Moving to the Drive Tariff

  • Tradingbubble's Avatar
    Level 1
    I am becoming increasingly concerned about the lack of communication regarding moving to the Drive tariff, which is the tariff I chose during the switch application. All communication has been from me and three weeks in, no news on when I will be likely to move to the tariff. Furthermore, yesterday, when I contacted Eon on WhatsApp, I was told that my old supplier is at fault for Eon not moving me onto the Drive tariff, because they have not sent Eon and change of supplier reading!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have never in my 30 years of being a serial switcher heard of a previous supplier providing a reading when customer switching. It is always the new supplier sending the reading to the old supplier and every energy company tells me this. Also, why would this prevent Eon changing my tariff? There issues which may do so but I have not been told that those are the case. Frustrated. WhatsApp CSA opened a complaint for me yesterday so I will wait and see what happens but there seems to be no logic.

    Edit: I eventually got moved on to the Next Drive on the 30th day after switching. However, I did not get any communication that this had happened and only realised when I checked my account, but on that day I also got an email to say the delay was due to my meter not sending data, although 3rd party apps had my full usage data and eon has my data now. It seems some new customers have a message on their account to say ‘waiting to switch to drive tariff’, whilst others, like me, have no tariff assigned and no message on the app and no emails either stating what is happening, leaving them totally in the dark. Even after telephoning and asking to switch to the newer version of the tariff, which has different rates, I was not made aware that the new tariff had gone live on my account. I think the lack of communication about what is happening causes the frustration of customers, along with the fact that some customers seem to switch to eon and be moved onto the other tariff within a week. If there was consistency or explanation it may help prevent the frustrations of its customers.
    Last edited by Tradingbubble; 1 Hour Ago at 12:58. Reason: Update of situation.
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    Poppy_EONNext's Avatar
    Level 18
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    Hi @Tradingbubble, Welcome to the community!

    I am sorry to hear of the issues you have had with switching to the EV tariff! I'm just checking in to see if you were able to get this sorted? if so we would love it if you could pop back and let us know how it all went, it will help others that may also be in the same situation 🙂
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  • meldrewreborn's Avatar
    Level 91
    When I switched my gas from EDF to Eon Next recently, EDF closed my account with an estimated reading , which was a significant over estimate. Nonetheless Eon Next accepted it and for 2+ months my actual readings were below the starting figure. On the third month Eon next gave me a credit to put things right.

    It might be that things have changed!
    Current Eon Next customer, ex EDF, Zog and Symbio. Don't think dual fuel saves money and don't like smart meters. Chronologically Gifted. If I offend let me know by private message, but I’ll continue to express my opinions nonetheless.
  • PatE's Avatar
    Level 1
    @Tradingbubble
    Similar experience, I signed up to the EV tariff for a move from EDF to Eon. Two weeks later, I'm still on the Next Flex paying over the odds for overnight charging. They have chucked £30 into the account as a goodwill gesture but I'm now starting to go beyond that as a loss.
  • Tradingbubble's Avatar
    Level 1
    @PatE I understand they need to ensure they have the half hourly data from our meters to be able to charge up properly. I was on a half hourly tariff with previous provided where I move to from Eon last June. I was on that tariff within 2 days because they were reading my meter fine. Eon had no issues reading my meter last year when I moved to them so not sure what changed.

    I sincerely hope you get on the tariff soon or have some understanding of why.