I'd be careful, with payments like that going into your account you might be checked for money laundering.
Eon.next rejected bid for DFS this week
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Level 1107-03-24
I'd be careful, with payments like that going into your account you might be checked for money laundering. -
Level 5512-03-24
Got my results back from the 2nd March event and I've earned the princely sum of
📣
5p 😋
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Level 9212-03-24@Mailman
It'll cost me more to come and collect it. That said, I'm in your neck of the woods next week!
Don't shoot me, I'm only the piano player. I DON'T work for or on behalf of EON.Next, but am willing to try and help if I can. Not on mains gas, mobile network or mains drainage. House heated almost entirely by baby dragons. -
Level 5515-03-24Another 30 min test event took place on 14th March. I really pushed the boat out on this one and will be expecting a massive 10-15p for a 79.5% saving.
I can buy a 🍌 with this reward 😎 when it eventually arrives. -
Level 1115-03-24
I wouldn't knock it, it is all money and much more than anyone at EON. Give it a few more rounds and you might get to having 50p more than me. -
Level 5515-03-24
I'm hoping this is the end of this year now. Inwardly I am groaning at the thought of another minimal-reward DFS event before I get my settlement for the season - circa £15 total. 😀 -
Level 9115-03-24@Mailman
At that level of reward it’s just not worth bothering (for me at least). Trouble is, I never know what the reward rate is going to be when I sign up. I wish they would tell us on the invitation.I'm an Eon Next dual fuel customer with no particular expertise but have some time on my hands that I am using to try and help out a bit. -
Level 1116-03-24@Mailman Whilst it is an interesting exercise I can hardly say anyone is really doing it for the money, and eventually it will get boring and people will stop. Even those that have managed to increase their payments by loading their usage during the key period so they have a higher base, this requires even more work maintaining this.
I can probably save more picking up a couple of special offers at the supermarket. Ultimately a few will do it for the planet, some for the intellectual exercise but most will be money focused, and if the gain doesn't warrant the effort then no one will bother. The ones where £1 will make a difference will probably already be economising so their payment won't even approach that if they join, and the high users that could do the big savings don't need the money.
I've found it fun but won't be doing the next one unless there is a major change to make it worth the effort. Leave it for the youngsters as they will be keen, I'm just an old f??t with too much time on my hands. -
Level 9216-03-24@StillWaiting
There is more money to be saved by reducing energy consumption all year round than there ever will be for shifting consumption around.
If everyone saved 0.5kWh a day, every day, that would completely free up two CCGT natural gas plants which could then be moved to NOL standby generation, meaning that the three remaining coal plants used in periods of extreme demand could be shut down permanently.
The other issue is that the grid simply doesn't have capacity to get power that is being generated to the right areas of the country to cope with peak demand at certain times. Once everyone manages to reduce consumption rather than just move it around (which is tantamount to rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic) then the grid will be in a better place. Incentive schemes like DFS where a carrot is dangled to try and influence customer behaviour are just a sticking plaster over the underlying underinvestment in the electricity infrastructure. What is needed is not carrots, but sticks.
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Level 7716-03-24@retrotecchie
Well said. 👍
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