British Gas Reviews

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

1.2 Rating 3,024 Reviews

5 %

of reviewers recommend British Gas

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1.2

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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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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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“Rude little fuckers who dont understand what germaphobia is, and puts all their jank tools on precious expensive surfaces and moves things without consent.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Diabolical service from British Gas who despite taking full Homecare appliance premiums cancel every appointment and their customer service is rude, arrogant and anything but service or customer focussed. DONT TAKE APPLIANCE COVER - its effectively impossible to get a visit right now and they will not even offer a refund of premium when they cant provide even a mediocre service. AVOID!!! I have put a complaint in and its 8 weeks for a resolution !! Just a disgrace”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Justcawful.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“My boiler has been broken for three weeks. I am working from home in freezing cold conditions with a pandemic raging in the background. I also live with a severe asthmatic. I pay over £53 a month for my Homecare plan and have never used it in all the years I have been a member until now. You can no longer reach a human being by calling. I have had to use their online chat system. I have wasted 6 hours in total booking an engineer with confirmations and reference numbers to prove it. Three times an engineer has not turned up and no courtesy call to explain why. I am still without hot water and heat despite it being freezing temperatures. I am totally disgusted by British Gas and Home Care. They care more about shareholder value than their loyal customers. If the NHS and the likes of Amazon can function during a pandemic a rich utilities company can do the same. I have been left totally high and dry. I will now write to the ombudsman, the British Gas Chairman (for what its worth). I shall be cancelling Homecare and moving to Octopus. The £53 I save a month I will put into a kitty in case I have a problem and will find a caring company to take my business to. Shame on you British Gas and Homecare...I have experienced zero care and nothing but upset and frustration from this experience. There are millions of vulnerable people relying on a service that clearly can’t cope.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“I wish I could give minus stars. This company is appalling. I have a Home Care contract. I am also registered as a vulnerable customer due to numerous health problems. As I am having problems with my boiler, contacting British Gas is virtually impossible. Their app is unusable and their website also proved worthless. I eventually got through on the phone and have been promised an engineer visit. I'll believe it when it happens. Zero standards of customer care. A once reliable company that can no longer be trusted. Avoid like the plague.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“The were over 3 hours late, had me waiting over 20 minutes to answer my call, had to call 3 times. Customer service is very poor. British Gas has gone down over the years. Incompetent staff”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Most dreadful service I’ve ever encountered. Had a problem with our oven and after countless phone calls, cancelled appointments (after arranging time off work) and engineers coming, not having parts etc , they sent an engineer out who left us with a gas leak (my teenage daughter came my house from school to it and called me at work). Had to call cadence who declared the house unsafe and turned everything off. Many phone calls that day (after being cut off on the phone, being told they’d call when they didn’t), they sent an engineer at midnight (we were told before 10pm) who told us that he couldn’t fix it and someone else would have to come the next morning (more time off work!). They actually sent the engineer who caused the gas leak in the first place... didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. The pain of having to navigate through their automated phone system has quite genuinely reduced me to tears of frustration. Avoid at all costs”

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Posted 3 years ago

“I wish I read the reviews before I tied myself in to this embarrassment of a company. I have a leaking boiler. So tried all avenues to speak to a human being. I have and still waiting to speak to a human being, so far I have been on hold for 2 and a half hours!!! This is the 3rd call as well! Live chat not available! The robot offered a engineer to come on the 9th March!!! The 9th of March! I will have a swimming pool by then! Why I pay for this cover is beyond me, once this is sorted I will be leaving this joke company and never ever returning”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Gave 1 star as zero stars not available. Took over 1.5 hours to speak to a human, live chat cut off when I got to no55 in the queue and the only number on the home care page was for complaints - which got me through to a robot type chat which in my opinion did not understand English. Boiler not serviced since August 2019, earliest appointment is April 2021 and I am going to charged an excess payment if boiler breaks down before then. Maybe it wouldn’t break down if it was serviced regularly!!! But no reduction in monthly contract charge. So they are basically taking the money and not delivering on what I am paying for. COVID of course is used as the excuse but this is becoming a rather old and tired excuse now. Other less profitable businesses have adapted and continued to provide service to customers so it is time British Gas got itself sorted out. My advice is DO NOT Take out home care cover with BG if you are expecting to receive what they say they will deliver - you will be disappointed.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Tried numerous times to renew the homecare policy on my late mother's property. Numerous calls took me thru lengthy messages and menus only to play a recorded message saying they've closed their lines because they're too busy. Finally spoke to someone who couldn't then renew because their systems weren't working to take payment. Asked me to call back next day but then same problem with lines closed again. Tried live chat with Lauren who just suggested calling same closed line. Explained this so she promised to call me back in 5-10 minutes but never bothered. At no point have they even acknowledged my mum's death or offered any sympathy. Truly terrible customer service. Avoid this firm. They simply do not care. Aside from my experience, how can they justify closing off their homecare customer service lines during the worst cold spell in decades when that service is supposed to exist specifically for times like these. I pity their customers who've lost their heating/water at the moment”

