Gas Fast
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£4.5 k for a boiler!
So to cut a long story short, after originally being put through to Gas Fast from ‘the energy hub’ who told me that I could get a free boiler, the deal worked out to be a boiler which would cost £4.5k spread out in finance installments over 10 years, so final outlay would be over £6000, for a boiler??? Granted It is AA rated and comes with the smart hub, free call outs and fixed within 24 hours, but it’s far more cost effective to buy one out right and for the couple of times it may break down, pay for it to be fixed and pay your service charge. Or even take a bank loan to cover it. Part of the sales pitch was they offer half the apr of British Gas, but you’re paying it back twice as long so it’s all the same in the end but for a more far expensive product so works out more expensive. Also the annual service is not included so approx £70 to £100 per year on top. I was told I’d be saving £50 per month, which took into account the £26 I COULD POSSIBLY save on gas but is not guaranteed, the £10 I already pay for breakdown cover and the rest was calculated by the smart hub only turning the boiler on when the house is a certain temperature and turning down the level of heat omitted when needed. So I’m not really saving any money as I’m already paying part of it and the rest is theoretical as he couldn’t guarantee the same savings based on the same kilowatts of gas we use already with our current supplier and wasn’t able to say we’d get our money back if we could prove we weren’t saving as much as he’d quoted. However, the man was nice enough after the 45 min sales pitch and agreed it wasn’t for us and also told us that the energy hub were known to tell people they get a free boiler as they work on commission when they get a sales man through the door. Great. My personal opinion is it’s a rip off and would easily hoodwink the elderly and vulnerable into taking finance over 10 years and paying 3 times too much for a boiler. It may work for people with no additional monthly income to buy a new boiler but just know you’ll be paying over the odds for a long time to come.