Jun 22, 2023 15:28:31 GMT
How much were your batteries and what's your setup?
I'm hovering around £1 a day of energy. 2.5KW solar, waiting to go on SEG. Considering batteries and insulation - as mentioned before.
Low consumption house.
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Post by Psiloc on Jun 22, 2023 15:41:29 GMT
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Post by elstoof on Jun 29, 2023 14:09:01 GMT
Gave Admiral a ring to cancel my renewal and they dropped the price from £1440 to £819. A touch more than Marshmallow quoted, but less faff and extras like euro cover which I need as standard. Taking my wife off as a named driver knocked 400 quid off! She doesn’t drive it anyway, now she never will
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Post by Reviewer on Jun 29, 2023 14:26:52 GMT
For car insurance? What are you driving?
My Audi is only £230 a year.
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Post by elstoof on Jun 29, 2023 14:34:56 GMT
I’ve had the same 340i since 2016, insurance has never been lower than 600 due to London weighting
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Post by dogbot on Jun 29, 2023 14:37:24 GMT
Yeah, mine's £250 and I've got a giant cuntwagon.
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Post by elstoof on Jun 29, 2023 14:47:33 GMT
I save a fortune in not having to drive anywhere to experience culture though
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Post by clemfandango on Jun 29, 2023 14:50:28 GMT
My car insurance renewal has just jumped up £240 for no reason
£600 - £840
I'm now going to have to get other quotes in and see if they will match. arseholes
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Post by dogbot on Jun 29, 2023 14:52:17 GMT
I save a fortune in not having to drive anywhere to experience culture though Then your insurance cost is simply you paying the price of your cultural access, eh? |
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Post by Vortex on Jun 29, 2023 15:25:28 GMT
Yes, I'm not sure I need that much culture in my life tbh if it keeps my insurance a good 600quid less than 'stoofs.
/cloth eared/eyed heathen
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Post by elstoof on Jun 29, 2023 15:47:08 GMT
Good lord I don’t actually want to experience any of it, I just like to know it’s there within easy reach of a tube ride
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Post by GigaChad Sigma. on Jun 29, 2023 16:04:14 GMT
My car insurance renewal has just jumped up £240 for no reason £600 - £840 I'm now going to have to get other quotes in and see if they will match. arseholes A timely post! Mine renewed this week and I was charged another £100 for car and home. Rang them up... "Oh we can apply a discount of £70 on the car and £12 on the home insurance. Um yes. Obviously apply these "discounts" why not apply them automatically? Surely no one would decine them. |
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Post by GigaChad Sigma. on Jun 29, 2023 16:07:15 GMT
Also Admiral.
A dash cam might save you a few quid Stoof.
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Post by elstoof on Jun 29, 2023 16:09:02 GMT
They offered me an extra 90 quid off the car for getting home through them, then quoted me £2000 for home insurance
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Post by sport✅ on Jun 29, 2023 16:10:47 GMT
They offered me an extra 90 quid off the car for getting home through them, then quoted me £2000 for home insurance Blimey, you played em. They're rinsed. |
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Post by dogbot on Jun 29, 2023 16:14:19 GMT
Good lord I don’t actually want to experience any of it, I just like to know it’s there within easy reach of a tube ride No one take pictures of him in the queue for Les Mis! |
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Post by Dougs on Jul 2, 2023 6:27:11 GMT
You mean there were policy choices that could make a difference?!
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Post by dfunked on Jul 2, 2023 6:52:51 GMT
I think it's a much better idea if we just keep saying it's our policy to reduce it, but then do absolutely nothing to actually help that. It'll just come down naturally eventually... Hopefully.
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Post by geefe on Jul 2, 2023 6:54:17 GMT
Putting up interest rates helps
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Post by TheSaint on Jul 2, 2023 8:51:11 GMT
Some crazy rates on the agile Octopus tariff today. Can’t be bad if they are going to pay me to charge the car for a few hours.
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Post by dmukgr on Jul 2, 2023 10:19:56 GMT
I joined that octopus tracker yesterday but I’ve no idea if it’s worth it. Just took a punt. All depends on winter - I’m not even in the country currently so using feck all leccy and zero gas.
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Post by TheSaint on Jul 2, 2023 11:39:36 GMT
Today is very much the exception but from around 11am to 4pm they are paying you varying rates p/kwh you use. For example, 2-3pm they will pay you almost 20p p/kwh.
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Post by Blackmarsh63 on Jul 2, 2023 11:53:04 GMT
I joined that octopus tracker yesterday but I’ve no idea if it’s worth it. Just took a punt. All depends on winter - I’m not even in the country currently so using feck all leccy and zero gas. Electric is 8.57p/kWh and gas is 4.42p/kWh today. Not seen it that low since I joined. the tracker. |
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Post by dfunked on Jul 2, 2023 12:04:42 GMT
It's definitely worth switching to the tracker, especially given today's prices! It's been hovering around half of the July price per unit recently, but today's electricity is at 8.71p per KWh which is bloody mental (July cap is 30p elec/ 8p gas)
I'm bloody glad that I switched back in Feb, anyway.
Just make sure you keep an eye on it ever going back up, and be ready to switch back if needed.
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Post by geefe on Jul 2, 2023 12:14:44 GMT
I'm waiting for my outgoing to start up. They wanted me to do the DON'T USE IT IN THE EVENING tariff but the time is awkward
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Post by Dougs on Jul 2, 2023 14:46:20 GMT
I joined that octopus tracker yesterday but I’ve no idea if it’s worth it. Just took a punt. All depends on winter - I’m not even in the country currently so using feck all leccy and zero gas. Same here, despite not having a smart meter. Apparently they'll average use out, I'll just make sure I put in weekly meter readings until they can actually fit a meter for me. |
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Post by Dougs on Jul 2, 2023 14:51:01 GMT
I joined that octopus tracker yesterday but I’ve no idea if it’s worth it. Just took a punt. All depends on winter - I’m not even in the country currently so using feck all leccy and zero gas. Electric is 8.57p/kWh and gas is 4.42p/kWh today. Not seen it that low since I joined. the tracker. What's the best website or app to keep track of this? |
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Post by dmukgr on Jul 2, 2023 14:55:53 GMT
I joined that octopus tracker yesterday but I’ve no idea if it’s worth it. Just took a punt. All depends on winter - I’m not even in the country currently so using feck all leccy and zero gas. Same here, despite not having a smart meter. Apparently they'll average use out, I'll just make sure I put in weekly meter readings until they can actually fit a meter for me. Interesting as I was told they could only do it with a smart meter but fitted it last week. Obviously quicker to fit on the mainland. |
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Post by Blackmarsh63 on Jul 2, 2023 15:03:05 GMT
Electric is 8.57p/kWh and gas is 4.42p/kWh today. Not seen it that low since I joined. the tracker. What's the best website or app to keep track of this? Its on my account thingy but this seems to work ok.... gastracker.uk/Tracker Nov 22 V1 There was a long waiting list but seems to be freely available now. |
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Post by Psiloc on Jul 4, 2023 15:04:51 GMT
Genuine question, me and the wife have about £7,000 in credit card debt which is a constant weight on my mind. I always manage to get it down, but then catastrophe A, B or C happens and suddenly I'm back at square one. Same old story. Anyway I'm currently on 2.45% fixed interest mortgage and can afford to either overpay about £400 on the mortgage or keep hammering away at the credit cards. Am I right in thinking that at this point in time it makes more sense to overpay the mortgage? Considering I can switch credit cards to other 0% deals.
I don't think my puny brain will let me ignore credit card debt and overpay on the mortgage
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