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Best answer by Tim_OVO

Updated on 07/09/23 by Abby_OVO

Hi @Simon Tate, my advice for someone who has medical equipment requiring 24/7 electricity supply is to consider a move away from prepayment energy. It’s not suitable to risk going off supply due to not being able to top up. Boost Power will be able to discuss with you the required steps that would allow a change to OVO Energy, speak to the team about this here.

 

Contact details for complaints are here

 

We can’t offer specific advice here as Boost Power is OVO’s sister company and have their own customer service team. Hope you find the right option for you. 

69 replies

BPLightlog
Super User
Super User
January 27, 2023

As far as I’m aware Boost is a payg supplier not direct debit so not sure of your question. 
There is no current email for account support but it sounds like you know the phone and webchat options. 
You will need to raise a complaint if you feel you aren't getting anywhere before you will get any response from the ombudsman 

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Newcomer
January 27, 2023

Hi BPLightlog, you can set up d/d on the app and I have sent 3 emails to the complaints department but yet again there's no response. My next option is the Energy ombudsman so will keep you updated 

Newcomer
August 7, 2023

boost applied a £35 debt to my meter payable at £1 a day. i have never even used emergency or applied for credit.

explaination from boost is they never applied a debt and i have never payed one back. smart meter says different and so does my budget which i keep a close eye on household bills.

im gobsmacked they have took £35 of my money but they say they have'nt ! 

anyone else had this happen ?

were do i go next ????

Blastoise186
Super User
Super User
August 7, 2023

Hi @Dawncatto60 ,

I’m sorry but we can’t help with that here. Boost runs as a separate thing, so you’ll need to talk to their team via https://boostpower.co.uk/help .

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Newcomer
August 7, 2023

i was directed here by boost/ovo but thanks for reply iv just made a complaint to them hopefully will get some sense from them.

Newcomer
September 22, 2023

I've been with Boost for 7 months. I'm having nothing but trouble with Boost. I'll repeat. Nothing but trouble.

1, took me 7 months to get an IHD, I had to go to the ombudsman service in order to get this as well. IHD not working properly now I have one. Saying 'lost connection' and I'm trying to rectify this but can't. But if I've got to ring your helpline number this may involve a very very very long phone call (I'm not sure if I can spare up to 4 hours to solve a problem which should only need 5 mins).

2, Lewis Mackie from Complaints team is ignoring emails I'm sending regarding issues I'm having. I need his line manager's details in order to report him.

3, I cannot top up on my Boost App. It will not take payments from my cards. It's the energy supplier issue and not my bank as I have checked with my bank. By the way my bank says my payment is approved to Boost, but the app says it is declined. Something very very very wrong.

3, I did have £34.00 approx on my Boost App but now it shows 0. How can it just wipe away? Something very very very wrong.

4, whenever I ring Boost, waiting times to be answered can be anything ranging from 45 mins to 1 hr 45 mins to be answered. Then when you do speak to a human being you may end up passed to at least 6 different people where you need to explain your issue to each person before anybody can even offer a solution. And also you may end up speaking to people who have very low ability English speaking skills. In other words you sometimes need to speak to an agent as if you are speaking to a 4 year old - this is extremely frustrating.

5, emails ignored on a frequent basis. Phone calls have even been hung up on too . This is extremely bad and ignorant.

Just why is your customer service so bad? It's bad bad bad. When will it get better??

Abby_OVO
Community Manager
Community Manager
September 25, 2023

Hi @sjfarrell77 

 

I’m sorry to hear about the trouble your’re having with BOOST.

 

BOOST are our sister company (a trading name used by OVO for our Pay as you Go customers) and so we don’t have any access to BOOST’s systems to help in this case.

 

You’ll need to get in touch with BOOST directly to resolve this: https://www.boostpower.co.uk/help/.

 

You can also log a new complaint if you wish to do so regarding the customer service: https://www.boostpower.co.uk/feedback

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Newcomer
November 2, 2023

Hello.I have a Boost app on my phone which I use to top up my meters.Payment usually is fine but sometimes the payment doesnt show on my meter and I have to manually imput the Payment Code number which appears on my invoice.However 2 days ago I paid £10 on my electricity account and it did not go on my meter and also on my invoice there is no Payment code on my invoice to allow me to manually do it.Can you advise?

Blastoise186
Super User
Super User
November 2, 2023

Hey @Cab ,

Please ask Boost Support for help there. 0330 102 7517 or https://boostpower.co.uk/help 

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Newcomer
January 6, 2024

I received a bill through the post today (6th January) for the following

 

Charges for the period 18th March 2023 to 18th March 2023

Electricity - £0.37 (1 day standing charge)

Paper Communication Charge - £4.76

Paper Communication Charge - £4.76

Paper Communication Charge - £4.76

Paper Communication Charge - £4.76

VAT at 5% - £0.26

TOTAL = £20.39

 

I have proof that my account was paid off in full with zero balance and I never agreed to receive paper communication in the first place.