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Posted 3 years ago

“We have a newborn and the boiler is not igniting. This is the coldest winter since 2010 and after reporting the matter at 5pm yesterday there has still been no one to come fix it. The boiler is only a year old and still under guarantee. This is the 5th time the boiler has done this. I am shocked, that the fact that we have a newborn has not promoted a technician to come out immediately in -2 degree weather!!!”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Shocking service, pay £45 per month for home care as a landlord, boiler broke no hot water or heating offered a date of 18 days time. Arrange visit engineer didn’t show. Paying premium have a young mum and new born baby as tenant and still not even had an engineer visit as a premium customer. Can’t reach anyone via phone, joined queue at customer 57, after an hour and a half the phone rang and I was cut off - this happened numerous times. No response from email, chat, messenger. Awful, awful service. Spend your money somewhere else.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“If I could I would give no stars. For anyone looking for a good boiler service contract DO NOT CHOOSE BRITISH GAS! We have had nothing but trouble with our service contract and they repeatedly cancel appointments for repairs even if an emergency.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“I have been charged £814 for gas and electricity for 40days and they can not even explain me anything I asked them”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Awful customer service”

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Posted 3 years ago

“I wish to reply to Claire Woolford. Do not pay the £80 bill! This is called back billing and is illegal and British Gas know it! Really hope you get this message. British Gas is corrupt!”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Did not receive my bill instead I received a menacing threatening letter so I paid the bill instantly by bank transfer now I have been charged £35 in late fees,British Gas you are a disgusting company.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Two years ago I left a rented property. Checked with British Gas that everything was sorted. A year later a bill turns up at my new address for approximately £80 from British Gas. Unbeknownst to me apparently there was a bill unpaid form my last address despite us checking that everything was sorted before we left. It is also my understanding that my house mate left a forwarding address. None the less I paid the bill. I have recently tried to get a mortgage but can not. I have a default on my credit report because of this bill. I have tried to call British Gas numerous times, even being told on one occasion that the relevant department has agreed to remove it. However, I’ve now been told they will not be removing it and also as they have ‘investigated’ it, the case is closed. I have literally not been given the opportunity to tell them their employees told us that there was nothing outstanding! Their customer service is an absolute disgrace, hour upon hour of being passed from one queue to the next, only to be told that they can’t help and to be put at the bottom of the next queue. British Gas is literally pushing me towards homelessness over £80. Do not use this company!”

British Gas 1 star review on 10th February 2021

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Posted 3 years ago

“British Gas = worst service ever & lies galore. You are best off contacting smaller firms or independent engineers. Avoid them! I waited the whole day for an appointment booked for 10am -12pm on the coldest day of the year as we had no heating or hot water . We were told the engineer was on his way,he never turned up. When I managed to get through to someone after waiting on the phone for 4 hours I was told he came but no one was at home. Which was a blatant lie. I went back again and was told other lies that the appointment was cancelled because the parts were not delivered and then there was no appointment booked. Avoid them like the plague! Let's support small businesses .Buyer be aware!”

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Posted 3 years ago

“I pay just over £50 per month for boiler cover,I have been a customer for almost 25 yrs. I contacted BG today and I reported I had no hot water or heating. Only to be told they are on strike and earliest they can get an engineer to me is in 7 days. I am currently shielding as I am clincally vulnerable, I cant even pack my bags and go somewhere else until the engineer date due to the current government restrictions. They told me to find an engineer and they will reimburse me, I can't afford to do that. So what exactly am I paying £50 a month for, No service. BG really don't care about their customers, all their adverts are laughable and very misleading. I'm so distressed and angry.”

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Posted 3 years ago

British Gas is rated 1.2 based on 3,024 reviews