“ I have not been happy with being charged a late fee plus a 25 dollar collection fee is not paid by the due date { mind you which is changed. If you pay the bill in full early they will give you another due date earlier. Talk to representative and requested copy of all charges for year. but statement did not include the date due. They change the date due every month just about so they can charge you a late fee plus the collection recovery fee. I sent letter of complaint to the Attorney general and better business bereau but they did not do anything about this problem. and just close the case. ”
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A Direct Energy rep came to my door yesterday, and I stupidly signed up. After I did so, I had a really bad feeling about this company, so I did a google search and read some BAD things. The following is a link to a WIKI article. I think everyone should read.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_Energy
Today I called and canceled.
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I have a habit of paying all my bills upon receipt. This company messes
up the billing on a regular basis! ”
“ My rate for this company is $0.1537/KWh very high this has been like this for the past 4 months. I pay between $400 and $475 a month I have talked to the company and they tell me that wene my acount is at $0.00 balance they can then offer me a "good rate".So I did just that. I called and direct energy told me that they can not help me because their is still a balance but the bill is not due yet. I have been with them from 2006 and I have never recived a "Good rate". DIRECT ENERGY IS NOT THE WAY TO GO!!!!!! ”
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Last month we had a young man named Nixon come up to our door to give us a sales pitch. My husband had a job like this in 2020 and since then we've taken pity on sales people and like to hear them out, even if we don't buy anything.
He gave us the pitch and it seemed interesting, but we wanted to look into it ourselves. We said multiple times "We do not want to buy anything today. We do not want to sign up right now." and he confirmed multiple times "No, this is not signing up, it's just information. Someone will contact you to follow up in a few days and if you want to sign up you do it then." We have him on camera saying this.
Well, apparently he lied!! We decided to not go forward with Direct Energy and to stick with the company we already had. It had been a week and I hadn't gotten a call so I decided to reach out and ask them to take us off their call list. Well to my surprise, the lady on the phone said I was already a customer!!!! They went behind our back and signed us up anyway without our consent!
So now we've spent the past two weeks in a dunning and I don't even know who is supplying our electricity and this is going to ROYALLY screw up our light bill and in this economy, that is not an easy thing to handle right now. So far, everyone on their end has been helpful in working with us to return us to our original contract at our old company, but the fact that Nixon lied to our faces on our own property ON CAMERA and signed us up without our knowledge or consent leaves a HORRIBLE taste in my mouth. Based on that alone, I will never sign up with Direct Energy and I will never recommend them to anyone either. They will take advantage of you to make a quick buck on commission. ”
“ Your door to door salesman came to my place in Columbus and said that my contract with you had expired not only have I never had a contract with you I called AEP to find out that I signed a bunch of things on a tablet and then I had wait on a call a vda verification thing customer service rep told me to say yes to everything well luckily I didn't say yes to the last question here's hoping I don't have to file a class action lawsuit against you if I did sign up not only did you lie to me about me being a previous customer saying that I could get money back on a surge in my billing you lied to get my service it's despicable and disgusting ”
“ Don't fall for their marketing. They tell you share with a friend and get a 50.00 Visa for you and your friend. It's been 9 months and several calls and each time they say oh yeah, we are sending you an email. Nothing shows up. You call again and they tell you the same thing. It will take 7 days for the back office to look at this. Not sure who is in the BACK office, but you are not doing your job! ”
“ For some unknown reason, when Direct Energy upgraded. They changed my plan without authorization. when i told them about they switched be back to my original plan, but would not adjust my bill. Not only that now i am unable to track my usage. ”
“ Esta compaa me ofrecio un plan promedio cuando solo tenia 3 meses en esta, y despues de 5 meses me dicen q tengo 200 dlares de deudas por el plan promedio, porq me estaban facturando ese plan teniendo en cuenta el ao anterior la persona q vivio antes de mi en el apartamento, como puede haber tanta incompetencia, si yo se lo q consumo y no es nada y las facturas super altas, algo q es imposible, me dicen q tengo tal vez escape de energa ya han revisado todo no tengo nada, son ustedes q sobre giran los consumos, ahora llamo y me dicen q deba solo 56 dolares porq pagu 72 hace 3 dias atrs y luego de ponerme en espera dicen q son 129, o sea, no se coordinan ni para mentir, te estafan tu dinero a ti q eres un simple trabajador a la cara, horrible, pides un plan q te ayude le digo Dame finales de semana gratis y me dicen q tendr q pagar 7 centavos ms a lo q pago ahora para tener finales de semanas gratis, entonces mi pregunta es: CUAL ES LA GRATUIDAD? PORQUE POR MATEMATICAS SI ME SUBES EL PRECIO ENTONCES NO ES GRATIS ESTARIA PAGANDO DE LUNES A VIERNES LO Q SEGUN ES GRATIS SABADOS Y DOMINGOS, gratuidad seria q pagando lo mismo q pago por kilowatts me das esos das gratis, si me sabes el precio de kilowatts ustedes compensan "los dias gratis " y aun hay gente q cree ahorra con estos estafadores. Maldita la hora q me cambi de compaa a ustedes. 4 aos viv en austin y jams tuve problemas con la energa ni tuve q cambiar de compaa aqui los dos 1ros meses te cobran bajo y luego te llega el golpetazo. ”
“ I am disabled vet. I was in the hospital for for heart issues, called customer service in June 2021 cause had disconnect notice. Rep said don't worry your power due to covet would not be turned off until July. 23. Got disconnect notice for July 7th, called customers service they stated listening to call after being on phone for over an hour and they said rep never said that, I might be old but I know the conversation I had with rep last month. All calls are routed out of the US so they don't hardly understand English, I have heart issues and have to have power and begged the rep just for 2 more weeks and I was denied. DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH COMPANY!!!! ”
“ They sent a sales person to my house at 9pm saying they were with my energy company and needed to see my energy bills to ensure that I was being charged correctly. I should have seen through this, but it was late and I was tired. When trying to cancel my account they hung up on me and screened my calls. Horrible company full of sneaky people, never do business with them. ”
“ I had been with Direct Energy for years and no issues. One year I missed the renewal and they doubled my gas rate. I called to have it switched back to the fixed rate. They indicated it could not be switched for a minimum of 60 days. They offered to provide me with a $75 dollar gift card but I never received the gift card. Their rate is high and it is not easy to get out of the contract without paying in excess. The customer service support team was lacking in knowledge and not helpful. Very dissatisfied with their overall service. ”
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Sold my condo,notified D.E. On my last cheque that it was sold and this was my last payment. The new owner waited 2 weeks to establish an account. You bill me for the 2 weeks. I send you lawyers documents stating completion date of sale. You continue demand me to pay someone elses bill and now put the amount out to collection for $32.
