Smart Meters? Not very smart E.ON!!!

  • jonnywobbles's Avatar
    Level 1
    So the saga of my gas smart meter not sending readings continues!
    1. Initially, E.ON came and mistakenly replaced my serviceable Electricity smart meter instead of the unserviceable gas one, but would not replace the gas meter. Multiple calls and emails etc.
    2. This new type would not communicate with the old gas meter (which was faulty anyway) and E.ON then after cancelling two home visits advised the job needed a specialist technician which they did not employ and closed the case!
    3. Eventually after persuading the specialists that all I needed was a new gas smart meter (as fitted everyday by E.ON), they sent another engineer that then advised that he couldn't replace the gas meter as my gas and electricity accounts were not linked! Even though I have always had a dual fuel from E.ON and N-Power before them. And that I had to contact Customer Services to get the accounts linked. It should be noted that this would not fix the issue as I still need a new gas meter!
    4. This I did nearly a month ago and have not received any reply.

    To say that the service and support from E.ON is atrocious is an understatement! It just seems that no one there seems to know what they are doing and no one is prepared to take responsibility and sort out the issue!

    I must admit I've just about given up - life is too short!
  • 4 Replies

  • JoeSoap's Avatar
    Level 91
    @jonnywobbles

    Sorry you've had such trouble. As you have been dealing with customer service I don't think any of us here can help but now this has been bumped to the top of the pile you may get some advice.
    I'm an Eon Next dual fuel customer with no particular expertise but have some time on my hands that I am using to try and help out a bit.
  • Awyatt62's Avatar
    Level 1
    @jonnywobbles

    Sorry you've had such trouble. As you have been dealing with customer service I don't think any of us here can help but now this has been bumped to the top of the pile you may get some advice.
    I would hope that in more than a month since his post, the issue has been resolved!
  • JoeSoap's Avatar
    Level 91
    @Awyatt62

    You may be right but we had a backlog of Questions to Answer going back 18 months. Eon Next staff requested we reply to them so that’s what we did.

    We are up-to-date now but you may see some other old questions we have attended to. Please feel free to comment if you are able to help in any way.
  • Frassle's Avatar
    Level 6
    I would hope that in more than a month since his post, the issue has been resolved!
    Really, I requested a change of tariffs on 9 sep. still waiting.
    I have emails going back 2 months for which there has been nil response.
    Phone calls don’t work either. Wait 2 hours in the queue to be patronised and ignored.
    Eon do not move quickly, if at all.
    It would be quicker changing supplier and asking them to change your gas meter.