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Don't use standing orders. Or any kind of direct debit. That is the best, easiest money saving advice. No one should be able to charge your account without your
by venomsnake 11y ago
Don't use standing orders. Or any kind of direct debit. That is the best, easiest money saving advice. No one should be able to charge your account without your approval. And a lot of problems just disappear.
- DanBC 11y agoUK utility providers give cheaper rates to people paying by direct debit. If you can't afford to pay by direct debit you pay more. If you had debts and are on a card meter you pay even more.
- venomsnake 11y agoThat is a discrimination lawsuit waiting to happen. In Strasbourg.
- switch007 11y agoI disagree, knowing the British mentality. The boat has sailed and direct debits are considered normal now. The richer people getting the discount (the majority) are happy getting a discount, and wouldn't understand the discrimnation if they spent 3 years studying it. The poorer people do not have the resources to start a law suit. Also, there's very little "banding together" left in this country. We all sit in our homes in fear of our masters rocking the boat and drowning us.
- abalashov 11y agoI can't say about the UK, but in the US this can affect the price you pay.
- joshvm 11y agoIt's exactly the same here, unfortunately. I pay less for my gas/electricity and phone bill for paying by direct debit.
- eru 11y agoDirect debit is actually much better for you than sending out your own orders: direct debit (much like credit cards) can be undone by you for at least a few weeks. (And I wouldn't trust myself to pay my rent, gas, electricity, water, internet etc on time every month if I had to do it manually. Why not automate?)