1,452 Customer Reviews over 37 pages
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- Shell Energy
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- 2018-06-28
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Never ever again - I've never had so many problems with broadband in that short period of time (about 2 weeks) in my whole life.
Avoid at all cost.
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- Shell Energy
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- 2021-07-04
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- Shell Energy
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- 2022-03-27
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- Shell Energy
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- 2022-08-20
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I change my broadband provider on a reasonably regular basis so I have dealt with quite a few different companies over the years. Shell is without doubt the ABSOLUTE worst from no connection to customer support, absolutely everything has been not bad but absolutely terrible. Please AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE.
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- Shell Energy
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- 2022-11-29
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- Shell Energy
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- 2020-01-05
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Paid for high speed of 14-21 gbps, getting between 8 and 10. totally dissatisfied. Feel I'm being ripped off.
Said they would get Open reach to investigate, but nothing has been done DO NOT SIGN UP.
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- Shell Energy
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- 2022-04-13
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Customer service is very if not impossible to get hold of,
Don't go with these guys...
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- Shell Energy
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- 2018-01-12
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- Shell Energy
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- 2021-03-22
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- Shell Energy
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- 2023-08-25
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Absolutely a joke don't recommend!!
The wifi was hardly working around my flat i wasn't able to get wifi in the bedroom. I decided to leave and they told me i would have to pay a fee even though my contract was ending with them theyve re-opened a new contract i left them thinking my contract was over as when i had my new wifi which was talk talk fibre alot easier and works perfectly fine around all my rooms they where also suppose to tell them i was leaving even ddo i did tell them i was leaving and now trying too charge me £122.00 even ddo I've left them for nearly a year now blydi ridiculous and if i dont pay there getting people to come out and collect it. I dont owe you any money ive sent the router back aswel to you total joke of a company
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- Shell Energy
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- 2022-03-01
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Upon being transferred from the post office to shell, I now have absolutely no landline connection at all without any explanation or cause! Getting through to them is insanely difficult to boot. I have been on hold now for nearly a full hour!! they simply do not employ enough staff to meet demand.
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- Shell Energy
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- 2020-12-02
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Beware: They charge £15 cease charge whether you are in or out of contract.
I received an email in September from Shell saying how great they were as unlike other broadband companies they won't hike your price up and it will be kept at what I was paying during my contract. However I received an email this morning saying that they were increasing the price I was paying as they were upgrading me. I didn't ask to be upgraded and think this is pretty bad after they said how much better they are than other companies and then proceeded to up the cost of my broadband.
I've now asked to move because of this price increase and they have told me there is a £15 cease charge, which I have never seen with another broadband company I have been with. I've been with Sky, Plusnet, Now TV and BE over the years. I think this appalling customer service and will be making sure that I don't recommend them to anyone going forward.
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- Shell Energy
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- 2022-09-05
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- Shell Energy
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- 2023-03-03
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STEER CLEAR. My biggest regret is not checking reviews before getting broadband with Shell. The most incompetent customer service I've had the misfortune to deal with. I had a postoffice phone only account that was out of contract. Shell bought PostOffice service. Nov2022 I changed out of contract to a phone+broadband contract. Shell failed to provide internet. I cancelled within cooling off period and asked to revert back to phone only contract so I can find a new provider without incurring exit fees. Mar2023 Shell are still charging me for phone+broadband, still not providing broadband and have me in a fixed contract and still have not put me back to original phone only account. I've spent 9 hours on the phone to their customer services and technical department spoken to multiple people, repeated my story multiple times and been cut off regularly. They organised an Engineer that did not turn up and said the Engineer was cancelled. And the nightmare continues to be disputed via email. One email response said its OK the charges are the same as what I was paying for phone only! Not the point I have no internet and cant change provider until Shell confirm I can leave eithout being charged.
If you want to stay sain I would recommend not to use Shell.
This has been so stressful I feel cheated I can believe they are getting away with this level of service.
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- Shell Energy
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- 2023-02-09
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I am absolutely dissatisfied with how poor Shell broadband is. I am having issues trying to get them to close my account because I refuse to be with them for a second longer. I signed up with them which was the biggest mistake I made and now they’re trying to see if I can get out my contract or what the fees will be. This is an absolute disgrace considering I’ve had a very poor broadband that went on and off constantly I was forever having to turn the router off non-stop issues had to get an engineer out to tell me there was nothing wrong with my line which was a lie that Shell broadband told me over the phone and then to make things worse when I asked them to close it this is now the third time they’ve still not closed my account. I moved on to another provider.I am refusing to pay for a service I didn’t receive and this company should be avoided at all cost . If they continue to expect me to pay for leaving early I shall take it further
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- Shell Energy
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- 2023-02-10
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Today I was on the phone to such an amazing lady who really wanted to help me and was so kind . I don’t think much of Shell as a broadband company but I do however think it’s extremely important to give credit to customer services in particular one named Katie from the retention department. What a star so pleasant so kind patient understanding and has helped me resolve my problems. She’s been the best person from this company and I’d like to thank the manager to for accepting my issues kindly too . Thankyou ever so much Katie I really cannot thank you enough .
