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1.4 Rating 537 Reviews
10 %
of reviewers recommend Utility Warehouse
1.4
Based on 537 reviews
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Delivery Methods
Postal Service, Courier
Customer Service
Communication Channels
Email, Telephone, Live Chat
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Over A Week
Customer Service
1.5 out of 5
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Refunds Process
Difficult
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Utility Warehouse 1 star review on 14th March 2025
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Utility Warehouse 1 star review on 14th March 2025
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Utility Warehouse 1 star review on 14th March 2025
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Utility Warehouse 1 star review on 14th March 2025
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Utility Warehouse 1 star review on 15th December 2024
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Utility Warehouse 1 star review on 24th September 2024
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Utility Warehouse 1 star review on 24th September 2024
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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
Worst company ever!!!!! I got a call from a partner and they convinced me to join as a customer and as a partner as I was not working at the time. The prices they promised were obviously good so I switched and convinced two other friends to switch too. Fast forward to 3-4 months later, bills tripled, not just for me but for my friends too. Their excuse was because, I was using more than I was paying for which was absolutely ridiculous as there was no way I was using 3X-4X for than I was paying for. I called them to ask about this and they were completely rude and very degrading. Practically called me stupid for not checking my bills properly to check how much I was using. I switched and the guy called me stupid for wanting to switch because according to him, they were the cheapest. I had a balance of about £256 on my account which I started clearing immediately. A month or so later, I start getting letters from utility debt collectors saying if I don’t pay the remaining balance of £100, they would take me to court and seize my things. Because of £100!!!!! Mind you, I never got a call about setting up a payment plan or any letters about me calling to do that which is what every company usually does! Worst utility service I have ever come across. I would never recommend to anyone I know!!!
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Posted 3 years ago
How do you get UW to update bills and stop charging estimated readings even when you are sending the same meter readings every month showing no usage and you are paying the monthly standing charge? Beyond a joke to get threatening letters and final reminders on money that is not owed. If UW is going to send bailiffs and get a Court order for £43.47 that is not owed then I will happily have my day in court and pursue recovery of my costs and the harassment being perpetrated. Whilst we are at it I will endeavour to stop paying standing charges on an empty property. What a shower of crooks!! I have written two UW (no reply as yet) and I have tried to ring on several occasions but get the same excuse that they are very busy, so no pick up. How do UW survive? Only by using dubious means to extract money that is not owed by my experience.
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Posted 3 years ago
This company is awful, the worst experience I ever had, is costing me my mental health. I've had issues with them since day one with everything: the broadband, the energy, the mobile, and the cash back card, and everytime I call they make me wait at least for an hour. Because of an issue with the broadband I'm having no internet at the moment for a month already but they just charged me for it even tho I'm not getting any service. Don't get tricked, don't join them, for the sake of your mental health
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Posted 3 years ago
Terrible company, customer service is appalling and queue times are a joke. Joined in November and up till now (February 2022) still not had electricity bill and they’ve used every excuse under the sun and meter not showing any display since I joined. Would not recommend this company to anyone!
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Posted 3 years ago
Horrendous service terrible customer service. Avoid this company at all costs waited on the phone for 48 mins on hold to be told someone will call me back regarding my bill that is wrong and no phone call received. Now on hold again for 50 minutes call not even answered yet.
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Posted 3 years ago
Avoid. I have been trying to switch to eco7 since the beginning of Dec. 4 phone calls, several emails later still on the standard tariff. I was told when I joined that once they had installed the smart meter the switch would be easy. 40+ days later after the smart meter fitting I am still getting nowhere. It is easy for a company that knows what it is doing to do this switch (my friend self changed on octopus instantly). Each person I talk to says something different and they all say it will be backdated but won't confirm how. If they can't read the night usage how can they charge 2 different rates (they can't is the answer but no one will say this to me, instead they avoid the question). I am now drawing from the grid on the night and my inverter catches all this data so I have evidence of my night usage even if UW don't. Queue time to contact them via phone is 30 mins +. Everyday they don't sort this costs me £1.38. I am taking this issue to ofgem and cancelling my direct debit at the end of the week. Angry customer. 😠 joined on false pretences and spent more money than sticking with my current provider and or switching to octopus go. Update I am apparently a priority case now but I've been that way for a number of days so if you don't complain you will be in a standard queue. If priority is nearly a month and half then non priority you might get your request dealt with in 2023.
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Posted 3 years ago
Moved into a 2 bedroom flat, set up UW as the provider and got put on a budget tariff. Was told a the start to make sure i submitted meter readings via the app to keep track of my usage which i did. Had a smart meter installed after 6 months so i didn't need to submit any more meter readings. Received an email with my "end of year review" and my DD was to go up by £120 over and above what i was already paying. Called today and support agent wasnt very helpful, told me that the smart meter wasnt sending the electricity readings so i have to submit a meter reading by calling in again. The whole point of submitting readings is to keep track of usage and amend your payments if you are to using more energy, so you dont rack up arrears. VERY POOR ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT!!!
