How long to switch to Drive v4

  • geoffers's Avatar
    Level 37
    @pmv039 - another thing which may be of interest to you... You can change tariff internally at any time with no fee.

    I was on Drive V3, and the electricity savings on V4 (now V5) calculated to be about £7 pm for me. However the V4/5 gas tariff increase virtually wiped out the leccy savings ☹️

    So on the advice of @meldrewreborn I called C.S. who happily switched my electricity from V3 to V5, but left my gas on the cheaper V3 tariff (end dates are now different, but I can live with that 👍)
    Last edited by geoffers; 1 Week Ago at 18:39.
  • Randz's Avatar
    Level 5
    Update - I was switched to Drive v4 on Day 34. I have now requested my registered complaint is now investigated and added to it to investigate why it took so long to agree my initial reading with EDF, to allow EDF to issue their final bill. When I get a response to the complaint, I might be able to provide some "leasons learned".

    Day 15 for me so far and I think im in the same boat, one thing is clear is that the people advising don't really no what's going on which isn't unique because even with octopus I had to make their support people aware of things.

    I'm only moving my power over and I've got the half hourly data to support whatever resolution I arrive at, I'm stuck with this now as I've been lead to believe they'll sort my billing using the drive tariff.

    You'd think by now the process would be slicker than what's delivered.
  • pmv039's Avatar
    Level 5
    @Randz I agree with your assessment regarding internal communications in EON Next.

    I have also noted their tendency to delete earlier emails from a chain, which can mean they confuse themselves. Current interim update is that EON offered me financial compensation for the inconvenience caused which I accepted, but advised I still wanted the investigation for their benefit as well as future customers. I then had a series of follow-up emails that deleted my acceptance from the chain and was asked again if I would accept. To which I repeated my reply, yes to the financial but I still wanted answers. Another series of emails, my acceptance deleted and I was asked again if I would accept. I responded attaching the two earlier acceptance emails, had an apology, increased the compensation and undertaking to complete the investigation. Money is now credited to my account.

    I am amazed they are still in business.
  • geoffers's Avatar
    Level 37
    @Randz I agree with your assessment regarding internal communications in EON Next....I have also noted their tendency to delete earlier emails from a chain...
    From reading people's experience on this forum it appears that EOn's C.S system relies on messages being passed on to other team members (which often doesn't happen) and has no means of recording details of an issue, so any follow up call just starts the process again.

    Most "proper" C.S systems create a ticket number for an issue which is only closed when the issue is solved. This means the progress of an issue is fully audited, and follow ups can be easily picked up by different members of the C.S team who can see the progress of the issue.
  • pmv039's Avatar
    Level 5
    @geoffers Do you think EON monitor the Community Forum? On other large company forums you often see a CS representative stepping in and trying to save the company’s reputation. Given that a Google search for EON Drive is likely to pick-up the Forum posts, anyone thinking of switching may quite well be thinking, is the hassle worth it.
  • geoffers's Avatar
    Level 37
    @pmv039 - Yes: there are some very good EOn forum monitors/moderators here who seem to understand the shortcomings of their C.S system and will attempt to chase problems if there hasn't been a resolution.