British Gas Reviews

Name: British Gas
Address: PO Box 4805, WORTHING
Rating: 1.21

1.2 Rating 3,026 Reviews

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of reviewers recommend British Gas

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1.2

Based on 3,026 reviews

Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods	Own Driver, Postal Service
Average Delivery Time	Over A Month
On-time Delivery	Greater than 17%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders	Greater than 80%
Customer Service
Communication Channels	Telephone, Email, Live Chat
Queries Resolved In	Over A Week
Customer Service	1.2 out of 5
Returns & Refunds
Refunds Process	Difficult

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Phone:

0800 980 6005

Email:

customerservice@britishgas.co.uk

Location:

PO Box 4805
WORTHING
BN11 9QW

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Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“BG give great promises, but don't stick to them. Their first priority is getting your money under their belt. I had them for boiler cover. They came in June and were in the house for 3 minutes. Ran up to the boiler while leaving the front door open, looked at it, slammed the cover shut, ran down the stairs and out again. Didnt service the cooker or check the heaters. Only after making complaints might they do something. I will never use them again. Stay away from them. They wanted over €400 for those services.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Waiting for a electric payment card for 7 days. I called today and was told I asked for a gas card now have to wait another 10 days for an electric card .I'm not happy”

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Posted 4 years ago

“I switched to British gas from Npower as BG were offering smart meter and a better deal. I was with Npower for 4 years and the final year I was with them my bill was £1600 for the year (gas and electricity). I was working from home so I expected it to be high. When I changed to British Gas, I had stopped working from home and was rarely at home. My bill for the year was estimated around £1400 (based on previous usage from Npower). I was really surprised that each quarter my DD was increasing! I couldn't understand this as the smart meter had stopped working and was not giving any type of reading out. It was not possible to obtain a reading from the electricity box. When I received my final bill, for the whole year it was £2400!!! I worked out the wattage that BG had sent me and it seemed way higher than any year I have lived at this address! In fact it was almost double one of the years. I called customer services who agreed it was odd and but could not tell me if it was an estimate or where these figures had come from...I was passed through to various departments and back again because no one could help (or could not be bothered) then eventually i got cut off! I called again and again and eventually I gave up! I am with a different power company noe and my usage is no where near it was with British Gas! My bills are lower than ever! The smart meter broke and BG deny that it was broken when I had photo evidence to show it was broken. They are a company I will never ever use again! Customer service weren't helpful at all.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Don’t use British Gas. One member of staff claimed they never received my gas reading number and told me I owed over £1000 despite another member of staff saying they had sent someone out to read it and gave me dates they had recieved my reading. Told me debt collectors would come after me if I didn’t pay it. Claimed I had only paid £180 worth of bills when I had paid over £500. Rude staff. Just appalling service.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“My account was paid by direct debit over 3 years for boiler cover and an annual service. The first service was not done during the first year, it was done 3 months into the 2nd year. The 2nd year's boiler service was ignored and never completed - massive breach of contract. The 3rd and final year still no boiler service offered, still waiting on the boiler service for both the 2nd and 3rd year! I phoned BG, they offered me a £65 refund for no boiler service for the 2nd year despite paying over £300 for the service. I was given a date in November 2020 for the 3rd year boiler service and I was ASSURED that this boiler service would be undertaken and not cancelled due to Covid-19 as the account had been paid for at least 2 years with no boiler service. Received numerous texts asking that I cancel Novembers' boiler service and receive a £65 refund again (for another £300 worth of DD's). Every text was declined, I wanted the boiler to be serviced. Then received a phone call this week informing me that the boiler service will be canceled, I argued NO, as I have already waited for 2 years, Requested to speak to a manager only to be declined. Costumer support lady was rude and obnoxious to the point that I ended the call. Complaints over both webchat and telephone are unobtainable as webchat is down constantly and the phone will call will be ended before you reach an operator. absolutely disgusting customer service and to have a company like BG have you pay for a service only to not deliver on the service and ignore you is outright deplorable. STAY AWAY!!”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Have a dual fuel account with British Gas which had a smart meter in the property. The tenants left and the property was empty for 5 weeks. The bill for electricity in a flat was over £250 and gas over 60 in a 5 week period. The call centre is constantly unobtainable (hold times in excess of 30 minutes, but cuts you off before then anyway) so you can not dispute the figures. There is suppose to be a smart meter there, which should accurately give these details to them. Appalling company avoid at all costs.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Cannot believe how such a sham company getaway with how they sell their products or treat their customers. Bunch of liars. They signed me up promising cheap rates for my business over the phone and clearly quoted me a monthly bill figure which they knew was false as they had been supplying to the same business the previous year and I was just buying it and keeping same energy supplier. Once my first month bill came I knew they had deliberately put a lower estimate on the businesses consumption to show a low monthly cost when quoting me. The bill was more than double what I was quoted I would expect. And worse, they told me when signing that there wont be any cooling off period as it was a special offer and I am accepting as such. Couldnt believe that after months of wrangling and complaints they actually tried to put the blame on me our volume of usage etc. Finally I am kicking them out and NEVER AGAIN BRITISH GAS”

