BG & OVO

pallyman

Hi my couin had a caller round who persuaded her to move to BG from OVO & Said she would save £20 to£40 per month.   Then had a follow up call from someone who said they were from BG & Told her that BG owned Ovo anyway,I have not heard this but would like to know if this is true. I am a bit concerned ,Thanks.

spot1034

They don't.

However it has been reported on this forum that BG have been contacting customers who have put a switch away from them into operation and offered the customer a credit to their account if the customer agrees to stay with BG. It might be worth considering, particularly if you can get on a decent fix with BG. 
 

Mark_d

pallyman said:

Hi my couin had a caller round who persuaded her to move to BG from OVO & Said she would save £20 to£40 per month.   Then had a follow up call from someone who said they were from BG & Told her that BG owned Ovo anyway,I have not heard this but would like to know if this is true. I am a bit concerned ,Thanks.

My advice would be to steer clear of these doorstep conmen.  It is simple to use uswitch to compare your existing tariff with other tariffs that are available, and switch if you choose to.

Personally I use Octopus.  They always have tariffs amongst the cheapest and they have great customer service.  Every time they produce a bill they check against their cheapest tariffs an if prices get cheaper, I just call them to switch.

pallyman

Thanks,its my cousin she was doorstep called & talked into changing from OVO to BG,Then within 10 minutes called by someone who said they were BG who said BG own OVO,going to go round tomorrow & see what they have offered her.

badmemory

I would suggest that if your cousin gets another one of these idiots at the door, the first thing she should ask is please tell me those rates so I can check against what I am currently paying.  I can guarantee they have absolutely no idea what the new suppliers rates are.  They will sign anyone up on whatever rate per month suits their sales talk & then you will get the nasty we haven't been charging you enough bill & it will turn out to cost you even more.

GlitterMedusa

spot1034 said:

However it has been reported on this forum that BG have been contacting customers who have put a switch away from them into operation and offered the customer a credit to their account if the customer agrees to stay with BG. It might be worth considering, particularly if you can get on a decent fix with BG. 
 

^^^ That ^^^ I managed to haggle a £150 credit with BG retentions when I initiated a switch back in May (which for my use is 2 months of payments) and got put on whatever their best fix was at the time