Since switching to Octopus from EDF, my experience has been extremely poor. My gas smart meter has never worked properly since moving to them, yet Octopus refuses to send an engineer to fix it, leaving me to submit manual readings every month. I’ve been chasing this since last year, but nothing has been resolved. We just keep going around in circles. It feels like every time I contact Octopus, the staff don’t bother to read the previous messages. I’m repeatedly asked to send photos and videos of the meter, which I’ve already done twice and then nothing happens afterwards. Instead of wasting my time, why not send an engineer to inspect the meter and get it repaired? Meanwhile, my account is massively over-inflated, currently £745 in credit. I’ve asked for a refund on two occasions, but Octopus refuses to return my money because they can’t read my broken gas smart meter, which I’ve been asking them to fix for over a year. What’s most disappointing is that no compensation has ever been offered for the ongoing hassle. By comparison, EDF once made a small billing error, corrected it the same day, and credited my account with £50 as an apology. Octopus hasn’t shown the same level of customer care what so ever. I genuinely don’t understand how Which? rates Octopus so highly, because my own experience has been nothing but frustration. Unless things change, I would not recommend them and I will be leaving them.