My trustpower 2yr contract finishes at the end of this month, and I want to take advantage of the "new customer" deals out there. I'm looking for Power and Fibre. Recommendations?
Best Power & Internet Deals Sept 20'
LWjo24 on 08/09/2020 - 09:48
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Rotorua
I'd suggest having a look at:
Electric Kiwi (although you do note that their hour of free power won't work for you)
PowerShop
NovaSee what the best you can get out of them is, then call your existing provider and ask them to beat it to keep your custom.
Alan.
Thanks. What is the best way to compare? Just look at the kWh cost on my current bill and compare with what the other companies are advertising?
@Wjo24: If you are ignoring the 'free hours' part (reasonable based on what you said above), then you should compare:
Fixed Costs / Daily Charges
kWh rates (based on your last 12 months usage say)
Joining incentives
Period of sign up (12 months etc)Put the numbers into a spreadsheet or whatever, and see which one(s) come out best.
Alan.
Just finished my 12 month Orcon contract $100/month and called retention team this morning. Said the only deal they had for me to stay with them was a $150 discount…($100 x12) - $150 = $1050. Friend gave me referral link for Stuff Fibre 6 months half price (from $89.99) so total payment for 12 months would be $810 - on broadband compare they only offer 4 months half price lol
stuff fibre - they give you a fancy asus router too. 6 months half price with referral (as mentioned above) on a 1 yr contract.
Happy with Stuff Fibre as well - suggest checking your monthly bill though as I've had to chat with them 3 times to correct the bill and apply the discount properly. Their phone lines were clogged up then, but managed to use live chat easily enough to get it sorted…
make sure you update that Asus router firmware for beter results. Did it a few weeks ago, works great.
I have a Google Wifi router. Love it. It was a big step up from the ones I'd been given in the past.
is it a mesh one? how do they perform?
I've just joined orcon using broadband compare - $99 per month for gigabit, with 3 months free = 900 for the year.
Power - with contact energy in Wellington as they have the lowest KWH rates - and we don't have much ability to move our power usage to use 'hour free' like from other providers.
I wouldn't recommend bundling power + internet - Orcon do this but weren't even close to being able to much Contact's rates.
Cheapies also has a referral link generator where you can get $200 credit at contact if you sign up using it.
Thanks. I was able to get a free fridge from Trustpower by combining power & internet. We had just bought our house, so it worked out perfectly. I'll have a look at splitting the power and internet this time.
Not really a free free fridge as you pay for it with the higher power prices. A few years ago I looked into trust power and no matter which way I run the numbers it was better to buy the appliance and go with another company. Only goos If you need an appliance now and cant afford it.
Could someone please share a referal link to the 900/Year 1G fibre deal?
Many thanks.
I'm getting $810/year gigabite fibre deal 950/500. Cheapest as far as I'm aware of
Is this Stuff - coild you plz share a referral link…
Many thanks:)
I can't PM you, maybe just use the referral code generator instead..
Have you checked out PowerSwitch?
Sign on bonuses don't mean much if you pay more over the period of the contract.Was on Orcon for a year and a bit on their fibre plan. Just switched to Stuff Fibre.
Would not recommend Orcon now.1) They would not tell me what time they would be disconnecting the internet. Just told me it was going to be some time on the 8th
2) They still take $99 of the month even though you're going to be connected to another ISP
3) Then they email you saying you're in $80 credit
4) They refund you but if you have disabled online transaction for the card (to avoid to Kogan sim card $180 charge), the money cannot be refunded. It's funny they can't refund because they were still able to take $99 when the card had online transaction disabled
5) Customer service is a joke. They said their finance team has to approve the refund AGAIN, and this time need a screenshot of bank account number, name and address. Where in tf does an online bank statement have an address? Such amateurs.Will never join Orcon again.
I contact them thru FB page and they are always helpful not much hassle. I'm also with stuff fibre now (switched from orcon), orcon's connection was always stable and top speed, I got 900mbps/download all the time for my speed test even with wifi, but I just don't want to pay so much lol
When you switch isp:
1. Tell your current isp you want the services terminate let say 15/10
2. Then tell your new isp you want the internet connected 14/10 (a day before you current terminate). So you can have a smooth transition.
3. Your current isp should not disconnect your services, it will only be taking over by new isp.
4. Also remember you need a month notice to terminate so you need to tell them a month before you want the services end.Yes, I also always got stable and top speed
1) I told them that but Orcon still wouldn't tell me the time. Vodafone told me it would occur midnight so Orcon had smooth transition when I switched to Orcon at the time
2) I already told them that yet they still didn't do sh*t
3) Yes I know that but Orcon didn't seem the understand that
4) Yes, gave them the notice last month yet they still charged me $99 for this month then realised their mistakeAnd that's why I called them amateurs
Where are you located?
Deals seem to vary by region / location.
Alan.