On dual energy, you can't beat contact with that discount, fuel discount a bonus.
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And thatīs exactly it. They advertised 30c off per litre but fine print showed it limited to 1 x 50 ltrs per month. Like you, I prefer the ontime online 22% discount from Contact. Used to always take my fuel at Z with Countdown discount receipts. After that stopped, I spent some time on studying all the various memberships and discounts and came to the conclusion it is best to stay with Contact for my power and take the best fuel offer off the day when I need it. There is hardly any difference between the various offers as nearly all of the petrol stations offer similar discounts each day.
Apparently the 22% discount is actually 23% if you are dual energy prompt payment customer. Fuel discount total is 36c for that one fill a month when you add the standard 6c to it.. Got $33 off my last fill with the bonus 30c they chucked in, made taking the big block for a good spin very cheap.:cool:
I am currently with Contact for my power, as well as being a Contact Shareholder. However, I joined Contact before they linked up with the AA rewards scheme so was not getting the 30c per litre off petrol offer. I rang Contact this morning and they said, yes I could go onto the fuel saver scheme. But to do that I would have to transfer to a new contract and that meant my power prices would change. I am on the 'low user' rate and the price for power I was offered was as follows. All figures are exclusive of GST and without the 20% discount factored in.
Existing Contact Contract Price (no petrol discount) New Contact Contract Price (30c/l petrol discount) Change Daily Charge (low user) 32.95c/day 33.30c/day +1% Anytime Power (low user) 28.129c/kWh 29.60c/kWh +5.2% Anytime Power (low user) 17.548c/kWh 21.00c/kWh +19.7%
Unfortunately this meant that any 'savings' I would get from the 30c/l petrol price discount would be more than wiped out by the increase in electricity prices. So I have decided not to join the 30c off scheme. As a consolation Contact have offered me 10c per litre off. But the one off monthly discount has a two month expiry date. So that means if I don't buy any petrol in July, I can get two 10c off petrol fill ups in August.
Be careful to take into account all costs when you sign up to this scheme!
SNOOPY
I certainly wont be signing up to this scheme-I have diesel cars anyway and it would just have been boat fuel.
Use n3 card and get big discounts-especially at caltex diesel stops-these are unmanned and have fast fills.
Snoopy have you done the sums yet on the impact of low lake levels and high spot prices. Contact have always said this scenario will produce big profits-is it true?
Interesting. This wasn't my experience at all. I'm also with Contact and I switched across to the new scheme. My daily charge increased by 50% but the 'Anytime' variable power cost was set at almost 5c cheaper a kWh. As a family of five with frequent guests from overseas staying we use a fair amount of power, so the switch made complete sense. Plus my discount on the total bill went from 20% to 22%.
During these winter months I'm saving $20-$30 on the bill compared to my previous plan, plus getting the 30c off discount on fuel.
Was a no brainer.
(Switched from Genesis to Contact a year ago to take advantage of a winter deal, hold shares in both)