British Gas Reviews

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

1.2 Rating 3,026 Reviews

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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

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customerservice@britishgas.co.uk

Location:

PO Box 4805
WORTHING
BN11 9QW

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Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“unable to book an appointment via app or website for an engineer with homecare. i see no chat button on BG website. Homecare policy says book via app, but book an engineer button is not ther. ended up calling BG, and waiting for over half an hour before someone answered :(”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Bunch of unprofessional people. It is in the fabric and DNA of the British Gas (HomeCare) team to let people down. When it comes to making money they are most professional and taking the credit card details, they don't delay at all (Greedy company, greedy management). I am surprised this company is still trading. 2nd time I have been let down. The first time it took a few days to resolve the appointment and today at the end of the day, I get a call from to say engineers won't attend because they are busy. They can't even guarantee that the next slot on Wednesday is guaranteed. This company is seriously a black mark and plague on professionalism on "British Brand" less than 50% satisfied customers. Says everything about them. I just hope they shut down for good and by doing that they will do a great service for the British public”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Set up an account all good then didn’t get a bill for 2 months so called to find out what was going on as it was set up to be direct debit monthly was told issues with account 8 months later the account finally received a bill for the entire year showing March and April usage at around £300 cheaper each month to the bill was then informed this was because no monthly bills had been taken despite having set it up and calling to fix it. Now almost a year later still trying to stop them charging me extra for not making monthly payments when it was their mistake and fault. Awful company, misinformation spread like wildfire. Was told I could get telephone transcripts from October in July when I called (And was told they’d be done whenever the manager got round to it which is great)only to then wait 2 And a half weeks contacting about where my transcripts were to be sent to a different department who immediately told me the transcripts weren’t available and are deleted after 90 days conveniently deleting evidence against them and wasting my time speaking to multiple British Gas employees chasing these transcripts. All round a horrendous experience with British Gas will never use again or recommend to anyone”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Have read my meter every month for 9 years,i then get two emails saying i havent submitted them ,yet i have evry email acknowledging receipt of readings. They always manage to take the money from my accou t on time . I have every email for 9 years (sad isnt it) but I have to because british gas cannot be trusted . This is the 3rd complaint I have made regarding this . I have been told that I have been submitting my readings too quickly after getting the email and text and that I should wait at least a couple of days before submitting them . LAUGHABLY ISN'T IT,surelt this is no way to run a buisness,or is it ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡”

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Posted 4 years ago

“I pay for an annual service/maintenance call due Feb.20. Unfortunately due to covid BG could not attend. Rang end May regarding this visit and told would be coming. Rang again June and said when was my maintenance going to happen as I could smell soop. They took the details and stated the costs, I said that as I had a contract they was no costs. Long story short I received an invoice and maintenance visit was not carried out. The story goes from bad to worse. Spoke to customer service who stated that the invoice was correct. I sent my complaint to the COE, not acknowledge by him , then had it referred back to customer service. Customer service sent me an email asking me what the issue was. (I had attached this to my e-mail ((to CEO)) all details. Since then I have had two demands for payment, together with other emails. Today I have spent over 2 hours on the phone and web chat and got absolutely nowhere. Told in email to contact Ofgen. Could go on but I'm sure you know where this is going. My husband and I are elderly and my husband is disabled. This is making us ill.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“They were supplying energy to the flat I moved to, so I just decided to stick with them. BIG MISTAKE After paying electricity for almost 4 years all of a sudden my account was closed and not long after I received a bill for almost £3800 for a month! This was obviously a mistake, so I tried to contact them just to received an unbelievable response from them. They said "someone had registered my meter by mistake and updated the reading,". They said they would fix this. Well, it's been three months now. I have received threatening emails saying they will send my details to a debts collection agency if they don't hear from me. I have contacted them 6 times! Horrible, horrible service.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Good morning I wish to complain about the appalling customer service I have had from British Gas. I have a home 400 service contract (for several years) with additional appliance cover and most recently the grill in my electric cooker stopped working. I contacted British Gas for an engineer and the ‘wrong’ engineer came to assess. He arranged fora more specific engineer to come and this was arranged between 12-6. The engineer did not attend despite me taking time off work to wait for his/her visit. I complained via the web chat and a further appointment was arranged for yesterday (26 August) however again a no show and no explanation as to why. I have taken two afternoons off work and this is completely unacceptable behaviour from any organisation. I want a full written explanation as to how this occurred and what British Gas intends to do to prevent it happening to other customers. Amir Savage”

