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I have been on a gas token meter with British Gas for at least 6 years now.

 

My financial position has improved along with my credit rating. Although it's still not amazing it's now slightly below average.

 

The other day I rand British Gas with a view to getting the token meter replaced with a normal monthly DD meter.

 

But, they did a credit check, and refused.

 

Can anyone suggest the best method to get rid of this token meter and hopefully take advantage of the low gas price offers available at the moment?

 

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Hi all!

 

Thanks for your reply Andy. Not sure why my Google searches didn't find that page.

 

I have spent the last 6 days making 6 hours of phone calls to the British Gas helpline.

I never managed to get though until waiting for over an hour.

 

4 phone calls later they have refused to replace my token meter insisting that my credit score is not good enough.

It's 562, which i agree is not brilliant, but it's only a bit below the UK average.

They refused to acknowledge what is clearly stated on the Citizen's Advice website namely:
 

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If you’ve finished paying off debt

If you don’t want to be on prepayment anymore, your supplier must remove your old-style prepayment meter and give you an old-style credit meter or smart meter instead.

 

They keep saying that it's against their policy.

I even raised an official complaint and was still refused.

 

I finished paying my debt to British Gas over 5 years ago.

I am prepared/happy to change supplier but not sure if this is possible when I have a token meter installed.

 

Can anyone suggest what to do next?

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Hi

 

I have to agree if you have paid off the debt owed to them via this meter and are up to date on your bills  I would look at changing supplier and as said asking new supplier to install a standard meter and look for the best deals for you.

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