“Awful, you get a bill and when you go to pay they have added £4 to it...changed companies and they rang threatening to report it to my credit score ... Even tho they hadnt sent me a final bill.. When I rang , the lady told me a figure , And when I told her that's not what it should be( as I had the figure on my ovo account) she said she made a mistake !!!! even tho she had it on her screen.. BEWARE of add ons on your bills .. they do not explain what they are for even when you ask.ray”
“1) I myself am having a frustrating experience myself with this evil & spiteful an obnoxious two-faced Energy company myself. They themselves are deleting any comments on their own social media platforms that contain criticism or negative feedback either themselves either by slagging them off themselves at OVO energy. They impose high standing charges on both gas and electric meters, which are independently set, burdening customers financially before they even use any energy.
2) After acquiring SSE, OvoEnergy inherited a large customer base from SSE to themselves at OvoEnergy. By doing so, they had brought all the ex-SSE customers to themselves at OvoEnergy. If they had held a discussion with these customers—who had relied on the Giro slip payment method for decades—they would have realized how much easier and more convenient this payment option was for many. Instead, they chose not to consult them and quietly removed the default payment method to bring former SSE customers in line with their existing OvoEnergy customers, as they themselves had already done so at OVO energy.
3) OvoEnergy themselves are manipulating you yourselves by direct debits, by increasing charges after one year of usage with themselves full stop at OVO energy.”
“OVO, I changed the energy supplier. I had £100 because I was on the prepaid meter. They never sent me a cheque and instead lied about this for the first couple of weeks. Then, they changed my final statement and meter readings, so I was in debt. Own them. I found the photos of my meters so I could prove the fraud.
I got the message in my email that my balance was brought to 0. That it! NO MONEY BACK!
Of course, I complain each time you speak with a different person. The CEO's office sends messages, e.g., changing the case number, downloading your app, or assuring me that my balance is 0.
NO MENTION OF A CHEQUE
By the way, they lock my account.
I asked to provide a deathlock letter, but forgot about it! -changing the case number will solve their problems with me.”
“The worst company to deal with as the never log any this of seem to have no records of anything the do. i had the Gas & Electricity meters taken out and they still send me bills, email reminders chasing money even after the meter were taken out”
“1) I do not appreciate your response over-focusing on carbon emissions & reduced email correspondence with me from yourselves full stop with me while you yourselves are exploiting your own customers with daily charge fees sets on both sets of meters that are independently set by you, by OVO Energy, & have been given the green light yourselves to by Ofgem themselves to you to set them at whatever you want yourselves full stop yourselves at OVO energy. & who do you think you are, pocketing the difference and making people's own lives like me a living misery for using your own services with yourselves full stop at OVO energy? Who do you think you are, taking away the Winter Home Discount & making it even harder for people like me to be affected themselves by using your own services with yourselves full stop at OVO energy? Your email is like a broken down record at me yourselves full stop, repeating that it doesn’t match what’s on your systems, yet today, as of now, you’ve sent me one without saying a word about it. It's inconsistency like this that's become frustrating, and I’ve had enough.
2) I’ve had enough of you. I’ve had enough of your own company & what it stands for yourselves full stop at OVO energy yourselves. You are a vile, spiteful, evil, two-faced, obnoxious energy company yourselves, with only one thing on your mind—how much you can take from your own customers for using your own services with you. You’ve taken away basic services and you’ve also taken away people’s own rights by removing the one way they had every right to pay themselves to you by Giro slips. So you tell me how you can claim you’re helping customers, because you’re not. You’re an arrogant, two-faced, obnoxious & spiteful evil energy company yourselves, full stop at OVO energy."
3) Not everyone who's anyone who is with you does not want to learn how to use your own online digital payment app payment method at all either to you full stop at OVO energy."
4) Not everyone who's anyone who's anybody either is also not comfortable either by using your own payment method either by debit method either to you yourselves either themselves to you full stop at OVO energy."
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“Forced to transfer from SSE after 25 years to OVO following its purchase.
