British Gas Reviews

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

1.2 Rating 3,022 Reviews

5 %

of reviewers recommend British Gas

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1.2

Based on 3,022 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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“Impossible to reach, and when you do somehow manage to get a human being on the other end of the line they hang up and don't call you back. Just pray you never have an issue or ready yourelf for weeks of torture trying to get anything sorted.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“We had a leak inside our Boiler which was first noticed on a Sunday. It is very difficult to contact anyone on a Sunday unless it is a Gas Emergency. However, I did manage to book a Appointment using the Online Booking System for two and a half weeks later! The following Wednesday we noticed the leak was getting worse so I tried the 'Live chat' function and spoke with Prathamesh. He arranged for an Engineer to visit at 8pm that night, the relevant part was ordered and the Engineer came back at 10.30 the following morning and the leak was fixed. Think I was very lucky reading the reviews on here.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“constantly waiting for up to one hour to speak to customer services and when I do get through they promise to sort out my problem, but still do not”

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Posted 3 years ago

“What an absolute shambles..customer service a massive disgrace...whilst waiting for a phone reply..if that is you are fortunate to have not already been cut off by them.!..the automated tells you how an agent will be able to help you..lol..but forgets to mention ..that is IF? you ever get to talk to someone .. that it is more than likely they will just disappear from ur call ..as they do not have a clue how to sort ur problem..so just leave you hanging until you finally give up..As for...CHAT.. requested transcript..nothing forthcoming..likely because it included an apology for their incompetence..and highlý unlikely they would want that to be available in writing to a customer!!!”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Terrible company, worst I’ve ever had , mess up every time.. useless wankers”

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Posted 3 years ago

“British Gas home care?? The boiler broke down, no central heating/ hot water. It took five days for an engineer to come out, ten minutes later it’s all fixed even though he didn’t have the replacement parts he felt would rectify it?? I asked does it all look ok have you serviced it?,”no, go online for that” . Ten minutes after he left it broke down again .Tried to speak with british Gas over the phone ,near impossible!! finally got through was put on hold whilst they chased up the engineer then cut off . Phoned through again , (2hrs)finally spoke with somebody who said they couldn’t get hold of the engineer but I should try turning it on and off again.. earliest booking in three days , so over a week now! We pay around £400 a year for home care , due to the pandemic? The boiler and central heating hasn’t been serviced in two years and when you finally need the cover this is what you are provided with. Extremely systemically poor service ...steer clear!!”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Transfered to British, first months calculated usage equates to over ten times more than the actual usage, equating £850 for a month. Credit still not materialize from previous company. Absolute joke.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“i was chatting to the women, i was asking about the cost increase to my policy, i said it would be cheaper to cancel then start another account, she said we have a team for that then cut me off”

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Posted 3 years ago

“This review is not for British gas itself as I've had a year of trouble with the company itself and a handful of unhelpful of employees. I rung up on the 29/11/21 and finally got through to a lovely lady that actually liked her job and made it her mission to sort out my account like no other had ever attempted. Tanika you are an angel and I'm am so grateful to you for dealing with my complaints and spending the 2 hours to fix everything. Thank you so much for your time, patience and optimistic attitude, you were pleasure to talk to you and others at British gas would benefit greatly from your expertise and determination to get the job done. Thank you again 😊”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Was moved to British Gas when my previous supplier went into liquidation. Does the left-hand know what the right hand is doing in this company . I moved over on the 8th Nov on the 16th Nov phoned and set up a direct debit to be taken out on the first of each month starting from the 1st Dec on the 21st of Nov I received an email saying that they haven’t been able to take my direct debit but not to worry as the fault was their end and they would be taking it on the 3rd Dec then on 1st of each month from Jan 2022. Today 1st Dec my first D.D was taken looking on the App they will be taking a second D.D on 3rd of Dec what are they up to do they know what they’re doing you can’t get in touch with anybody the chat doesn’t work or closed on the app you just go round in circles I can’t see me staying with British Gas very long I’ve already had enough of them.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Peoples went bust and I had to switch to Worst company ever, British gas!!!! Cant speak to them tried everything. I have a key can't find any place that their machine works to top up.Had to go 20 miles to get credit. I want to switch but Don't know if I am aloud to, company is a joke”

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Posted 3 years ago

“What a disgusting company. There customer service genuinely really don’t care a jot. The only effort they make is to send out debt collection threats. Threatening me with debt collectors because I owe them £9.07. When I made a complaint they promised to call me to sort it all out but never did. Going without electricity would be better than dealing with British Gas. There horrible. I gave them one star because zero wasn’t an option.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“A shambles. I've been moved to British Gas from Zebra who went bust. I've had NIL information from them - eg how much they will be taking per month. Nothing except the start date which has passed. I tried to contact them - there is no way I can do this. They cannot be reached. So they are my energy suppliers, will take whatever they want each month, and I can not contact them. I did a Trustpilot review (BG emailed to ask if I'd do a review) and BG replied to say contact them via Twitter. Are they serious? What a shambles of a company.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“The worst company ever!!! I have had to call them 5 times due to an error in my metre and having to manually putting my gas and electricity on my metre every time! This is not acceptable due to the company boasting about smart metres they wanted to put on customers when it’s stess every time I top up I call the company wait in a queue for over one hour then be told there is no mangers available?! Being a manager myself I asked them what would be the procedure if anything was to happen during work hours? She stated they would wait until the next day for a manager?! Never heard of that but Ok that does not sound professional at all. It’s the simple things that make this company lose money. British Gas need to hold a meeting and think how to improve there service as the reviews are awful.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“I have had a Homecare agreement for several years. My boiler runs on LPG. A few weeks ago the engineer turned up to carry out the annual service only to discover that we do not use natural gas. He was not qualified to work on LPG boilers. British Gas then contacted me to say the engineer had called but could not gain access. Visit was rebooked for November 29th but engineer failed to turn up. Their customer service is the worst I have encountered in any industry. They are a joke.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Honestly this company is a complete shambles. Topping up is a nightmare either the system is down or the top up doesn't go straight to machine which is leaving me to go and put it in manually which isn't easy. I've tried to book and engineer twice both said they was coming and just never turned up. When you go to talk to someone your transfered to customer service in south Africa to be told we can't help .”

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Posted 3 years ago

“British Gas is the most dodgy company in the UK I will never use it again”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Refused to solve a problem created by British gas. British gas came for a check up. They switched off the gas but failed to order the replacement part required. We keep getting "engineers" sent out that do nothing other than blame their colleagues for a job badly done. For four days we have had no heating, no hob to cook on and no hot water. British Gas haven't attempted to fix the problem. The "engineers" identified the problem, the part/s should have been ordered, delivered and repaired???”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Really poor service and so dissapointed! Every time I call to explain that my in home display device or the app isn’t working or showing us the valances so we know when we are running low, the line cuts off and they never even bother returning the call. This has happened about 3 times same day! The representatives are not helpful at all, they find ways to try and get off the phone and too lazy to call back when their line cuts off. I am a new BG customer but already thinking of switching because their service is ridiculous and useless!”

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Posted 3 years ago

“The gas and electricity supply is fine but they are increasing their prices. The website is terrible, it hasn't been working properly for a few years: cannot get into the Rewards section, and over the last 1 - 2 months, cannot submit a meter reading online”

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Posted 3 years ago

British Gas is rated 1.2 based on 3,022 reviews