Maxy Superstore
"Really fed up with the rates we'd been put on."
- Location: Croydon
- Sector: Retail
- Saving: £1.5k
When Mr Kumar took over the Maxy Superstore, a community
convenience store in Croydon, he fully expected to inherit a can of
worms sorting out the bills. He already owns a network of four
other shops in the area and has fallen foul of the energy
suppliers' Terms & Conditions in the past.
Having missed the renewal window on another business electricity
contract by just a week he has learned the hard way that being
'rolled over' is an expensive, an unnecessary, mistake. Keen to get
it right from the start he was 'really fed up' to learn that the
incumbent supplier was trying to apply an excessive rate of over
20p/unit on the new shop and were, unsurprisingly, keen to tie him
in to a long term contract.
Fortunately Mr Kumar's bank manager happened to recommended Make
It Cheaper's free and impartial bill and contract checking service
so he made a call. Make It Cheaper found a one year deal with an
alternative supplier offering 'new customer' rates of 7.8p/unit
(day) and 4.4p/unit (night). These rates will save Mr Kumar at
least £1,500 a year. Needless to say, he is now asking Make
It Cheaper to look at the utility bills across all his other
properties too.