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Posted 3 years ago
Sound great to start with, worse customer service ever, December they do a meter reading and low and behold they take £750 out your account for 1 month Rubbish, underhand and liars avoid
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Posted 3 years ago
If I could give no stars , I would. I have been trying for 6 years to get a refund for £600 which they have over charged me. Wait until the end of the year- we will refund. No they did not. I am still trying, they put me on loud speaker in the office, I could hear laughing, indication what they how to answer my questions and brick walled every time I asked for my refund. I was on the phone for two hours again, still they will not be refund me. They said go to the ombudsman. I have my bills, I have proof, I don’t need an ombudsman. Utility Warehouse must be made to be accountable !
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Posted 3 years ago
Absolutely shocking service. We left six months ago and every month a new bill arrives. When I call them they tell me this is the final bill and it’s sorted and it’s cancelled. Spoke to somebody today who told me it’s not cancelled just on hold. Currently I’ve been on hold for an hour and a half. I think they’re just sat there laughing rolling in all my money. Going to complain to ombudsman because this is shocking.
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Posted 3 years ago
Terrible company still taking bills of me even though I’m not with them anymore! Can’t get through on phone
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Posted 4 years ago
Over charged month in month out awful correspondence advoid
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Posted 4 years ago
Do not use this company. We have been waiting 4 months to get an issue sorted on our bill and are still waiting!!! Trying to charge us over the odds for Gas due to their smart meter equipment failing!
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Posted 4 years ago
Hard work to deal with every issues is several hours on hold before anything happens
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Posted 4 years ago
Awful internet provider, useless staff, bad customer service, rip-off prices, don't ever go with them, I also changed providers, they got told by my new provider a while before changing over and we kept telling them we was gonna change because they was so bad and they still charged us to leave as they said we didn't give them any notice, when we did. Very bad company, they need to work on better prices, better customer service and just generally not ripping people off
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Posted 4 years ago
I would not recommend this company, they are a joke, they do not care about customers and their needs, I was over charged month in month out, and they do not care, DO NOT sign a contract with this company, if i could of given a 0* i would of, but the lowest is 1* joke of a company
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Posted 4 years ago
Maliciously overcharged me a gigantic bill £600 after ~6months with the company
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Posted 4 years ago
Terrible service, rude, never sort anything out, couldn't blocked out of my account to submit a metre reading, and then started sending a revenue protection service round, rather than metre reading reminder or a metre reader! Outstandingly awful
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Posted 4 years ago
If I could give this company negative stars I would. Since the beginning of the year we have had nothing but hassles and confusing bills. I sent numerous emails and got no response. Our bill in January was £84.01, in Feb we were told our bill would rise from £34 (for electricity) to £118 just for the electricity -a total of £168!!! This is impossible as we are exceptionally careful with our consumption and do not live in a large house. In March our bill again totalled £168 and we decided to change provider after failed attempts to contact U.W. We received a bill yesterday for £663.63!!! This was with no warning and no explanation. Needless to say we felt sick to our stomachs and completely horrified at the prospect of this. When we eventually got hold of Utility Warehouse, the customer service assistant was unsympathetic and simply stated this is what we would have to pay. We were told we could pay any amount today and then pay off the bill over the next six months. These problems all started when we got our smart meter ( after being harassed to do so) and no one has come to check that it is actually functioning correctly. The cashback/ discounts they offer are absolutely useless and in no way compensate for the excessive bills and poor customer service. I would NEVER recommend them to anyone and just wish that I had changed providers sooner. I cannot believe that a large company can actually function in this way and have nothing but regrets and empty pockets to show for our 2 years of loyalty to them.
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Posted 4 years ago
I’ve been with this company for over two years and from the start things didn’t go as planned, fist they had trouble switching my broadband from sky so they signed me up with a new phone number and as a result I was tied in to a 24 month contract as supposed to a 12 month that I had signed and they didn’t even bother telling me this. At the time I switched to this company as a double gold customer I was supposed to recive free LED lights, an appointment was maid for the footing but than subsequently cancelled by UW due to them having problems with connecting my. broadband. After over two years when they delivered the LED light bulbs I was told I have entered yet again in to 24 month contract, this is something they failed to tell me prior to delivering the LEDs. Their customer service is rude and unhelpful. They con customers by promising services they can not deliver. I had trouble with my broadband from day one and their respons was for me to pay for a better router which I did. This did not solve the problem and I was stuck for 2 years with a broadband that didn’t work. I have now switched back to sky and even though I have paid for my router with UW they want it back or I’ll incur chargers, yet again they made me believe that by paying for the router I will not have to send it back to them when I leave, guess that was a lie. I would not recommend this company to anyone. Avoid like a plague!!!!!!
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Posted 4 years ago
Utility Warehouse is rated 1.4 based on 537 reviews