1,452 Customer Reviews over 37 pages
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- Herne Bay
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- Shell Energy
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- 2021-11-16
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The broadband speeds have never matched those that I signed up for, never even reaching the lower end of the range. Since beginning of October I am sometimes operating on less than 1Mbs. Customer service take more than a week to respond and the chat service can't intervene with an open complaint. Six weeks of seriously substandard service, although, of course, they do regularly take the monthly subscription. Shocking, do not touch this company!
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- Kent
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- Shell Energy
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- 2022-02-15
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Initially the speed and reliability were as expected but after three months both dropped dramatically. On occasions the speed was below 1Mb. It is almost impossible to contact Shell Customer Service, unless you want to wait hours on the telephone or on their Chat service. It took 3 months for them to resolve the issue (problem with Openreach apparently) during which time I had to continue paying the full monthly fee on the promise of reparation on resolution. I have now been waiting two months for my "Goodwill gesture" whilst they try and charge me for engineer visits that never happened. After all of this, they insist that I pay my bill and await a refund or I will incur late payment charges. I have decided to end my contract early but now they want me to pay an early exit fee. DO NOT TOUCH THIS COMPANY!!!
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- goodier-webb
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- Shell Energy
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- 2022-07-16
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If I could leave no stars I would. Please avoid this company, I wish id have known just how awful they were but I thought being owned by Shell they would be trustworthy. They are unprofessional incompetent and worst of all unscrupulous. You anyone but SHELL ENERGY
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- BOGNOR REGIS
- Reviewing
- Shell Energy
- Date
- 2022-07-29
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Such a bad costumer service ,such a bad experience i had with shell just in 4 days never more .they are not trustworthy.
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- Godalming
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- Shell Energy
- Date
- 2022-08-29
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Utterly shocking service, reliability and speed in this day and age. I might as well post letters and visit the flicks to stay in touch with society
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- Bracknell
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- Shell Energy
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- 2023-12-14
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My broadband keeps flickering on a regular basis and the internet obviously fails, harming me on my work. I have made several videos of this, every time it happened.
Still, because I believe this issue can be sorted, I called them to move my existing broadband to a new home and I was told by Mr Loyd, that it can’t be done and I was given an increased price, for a new contract.
I was told that the present contract on this property will keep active but under a different name, I did NOT even give authorisation for this be made and I am the accountant holder!
Mr Loyd made me wait for a long time when I asked to speak to his supervisor, asking me what I wanted to talk to him about.
At the end I was also told he was not able to book a “call back” with his supervisor.
What a fantastic person Shell or now Octpus has working for them!
Customer service, ZERO!
I am not sure that anyone reads this real life and honest reviews, but it feels like companies do whatever they want with their customers and nobody defends them.
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- Ayrshire Scotland
- Reviewing
- Shell Energy
- Date
- 2023-07-31
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TOOK ADVANTAGE OF A VULNERABLE MAN WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES !
Inhumane and unethical practices - customer didn’t understand his basic Sufi would be DOUBLED in price per month at his new address - and even when family intervened and sent medical evidence that he wasn’t capable of understanding - they refused to release him from 18mths of paying a monthly DD he couldn’t afford - for a service/speed he didn’t need - during a cost of living crisis!
A decision they will regret commercially and from a reputational perspective as it’s about to hit every newspaper and online review site in the U.K.!
Avoid like the plague - appalling !
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- Kenilworth
- Reviewing
- Shell Energy
- Date
- 2022-04-12
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Took 3 individual engineers visits 2 set up broadband morning 8 to 12 apointment came at 4pm 3 weeks later phone still out of service. Takes min 30mins before they answer HELP line very poor
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- UK
- Reviewing
- Shell Energy
- Date
- 2023-07-30
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Absolute waste of money - used ti get 12/13 mbps now 4.5 if we're lucky. I'm cancelling my DD - will fight for early cancellation due to rubbish service
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- Middlesbrough
- Reviewing
- Shell Energy
- Date
- 2021-08-10
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Would,nt have it if it was FREE - TOTAL ****
Ran by kids who laugh when you complain after 30 mins wait on phone, How do these idiots get a licence to trade ???
