How do you usually pay for your gas and electric bills?
October 15 2008: We now have the results in from our August-October poll!
A big thank you goes out to the 777 readers who took part in our poll about gas and electricity bills, telling us the method of payment they use.
The majority of respondents, 58% (454), said that they choose to pay their gas and electric bills by direct debit, a mandate set up between the customer, the customer's bank and the energy company, which allows the company to take the bill money from the customer's bank account on a set date.
Debit cards came in as the second most popular method of making energy bill payments, with 19% (150) of respondents choosing this option.
Closely behind this was cash, with 13% (99) readers saying they pay their bills using this method.
We also saw an illustration of how cheques have become somewhat unpopular as a method of payment with only 6% (44) of respondents saying they paid their energy bills in this way.
Lastly, 4% (30) of respondents said that they usually pay their gas and electric bills with their credit card.
August 11 2008: Welcome to the NEW compareandsave.com poll for August-October 2008.
This month we are interested to know how you currently pay for your gas and electricity.
There are different payment types that can be used to pay for energy bills but ultimately it will all come down to how you choose to make your payments.
If you don't give your energy company your bank details and set up a direct debit for your bills, you will either have to pay by cash, cheque or a credit or debit card at a post office or at a 'paypoint' in a newsagents or other shop.
If you choose to send your payment off to the energy company, you will have to use a cheque to do this.
There are pros and cons for each payment method so look out for these when we release the results of the poll sometime in October.
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Did you know?
£56,058 was the average household debt (including mortgages) in February 2012.
Source: Credit Action (www.creditaction.org.uk)
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