MARTIN Lewis revealed a trick that could see you land a whopping £500 in your bank account from energy companies - here's how.The MSE previously said payments could be due if your gas and electricity firm has overestimated how much you should be payingHe read out an email from a MSE fan who applied the savvy technique and pocketed a whopping £500.
Martin Lewis explained the former audience member was around £1,100 in credit which equalled to about 9 or 10 months of debit. "But if you're six or seven months, it's your money - they're keeping £8.1billion of our money, we should get ours back."The MSE previously said payments could be due if your gas and electricity firm has overestimated how much you should be paying.He said: “If you pay by monthly direct debit, you’ll know that’s for them to smooth your bills out.
Martin continued: “In most cases, the rough rule of thumb is if you’ve got one month of payment in credit it’s probably too much.”