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- West london
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- Shell Energy
- Date
- 2022-06-27
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Became a unfortunate customer when mypostoffice broadband was taken over by shell energy. Since then, my broadband speed has halved.
Shell energy has prooved to be impossible to contact by phone and they do not respond to emails
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- Wirral
- Reviewing
- Shell Energy
- Date
- 2022-09-09
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I was a p/o customer originally and was more than happy then shell took over oh dear you wait 1 1/2 hours to speak to someone if you ask to speak to a manager you get told it will take 72 hrs for them to ring you and they don’t I had no internet for two weeks was finally offered a free month but surprise surprise they have taken payment I have been constantly and consistently lied too about everything to do with there service if anybody thinking off joining it’s worth paying extra to get a reputable provider I am looking around for good deals on full fibre and it certainly won’t be these jokers
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- Gaskell
- Reviewing
- Shell Energy
- Date
- 2023-05-28
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His can you justify a 2 day wait to get my dads phone line back working when he relies on a care line package due to his frail health conditions
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- Southport
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- Shell Energy
- Date
- 2022-04-21
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What a complete joke this fibre plus broardband,keeps buffering, unreliable and customer service,what service.constantley put on hold and the tech team won't fix the problems.find a better company who have great service,reviews on here tell the same story rubbish and very slow broardband.
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- Reading
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- Shell Energy
- Date
- 2022-03-09
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Interesting to read the comments on here that reflect my own experience. Several years with PO Broadband with no problems. Now Shell have taken over and a few months later I am suddenly having intermittent speed problems - my normal speed is 35Mb/s but it is dropping to about 0.2Mb/s.
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- Bridgwater
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- Shell Energy
- Date
- 2022-03-12
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In all my business life Shell Broadband is the worst company that I have ever had the misfortune to deal with. Ex Post Office customer and well satisfied with them. Shell took over and no e-mail for 6 days. Put on hold for over an hour after spending 30 minutes getting through. AVOID THIS OUTFIT!
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- Sy111jd
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- Shell Energy
- Date
- 2022-03-18
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Warning du not go with shell I was left with no internet for four weeks that du not answer e mails or letters it cost me over forget pounds in phone calls it takes forte minestrone to get to talk to a person and then nothing is sorted, it cost me sixty five pounds to canceller the contract an over forte pounds in phone calls I’ve now moved to talk talk the fault was on my phone line that soted it out strate away this is a lot of money for a pensuner
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- Hampshire
- Reviewing
- Shell Energy
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- 2021-07-16
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I recently left Shell Broadband having completed the minimum term on the contract and have just received a threatening email telling me to return my router or face a £35 charge. I never wanted their damned router in the first place as I have my own far superior router and have not kept their useless piece of junk. Now they want me to pay for the POS!
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- Rainham, Essex
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- Shell Energy
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- 2019-02-21
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I don't believe that First Utility have the technical capability or business acumen to offer a broadband service. They fail miserably on aspects of delivery and support. They should be avoided at all costs. I would also add that no organisation that I am aware of can take so much negative reports without attempting to even investigate the criticism. I firmly believe that we have been conned.
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- essex
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- Shell Energy
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- 2019-12-17
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SHELL HAVE NO STAFF ITS ALL CALL CENTRE AND YOU PAY PER MINUTE TO SPEAK TO THEM, AVOID AS ITS A SCAM!
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- Looe
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- Shell Energy
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- 2023-03-08
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Shell took over from Post Office broadband. Since then the internet service has got worse and worse. The speeds are terrible and the connection keeps going down. Last straw was when they suspended my account by mistake and admitted it had been their fault. Now raising prices at an inflation busting rate. Avoid
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- Stratford on Avon
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- Shell Energy
- Date
- 2021-10-01
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What a shambles. So I was suppsoed to be switched over on Tuesday from my old provider. By midnight no internet service. The phone line had switched to make calls only. After multiple inept customer services calls I got through to someone who actually knew what they were talking about. My switch has been put in a 'queue' with Openreach and the earliest I will be connected is 1 week later. Thanks Shell Energy, I'm without internet for over a week in a rural area with poor mobile coverage too. Steer clear everyone. They don't know what they're doing.
