Toto energy massive price increase

h1ubs

Hengus wrote: »

PS Cancelling your DD Mandate can give some suppliers a problem as this is the mechanism that they use to refund your credit.

I switched away from TOTO on 12th Jan and was tempted to cancel the DD Mandate but didn't because I knew I was in credit and didn't want to jeopardise a refund. Of course now I wish I had, because sure enough TOTO took their usual £88 on 29th Jan. They now owe me well over £100. They have not responded to my emails and despite getting some communication with assurances via live chat, still no final bill or refund. In fact I've never had a bill since joining them in April. The only reason I know I'm in credit is by doing the maths myself.

They are absolutely the worst company I've ever had the misfortune to have dealings with!

System

h1ubs wrote: »

I switched away from TOTO on 12th Jan and was tempted to cancel the DD Mandate but didn't because I knew I was in credit and didn't want to jeopardise a refund. Of course now I wish I had, because sure enough TOTO took their usual £88 on 29th Jan. They now owe me well over £100. They have not responded to my emails and despite getting some communication with assurances via live chat, still no final bill or refund. In fact I've never had a bill since joining them in April. The only reason I know I'm in credit is by doing the maths myself.

They are absolutely the worst company I've ever had the misfortune to have dealings with!

Give them up until the 6 week deadline and then raise a written complaint. Some suppliers will respond by saying that they have not been given verified closing meter readings. If your new online account has been set up, then the meter readings have been verified. Contact your gaining supplier and ask them to send them again.

Cornish_Dave

Not cancelling your direct debit can also cause you problems with Toto! The day after my contract had finished they debited in excess of £121 well in excess of my monthly payment. On the same date in January a month after I had left the took another £121! I spoke to my bank who took both debits back. After lots of e mails Toto say I am owed just over £26 a figure I agree with. They have promised they will action this - we shall see!!

Theta101

IIf you applied to switch on the 28 December, then the actual transfer of supply can take anything from 17 to 35 days (35 days is the maximum allowed under the terms of a Supply Licence).

Sorry I didn't make it clear. I applied to switch to SSE on 6-Dec-2017 via MoneySuperMarket.
SSE informed me the switch was completed on 28-Dec-2017.
TOTO have NEVER given me ANY bill.

I will contact my Bank and try to get the last DD refunded.

I switched away from TOTO on 12th Jan and was tempted to cancel the DD Mandate but didn't because I knew I was in credit and didn't want to jeopardise a refund. Of course now I wish I had, because sure enough TOTO took their usual £88 on 29th Jan. They now owe me well over £100. They have not responded to my emails and despite getting some communication with assurances via live chat, still no final bill or refund. In fact I've never had a bill since joining them in April. The only reason I know I'm in credit is by doing the maths myself.

They are absolutely the worst company I've ever had the misfortune to have dealings with!

Just as I thought would happen to me.

All this fuss has certainly put me off switching to one of the smaller energy suppliers, just not worth the effort.

System

Theta101 wrote: »

All this fuss has certainly put me off switching to one of the smaller energy suppliers, just not worth the effort.

In my opinion, you are making a very big mistake if you believe that small suppliers are bad and big suppliers good. There are some very good small to medium suppliers: for example, I would rate Zog; Bulb; Octopus and Powershop as suppliers whose billing systems and customer service are amongst the best in the sector. Equally, I can think of Big 6 suppliers that have led me a merry dance.

ASavvyBuyer

Hengus wrote: »

In my opinion, you are making a very big mistake if you believe that small suppliers are bad and big suppliers good. There are some very good small to medium suppliers: for example, I would rate Zog; Bulb; Octopus and Powershop as suppliers whose billing systems and customer service are amongst the best in the sector. Equally, I can think of Big 6 suppliers that have led me a merry dance.

I would agree with that. Zog customer service is first class and Octopus appear to be to the same standard; even Which has them top rated for customer service.

Most of the Big 6 that I have been with in the past tend to take your custom for granted and don't always offer the best deal to loyal customers.

h1ubs

It seems that TOTO are incapable of doing 'joined-up' communication. I have emailed several times and had automated replies promising a response within 24 hrs .. nothing. I've made a complaint .. automated reply but no response. I've communicated via Live Chat and promised a personal response .. no response. I've complained via Social media and had a personal reply from Jack.Cooke promising action but still no follow-up communication. When I complained to my bank about the latest Direct Debit being taken and had it refunded, Toto email me to ask for me to call or "Live Chat' to try and sort things out. !!!!!! !! Look at my emails, my live chats .. look at my complaints .. give me a bill and refund what you owe me.

Theta101

Maybe try sending a mail via LinkedIn?
I did it awhile back to the Head of Mobile Commerce at PayPal UK.
I got an instant reply.

jackywacky

Cornish_Dave wrote: »

Not cancelling your direct debit can also cause you problems with Toto! The day after my contract had finished they debited in excess of £121 well in excess of my monthly payment. On the same date in January a month after I had left the took another £121! I spoke to my bank who took both debits back. After lots of e mails Toto say I am owed just over £26 a figure I agree with. They have promised they will action this - we shall see!!

Agreed I left my DD open with TOTO to make a refund easier but they took a further two payments. I've cancelled the DD and now waiting for the two payments, money owed and a refund of the £20 switching charge they shouldn't of made totalling £320.
Now with the DD cancelled I predict it will make the refund difficult, we'll see when I remind them next week when the refund is overdue.

jackywacky

Got an email from TOTO yesterday.
WHAT A JOKE!


We’re sorry and want you back!


Hello

Firstly, we wanted to start with an apology. We know how much time and effort goes into choosing your energy supplier. When you chose us it meant so much and we really wanted to get everything right for you. We’re sincerely sorry.

When we wrote to you detailing our proposed price changes we made a mistake. In the end we listened to our customers and didn’t increase our prices. We honoured all our agreements, but you’re one of the customers who left us before we took back our decision.

We’re a young company, and we’re growing fast, we deeply regret any mistake we make but we’re learning all the time and one thing we do is go back and correct the mistakes we made where we can.

We want you back!

Come back to us and we’ll put you on your original, market leading tariff until the end of your agreed contract AND add the time you were away to the end date! We’ll even credit your account with the cost of any exit fees your new supplier charges.

We hope you reconsider. If you have any questions we’d be delighted to hear from you. You can sign-up online or call 0333 210 7070, Monday to Friday 8am to 8pm and on Saturday between 9am and 5pm. You can also contact us via Livechat at totoenergy.com and a member of the team will be happy to help.

If now isn’t the right time, we hope you consider us again one day and wish you all the best.
Tom Nicholas
Operations Director