UK Consumers Beware!

British Gas has been in the press recently for high prices. If you're still getting your fuel from British Gas, you need to consider switching to another provider - you still get the same gas and electricity... just at a lower price from a different supplier.

Try uSwitch.com for an impartial comparison service, or see our Bills page for more details.

1&1 Internet - This firm offer Internet web hosting, and sell domain names, and they were a former favourite of ours... until recently...

One of our team recently received a letter from a debt collection agency 'BFS Finance Ltd', 232 The Hall, Beverley, HU17 6AL for an amount of £10.45, with "charges for late payment" of £15. Surprised at getting a debt collection letter out of the blue, we did some digging around and uncovered all sorts of horror stories about 1 & 1, including a collection of phone calls from a Simon Jones, who'd been hit with almost the same problem. We're embarrsed to say that we used to recommend 1&1, as they offered a good web domain hosting service, but after receiving an out-of-the-blue debt recovery letter, we did some browsing, and found that this company have done the same to a number of other users, and well as a few other 'unexpected' business practises. We advise against using 1&1 - instead, give Namesco a go.

One frustrated customer has created Bankraid.com to highlight their practises - take a listen to the recorded phone calls of a Simon Jones talking to 1&1's Billing Team. Classic!