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- Shell Energy
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- 2022-02-07
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Awful customer service, expect to wait atleast 45 minutes if you need to call them, take days to reply to emails. Avoid! not worth the hassel for the little bit you save.
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- Shell Energy
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- 2020-04-19
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Avoid at all costs there a terrible ISP you will never get the Mbps you pay for your be lucky to average 10 Mbps even when paying for 75mbps there customer service is terrible I've been hung up on multiple times and have been told "the jokes on me we have your money" after they failed to connect me after 14 days and I threatened to leave I will be canceling and going back to virgin this is the most stressful experience with any ISP I've ever experienced there a joke
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- Shell Energy
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- 2022-04-27
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My contract started last November 2021 and since day 1 my Wi-Fi never worked. I have an opened case since 6 months because they weren’t able to solve it. I’ve called the customer service so many times and it’s just a waste of time. They kept asking for money even to leave the contract and they only sent me an engineer on February. The engineer proved that there’s no fault in my house and they still charged me for it. I’m not free to leave the company as they are going to charge me for it. They gave me some credit back but they are using it to pay the engineer and basically since I’ve received this credit my Wi-Fi stopped working at all. I cannot even see the line. This situation is creating me so much anxiety and stress. I’m not even sleeping at night time. Nothing like that ever happened to me in my all entire life. I regretted so much signing that contract. Don’t join it because it’s the worst company ever. I never received the service I’m paying for and they only keep asking me for money. There’s nothing worst than that. I wish I could come back and never sign this contract. I’m trapped. Don’t trust this company.
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- Dudley
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- Shell Energy
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- 2022-06-19
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Left this company on may 17th and was still charged another months rental on May 25th which I am having trouble getting refunded .Had a threatening on June 18th about returning the router although I was waiting for them to send a returns bag
Awful company
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- 52 Glenpark Drive, Hesketh Bank. Preston
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- Shell Energy
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- 2022-03-18
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Wish we never heard about this company. Signed up from Currys one week ago. Still waiting for it to work. Waited numerous times on phone no answer. We have been without Internet now for a week. Hope we can cancel.
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- Aberdeen
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- Shell Energy
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- 2023-01-06
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Had this less than 2 weeks, WFH and Shelll unable to help for 24 hrs . So was advised anytime it goes down yiu have to wait 24 hrs to get it fixed.
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- Aberdeen
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- Shell Energy
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- 2022-06-28
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The worst customer experience ever. Passed to 3 different people none of whom knew what they were doing apart from making false promises to get rid of you regarding help. Just kept passing me on and behaving in a totally robotic way. Most of them should never have been allowed near a customer. This is the worst customer service I have ever known. Was with the PO for many happy years but forced to migrate to this awful Shell Broadband. Keep clear of them.
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- Aberdeenshire
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- Shell Energy
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- 2022-02-28
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Got moved from P.O to Shell. They took over a week to respond to an email with a cut and paste response not answering any of my questions.Stay clear , don't use and I'll be switching if I ever get through to "customer service".
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- Abergele
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- Shell Energy
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- 2020-05-29
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I signed up to Shell when they were first utility. Wi fi connection kept dripping out. Multiple phone calls and emails resolved nothing. I even said I would contact the ombudsman to get them to sort it out. Finally leaving this terrible company to get fibre broadband. I would not recommend at all. Their service is unreliable and so not worth the money.
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- Aberystwyth
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- Shell Energy
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- 2024-02-17
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- Aberystwyth
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- Shell Energy
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- 2023-11-23
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By far the worst broadband provider I have ever had the displeasure of being signed up with. Avoid these crooks at all costs.
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- Aberystwyth
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- Shell Energy
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- 2018-04-26
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Works perfectly, really fast broadband & great customer service. Could not recommend First Utility any more and its £20 cheaper than I was paying BT.
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- Ainsdale
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- Shell Energy
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- 2023-02-03
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We had Shell broadband fitted on the 13 January 2023 it hasn't worked since the day it went in. If we are lucky we might get 20 minutes a day before it drops out we gave had to telephone calls who could not fix it an engineer called out it worked for 4 hours then dropped out we called another engineer who was booked for the second time to call on the Wednesday but he never turned up phoned Shell who told me they forgot to book the engineer he booked again for Monday. The company will not let me cancel for 30 days or I have to pay £300 to cancel. So 21 days into thus contract we get approximately 20 minutes service. I am now taking legal action against thus absolutely dreadful company. Whatever you do don't take out out a contract out with this diabolical company you will be sorry
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- Ainsdale
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- Shell Energy
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- 2023-05-13
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I had shell energy broadband installed in January 2023 it didn't work for the first month 2 engineers came out and finally found the problem ( router fault) so they swapped it with a new unit .so had no problems till yesterday when I found they had charged me £95 to repair there faulty equipment!!! You couldn't make it up after a 30 minute phone call getting passed from one advisor to the next ( 4 in all ) they agreed to refund the charges because it was there faulty equipment but this will take 30 days. Stay away from this terrible company you have been warned.
