Meter Registration Service ???!!!

Hi guys, I really really wish I had seen this thread last week!

It's exactly the same story, opened a new business. I had set up a contract with Scottish Power 3 weeks previously, but on the first day of trading I was inundated with calls from Meter REgistration, Commercial Energy etc- must have had about 20 calls a day for the first few days:(.

Eventually I contacted sCottish Power (at least I thought I did- am uncertain as to how what happened next happened!) who told me they couldn't supply me as the previous teneant had left owing money, but they would direct me to their "sister" company, EON.
This was news to me, but I needed to make the calls stop, and I was assured that they would "sort it out" and the calls woul;d then stop. The rates they quoted were actualy cheaper, so I was happy enough to go ahead. Until I spoke to "Matthew" who contradicted himself several times, and told me that SCottish Power had "lied" to me! That he couldn't tell me how much I would be paying etc. He was so clueless that I asked to speak to someone else (not something I usually do) Someone else then came on and I DID agree to the change but ONLY because I thought I had no option.

Several phone calls from them later, I realised that something was not right. I was repeatedly lied to, told that they were phoning from EON, then trying to offer me NPower rates etc. At this point I phoned Scottish Power again, and told them the whole story, reset a contract with them, and hoped the thing was done and dusted.

Since then, I have still had phone calls - now they phone saying they are from scottish power, that there is a problem etc etc, and offering me rates from other people. I am shocked that they can lie so blatantly to try to get details from me- is this legal?? I have written to the Energy Ombudsman, but I see here that they are unlikely to be any help. Who else should I contact about these practices? The last guy who phoned actually told me that Scottish power were going into receivership that very day, and being taken over by EON!!! He hung up after I mentioned the flock of pigs flying past my window that very day, but it unsettles me that they can lie so blatantly. I will contact Scottish Power tomorrow, and insist that on no account do I want to move suppliers.

The whole experience has left me very unsettled and shaken. This is my first business, and I cant just not answer calls, as I am a vet and need to be available. Any prospective clients would have been unable to get through, however, as these guys were calling me up to 20 or 30 times a day initially :mad:. I think this is a totally reprehensible practice on their part, and I really want something done about these prats. the level of harrassment is unbelievable, and they are intimidating and bullying as well. I really didn't need this- things are stressful enough when you are starting a new business . They are scum, purely and simply, picking on people they know to be vulnerable. I have now told my staff to tell them I have been abducted by aliens when they next call- more believable than the stories they are telling me.

There must be some way to stop this.

had a call from a guy called joseph saying he was calling from a company called utilities registration board got his direct line number and main switchboard number searched both but his direct line came up with a bank in manchester obviously a broker he was plugging a business name opus. i rang my landlord when i got off the phone with joseph as a suspected something not right he confirmed that it was a con as he had it when he started his business. so look out
Danny
Bricknells sweets

UPDATE: Spoke to this MARIE woman, she said there was no contract in place and she had spoken to Craig at Opus, spoke to Ian at Opus and he said there was no Craig except the person next to him who does not deal with that side of things, and that there IS a contract in place!!!

Aaaargh!!!!!

Can anyone help me?

I have unfortunately got into a verbally agreed contract with opus through the meter registration service. Wish I had read this sooner!

However I have managed to find when tring to find the current supplier that they seem to be trying to connect it to my neighbours business premises and not mine, I haven't been able to give a meter number as I couldn't find one.

I have asked my neighbour to call his supplier to get them to reject the change over.
Will this work....?
I can not believe how stressful this is, and how these people can lie and mislead.

I have complained to opus but have to wait for the appropriate team to listen to the recording