Date and rates differed; unable to access website; name and address incorrectly recorded; but, worst of all, readings posted by guaranteed delivery, signed-for letter: OVO ignored, instead submitting estimated readings at a much higher rate. Thankfully, I do not sign Direct Debits. This has happened so many times, it cannot be by accident. Incompetence? Poor staff training? Lack of proper systems? Or - by design?”
“Due to an error with the payment system, the amount was taken twice. I contacted ovo for a refund only to be told that I would receive a cheque within 7-10 days, I am absolutely outraged at this. The company were quick to take the payment by bank transfer but can't refund in the same way. I'm switching suppliers as this is extremely poor service, I really ont recommend them at all, steer clear.”
“For anyone moving supplier do not move to
@OVOEnergy They will threaten you till you leave and then Stalk/Harrass you till they get every penny, 15+ Calls despite me telling them over and over again that I will pay each Month, latest telling me that the calls "will never end"! Talk about cryptic...”
“Spoken down to and wouldn't listen to me when I asked for my credit. Kept saying that my credit was being used when in fact it had gone UP. I had the bill in front of me and he still wouldn't listen. He had the cheek to say he was terminating the call. I told him to P off.”
“To Ovo Energy,
1) I am writing to express my outrage regarding your decision to remove giro slip payments. This was a reliable and essential method for many customers to pay their bills, particularly those who are not comfortable with or do not want to learn how to use digital payments, or who do not want the hassle of having to use direct debit. It is clear that your focus is solely on getting customers to sign up for direct debit, whether they want it or not, so that you can take a cut of the commission and line your own pockets, earning more with every payment made, regardless of the impact on your customers. 👀 😈 😤 😡 👎💶
2) Your actions have shown a complete disregard for the needs of your customers, stripping away basic rights and creating unnecessary hardship. This decision is not just inconsiderate—it is an outright attack on accessibility and fairness. For a company of your size, there is no excuse for making life more difficult for the very people who have no choice but to pay, whether they want to or not, or whether they think it's right or wrong. 👀 😡 😤 😈 👎 💶
3) ignoring the needs of your customers is unacceptable, and I will not standby while you continue to treat people with such disregard & disrespecting to your own customers at you are doing so yourselves full stop at OVO energy by using your own customers to print money as a money machine that you are doing so to yourselves full stop at OVO energy. 👀 😡 😤 😈 👎 💶”
“Disappointing and Exploitative Practices Across the Board."
1) This week, we witnessed a disgraceful move by all six major energy companies—Ovo Energy, Octopus Energy, EDF, British Gas, and others. Despite the financial strain many households are already under, these companies have been given the green light by Ofgem to increase their prices starting January 1st, 2025, on both gas and electricity. What’s even more infuriating is that the daily standing charge fees are set on both sets of meters, at different rates for using gas and for using electricity, and Ofgem has allowed these companies to charge whatever they want.
2) Ofgem’s role in this is equally frustrating. Instead of protecting consumers, they have enabled these companies to set their own daily standing charge fees for both gas and electricity at whatever rates they choose, independent of each other. This means that each of the six energy providers can charge whatever they want for these fees on both gas and electric meters—it's a complete and utter rip-off. Customers will be hit with two different rates for daily standing charges across both sets of meters, and there’s no accountability for these companies to keep their charges fair or reasonable.
3) Ofgem are clearly out of touch with the reality that most customers face. It’s obvious that, whether Ofgem had approved these hikes or not, the energy companies were always going to push for them. This behavior demonstrates just how little these companies value the financial well-being of the people who pay their bills.
4) These actions are not just disappointing—they’re exploitative. The energy companies, supported by Ofgem’s approval, are putting their profits above the welfare of their customers. It’s time for both the companies and the regulator to be held accountable for this unjust burden they’re placing on the public.”