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- Huntingdon
- Reviewing
- Shell Energy
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- 2018-02-10
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Trying to connect to the internet is terrible, It has taken just over three hours today and has just dropped out again after 15 minutes, don't know when I will be able to get reconnected. Only been with this company for two weeks, but not for much longer. Must read reviews on other suppliers.
Warning don't use this company, it will drive you doolally very rapidly rapidly.
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- romford
- Reviewing
- Shell Energy
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- 2022-11-17
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this has got to be the worst company i have ever had the misfortune to get involved with i suggest if anybody from shell ring you hang up i have spent months of phone call sorting out a bill that I don't have DONOT TALK TO THEM AT ALL
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- London
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- Shell Energy
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- 2019-04-30
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I have had First Utility for energy and broadband and have never experienced such a poor service from broadband. The ideal situation for me was to have all services from one supplier so I was happy to sign up for broadband when it became available. I have now changed energy supplier because of the association with broadband being so shoddy, and can't wait for the contract to end so that I can switch broadband as well. My previous broadband speed was 12Mbps and when I was quoted an average speed of 11Mbps I accepted that because of the aforementioned convenience with energy. In reality I have never received 11Mps and because of failures to connect devices I started monitoring line speeds. The maximum speed measured was 7Mbps but more often than not this was around 4 or 5. Sometimes it is not possible to connect at all. Constant reports to the service line have not made any difference to the service even after telling them that previous suppliers have had no problems in the feed. I do not know what difference Shell will make to the services but on what I have experienced I would recommend that any prospective customer look very carefully at the provision and try to get some assurances before signing up. Thankfully my contract expires in June and I will be looking for a proper broadband service.
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- Essex
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- Shell Energy
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- 2018-12-20
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Appalling broad band service struggles to get 6Mbps off peak time and no more than one device can reliably connect at any time. Constant calls to customer service were totally waste of time and resulted in being told that the welcome email warned me that average speeds could be this low. I have complained to the watchdog authority and to the Ombudsman as I believe that they are mis selling their service. STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY IF YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOOD FOR YOU
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- Heysham lancs
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- Shell Energy
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- 2024-01-17
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We have been with shell,for several years.
Each year there is a price rise, which is ok.
However to stay with them you need to call them,this is just ridiculous as everything else is done online.
Even though they claim to have rang you on both home and mobile phones,also emailed us.
Complete lies.
This year, was fed up,changed for a better deal without a landline, suggest you do the same.
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- Hebburn , Tyne and Wear
- Reviewing
- Shell Energy
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- 2019-10-26
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- BURNLEY
- Reviewing
- Shell Energy
- Date
- 2023-03-16
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Spend most mornings with the broadband dropping out and reconnecting now evenings are getting as bad.very poor overall made a big mistake moving from talktalk
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- Suffolk
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- Shell Energy
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- 2022-03-27
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I was a Post Office customer and migrated to Shell. Since then I too am unable to receive incoming calls on the landline. I can make calls and the broadband works. I have tried to call the call centre. When I did get through they did a test and said that they would call back ! How, the landline is unable to take incoming calls ? The Asian call centre reading from a script was unable to comprehend the issue. I have had no incoming calls for a week now. I have tried to contact them again but with o success. The only answer is to jump ship to another provider, which I have done. This prompted the only email response I have had from Shell to state that I may not be able to keep my phone number. Nice bit of PR Shell you muppets.
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- Windsor
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- Shell Energy
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- 2022-11-28
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New customer that never managed to get the router to connect and the line to work. Spent in total 4 hours on the phone going through some technical checkups. Arranged twice for someone to come out to the property but nobody bothered turning up[...Basically a waste of time money and effort....The hours arranged for someone to be home is impractical. Left work to wait home for your people not turning up to fix the problem is unprofessional and just downright rude!!! Strongly recommend prospective customers to stay away from you lot like the plague!!
