SHOULD I DECIDE TO JOIN OVO, CAN I ONLY PAY FOR THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY I HAVE USED EACH MONTH?
OR DO I HAVE TO PAY A LARGE AMOUNT EACH MONTH BY DIRECT DEBIT.
IF THE LATTER THEN I WILL STAY WITH MY PRESENT SUPPLIER.
THANK YOU
Best answer by Blastoise186
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Updated on 12/09/23 by Emmanuelle_OVO
Hi
For this one, if you want to pay on-demand, you’ll need to go onto Simpler Energy and use the pay on-receipt/on-demand version of the tariff. There will be no Direct Debit for this variant but please be advised that you must then pay off the entire bill every month without fail.
Hope this helps answer your question. If you’d like to go ahead, give OVO a call on 0330 303 5063 from Tuesday onwards.
OVO are being difficult to their customers. As soon as I can find a suitable Variable Direct Debit supplier who charges fairly I will be moving from OVO. Currently OVO increase their charges for anyone wanting to pay by VDD. Outrageous when you think of it. You pay a penalty just for settling your bill in full monthly as they of course want billions of their clients money on deposit in their bank account or for financing forward purchases at a lower cost they then charge their clients .
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OVO doesn’t offer Variable Direct Debit, only Pay On-Demand if that’s what you’re after. Worth noting that a lot of suppliers charge extra for VDD/POD options.
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OVO are being difficult to their customers. As soon as I can find a suitable Variable Direct Debit supplier who charges fairly I will be moving from OVO. Currently OVO increase their charges for anyone wanting to pay by VDD. Outrageous when you think of it. You pay a penalty just for settling your bill in full monthly as they of course want billions of their clients money on deposit in their bank account or for financing forward purchases at a lower cost they then charge their clients .
Which suppliers have you found that do variable direct debits without a penalty fee for new customers?
OVO are being difficult to their customers. As soon as I can find a suitable Variable Direct Debit supplier who charges fairly I will be moving from OVO. Currently OVO increase their charges for anyone wanting to pay by VDD. Outrageous when you think of it. You pay a penalty just for settling your bill in full monthly as they of course want billions of their clients money on deposit in their bank account or for financing forward purchases at a lower cost they then charge their clients .
Which suppliers have you found that do variable direct debits without a penalty fee for new customers?
British Gas for starters. I just asked them and got my money back and now they just debit me quarterly for what I have used. The tariff remained the same.
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OVO are being difficult to their customers. As soon as I can find a suitable Variable Direct Debit supplier who charges fairly I will be moving from OVO. Currently OVO increase their charges for anyone wanting to pay by VDD. Outrageous when you think of it. You pay a penalty just for settling your bill in full monthly as they of course want billions of their clients money on deposit in their bank account or for financing forward purchases at a lower cost they then charge their clients .
Which suppliers have you found that do variable direct debits without a penalty fee for new customers?
British Gas for starters. I just asked them and got my money back and now they just debit me quarterly for what I have used. The tariff remained the same.
I recommend British Gas to you 2 months when you raised exactly the same query
You said you had sorted the switch two months ago?
I am completely confused about what you are up to as you keep posting basically the same thing over several months
You pay a penalty just for settling your bill in full monthly as they of course want billions of their clients money on deposit in their bank account or for financing forward purchases at a lower cost they then charge their clients .
A couple of comments:
There’s nothing outrageous about this arrangement, which has many other benefits for both parties.
I was with SSE and I used a payment card at the post office to pay money each week to my account this was credited to my account. When the bill was due the payments I had made came off the bill. My card has now expired and wondered if I can get the same from OVO.
Hey
Welcome to the Forum.
We don’t use the payment cards as a method of payment sorry.
You can set up a Direct Debit or make a manual card payment when the bill comes in each month.
You can find out more on one-off card payments here:
You can also make a direct payment to OVO’s bank account, you can do this yourself online, as well in branch at the bank.
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