Stocking up on Electricity

Fudzy said:
I'd get that in writing. As far as I understand it, tokens have a 3 month expiration date from the last token.
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Hi

I asked this of Eskom and Pick n Pay and both informed me that they do not expire...What gave you the impression it was only 3 months?
 
Hi

I am purchasing from Eskom, I have confirmed that my increase will be 35% so it is a huge saving.... To get it in writing may be a challange but the call centre at Eskom (!) and PnP have informed me that they do not expire
 
Anyone know what they say about the "penalty" you incur - something like a daily usage fee which get's deducted every time you purchase? Thus when you buy again after 3 years, you might actually owe them! This may cancel the benefit of pre-buying. The site "ibuy.co.za" gave me this number to enquire regarding this: 0800 220 440 for Cape Town. I will phone later unless anybody can shed light on this?
 
Hi All

Just spoke to eskom again, they confirm that the tokens do not expire. If you are going to load a lot of them into your meter they suggest you keep the tokens as proof of payment in the case of a unit failure. You can get confirmation on the non expiration by send a e-mail to [email protected].
 
Hi

Eskom checked my meter number and said there is no daily usage fee its a pat as you go so the service fee does not effect my unit. I assume it depends on your area? Their suggestion is you load all the tokens you can into the meter and keep the slips rather than keeping the slips and loading them when you need them.
 
How does it work for Joburg City Power??

Anybody know how it works if you have a prepaid meter with Joburg City Power?

I've previously bought R2000 worth of electricity at Pick n Pay (from the till point), and Shoprite (from the kiosk). At both places I had to do 2 transactions of R1000 each, but it still came on a single till slip, and I swiped my cheque card only once. I also entered both tokens immediately one after the other into my prepaid meter and it worked.

What are these monthly service charges you guys speak of? I thought prepaid was prepaid, like how prepaid cellular airtime works. Does Joburg City Power have these monthly charges? Should we also top up each month with R50 or R100 just to show some form of activity? What happens if you dont?

Can someone in the know please help.

Thanks.
 
From an enquiry to Cape Town Electricity....
If I stay under 800 units per month, I am on Domestic - Low, with no service fee. If I however were to "bulk" buy now to try and save, I will move into Domestic - High, which will incur a daily service amount of R 3.81? if I listened correctly. Thus in my case it would sadly make sense to just cough up every month for the increased tariff than to try and save by bulk buying. Always something to snare you hey!
 
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ToxicWazte said:
Anybody know how it works if you have a prepaid meter with Joburg City Power?

I've previously bought R2000 worth of electricity at Pick n Pay (from the till point), and Shoprite (from the kiosk). At both places I had to do 2 transactions of R1000 each, but it still came on a single till slip, and I swiped my cheque card only once. I also entered both tokens immediately one after the other into my prepaid meter and it worked.

What are these monthly service charges you guys speak of? I thought prepaid was prepaid, like how prepaid cellular airtime works. Does Joburg City Power have these monthly charges? Should we also top up each month with R50 or R100 just to show some form of activity? What happens if you dont?

Can someone in the know please help.

Thanks.
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I pay a R97 monthly NO "service fee" to the "third" party "reseller" in my area. I cannot get Eskom power which would be cheaper and dos not incur the service fee. I also cannot return to the monthly bill system. So each time in the new month you buy a new prepaid voucher you will have less units as they take the service fee FIRST! Every time the power cost increases at Eskom the NO "service fee" increases by the same % amount! :mad:

What a mess!
 
Yes - but if you bought bulk you wouldn't be buying for quite sometime again, which would mean you move back to low before the next time you buy, or not?

Also - the increase might work out a lot more than the daily 'service' fee.
 
latdyn said:
Hi

I asked this of Eskom and Pick n Pay and both informed me that they do not expire...What gave you the impression it was only 3 months?
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Our municipality requires that you load the tokens into the pre-paid meter within three months of purchase,
 
Ozymandias said:
Our municipality requires that you load the tokens into the pre-paid meter within three months of purchase,
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Ok so that's where the limitation is, I am with Eskom directly so a different policy applies...
 
Sorry to go off topic but how do i go about getting a pre-paid electricity meter installed?
We have a flat/townhouse in Randburg.

Stocking up on electricity sounds like an excellent idea.
 
Hi sorry to go off thread as well

We live in Durban (Queensburgh), we are building a granny flat and are looking into pre-paid electricity meter. Is anybody in Durban - Queensburgh using pre - paid meter and what are the cost involved. How does one go about getting your pre- paid meter and which is the best place online to purchase units.

Sorry for all the questions.
 
Um....I don't have a prepaid electricity meter but I would think that the vouchers you buy are a value of electricity, not a specific amount of KW.

So you have a R100 card. Your voucher says you can purchase R100 worth of electricity. You enter the pin in and the meter evaluates how much electricity you get for your R100 voucher. So if it costs R2 a KW you will get 50KW. If it costs R10 you will get 10KW.

I'm just assuming here so stop me if I'm wrong :) Does the voucher say "you are entitled to 50KW when you enter this voucher" or does it say "you are entitled to R100 worth of electricity when you enter this voucher" ?
 
Mike_De_Lange said:
Um....I don't have a prepaid electricity meter but I would think that the vouchers you buy are a value of electricity, not a specific amount of KW.

So you have a R100 card. Your voucher says you can purchase R100 worth of electricity. You enter the pin in and the meter evaluates how much electricity you get for your R100 voucher. So if it costs R2 a KW you will get 50KW. If it costs R10 you will get 10KW.

I'm just assuming here so stop me if I'm wrong :) Does the voucher say "you are entitled to 50KW when you enter this voucher" or does it say "you are entitled to R100 worth of electricity when you enter this voucher" ?
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It mentions both, if I'm not mistaken. Rand value, and the number of units. I'm not 100% sure though if they mention number of units, or KW, but aren't they the same thing?
 
Greglsh said:
Hi sorry to go off thread as well

We live in Durban (Queensburgh), we are building a granny flat and are looking into pre-paid electricity meter. Is anybody in Durban - Queensburgh using pre - paid meter and what are the cost involved. How does one go about getting your pre- paid meter and which is the best place online to purchase units.

Sorry for all the questions.
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For case like that you don't need municipality per-paid. In Pretoria they cost with installation currently R1800.

For the case as you described I would recommend http://www.prepaidmeters.co.za/. That way you pay your bill to your municipality and your tenant pays his bill to you or provider. Those meters are much cheaper, can be installed with no time (in PTA one waits 6-8 weeks for municipal per-paid), and works like a magic. For a small fee for you provider will do all job and you will not have any headaches with his electricity

Those meters DOES NOT replace municipality one, they are just sub meters and are used for multiple dwellings etc...
 
This #%#$%$#% sucks

I stock piled yesterday, I've been paying 76c a kw. - so today I decide to buy R500's electricity to see what it costs me now - 66c a kw. ... . . WTF
 
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