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Posted 4 years ago

“If I could give zero stars I would. Received debt threats through their admin error then when I complained I got told to just ignore them with no apology. Avoid!”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Do not take out a British Gas boiler homecare maintenance plan, some may remember the “watchdog” programme some years ago - that’s it’s merely their ploy to sell new boilers & out of my recent experiences it still definitely is, each time a “technician” (engineers fix things) visits either for service or breakdown I get the patter about the none availability of parts. What a joke the biggest gas brand in the UK have no leverage, they hike their price by post every year & you can’t speak to anyone with any knowledge or brains or customer service. Last year they quoted a power flush at £990, so I asked a local expert to do it & he fixed the simple other things wrong with boiler for less than a fifth of that price. When the service came round in Jan 20 - the BG homecare gas technician said what a superbly performing boiler, I had an ignition issue this weekend Aug 20, I called For a homecare appointment - their online account method is rubbish / almost another ploy to prevent your contact. After their visit yesterday & later in the day, someone called to tell me “the fan part is not on the list” (well I think that’s what was said - it was a confusing mumble)... of course the technician’s friendly approach included “you can get a new boiler from the biggest gas brand in the U.K. for less than the cost of the homecare plan”. Confirming to me British Gas are continuing in taking money under false pretences, my plan is already over £60/month - they have no intention of fixing older boilers. I’ve had numerous previous rude & aggressive technicians over the years - thinking they know it all. So guess what, I’m fed up of this useless customer treatment - I’ll be calling the local expert, cancelling this plan after 17 years of very very weak unprofessional service. Oh yes, they’ve quoted £708 for next years homecare maintenance plan, a cost which mostly covers the BG homecare technicians sitting in their expensive vans instead of improving diagnosis & sourcing parts needed for a maintenance plan!! My recommendation is - Do not take out British Gas boiler homecare maintenance plan, use a local expert who has the right determination to satisfy you - this lot do not care about you!!!”

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Posted 4 years ago

“So my annual boiler service under the Homecare agreement was booked months ago for last Monday, 17 August, (first available appointment) between hours of 8 and 1, but no one turned up. Took me several calls to get thru' to real person after being cut off several times having gone thru' electronic messages. Was told my appointment wasn't for the 17th but 24th. I know it was the 17th as I remembered standing in front of calendar writing it in and saying to myself "ah, so-and-so's birthday". So today, 24th, same again, rang, eventually got thru' to a real person after several attempts, to be told they'd call the engineer and I'd receive a call within 15 mins, no such call has been forthcoming - nearly 2 hours now. Have tried to call 3 times again but after the electronic sifting process the call gets cut off repeatedly. FUMING!!”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Trying to get hold of someone to talk to is impossible. You do not accept or answer emails or phone calls because you say you don't have the resources to handle them during the corona virus! However, other gas and electric suppliers are offering a full service! I know this from personal experience with my family and friends. As soon as I can I will be leaving you. John Sweeney”

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Posted 4 years ago

“After 35min wait on the phone to speak to customer service they hang up. I have been with them previously for many years and only had troubles. Stay as far as possible.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Been trying to get to my account via website and App.. The BIGGEST energy supplier they call themselves yet they can't get website or APP to work... Waste of time.. Will try phone now and see how we get on there.. If that the same will ha e to cancel the service plan I ha e just started as won't be able to make most of it.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“After moving into a new home I had a terrible experience with British Gas. I was put on a temporary extremely expensive tariff which I wasn't informed of until being in the property for over 3 weeks. I then received bills requesting I pay for the previous owners gas & electricity usage which they hadn't yet paid. I phoned BG and told them this was not ok and asked them to send amended final bills only for my usage. They agreed it was an error and would send amended bills. The bills which arrived were still incorrect, this time they had falsely increased meter readinging way beyond when I had switched to a new energy supplier. I have a BG smart meter so it was disgraceful they made up an estimated reading instead of using the smart meter they have access to. I phoned again requesting up to date correct & final bills. This time the electric bill was correct but wasn't a 'FINAL' bill... and the gas bill was even higher than before... At this stage they started threatening to send my details to a debt collection agency. I finally used their live chat and had to be very pushy. They agreed the electric bill should have been a 'final' bill and this was their error, and they agreed the threats were a mistake - yet continued to send them. Today I finally have written confirmation from them of the correct, final bill amounts which I will pay. avoid this con-men. Note the written confirmation also included some other customers details and case information by their error - stupid british gas!”

