Martin Lewis warned that many direct debits had risen despite rates dropping on the first of the month.
Money-saving guru Martin Lewis has issued a warning to those who pay for their energy on direct debit. On his ITV show, the money saving expert warned that despite rates dropping on the first of the month many direct debits had increased.
"Go online and use an 'is my direct debit correct calculator'. If it's too high you have a right under energy company licence conditions to a fair direct debit."Get on the phone ask ‘Can you justify why the direct debit is so high when I’m not using anywhere near that much and the calculation shows I shouldn’t be paying that much and I would like you to lower it’.”
"If they refuse you can take them to the energy ombudsman if you think it's unfair. Another alternative, what a lot of people do is they get a bill and they pay afterwards. The problem with that is you pay more.
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