Saturday morning I received a phone call from a Calor rep.
Me thinks they are beginning to realise they have made a mistake with the 5.5p PL price rise. The salesman was very polite and keen not to lose my custom, obviously the Countywide wheels had gone in to motion about taking over the contract. The Saleman explained the price rise was due to the American dollar and importing the gas (yeah right), but I let him carry on with his prepared speech. The nitty gritty is he offered me 36p PL and a £100 cash back for two years plus if the price went up by over 3p PL in any 3 month period I had the option to pull out of the contract.
I’ve told him to put it all in writing so that I can compare against Countrywide’s offer, but he readily admitted that the Countywide deal was a good one.
I’d be interested to know if anyone else who is currently with Calor and has threatened to move contracts has had the telephone call as I am convinced that they are now realising their mistake?
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Received a visit from the Countrywide Rep yesterday evening with the possibility of me changing over from Calor.
After inspecting my underground tank which evidently is not the normal type and will require further investigation from the Countrywide engineer ( I thought all tanks were the same), the rep was happy to quote me 33p per litre for the next two refils plus £100 pa for the underground tank. This is for a two year contract and considering I have a full tank from the last Calor refil priced at 40p PL and I have the tank filled approx twice a year I reckon its a pretty good deal.
I now have to wait for the engineers report and if in the unlikely event Countrywide reject me I will have to think about contacting Calor to investigate why my tank happens to be different, however I will cross that bridge when I come to it.
Anyone who is in the good position of being able to move contracts can do no harm by contacting Countrywide to see what deal they can get. Now that I have a named contact I would be happy to assist.
More news when I hear from the countrywide engineer.
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