Scottish Power Reviews

Name: Scottish Power
Rating: 1.12

1.1 Rating 1,128 Reviews

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Customer Service
Communication Channels	Telephone, Email, Live Chat
Queries Resolved In	Over A Week
Customer Service	1 out of 5

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Scottish Power 1 star review on 9th November 2022

Chris Moisey

Scottish Power 1 star review on 4th August 2022

Emma Azhar

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Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“This is the only time I have written a review. I have to admit I am shocked by the negative reviews. They do not go far enough.....a truly appalling company who have no consideration for their customers based on my experience. I am disappointed that I have had to give one star to write a review. Please please please do not consider using this company, even if they are offering a price at half what you would pay elsewhere, you will pay more in the end. Appalling”

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Posted 5 years ago

“DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY! It has been a constant battle for over 3 weeks to get a direct debit payment returned to myself which they had taken out in error. Scottish Power have taken 2 DD payments from me and have told me to claim it back through the bank. I have been on the phone to my bank 3 times for this indemnity claim. An indemnity claim Scottish Power instructed me to do. Then they refuse the payment and reclaim it back three times. I had made an indemnity claim got my money returned and Scottish Power compensated me £40, then a few days later my dd had been reclaimed. Scottish Power reclaimed a payment they told me to get an idemnity claim for. I called them again and they said to me to apply for indemnity claim again and they will give me £25 compensation which I refused! For the second time done the indemnity claim and Scottish Power again rejected it. Yesterday was the third time I have done an indemnity claim which again is unsuccessful. Scottish power stated they will give me the refund but are calling it compensation as they have already paid out £40. They are calling money that is rightfully mine compensation. They are acting as though they are doing me a favour. I didn't need this headache I just want my money returned. It shouldn't be this hard and shouldn't be costing me money in phone bills sitting 30 minutes at a time waiting for the bank to answer my call. The company are ruthless they have no compassion I have an autistic child to look after and they are causing me more stress. I have been fighting them for 3 weeks to get money they have stolen from my account. I have complied in every way with them and they are calling my money a goodwill gesture. GOODWILL GESTURE IS NOT RETURNING MONEY YOU STEAL FROM CUSTOMERS!!! Absolutely disgusting company stay away they will steal your money and blame the customer for there mistakes. I'd rather pay more money to another provider than be treated this way.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“I was £137 in credit so started to pay £5 for the summer months instead of £55. Scottish Power did not like this because they like to accrue large sums of cash from the customer; then the customer has to go through the stress of clawing back what is 'in credit'. Scottish Power then upped my electric bill overall by cobbling together two sums - the meter and tariff science is no more than a cheap racket. After writing to the CEO, they admitted they had had responded poorly but could still not advise which meter reading number I key in on my online account: Rate 1 or Rate 4. The meter readings never seem incorrect when they are taking too much, only when they take to little. In fact I have no faith in Scottish Power at all, it appears that all the Energy companies are rotten to the core.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Unless you'd like to spend your time on the phone to a useless and unhelpful company whilst spending more money than necessary avoid!”

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Posted 5 years ago

“I have had problems in the past with Scottish Power but in the last few years they really do seem to have made considerable improvements in customer service and I am glad I stayed with them.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“These people know every trick in the book, been conned three times now. DO NOT USE THEM they will give you sleepless nights, as they have to me.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“It is impossible to get any sensible answers from anyone connected with this company. They completely ignore anything I say, they just keep demanding money which I do not owe them, and making veiled threats as to how they will extract it from me. A shocking example of fraudulent practice, typical of power companies. They need to be investigated and stopped!”

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Posted 5 years ago

“New customer! They’ve set up three accounts all incorrect! Now they are trying to charge me for the previous owners bill by putting my name on their account when you can clearly see it how’s back years before we bought the property! Fuming I’m going to British Gas!”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Very bad Communication very high price’s it’s the worst experience I’ve come across I would not recommend this company to my worst enemy”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Scottish power are without a doubt the worst company I've ever had to try to speak to,resolve a complaint with,and the most frustrating set of incompetent mixed set of people ever i don't know how they are still trading,I'm now 5 yes 5 years trying to sort out an account that they sold to British gas without my knowledge or request I couldn't even begin to explain all the shear inconvenience involved,BEWARE STAY AWAY FROM SCOTTISH POWER!!!!!”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Dreadful company worst I've ever dealt with. Taken money from my bank account that wasn't authorized. Staff are extremely rude and unhelpful. Never answer complaints. Do yourselves a favour and avoid this amateur company that will rob you blind.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“What a crappy company over charged bills , promised a fixed deal for a year which was not true , terrible customer service, empty promises , I’ve had workers shout at me over the phone and hung up , refused to log complaints , stay away from this company 😡😡😡😡😡😡”

