Centrica Share Discussion Threads

[spacedust] 02/3/2018 10:32

210p coming by next quarter

[mercer95] 02/3/2018 10:30

Or maybe they just don’t care capeview, it made me laugh, that’s all

[spacedust] 02/3/2018 10:29

Spent 140k plus buying shares from the director. I remember Glencoe director buying shares of Glen at 125p then they went to 400p

[yump] 02/3/2018 10:27

capeview2 Mar '18 - 10:10 - 9767 of 9769
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Mercer, could it be that one person can send 10,000 emails but not have the time to answer 10,000 calls all at once??

I had to smile at that, as I just sent out 2000 to one email database yesterday with a click of a mouse. Actually it was several different emails depending on the user data. Amazing what technology can do !

The only people that phone are the PPI and claims lot and I happily waste their time for them while working on the PC. If everyone did that, their viability would be shot - there should be a campaign for it...

[nortic 007] 02/3/2018 10:27

I'm really happy about that. I think the last 2 buys where token gestures. This purchase I believe has some significance. imho

[w1ndjammer] 02/3/2018 10:17

Conn buys 100k shares good of ya

WJ.

[optomistic] 02/3/2018 10:16

Iain Conn bought another 100,000 shares yesterday.

[capeview] 02/3/2018 10:10

Mercer, could it be that one person can send 10,000 emails but not have the time to answer 10,000 calls all at once??

It makes sense that if you have a serious problem, use the website to get a problem started, which will hopefully get sent to the people who sort it, as opposed to trying to get hold of someone in a call center who might not actually be there because they can't get in.

Although, if the phones are working, they could work from home. :)

[mercer95] 02/3/2018 10:02

They had time to send you an email to say they were busy, the world is screwed up lol

[optomistic] 02/3/2018 09:57

I had an email from Homeserve this morning saying they were extremely busy...not surprising! and it could be quicker to contact them via their website.

[diku] 02/3/2018 09:44

Anybody tried ringing British gas Homecare number?...08000481000?...lines frozen...call gets cut off & no response to other numbers...

Tried to call RAC 03301590543...recoded message they had emergency so calls not answered...

[eeza] 02/3/2018 09:07

"But what makes our situation so much worse is the shockingly cavalier decision in August last year to permanently shut down Britain's biggest and only significant storage facility for gas at Rough on the Yorkshire coast. The result is that we have no capacity to hold gas reserves for precisely such a crisis as the current one.

The operators of the 32-year-old storage facility, British Gas owner Centrica, said when they closed it that the condition of the Rough facility had deteriorated and restoring it would be uneconomic.

Centrica's boss, the veteran oil industry titan Iain Conn, told me he could not justify pouring in the hundreds of millions of pounds it would cost. He would have to recoup the refurbishment costs by charging more for gas released from storage, but the availability of cheap gas around the world meant that the big energy suppliers would not be willing to pay for it.

You can sort of understand his reasoning on commercial grounds: he is, after all, the chief executive of a major public company who needed to balance the interests of shareholders against those of consumers.

Yet the decision has proved catastrophic in terms of our energy security — which is so vital, in turn, to our economic and national security."

[gaffer73] 01/3/2018 23:15

More like inverted rectum.

[diku] 01/3/2018 22:54

Inverted head and shoulders?...

[jpjohn1] 01/3/2018 22:28

Bad night on the Dow. Reaction of Trump announcing steep tariffs on Steel & Aluminium imports and the threat of countermeasures from Europe sending Wall Street plunging. Ft looks like starting at the moment at -42 but that will alter with the Asian markets in the morning

[kulvinder] 01/3/2018 19:50

Whatup32 would not agree with you more, as atleast for gas and lecky you only pay for what you use, unlike the council tax.

[nortic 007] 01/3/2018 18:48

and breathe......

[whatsup32] 01/3/2018 18:15

As luck would have it just received a renewal notice from my energy supplier EDF .blue + plan £1022 to £1150 for the standard variable tariff. Hardly earth shattering spread
Checked with Uswitch for exactly the same British Gas was £144 cheaper . Or £200 cheaper from some cuddly green company that may go under in a few months.

Can someone tell me what the big deal is that it warrants debates in parliament , threats of nationalisation.

Few months ago I had a renewal from Aviva . Not having ever claimed and always seeing renewals go up I did a search on line to find General Insurance? Quote some £200 cheaper which I accepted. Guess who owns General .” AVIVA ‘

Should we nationalise them maybe have a debate in parliament about why Aviva does not give their best rates to loyal customers like me who neve claim and too lazy to shop around.

For £1013 per annum. I get my three bed home heated , food on the table, phones charged entertainment provided and lights on . I think it’s a fair price

What is not fair is the £1,500 council tax that I have no option but to pay. No pay we’ll send in the bailiffs.
What do I get for the £1500. Once a week they collect my bag of rubbish. But not this week as there is snow.

Phew... feel better now

[capeview] 01/3/2018 17:36

JP, my misses always laughs when I tell her what people say before they say it in certain films. Some I know more than others, but always makes her laugh.

[eeza] 01/3/2018 17:33

"National Grid has already paid one unnamed major gas-user around six times the usual price of gas to cut their demand later today, which has helped to reduce the shortfall from 54 million cubic metres to around 35 million cubic meters."

[nortic 007] 01/3/2018 17:12

They remind me of my darling wife..... unpredictable! :)

[jpjohn1] 01/3/2018 17:11

Yes capeview, one of my favourite films, I have seen it so many times I know the words what they are about to say next. :o)

[jpjohn1] 01/3/2018 17:07

Could not agree more with you and Nortic, NG talking about running out of gas and the share price goes down !!!!! I will never understand this market sometimes

[capeview] 01/3/2018 16:51

Someone doesn't have a sense of humour today. :)