Quote Originally Posted by islaydarkblue View Post
So you are happy to pay 26p per unit for your electricity which has previously been purchased by electricity billing companies like Octopus for half the price namely 13p per unit.
Not really but I don't want my provider to turn round six months from now and say they're out of business because they haven't been able to replenish stocks.

Exactly the same happens when diesel and petrol prices go up - barrel price goes up by $X.xx the pump prices don't follow when stocks have been depleted do they? They go up at the same time because if the retailer runs the tanks down to zero the customer goes elsewhere when they close the gates and put the 'no fuel' signs up. Then they don't have enough cash to buy the next delivery.

Do supermarkets put the price of existing stock up when suppliers tell them the next batch is going to be 10p more expensive when they order it? Too right they do, they need that money to afford the next batch.

It's not rocket science Islay.