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Posted 5 years ago

“After spending nearly two months waiting for someone to get back to my calls, I eventually set up an account. My house was a new build and the handover between the builders and SP was taking forever. Eventually i got through to someone ( 2 months after we started ) and was ready to close the account. However, a nice gentleman managed to keep me as a customer due to his apologoes and agreement that charges a to me would only start from that day. Unfortunately, the £177 credit for the 2 months of messing around is still being disputed as there are no notes on the account, despite the credit oroginally being visible on a bill! Noone at SP will accept responsibility and instead continue to hold me accountable. I suspect they were just going to hold the building company to account and that they have also refused to pay - but that's not my problem. Customer service is shocking and I continue to get irate over it all. Can't wait to switch!”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Awful Company!!! We moved into a flat that had Scottish Power as gas and electric supplier. From day 1 we had to call for bills each time or were surprised with £000's of charges - we asked for an account to be set up online and to date (6 months) we have not been able to log in. This is despite raising several tickets for help resetting the password and being told 'well we can log in'..... staff are unhelpful and argumentative. We have just requested a switch and on the same day called for a postal bill to be sent to us. We paid this on the date it was received even though the due date was several weeks away, and yet receive an email from our new supplier that Scottish Gas has lodged an objection saying we have not paid them! Awful Awful company! need investigating because what they are doing isn't right.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Dredfull customer service, unable to resolve an issue caused by them. six months later they decide now is the time to resolve the issue, this followed weeks of emailing.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Did not complete switch over to them properly and left us with no gas or electricity for a wk, left me to arrange getting my power restored by myself. Then sent me a bill for my gas I'd supposed to of used during this period, their customers service advisors are rude and are quiet happy to call customers liers when they have all the proof in front of them you sent them in the first place”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Disgrace of a company ripping people off. I joined them a year ago with the promise of a cheap deal but then after my contract was up with them they hit me with an extra bill of £480 which they claimed I had used even though I had been paying £150 for the last 5 months. I will never use these con merchants ever again & I hope they go out of business.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“shame there isn't a 0 star option for this joke of a company. Not only do they double your monthly payments a couple of months in to your contract, at the end of the contract they will then say you owe them money. £229 for me....after paying 150 a month for a 2 bed property when I work full time! Someone will ring you from the complaints team and their attitude is horrendous. After reluctantly agreeing to set up a payment plan with them, and a promise of a £40 cheque being sent as a good will gesture....to my shock the full 229 was taken out of my account leaving me (8 month pregnant) and my son in a very vulnerable position!! Money I had put to one side so I could feed my family during the pandemic STOLEN FROM MY ACCOUNT. Another complaint... 'Sorry we have no records of the £40 cheque you we're promised' So I sent them the time, date and length of the call. 4th May, 12.03pm, 25 minutes long. We set up a payment plan and agreed a goodwill cheque of £40 would be with me in the next 2 weeks. Instead, I've had the full amount stolen and 'no record of the £40' No one can be bothered to get back to me after me sending email after email after email. CAN SOMEONE TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THIS LISTEN TO THE RECORDED CALL AND SEND ME THE MONEY I WAS PROMISED??????????”

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Posted 5 years ago

“A disgrace! Disgusting company,a bunch of thieves with horrible customer service!Do not use this provider !”

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Posted 5 years ago

“I had two major problems with them. 1. I have signed a contract and they overcharged me because they said it was a system failure and they put me on a standard tariff. 2. I had to pay twice for the same 150 KW. The same meter was overlay in two consecutive bills. After 3 months and 6 emails wrote to them was no progress. I had to move to another provider.”

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Posted 5 years ago

Scottish Power is rated 1.1 based on 1,128 reviews