Utility Warehouse Reviews

1.5 Rating 375 Reviews
12 %
of reviewers recommend Utility Warehouse
1.5
Based on 375 reviews
Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods
Postal Service, Courier, Own Driver
Customer Service
Communication Channels
Email, Telephone, Live Chat
Queries Resolved In
Over A Week
Customer Service
1.6 out of 5
Returns & Refunds
Refunds Process
Difficult
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Utility Warehouse 1 star review on 5th December 2023
Courtney Fisher
Utility Warehouse 1 star review on 5th December 2023
Courtney Fisher
Utility Warehouse 1 star review on 5th December 2023
Courtney Fisher
Utility Warehouse 1 star review on 5th December 2023
Courtney Fisher
Utility Warehouse 1 star review on 5th December 2023
Courtney Fisher
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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
I am just leaving UW for the second time. The first time we left because they totally messed up a house move. We were reluctant to go with them again but at the height of the energy crisis they were marginally better value on a non fixed deal than anywhere else. We took out utilities and cashback card only so weren’t eligible for a fixed price deal (they’ll try to trap you into extra services with that one). I recently noticed that we were £1200 in credit. It took 2 weeks of backwards and forwards with customer service to sort that one out and they used every moronic excuse they could to delay repaying us. Whilst I was having that argument, our cashback card stopped working for online purchases which means our food shopping. We had just loaded it up with £1000 and couldn’t access to buy our food shops. I spent hours on the phone being given incorrect information and was told it was Tesco’s problem and that I couldn’t withdraw money in time to pay on our usual account. This happened 2 weeks in a row and we finally cancelled our contract and found a supplier on a fixed contract paying over £100 less per month. I am still arguing with UW 2 months later and one of them just put the phone down on me whilst I was trying to sort out the litany of incorrect advice, lies and false assurances that are putting my credit score at risk. I don’t care how much cheaper they seem - we will never use them again. Please excuse me whilst I go back to trying to work out their impenetrable bills AGAIN. I can’t wait to delete the app (suspect another few years and it’ll all be sorted).
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Posted 5 months ago
They are stealing money from my mum. Her insurance company canceled the policy, provided by UW. In the UW policy it states that if the customer cancels they will have to continue paying until the policy ends. In this case the customer did not cancel, the company did. Yet they continue to take her money. Even after several complaints. She is listed on their system as vulnerable. They tried to plicate her with £32. Disgusting. Avoid Avoid Avoid
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Posted 5 months ago
I made the mistake of having a full package with my property. Absolutely shocking company will never use them again. Worst company out there! The amount of stress this company has caused me from mistakes they made and I took months to rectify them. AVOID AVOID AVOID
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Posted 5 months ago
We have UW for electricity since our last supplier went bust, so we decided to get their boiler cover! Took us 3 months to actually get them to get an engineer for our so called Boiler service, in their policy wording it states Free Annual boiler service, that is the misleading part! What you actually get is a gas safety check, which is not a boiler service, but they say they are in ofgem guidelines and that is legal!! I would have thought that would come under miss selling at least so now we have to pay for someone to service the boiler, They won't be getting our money for their garbage next year
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Posted 5 months ago
Agent called today cold calling promising cheaper energy quotes and wife who is vulnerable fell for it made no mention of having to but broadband and mobile as well .he didn't even check about current contracts. So now on phone wanting to cancel no joy.YOUR STAFF HAVE A LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY TO PUT FACTS IN FRONT OF SUPPOSEDLY NEW CUSTOMERS .POINT KNE OUR TARRIFF IS CHEAPER THAN YOURS NOW .SO WHY CHANGE.WE NOW FACE OVER 1000£ IN EXIT FEES FROM 2 MOBILE CONTRACTS AND A BROADBAND. BUT LIGHT AT END OF TUNNEL ITS NOT GOING LIVE TILL NEXT MONDSY SO LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING LEFT IN DARK NO BROADBAND .BUT DID THE AGENT MENTION ANY OF THIS NO. BUT WHAT DOES HE CARE HE GOT HIS COMMISSION. AND LEFT A VULNERABLE CUSTOMER IN DANGER
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Posted 5 months ago
Stay well away. It's the most dysfunctional mess of a company I've ever had to deal with. Having to take them to court to get raise them into action.
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Posted 5 months ago
Never had a problem , customer service polite and helpful.
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Posted 6 months ago
Did not cancel additional services when cancelled main services. Make it very difficult to cancel bu saying its a different type of service then try to get around not cancelling. Company is a Multi level marketing company (read pyramid scheme) Avoid at all costs
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Posted 6 months ago
Awful customer service. Claim to be the ‘cheapest’ energy supplier. Whilst that may or may not be true, they recoup those savings through underhand and fraudulent means. I supposedly cancelled all services months ago, but still get a bill every month for a sim I don’t use despite calling several times. Incompetent charlatans to avoid at all costs.
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Posted 6 months ago
I had been a UW customer for a number of years, but this year after I moved house they really dropped the ball. Ignoring my initial readings, they went with the unbelievably high readings that the previous supplier gave them - resulting in an electricity bill for £195 for June - the height of summer when barely anything was switched on!! I switch to Octopus, and they straight away noticed that something was way off, and enter a dispute with UW - who are now refusing to accept Octopus' proposed opening readings, as they are lower than the ones UW started my account with (as they would be)! Never again.