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Posted 4 years ago

“After moving into a new home I had a terrible experience with British Gas. I was put on a temporary extremely expensive tariff which I wasn't informed of until being in the property for over 3 weeks. I then received bills requesting I pay for the previous owners gas & electricity usage which they hadn't yet paid. I phoned BG and told them this was not ok and asked them to send amended final bills only for my usage. They agreed it was an error and would send amended bills. The bills which arrived were still incorrect, this time they had falsely increased meter readinging way beyond when I had switched to a new energy supplier. I have a BG smart meter so it was disgraceful they made up an estimated reading instead of using the smart meter they have access to. I phoned again requesting up to date correct & final bills. This time the electric bill was correct but wasn't a 'FINAL' bill... and the gas bill was even higher than before... At this stage they started threatening to send my details to a debt collection agency. I finally used their live chat and had to be very pushy. They agreed the electric bill should have been a 'final' bill and this was their error, and they agreed the threats were a mistake - yet continued to send them. Today I finally have written confirmation from them of the correct, final bill amounts which I will pay. avoid this con-men. Note, the written confirmation also included some other customers details and case information by their error - stupid british gas! #GPDRbreach”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Worst energy provider, bring up excessive energy costs, than send out people to change your energy source to pay per meter, so that you will be stuck with them and can’t change provides, also they get court judgments unfairly by not sending any notices and letters. The customer service mis managed and so many miscommunications, they don’t even know what’s happening half the time, please don’t, don’t, don’t go with British Gas! Worst company ever!”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Never once in my life felt the need to do one of these. As context there are 2 people living in my house and we use no gas at all and very little electricity (same room same tv short time periods). We were paying £130 a month for dual fuel tariff and after reviewing other deals seemed very expensive for what we were using. Turned out British Gas constantly messed around with my payment and stopped it for some months and hiked it up twice as high others, then upon leaving switched me to an ‘emergency plan’ which I assume was to just milk any extra money from me costing me £200 in one month. Received an email stating that a debt collection agency will come to collect if I do not pay, cannot speak to anyone other than outsourced individuals with no power to do anything other than get you off the phone. Total joke, don’t join them.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“We were charged a call out fee for a leak as British Gas claimed we were not covered, despite having Homeware 4 package. British Gas had downgraded our cover without informing us. Repair completed by cowboy sub-contractor which still leaked and cost us to repair with another plumber. When engineer later called for annual boiler service he showed us that we were listed on his system as having full cover, even though BG still denied it. 9 months later finally received refund but no apology Not possible to book annual services when due, and then cancelled at last moment. Friends have had contract for 5 years but only received 4 annual service calls. Think twice before joining!”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Line keeps dropping and everybody is indian, I tried to simply pay my bill and set up a direct debit for an hour and a half and I've still not been successful in doing so.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Home care policy £109 a month what a farce. 2014 was sold a policy the only reason I agreed to it and took it out was because I was informed that any thing covered that isn’t repairable will be replaced like for like. I had cause to contact British Gas as my dishwasher has stopped working plus my brushes steel double plug sockets in my kitchen only one side is working on a few so thought might as well get an electrical engineer out to look at them. A rude engineer contacted me on the day asked about the problems. Told me he wouldn’t do dishwasher as it sounds like an appliance issue and would throw it back to British Gas to sort another engineer to come out. He then went onto to say he would not replace the sockets like for like (which I was told in the beginning it would be) but would be replaced with some old white plastic things they carry in the van if I want brushed steel I need to go and buy them and re book! I went back to work to be told later by my son that an engineer had been out after I left to look at the dishwasher! I contacted British Gas to be spoken to rudely abruptly and quite frankly obnoxiously by a Scottish accented team leader who told me continuously to read the policy document I challenged her and she first agreed she didn’t always read them herself but later when I used the same statement she accused me of attacking her personally as it now transpired if my dishwasher is repairable it will be but if not the exchange team will contact me to replace the dishwasher LIKE FOR LIKE but if it’s over three years old I have to foot 70% of the cost of the replacement which is not what I was sold when I agreed to accept the policy. I challenged her about what I get for £109 a month she couldn’t or wouldn’t respond just reverted back to type saying read the policy document and put the phone down after refusing point blank any form of refund or part refund for miso of policy. I was neither rude aggressive (well I did have to talk over her as she repeatedly spoke over me when I was talking) or attacked her personally all I did was challenge her on her responses to my questions. This is a policy not worth taking out, not worth the money as there are more disadvantages to it than advantages to having it and if you are told like me like for like its NOT your find not everything is covered so you will be paying twice once for the policy and again for any new appliance or plug face. Very disappointed and disgusted will be cancelling this policy once the dishwasher is done and will replace the plugs myself or get a friend who is a qualified electrician to do it certainly won’t cost me £7,848.00.”

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Posted 4 years ago

British Gas is rated 1.2 based on 3,026 reviews