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- Rutland
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- Shell Energy
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- 2017-10-28
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I have never received the speed I understood I was sold for. I plugged my laptop directly to the router by cable connection. I used the Watchdog Broadband check while talking to customer services. I was then asked to provide speed data over 3 days. This I did but they say the speed checker I used is not valid! I believe Watchdog from the BBC must be acceptable. I will change provider as soon as my contract expires.....
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- WATERLOOVILLE
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- Shell Energy
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- 2022-03-04
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Just been on the phone for 44 minutes listening to the worst music I've ever heard,I called the cancellation phone number, got through eventually and was told that he could not cancel my contract had to speak to another person who has or theorisation, this was Friday 4.30pm they don't close until 8pm but I was told someone would phone me on Monday, what crap service
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- LLandudno
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- Shell Energy
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- 2023-06-17
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Very unreliable at times. Customer service absolutely terrible. I eventually left for a better provider and had a terrible time trying to get a final bill. Many phone calls where they had told me I hadn’t returned the router (I had) and several final bills which included charge for non return of router. I asked several times for correct bill and they eventually without warning referred me to collections agency. I called the agency immediately and they had the correct amount which I paid over the telephone immediately. Avoid this company Poor Broadband and extremely poor customer service.
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- West Sussex
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- Shell Energy
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- 2020-08-28
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I have met some real bad customer service over the years. But even the worst come a very poor second to this bunch of clowns. If you ever get a problem you can rely on them not to sort it out.
The only thing they can do is take your money
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- London
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- Shell Energy
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- 2022-11-27
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Totally disorganised. Issued me a bill for £35, then a reminder and finally referred me to their debt collector over non return of a router. I had returned it, had the proof, and repeatedly told them I'd returned it. Never again.
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- Braintree
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- Shell Energy
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- 2022-04-21
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They don't reply to emails or complaints about end of service queries. Sent me a bill which I can't see, as account closed. They won't confirm receipt of router retained. They won't answer a query on the bill. The CEO has failed to help.
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- London
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- Shell Energy
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- 2018-06-12
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Switched from talk talk as they kept upping my bill and I already have duel fuel with first utility no problems very smooth switch no problems encountered happy
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- Lympne
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- Shell Energy
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- 2019-08-29
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Do not use Shell Energy, moved house and was told that they were best provider in area. Advised them not to send router until after we had moved in on 19th July, they sent a week before to an empty house. Broadband and phone meant to go live on 22nd July, no phone until 31st July and Broadband went live on 12th August after many calls. Broadband speed expected to be slow but is even slower than advised at 240k average. Called to cancel service once realised how slow it was to be told that there was a £120 charge to get out of contract early despite being within 14 days of service actually going live. They don't do 14 day back out apparently! Absolute rubbish company, don't go near them.
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- Wiltshire
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- Shell Energy
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- 2022-03-24
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Absolutely awful services!
Before agreeing for the contract I asked them if later I'll change my address if possible to move my broadband too and they said yes. While I was at the first address problems every few days, the modem wouldn't connect. When contacting them they were asking me to follow some stupid steps every single time and with the same result: no connection. I'm an engineer and networking isn't a secret for me and I can troubleshoot a network connection. Very disappointed. Then I moved to Salisbury from Swansea. Here they refused to install the broadband saying that the address doesn't look available. I went for another broadband network, but had to pay for Shell Broadband many months for no service at all. I asked them to interrupt the contract, since they couldn't hold their word to install the broadband connection to a new address. I paid everything, even paid 35£ for the modem. Then I'm seeing on my credit report that they reported that I didn't paid my bills at them. I never missed a payment on my history, but they reported me that I didn't pay my bill?
Absolutely disgusting!
Now I'm at BT and, don't know about others, but they don't compare. Stay away from Shell Broadband!
It was a mistake in which I got because of their better prices and promised speeds. Lies! I wasn't even getting, when the line was connected, more than 30-40%. They were like it's my fault, my location.
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