A couple posts ago I told you I was leaving Centrelink, to start work at a new company USWITCH. The company is an online website www.uswitch.com.au and compares your current gas and electricity costs and tells you the cheapest plan for you. By switching ( it costs nothing to switch) you can save anywhere from $50 to $600 per year depending on where you live and usage etc. The website has an easy step by step guide to help you along or if you get stuck, you can call the company directly for help. In this day and age where prices just seem to be going up and up it's nice to think you can make savings somewhere.
Anyhoo last night on A Current Affair they ran a story on USWITCH and the website had in excess of 100,000 hits an hour. WOW!!! what a response and of course you guessed it the server couldn't cope and the website crashed. Today John and the crew have been madly taking calls and ringing people back to help them out. A Choice magazine representative was very impressed with the site and to paraphrase him, said the site was simple to use and good for the industry, and would make the industry more accountable and competitive.
So if you want to have a look at the story from last nights show follow this link http://aca.ninemsn.com.au/general/ and under select video (on the right hand side of the screen) click on USWITCH 15/04/08. So far the only state that can't make use of the Service is WA as they haven't privatized their gas and electricity. Over the next few months you will also be able to use the service to compare your home phone plan as well as broadband/internet.
Well I think that's a big enough plug, switch and save I say.
cheers
Leeanne x
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Hi Leeanne moving house soon so will definately be something i will look into then - thanks Georgie
Thanks for this great tip Leeanne, I will definitely be checking this out as I know I'm paying too much for gas. Sounds like you are working for a great company, good on you. Hope you're well, take care Jen B xx
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