My DD request for my December bill is for 16th of January for £68.50. The EBSS will be credited tomorrow, leaving my account £1.50 in debit, so I'll make a manual payment of £1.50 to zero my account. If my experience over the last three months is anything to go by, they will still take the full amount as scheduled.
Not a problem because if it wasn't for the Gumment divvy, I'd be paying my energy bill anyway. So the money is already budgeted for.
Next month, I'll be £67 in credit when I generate a bill, and the EBSS for February will then rock up. If the bill is generated before the payment arrives, they'll deduct the credit balance first and then bill me for the balance. The EBSS will roll in, but I'll still get the DD taken around the 16th.
In April, prices go up by 20% and the EBSS stops, so any credit I have built up I will be jolly glad of.
I appreciate that some folk are including the £67 in their monthly budgeting, but I find it's better to work my finances on the basis of not getting it, and then be that bit better off when it does arrive. Sure, that might mean a few compromises in other areas, but when your only income is Carers Allowance at £67 a week, uber-budgeting becomes second nature.
Not a problem because if it wasn't for the Gumment divvy, I'd be paying my energy bill anyway. So the money is already budgeted for.
Next month, I'll be £67 in credit when I generate a bill, and the EBSS for February will then rock up. If the bill is generated before the payment arrives, they'll deduct the credit balance first and then bill me for the balance. The EBSS will roll in, but I'll still get the DD taken around the 16th.
In April, prices go up by 20% and the EBSS stops, so any credit I have built up I will be jolly glad of.
I appreciate that some folk are including the £67 in their monthly budgeting, but I find it's better to work my finances on the basis of not getting it, and then be that bit better off when it does arrive. Sure, that might mean a few compromises in other areas, but when your only income is Carers Allowance at £67 a week, uber-budgeting becomes second nature.
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.