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Posted 6 months ago
I am 78 and deaf. Really deaf, not just ‘hard of hearing’ I cannot sign. I am unable to use a phone. My only communication with this company is by email, or live chat, seemingly manned by robots. They can text me when it suits them. . They offer a two day wait for any response, emergency or otherwise, once you can navigate round the ever decreasing circles their website sends you on. I live alone, my recently serviced boiler needs attention urgently, as it’s not responding to the controls. I emailed yesterday, explaining my problem.. their usual email response, two days etc etc. This isn’t good enough.
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Posted 6 months ago
If I could I would give them a - 0. Everything is wrong with this company...unbelievable they have awards for customer service!!! what customer service? in my experience most of them are downright liars, I was told lie after lie, promise after promise for nearly a year and NOTHING was resolved. I have just won compensation after complaining to the ombudsman. the very worst company I have had the misfortune to deal with. AVOID AVOID AVOID
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Posted 6 months ago
We have been with UW for many years and no problems (or so we thought) until we moved house 17 months ago and asked for a smart meter to be installed immediately! Our 1st bill was £269 over £100 Gas I tried to explain we had no boiler for 3 weeks so had no gas! But paid the bill and asked again for a smart meter again, our bills from then ranged from £350 to over £600 one month, after asking several times for a smart meter to prove we were not using what you were charging us, five months ago I questioned the bill for the umpteenth time and said I would NOT be paying another bill until we had a smart meter installed! Within 2 weeks our smart meter was installed. Well that just proved what we were using! We haven’t spent more that £80 per month since it was installed. So tried again and contacted yourselves saying what we had said numerous times before that we were not using what we were paying for, in June alone it was just under £500? But was told nothing will be refunded as our meter said we used it? So frustrating they have given us no support or help with this issue, we will be forwarding our bills to the ombudsman for support, and will then be changing our supplier! They have given us no choice! Our notes tell them every time I have queried our bill, it is so much money we are out of pocket. NOT A RECOMMENDED ENERGY SUPPLIER
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Posted 6 months ago
The company are trying to charge me for gas that was cut off at the street. They are incompetent liars who should be forced out of business. Of course I’m stuck in debt with them : standard tactic. Perhaps they need to send more reps on holiday. Avoid avoid avoid
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Posted 6 months ago
"Despite a rocky start, my journey with Utility Warehouse began with optimism in January. The promise of streamlined electricity and broadband services bundled at £129 a month was enticing. However, my initial bill was shockingly high, overcharging me hundreds of pounds for a mere 13 days of electricity. Even with a smart meter, the estimated rates persisted, demanding an unreasonable £400 monthly. Frustration grew as my efforts to resolve the issue were met with unsatisfactory responses, leading me to seek the intervention of the ombudsman. While the ombudsman set a resolution deadline, Utility Warehouse unfortunately failed to meet it, leaving me frustrated. Although my experience has been challenging, I remain hopeful for a positive resolution in the future. Save yourselves the bother and do not sign up with this company.
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Posted 6 months ago
The experience is the worst I have ever had. The UW seller who was introducing me their offer ensured me that they would sort out the switch from my other suppliers - energy, gas and broadband without me having to do anything like contacting them and cancelling my contracts. And UW did nothing! The result was that my previous suppliers kept sending me blls and charging for the period I wasn't using their services anymore as been taken over by UW. So they are absolute cheaters, didn't do what they had promised and caused extra costs to me. When I was investigating they told me that with broadband they don't send any notification to the previous supplier because once they had taken over the landline it is the sign for the previous company that their service finished, when I contacted the previous supplier IT appeared that the landline hasn't been taken over, that installed the news landline and didn't notify the previous supplier at all. As that company required notification and cancellation of the contract with appropriate time so this promised wasn't kept at all, moreover I was misleaded by them that caused additional fees for me and lost plenty of time on phonecalls. The other thing gas- they ensured IT will be taken over however IT appeared that it wasn't. And they calxilated my bills for everythong incouding gas and finally charging me more event excluding the gas.
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Posted 6 months ago
I was about to sign up but the call operator put me right off, very bad attitude, talking down to me and trying to bully me into paying for more than what I’d use. Shan’t be bothering now
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Posted 6 months ago
AVOID AT ALL COST! Took money for a service they didn't provide..! The most DisOrganjsed and Fraudulent company if have Ever Experienced! You have been WARNED!!!
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Posted 7 months ago
Rubbish .. income protection an absolute joke ..
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Posted 7 months ago
Never go with this company. They have the worst customer service I have ever experienced. It was impossible to resolve any issue. They said on the phone they had closed my account several times and I continued to get charged for not using anything. Was laughed at on the phone by customer service who were incompetent at best. Was told to close my account I had to speak to 3 different teams and wait on hold for hours. These were electric team, phone team and insurance team. I still haven’t resolved my issue as I ran out of time and they closed and have been losing so much money as a result of this whilst paying a new provider as well. I would never recommend this company to anyone.
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Posted 7 months ago
Utility Warehouse is rated 1.5 based on 375 reviews