Canvassed by MSE?

mionday1

My daughter is a student in Norwich, she was canvassed today at her student digs. by a girl with ID badge stating she was working for MSE. The girl asked about energy supplier and convinced my daughter to change from Octopus back to Spark. Can anyone either from the forum or MSE tell me if this is legit? I am very worried!
thank you

Richie-from-the-Boro

Load of tripe, see

I would not goto spark for 1/2 price written guarantee, or any other promise.

I would never use any unsolicited doorstepping for any reason or any promise.

elsien

There's probably a cooling off period if she was cold called so she can cancel the switch if she wants to.
Why are you very worried?

mionday1

I know I convinced her to move from spark to Octopus but she was swayed by the fact she said she was from MSE! If it isn’t legit I wanted to highlight that there are people out there using MSE as a way of getting to people!

Novice_investor101

I had a young chap turn up at my door with an iPad saying he was with MSE & helping people review their energy deals/have an offer available for my area. He was very sly, asking questions as part of a seemingly small talk conversation & tapping particular bits of info into his iPad like my house number which was on the door, Scottish Power when he asked who my supplier was etc. At that point I cottoned on he was mid way through processing a switch by trying to beguile me into revealing all my info.

When he asked what my tarrif was I pretended I didn't know, so he probed some more, then got more desparate when I asked if it matters cos he already knows of a cheaper tariff (apparently)....

He turned on his heels & was gone in a second when I told him I work for a financial advisor firm (not quite true) & am capable of doing my own research & switch with uSwitch to get the £50 Quidco cashback.

Scam artists preying on vulnerable people. I now don't bother toanswer the door unless it's someone I know or a delivery man/post man - even if they can see me in the house.

mionday1

It’s awful. She’s cancelling and staying with Octopus but if she hadn’t mentioned it she could have been ripped off and as a student she has to watch every penny. Thankfully something didn’t feel quite right and she can sort it out before it’s too late

mionday1

When I first moved into my rented flat they charged £147 per month once I’d got things together I reduced my bill to £67 per month spark are overpriced and as a student she can’t afford to be ripped off. Also who are these people? It could be a scam and even though she has received an email from Spark today who knows if that’s genuine?

brewerdave

Probably is genuine - many times I've seen stories of letting agents switching the supply of rented accommodations to Spark between tenants for a "bung". This sounds like a small extension to the Spark book of "cons".

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

It was utter codswallop!

badmemory

Pity she didn't catch the ID badge on her phone! For those with a phone that will do it this should now be SOP.