Recent content by johnb80

Insurance quotes when he was 17 were £2500+, 40% off was £1000. The scrap moped we used for my second son too, when it had worked for him we sold it on and got more for it than we paid. It was a winner all round.

I did something a little bit better than this which worked well. Buy a scrappy, never to be ridden moped (£30 ours cost), insure it in your child's name, leave behind the shed for a whole year from their 16th birthday until they're 17. When they take out a policy as you suggest they have already...

I was in this situation when I shared a car with my son. I contacted Direct Line and asked what the definition of 'Main Driver' was, they couldn't give me an answer. The situation for us was that I drove the car 4 days per week an average of 6 miles per day. My son drove it twice per week but...

If you look back at the start of this thread you will see I was with Direct Line already. The quote online for the same insurance was som 37% cheaper. Direct Line is far from a budget insurance provider in terms of their policies and service when needed.

Agreed, for me, I'd look at either the length of time of any loan used to purchase the system (my case 60 months) or over a 10 year period in a linear fashion i.e. 10% per annum. It's not important, just interesting to see the results and if Rolfe is happy and I'm sure she is, thats all that...

I did say it's a great result, merely asked if any sort of write down of equipment cost had been included in the figures.

Ah yes, I forgot that aspect, youre right, probably not. My commercial account with Tomato for my shop is only single rate, I send them readings weekly via MyWatts. Half Hour meter is bad news, I inherited one with my shop and it's impossible so far to get it downgraded to a SMETS2 smart...

Does the profit include some write down of the value of your install? It does sound like a great result, then again we have had an amazing year for sunny days too.

Why not simply submit readings into Mywatts, you would then get an accurate bill while the metering is sorted out. Be careful if TE do change your meter, I have seen comments from a couple of people that they have installed 'half hour' meters, this is bad news for consumers because youre...

You should consider Intelligent Octopus Go, that's 7p kWh , you can only have IOG if you have a compatible charger or vehicle, the Zappi I suggested IS compatible with IOG. Octopus do a range of gas tariffs. I thought you mentioned installing a Podpoint charger? You need to get batteries...

Nope, nothing at all (keep the costs down for the NHS :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:) .

Good news, very re-assuring. I got the reply from the lab that the polyps removed were benign, so like you, I wait for the next kit through post in 1 or 2 years time.

I didnt knock you back as you put it, I just didnt think your analogy was a good one. I completely agree with you here but I fail to see how this applies to Direct Line and Compare the Meerkat. Direct Line are selling their policies both directly to the end user from their website and via a...

Fred, if youre considering solar later you should seriously consider MyEnergi Zappi wallbox, it integrates perfectly solar / batter / diverter etc. You should also look more closely at Octopus Intelligent GO which the Zappi is compatible with at 7p kWh for 6 hours every night plus additional...

Ouch, sounds expensive! But I'm not buying from the comparison site, I was transferred to Direct Line website from compare the meerkat at the price stated on the site. They must incurr fee's from the comparison site and yet they wouldnt reduce the renewal erate direct, it really doesnt make any...