“1) As Ofgem have given all six of these energy companies, plus the gas that they provide, the green light, starting January 1st, twenty twenty-five, to increase the gas and electric prices, along with the standing charge fees, yet again set by them to themselves on both sets of meters, set differently for the gas and electric. These charges are going up as well, and they are set independently from one another, with Ofgem giving them the green light to set them at whatever they want.
2) These companies have made your lives miserable in order to financially gain wealth and posterity at the expense of your circumstances. They are building their own wealth and future on the misery of others, forcing you to pay for their profits while they thrive off your struggle.
3) And for those who locked themselves into fixed deals, thinking they’d be better off, they’ve been screwed over by all six of these companies. These companies worked hard this year to lock people into fixed deals, making them believe they were going to come out on top compared to people who didn’t lock themselves into a deal. But they didn’t. In fact, they’ve come out worse because they believed they would get a better deal, only to find out they were wrong. The only ones who truly benefitted from locking people into these deals were the staff who worked tirelessly to get people to sign up, in order to secure their own paychecks, while screwing over customers who thought they would be better off financially by doing so.
4) These companies must be held accountable for the financial strain they are causing to households across the country. They must be made to drop their prices and bring down the service charges that are set by themselves and regulated by Ofgem, who have given them free reign to set them at whatever they choose. This is not acceptable, and these actions must be addressed.
5) They are gaining wealth and posterity at your expense to themselves.”
“This company keeps threatening me so bad l nearly took my own life saying l own money when l don't l pay the bill on app every month now they threatening me with bailiffs when I've done DRO if l.could put 0 stars l would”
“Dodgy back hander deal with Bridgefords estate agents who sold our personal information to them so they could illegally take over energy supply and tried everything to hang on to it....... disgusting behavior from an unscrupulous set of crooks.”
“I have never been with OVO energy, never!! I am with british gas gave been for over 15 years.over the last 3 months i have been receiving threatenung leters infirming me i havent paid my enegy bills! I have phoned and phoned and still cant get them to understand they have the wrong customer. I am a recently widowed pensioner and it is so stressful.i have just received the last letter informing me the baliffs will be contacted. Im scared! Dont know which way to turn. How can i get them to understand they have the wrong person. Its occupier on the lwttersno name? And the post code is not the right one for my address. I have spent hours on the phone trying to tell them but they wont listen. They are the worst energy company, i had never heard of them till these letters started arriving, how can they get away with threatening innocent people and getting away with it!”
“Appalling company, we paid a month in
advance to have our meter moved so the wall it was on could be knocked down. No one turned up from Ovo to do it. Spent hours on the phone to them chasing .
SSEN had already disconnected electricity as booked. Ended up 11 hours without electricity. SSEN saved the day and came back out and reconnected electricity for us. Spent hours on phone trying to arrange another appointment for the meter to be moved .
Our building work has been held up because of Ovo’s non appearance for their appointment.”
“1). It’s the worst energy and gas supplier on the market. They’re more bothered about their own online presence in order to attract new customers than actually dealing with their existing customers, whom they bark orders at. This didn’t include what they were going to do with all of the Ex SSE customers they inherited during the 2023 switchover, whom they brought then in to line with their own customers at OVO energy by using coercive and controlling behavior to force them into compliance.
2). They are childish. They have a mixture of obnoxious, childish behavior on the customer services side, as well as their billing system, where they deliberately overcharge you for using their gas and energy supply. They charge both of your meters at different ludicrously extortionate prices for both individual meters.
3). All of these suppliers—Ovo Energy and the others—are deliberately overcharging you for usage. They are providing services to you from them to you, with their meters on both energy and gas, and their daily standing charges on both sets of meters, which are set differently from one another. All six of these energy and gas suppliers are as bad as each other, charging you extortionate rates for energy and gas.
4). They blatantly disregard and disrespect you as their customers, while all of their focus is on attracting new customers to improve their own online image. They completely fail to provide fair pricing and decent customer service.
5). They are taking advantage of their customers by deliberately overcharging them for both energy and gas because they provide both to you and force you to use them, and their rates are unjustifiable.”
