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Centre for Competition Policy: Energy Consumer Survey, 2011

Variable Details

Variableq35other
LabelOther method of search used
Responses
A MAN CAME TO THE DOOR 1
COMPANY RANG 1
COMPARISON WEB SITES 1
Couple of people turn upon the doorstep 1
DOOR SALESMAN 1
DOORSTEP SALESMAN 1
Daughter looked on comparison sites 1
ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANISATION 1
EON CONTACTED ME 1
Google 1
I had a knock on the door one night and spoke in depth with the rep so was happy to go ahead 1
INTERNET 1
INTERNETR5 1
LEAFLETS AND LETTERS BY POST 1
LOOKED AT TARIFFS AND COMPARED THEM. 1
LOOKED IN THE PAPER 1
M&S advert in store 1
NEWSPAPER. 1
ONLINE 1
PAPER AND POSTALS 1
PEOPLE CAME TO THE DOOR, ADVICE FROM FAMILY WHO WORKED FOR EON 1
PRICE COMPARISON SIGHT 1
Phoned Energy Watch 1
REP CALLED 1
REPRESENTATIVE CAME TO THE DOOR FROM N POWER 1
SOMEONE CALLED AT HOUSE 1
SOMEONE CAME TO THE HOUSE WITH A BETTER DEAL 1
SPOKE TO METER READER 1
SPOKE TO REP 1
SPOKE TO REP IN PUBLIC PLACE 1
STOPPED IN SHOPPING CENTRES 1
Salesman called 1
Scottish power 1
U SWITCH 1
Uswitch 1
a representative calling at the door 1
arrived on my doorstep 1
at shopping centre 1
call from Edf to offer new cheaper tariff 1
calls from electricity suppliers 1
came to door 1
compared prices 1
comparison list 1
comparison website 1
comparison websites 2
compression web site 1
contacted them 1
daily mail have a section on energy prices 1
deal with home energy who look at best deals 1
different websites 1
door sale person come 1
eon 1
friend 1
given A DEAL BY ANOTHER SUPPLIER AND I RANG BRITISH GAS AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD MATCH IT SO i DIDN'T CHANGE 1
home3 visit 1
internet 2
internet comparison 1
left card at house 1
look at mailing 1
looked at leaflets 1
looked at newspapers 1
looked through bits and pieces we received in the post from different elec suppliers 1
mail shot came and it was cheaper than our last one so I took it up 1
moved house and noticed the bills were cheaper here so decided to keep the same as was at new address 1
my son was a part time agent for the company 1
newspaper 1
newspaper recommendations, finance papers 1
other peoples opinions about company 1
people knocking on my door 1
phoned 1
postal leaflets 1
price comparison sites on the internet 1
price comparison web 1
price comparison webs 1
rep at door 2
rep from co called at house 1
salesman approached 1
seen them advertised on the tele 1
some one came to doorstep as we were looking anyway , we asked them to quote for electric supply 1
spoke to a salesrep who was cold calling in the area 1
talk to somebody who was doing marketing promotion 1
telephone 1
the company phoned me 1
they telephoned me 1
thro rep at door 1
used leaflets 1
used uswitch 1
verbal contact with employees 1
web 1
website 2
website top cashback 1
websites 1
which b,magazine subscriber 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationCentre for Competition Policy: Energy Consumer Survey, 2011