Its not the money stupid, its the principle. I have made every effort to get this straight here and am faced with a wall of collective incompetence on your part.
Do something here to improve your 2 star rating. ”
“ I've had service with them for some time, am paperless so I basically never see a bill and paid them on time during the duration. Just logged in to pay my bill like I usually do and found the bill to be $100 more than it usually was. When I called them, I was told that the rate I was under expired and the only thing they would do is offer me a $25 credit. The person I takes to told me that was "all the power she had" . I told her to please let the people that have power know that they just lost me as a customer. BYE! ”
“ When I signed up with them I asked if they had a fee for delivery of electric they said no. I get my first bill and my bill was $160 the delivery fee for the energy was another $160 so that made my bill a total of $320. I moved had to cancel service and use co op electric. I asked for a credit letter to be faxed over so I could get my power on immediately and i was told it takes them 7 -10 business days to fax a paper! Seriously? I had 2 accounts with them and never been late and they couldn't fax a paper! I had to pay a $400 deposit because they didn't fax the paper. ”
“ I was on a fixed rate plan for my house with Direct Energy. When the fixed rate contract ended I did not sign up for another fixed rate contract and was automatically shifted to market rate pricing. Over time their "Market Rate" has crept higher and higher each month. My shop, an couple hundred yards from the house, is on a market rate plan with Ambit New York. The rate charged on my February bill from Ambit is .05902. The rate from Direct Energy is .174487. Nearly 3 times higher! So, what is the true market price? Is Ambit selling power at less than market value? I doubt it. ”
“ They continuelessly call my number after warning harassment!!!! ”
“ The internet offered a fixed cost and when I received my welcome package 3 weeks later it was another price over 2000 kilowatt . I even called Direct Energy customer service to confirm fixed pricing before committing to my contract and they confirmed my fixed price . I cancelled my service and sent a email with a copy of what they advertised on the Internet . They apologized and did not charge me their cancelation charge of $150.00, but I received a very expensive bill for their bate & switch. ”
“ This has been the worst experience ever with the electric company and I had to file a complaint with the Public Utility Commission of Texas to even get an answer. Been living here for 2 months with electricity and even got a bill for a $150 deposit. But all the sudden we got shut off May 1st after we payed $300.00 March 6th then $150 April 17th. They said as of March 8th this meter was on a switch hold so we had to fax them proof we just moved in here on March 16th. At this time we was told it will take 24-48 hrs once fax was received. We waited and STILL at this very moment (5 days have pasted) we have no electricity but on May 1st at around 7:00 pm they confirmed they got the fax... Every time I called all they could say "we emailed our back office and are waiting for them to send back a response". Then when I would check up on it after a few hours they would repeat the same stuff. They say they have no other means of communication to this "back office" other than an email. For 5 days of begging, crying, and pleading with them still nothing. And when I ask them how have we had electricity for 2 months they cant tell me how cuz they don't know, but yet my meter is on a lock down due tempering as of March 8th.Today I finally got someone from there to call me back after I filed a complaint on them today just to tell me the paperwork I sent wasn't matching the county records? Well no shit we go through a "RENTAL" agency. They can't seem to understand that this is our "LANDLORDS" the people we pay rent to.... I would love to just switch company's but I need a deposit to get set up with someone else.... Direct Energy has my $450.00 ... In order to get that money back I would have to wait 4-6 weeks? I finally got them to call my Realtor so they can explain. ... I mean hell I have only told them 20 times to call the phone number on the cover sheet from the fax where it says "If there are and problems please call this number (***)***-****". I will be switching if I do ever get my electricity turned back on......... its 4:21 pm May 6th still am waiting.....ugh... ”
“ In the fall of 2012 I renewed my contract with Diret Energy and was so foolish as to believe the would actually send a Visa Gift Card for that renewal. It was promised in 3-10 weeks. Now, 4 months later I am still waiting. They say some time in the future I will get one; but, I do not belueve it! ”
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