"U" for Useless - or Utilities or Both?

Pippah45 replied on 25/08/2016 20:30

Posted on 25/08/2016 20:30

I have had an ongoing saga of trials with my electricity provider - as I know others on here have had - after several years of dissatisfaction with nPower in May I finally decided to walk with my feet and applied to Switch - "it only takes a few minutes"  WHO do they think they are kidding??  My switch finally went ahead sometime in July to Scottish Power (who so far haven't put a foot wrong) but this week I received an apology from nPower that my final bill was still delayed.  So I dug back into emails and found the apology and complaint number from one big white chief who had waived my last bill of some £60 mentioning my disbelief that things had still not been resolved - he promised to refer the matter to someone else and the net result has been that my last £30 usage has also been waived.  Good result - although the amount of time I have spent complaining has been huge - all came at an extremely stressful family time for me - so £90 compensation doesn't seem brilliant but it obviously pays to keep at them and demand compensation for time and energy spent chasing them! 

So folks - keep at them - you can get satisfaction if you complain loudly enough!  Laughing

redface replied on 25/08/2016 21:48

Posted on 25/08/2016 21:48

It is also amazing how attentive they are when you ask them 'who is your regulator?'

Pippah45 replied on 26/08/2016 15:07

Posted on 26/08/2016 15:07

I will remember that - although the regulator didn't help my daughter much when she had a problem a couple of years ago.  It seemed they moved when I started talking about being compensated for the disruption.  "Talking" - now that is a virtual impossibility - I did it by email. 

Kennine replied on 16/09/2016 17:28

Posted on 16/09/2016 17:28

Been with Scottish Gas for both Gas and Electricity for a very long time - No Problems at all. 

cyberyacht replied on 16/09/2016 17:44

Posted on 16/09/2016 17:44

I've been with nPower since I moved into this house thirteen odd years ago. Can't say I've had any problems. Plus the fact, with my solar panels, they pay me more than I pay them.

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