With tales of UKP1,037,000m gas bills still ringing in our memories, is it really sensible to allow British Gas Plc carte blanche to fish around with its sticky fingers in our bank accounts without let or hindrance via a Direct Debit mandate, for a measly 2.9% discount? Especially when the company demonstrates that the day of the crazy gas bill is still not behind it, as this advertisement in the weekend press, spotted by the Daily Telegraph City Diary graphically shows:
The printed version shows a legend saying people paying by Direct Debit can have a discount of up to 0.0% off their bills
