Klacht: misinformation on an offer

ukdesign op 03 oktober 2018 over Essent in de categorie Energieleveranciers

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Klacht opgelost op 4 oktober 2018
Reactie van het bedrijf:

Dear ukdesign, I'm very sorry to hear that the salesrepresentative has misinformed you. This is not how we want to recruit customers. My apologies. I've notified our business department of your complaint. They will look into this and contact you...

Bedrijf Essent
Status Opgelost
Datum 3 oktober 2018

Een klant ontving een telefoontje van GLN waarin werd aangegeven dat hij recht had op een korting op zijn energietarieven als freelancer. Tijdens het gesprek werd herhaaldelijk bevestigd dat er geen verborgen gevolgen waren en dat alleen zijn huidige leverancier op de hoogte zou worden gesteld. Later bleek dat de aanbieding een overstap naar Essent inhield, wat niet eerder was vermeld.

Mijn Klacht:

I got a phone call from GLN with congratulations on starting my business and with a ‘good news’ that now I am entitled to get a discount on my energy prices. They asked about my energy supplier and said that in Netherlands every freelancer is entitled to pay less for gas and energy. They calculated my new rates to be about 20 euros lower and – being asked – confiirmed several times that there are no hidden consequences, they just contact my supplier and inform that I should get this discount. It was never stated that it includes a change of my current energy supllier to Essent. I got an email with a link where I could see the details (there was also a document but I could see only the first page, which now I think was a webside bug). It also stated that the period of duration was 5 years, but I mentioned at the begining that I am going to stay in the Netherlands only for a year – I was assured that there are no consequences if I quit the agreement before 5 years. After confiirmation of some data, the agreement on getting my ‘discount’ was said to be official and then I got an email with the full contract (which appeared to be a contract on the new energy supplier!) and it became obvious to me that I would never had agreed on that if I had this information before, and it was totally different to the information the man stated on the phone. I cannot reach anyone on the phone and have already sent an email to Essent, but with no responce.

Gewenste Oplossing:

I want the contract to be cancelled due to misinformation and the huge inconsistency between the information given on the phone and the document I received.

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Essent

Heeft op 04 oktober 2018 om 13:03 geantwoord

Geboden Oplossing:

Dear ukdesign,

I'm very sorry to hear that the salesrepresentative has misinformed you. This is not how we want to recruit customers. My apologies.

I've notified our business department of your complaint. They will look into this and contact you regarding this. They will also address this complaint to the representative's manager to ensure this doesn't happen again.

Kind regards,

Ron
Essent webcare

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Tip van onze consumentenexpert

Bij geschillen met uw energieleverancier kunt u naar de Geschillencommissie Energie. Leveranciers mogen geen onredelijke opzegboetes rekenen en moeten transparant zijn over tarieven.

Bron: ACM / Geschillencommissie Energie