Caledon1297
pfm Member
Is this what is happening with these massive company quotes, trying to justify that they are buffering people ? Seems to me that they want to fill their own coffers for cash flow.
I have never paid by direct debit & never will, just save up monthly & pay on bill arrival has always been my way, maybe old fashioned but I control my outgoings not them.
It might not be of interest, but just in case you are not aware, depending on your supplier, you can still use this method but pay by DD - submit meter reading(s), which generates a bill for actual usage, and the DD is taken for the full amount of the bill some time after (in my case, with Octopus, it's two weeks from the date of the bill). Some suppliers who do offer this might charge more, but some don't (e.g. Octopus).