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Posted 4 years ago

“After the terrible experience posted previously, I was highly motivated to explore ways to sever ties with this company. So, on a positive note, I will save myself at least £20 per year for the same level of cover, and between £100 and £200 on fuel. Thank you British Gas, for stirring me out of complacency.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“The internet site and app are the worst in the whole wide world. You cannot access your account!! You call them and don’t get replies. You can’t do anything online! A hopeless / cowboy internet/ app site I have ever come across 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡 Disgusting and Disgraceful 😡😡😡”

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Posted 4 years ago

“The engineer didn’t turn up for a booked repair. The repair was bumped 7 days ahead. BG’s response was to advise me to find my own engineer which they would refund. The whole point of having insurance is that the insurer deals with everything. I was also offered £20 compensation. The next day a manager phoned and insisted that I close my complaint. When I refused, he told me the first person I spoke to should not have offered the £20 and he was ‘taking it off the table’. This is the service and attitude you get when you renew your policy year after year, and spend thousands with them on a new boiler. It’s their right to bump your job off the list, with not so much as a phone call. You, the customer, are expected to do all the running around, and if you try to escalate a complaint, your compensation offer is withdrawn. Good luck if you decide to buy cover from this company.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Had a British gas plumber at my house today and his behaviour towards my wife is highly worrying, unprofessional and threatening. Had to rush myself back from work for safety reasons. After watching the threatening behaviour of the allocated plumber on the video clip on my wife's phone, I had no choice but to launch a complaint to British gas and also considering going further to other relevant departments. unfortunately, he's caused more damage to the bathroom. have to be professional at this point and allow British gas to carry out their internal investigation before I move to the next stage.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“British Gas has lied to me, I’ve got homecare cover which is useless. I booked a safety inspection for my boiler in September for November as my family’s safety is my main priority, in October they sent me 2 separate txt messages bribing me with £65 if I cancelled and rescheduled in May 2021. Now my safety check is way overdue I’m talking over 12 months so I declined, then last night I received a voicemail telling me appointment had been cancelled anyway ? So they had NO intention of coming out to my property way back in October when they sent me the txt messages. They have really let me down and I have now cancelled my policy as it’s worthless, local gas service engineers are booked up so my boiler safety check will have to wait longer now putting my family at risk. AVOID this company as they will gladly take your premium each month but will have NO intention of fulfilling the agreement. Best to use a local company”

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Posted 4 years ago

“This is by far the worst ever company I've had the misfortune of dealing with. I was promised that an engineer would come round to install a smart meter. I received an email and text confirming he was on his way, waited over 2 hours when I called them they told me they didn't know anything about it DISGUSTING.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“we had a annual service booked for Tuesday between 8.00am 12.00noon. on there tracking said engineer on his way nobody came . i was told the can not service until next year horrible service no communication .The are good taking your money.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Waited all morning for engineer who said he would come to appointment first thing today. Now mid afternoon and not even a phone call. Have had no heating or hot water for a week now. I'm a priority customer due to health issues. How do they treat other customers. VERY POOR”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Worst decision I ever made was to change my supplier to British Gas I have had nothing but problems with them since. Terrible company to deal with, don’t expect any assistance from customer services and don’t believe a word that they say. The app is terrible as well unworkable only gives details of electricity. Keep well away from them they are disaster.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Found it funny how i was on a smart pay as you go metre already, but british gas thought it would be great to unscrew my door handle and allow there selfs into my home basically (breaking and entering) when nobody was in to say they are changing my metre which my metres are in view outside my home, it was our niehbours who pulled them up so we phoned them up and still no response, big thanks british gas.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“British Gas at least 40mins to get thro to call centre in India...and still sending me bills having left BG in October..... Nobody cares... AVOID BRITISH GAS AT ALL COSTS”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Absolutely pathetic, was told hold time 20 minutes, been 1 hour 14 minutes, just joined think I will cancel,”

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Posted 4 years ago

“I’ve been paying for Homecare service contract for my central heating - currently £50+ a month. On Friday our boiler stopped working so I rang to request an engineer. Had to hang on phone for ages , and finally got through to Indian call centre and communication was difficult. Finally was given an appointment for following day. When engineer came he advised that unable to obtain part required for repair so left without heating. He told me they don’t install warm air boilers which ours is! So we have been paying for a service they can’t provide and we have no heating. I was 31st in queue for phone chat today to make complaint and request payments refund. Finally got through and was told no refund as they can’t repair if they can’t get parts! So I’ve been paying for years for nothing! I’m going to Ofgen and the financial ombudsman as this is disgusting! We are pensioners and I have a heart condition and we have been left with no heating!”

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Posted 4 years ago

British Gas is rated 1.2 based on 3,026 reviews