More households switch energy supplier
Tuesday 21 July 2009
Some 70,000 households a month are currently switching energy supplier, a spokesman for the sector's organisation EnergieNed says in Tuesday's Nederlands Dagblad.
Not only budget suppliers such as EnergieDirect, but green energy firms and traditional firms such as Nuon and RWE are also managing to attract new customers, the paper says.
Most consumers opt for a fixed price contract running over several years. 'People will make the change if they can save upwards of €100 a year,' Hans de Kok of price comparison website PrizeWize told the paper.
However, the consumers association Consumentenbond has opened a hotline for people to report aggressive or misleading sales tactics, following a string of complaints.
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Weekend: Overcast with showers everywhere. Max 15º on Saturday, cooler on Sunday
Long live the power of the consumer! Now, could some attention be paid to the telecoms companies? Trying to cancel an 'abonnement' is like trying to extract teeth from a hungry white shark. I recently tried (and failed) to cancel mine. To add insult to injury all communications had to be by phone - at my expense. May I suggest that before entering into any form of contract with these aggressive, rapacious people, you get it in writing 'how easy it is to cancel the contract or change the terms'.
By Michael Dawkes | July 21, 2009 11:13 AM