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Cheaper Gas & Electricity
« on: December 10, 2016, 05:34:06 PM »
Over 61,000 of us have negotiated a great gas and electricity deal, which could save each of us an average of £232 per year. Join today here: http://bit.ly/2fEl23b - and they have 100% green options too.  But you've only got another 40 hours in this particular window of opportunity
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Re: Cheaper Gas & Electricity
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2016, 05:46:49 PM »
Over 61,000 of us have negotiated a great gas and electricity deal, which could save each of us an average of £232 per year. Join today here: http://bit.ly/2fEl23b - and they have 100% green options too.  But you've only got another 40 hours in this particular window of opportunity
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Re: Cheaper Gas & Electricity
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2016, 07:53:27 PM »
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Re: Cheaper Gas & Electricity
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2016, 07:51:18 AM »
Over 61,000 of us have negotiated a great gas and electricity deal, which could save each of us an average of £232 per year. Join today here: http://bit.ly/2fEl23b - and they have 100% green options too.  But you've only got another 40 hours in this particular window of opportunity

It's well worth having your meters converted to smart meters. It enables you to monitor your energy usage on a daily basis so you can spot any wastage pretty quickly and it also ensures that your bills don't give you any nasty surprises.
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Re: Cheaper Gas & Electricity
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2016, 08:23:39 AM »
We have a smart meter but I haven't a clue what the readings mean. My husband apparently does, and makes graphs showing the readings.

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Re: Cheaper Gas & Electricity
« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2016, 09:07:20 AM »
We have a smart meter but I haven't a clue what the readings mean. My husband apparently does, and makes graphs showing the readings.

I just log-on to the website and I can see my usage of gas and electric on a day by day basis. I use OVO and I think other companies might be slightly different but I'm sure it there will be a way you can do it.
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« Reply #6 on: December 11, 2016, 11:24:54 AM »
Over 61,000 of us have negotiated a great gas and electricity deal, which could save each of us an average of £232 per year. Join today here: http://bit.ly/2fEl23b - and they have 100% green options too.  But you've only got another 40 hours in this particular window of opportunity

We have already done something similar by joining, in our case, 'yorswitch' which is open to East Riding council ratepayers. The Council then decides by auction to choose the energy company offering the best rates on behalf of those who have joined 'yorswitch'.. I think that many other County Councils do something similar.  It has been well worth it.
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Re: Cheaper Gas & Electricity
« Reply #7 on: December 11, 2016, 12:09:52 PM »
Over 61,000 of us have negotiated a great gas and electricity deal, which could save each of us an average of £232 per year. Join today here: http://bit.ly/2fEl23b - and they have 100% green options too.  But you've only got another 40 hours in this particular window of opportunity
A post advertising a commercial opportunity with a disguised link in it.

Doesn't this fall under the category of spam?

Now that we have embedded URLs there's really no need to use the shortened links that could go anywhere. Your link above wasn't actually that long as it turned out, you could have posted it like this

https://speakout.38degrees.org.uk/campaigns/1642

Then we would have known straight away that the site was legit. Or you could have used a URL tag:

Big Switch (hit the quote button on this post if you don't know how it is done)

Although it is not immediately obvious where that goes, hovering the mouse over the link would tell you.


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Re: Cheaper Gas & Electricity
« Reply #8 on: December 11, 2016, 04:41:58 PM »
A post advertising a commercial opportunity with a disguised link in it.

Doesn't this fall under the category of spam?

Now that we have embedded URLs there's really no need to use the shortened links that could go anywhere. Your link above wasn't actually that long as it turned out, you could have posted it like this

https://speakout.38degrees.org.uk/campaigns/1642

Then we would have known straight away that the site was legit. Or you could have used a URL tag:

Big Switch (hit the quote button on this post if you don't know how it is done)

Although it is not immediately obvious where that goes, hovering the mouse over the link would tell you.

It would be a terrible shame if these kinds of matters couldn't be discussed on this board, it's an area that could benefit everyone - and to have a meaningful discussion links to company sites will need to be included.
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Re: Cheaper Gas & Electricity
« Reply #9 on: December 11, 2016, 04:52:22 PM »
A post advertising a commercial opportunity with a disguised link in it.

Doesn't this fall under the category of spam?

Now that we have embedded URLs there's really no need to use the shortened links that could go anywhere. Your link above wasn't actually that long as it turned out, you could have posted it like this

https://speakout.38degrees.org.uk/campaigns/1642

Then we would have known straight away that the site was legit. Or you could have used a URL tag:

Big Switch (hit the quote button on this post if you don't know how it is done)

Although it is not immediately obvious where that goes, hovering the mouse over the link would tell you.
Sorry, jeremy, I simply copied the piece from the 38 degrees item that popped up under the Facebook item that I shared having switched.  If you regard this as spam, could it not be said that my signature is spam, or some of the other posts that have links to items in newspapers be spam?

After all, 38 degrees isn't an energy creator or seller, (its a campaigning group that campaigns on a number of issues); and this is a link to an opportunity to consider changing your energy supplier that I felt was worth passing on to folk.
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Re: Cheaper Gas & Electricity
« Reply #10 on: December 11, 2016, 07:34:39 PM »
Sorry, jeremy, I simply copied the piece from the 38 degrees item that popped up under the Facebook item that I shared having switched.  If you regard this as spam, could it not be said that my signature is spam, or some of the other posts that have links to items in newspapers be spam?

After all, 38 degrees isn't an energy creator or seller, (its a campaigning group that campaigns on a number of issues); and this is a link to an opportunity to consider changing your energy supplier that I felt was worth passing on to folk.
Hope, on this occasion I shall come to your defence . I believe you were acting in an innocent manor simply highlighting an opportunity for people to save money.
You did not deserve those comments .

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Re: Cheaper Gas & Electricity
« Reply #11 on: December 11, 2016, 08:01:43 PM »
Hope, on this occasion I shall come to your defence . I believe you were acting in an innocent manor simply highlighting an opportunity for people to save money.
You did not deserve those comments .
Thanks for that, Walter.
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