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- Airdrie
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- Shell Energy
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- 2019-09-30
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This is one broadband provider that should be avoided like the plague, the customer service is awful and take 30 minutes to get through to speak to a customer service person. We were changing our provider and were given the connection date, as promised the Open Reach guy arrived and plumbed in the necessary cables and on leaving told us the connection would not come live until midnight at the latest. Got up the next morning to discover no broadband. 5 days on and still no connection. So I called them for the umpteenth time.... waiting impatiently for half an hour to complain about the lack of customer service and no broadband. I told them to come and take there line back out of my house. They told me that I would be charged £248 for the privilege. Now I have been without and broadband for 5 days and I understandably do not have any faith in this company anymore and want to cancel my contract with them.... MY ADVICE IS TO AVOID SHELL BROADBAND
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- Alconbury Weald
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- Shell Energy
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- 2022-10-31
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I have spent the best part of 6 hours on the phone. I was awaiting a hub which has never been ordered. Been put through to every department known to man. None of which have been helpful. My current call is now 1hr 15 mins awaiting the retention team even though I’ve never been a costumer
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- Aldershot
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- Shell Energy
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- 2023-09-23
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Appalling service, it has been several weeks of waiting for installation then the engineer turned up and said it was up and running but broadband never worked. They sent another engineer who stated the line was never active and has never worked, plus he cannot fix it. We still do not have broadband as it is constant to and fro with them
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- Alfreton
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- Shell Energy
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- 2023-02-20
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Absolutely awful service if I could give minus stars I would, 3 months of misery tried to cancel contract they want £250 ,How dare they,They are not supplying me a service ,I so wish I had read the reviews from other people,PLEASE DO NOT USE SHELL BROADBAND
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- Alfreton
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- Shell Energy
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- 2023-02-20
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Absolutely awful service if I could give minus stars I would, 3 months of misery tried to cancel contract they want £250 ,How dare they,They are not supplying me a service ,I so wish I had read the reviews from other people,PLEASE DO NOT USE SHELL BROADBAND
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- altrincham
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- Shell Energy
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- 2021-12-29
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3 appointments for the install missed by Shell (3 days wasted holiday)!
Speed signed up for not what was provided for first month.
Superfast when eventually supplied - BUT - kept dropping out altogether for days at a time!!! Just what you DON'T need when furloughed...
Left Shell for a more reliable provider (not skipped a beat since changing over) and Shell charged me £170 for leaving early - for something they couldn't supply regularly!!!
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- Altrincham
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- Shell Energy
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- 2018-03-28
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Promised between 2mbps and 17mbps, never once has it reached over 1.7mbps and upload of 0.3mbps with a latency of 328ms!!! It'd be quicker to get a hamster in a wheel or a boiling kettle to provide the connection. Sign up at your peril.
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- ammanford
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- Shell Energy
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- 2022-10-27
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- Ashby
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- Shell Energy
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- 2021-11-01
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A disappointment. I applied for broadband with them and only found out I had be turned down on a technical issue when I rang them to check progress with Broadband installation on the 28th Sept.
I looked but could find no sign of any email from them to tell me this, a decision they made on the 22nd of September. There were different answers about why it was turned down until on the third call I got someone who knew what they doing and explained it without guessing. I did complain but heard nothing for a month and when I did ring up about the complaint nothing had been done. Finally I got a call to sell me broadband! Poor communication and customer service. In my opinion you should stay clear of this company.
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- Ashford. Kent
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- Shell Energy
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- 2022-11-14
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Diabolical in every respect.They tried to tell they hadn't received my router 2 months after it was returned with a proof of post office receipt. I was in credit when I left Shell for a better service but I again had to ring Shell as they were going to deduct the £35.00 from my credit cheque then whilst on the phone an adviser wavered the £35.00 as they had received the router.
This morning they did the same to my Mum leaving her so distraught saying they hadn't received her router from when she returned it at the back end of August. She rang about a credit cheque and they said it would be upto 10 days after her initial call on 19th October which today 14th November she still hasn't received it.I rang on my Mum's behalf and again they waivered the £35.00 for the router and her credit cheque will be with her within 10 to 12 days. They wanted my Mum to send the proof of posting receipt for the router because her word wasn't good enough She's 81 years old why would she tell them she'd returned the router if she hadn't.
Rude advisers without any compassion.
Honestly they should never of taken over the Post Office homophone and broadband. Shell are not fit for purpose. Avoid at all costs.
So pleased my Mum and I now get our homophones and Broadband from a much better company.
Shell Go Do One.
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