Comments on: Energy Sales Scams

By: Lee-Ann

Lee-Ann — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 23:34:51 +0000

@ Jay, thank u so much..I had pretty much figured out the name change strategy..awesome advice on this site thanks for confirming ; )

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 22:56:19 +0000

I just had a Just Energy guy come to my door. At first I wasn’t sure what he wanted since he talked really quickly and mumbled at the same time. He kept asking if I got my Ontario clean energy rebate certificate. He showed me an example of it and I said I had never seen anything like that. That’s when he asked to see my energy bill and I realized what was going on.

When we first moved into our current house we had someone like this come to our door and we almost got scammed had it not been for us leaving to go grocery shopping as the young lady came to our door. When this guy asked for my bill I looked at him and told him no. He asked why and I said “because it’s my bill!” That’s when he went into his pitch about how he’s authorized by so and so…. I cut him off and asked what he wanted and he said to save us money. I said I wasn’t interested and started to close the door. This kid has the never to put his foot in my house to prevent me from closing the door. He’s lucky my daughter was standing right there because otherwise, he would have been leaving my porch with a black eye. DO NOT LET THESE GUYS INTIMIDATE YOU!

By: Ally

Ally — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:45:12 +0000

I just had Just Energy come to my door and guarantee they could get us a “fixed rate” at 0.249 per cubic metre of energy. Lower than our current rate at 0.399. It is VERY tricky because on our actual Enbridge bill it says “For questions about your gas commodity contract, call Just Energy @ 1800 etc”. We are calling Enbridge directly to confirm these details and see exactly what is going on. The salesman was very pushy in obtaining a signature from my mother in which I stepped in and said “listen she understands what you’re saying but she isn’t singing anything unless she’s comfortable.” In a manner of speaking, beat it.

By: jay

jay — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 03:23:01 +0000

if you have a contract with a gas supplier,change the name on the bill.

this knocks the supplier off of your service.

and yes,steve is a complete moron,or a just energy employee

By: Blair Fisher

Blair Fisher — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 18:19:55 +0000

I also am being scammed. Have been paying double the price of gas for years now and didn’t realize it. I am angry!!!!!! I just told the gas company in bc that I am moving and going to get a friend to put the bill in his name. Had no luck with Just Energy they told me that the person I needed to talk to to cancel the contract would contact me in 7 to 10 business days. I am not going to wait for the call. Just going to do a pretend move. What they are doing is a crime. The next guy who comes to the door I am going to invite in, give him coffee, ho and hum over the contract for hours until he realizes I am just wasting his time, then I will laugh in his face as he leaves and tell him shame on you for scamming people. Just my two cents. If I do the math on how much extra I have paid over the last 3 years it is over 3000 dollars.

By: Paul Baker

Paul Baker — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 23:12:19 +0000

Our contract with Universal Energy/Just Energy is just about us. They sent us a package. One part of the package uses the “Just Energy” name, the part with the fine print uses the name “Universal Energy…” Buyer Beware!!!

By: John

John — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:50:26 +0000

I just signed an electricity contract a few months ago with Canada Energy Wholesalers, at a rate of 7.5 cents/Kwh. Obviously, I didn’t read the contract closely enough, because there is a seperate provincial charge on my hydro bill, called the ‘Global Adjustment’, which I can’t get out of paying. Since this rate has been running at about 2-4 cents per Kwh over the last several months, this brings my effective electricity cost to 9.5-11.5 cents/Kwh (I’m better off on TOU rates).

Is getting out of this contract really as simple as disconnecting and conneceting in another person’s name? If so, I could just use my room mate’s name instead?

By: Scammed Just Energy Costomer

Scammed Just Energy Costomer — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:03:56 +0000

Anyone who defends of signs up with Just Energy is a moron. Steve you must be completely retarded if you think that this company will save you any money. Sure htey provide stability… at 2 or 3 times the rate you would pay with your local utility company. Start typing Just Ener… into a google search… the second thing that comes up is Just Energy SCAM!!! Look at the BBB there are hundreds of complaints against Just Energy, Ontario Energy Savings LP and Just Energy Ontario… same company… it’s a scam and people need to know this!

By: Duane

Duane — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 04:48:20 +0000

Here’s to Jodie from the Wick… you go girl! I just got home from work at around 8:00p.m. tonite when I heard pounding on my front door. Thinking someone must be in distress, for why else would there be pounding on my front door like there’s a fire? I opened the door and here’s this 50 somethin’ shabby lookin’ guy with like an I-Pad lookin’ thingy with my name and address in bright BOLD letters across it. “Are you Duane he asks”? “Yes and what can I do for you, I replied”? It was then when he scrolled the screen down I saw JUST ENERGY. I looked this Lowlife right in the eye and sternly but politely said, “No thanks… I’m not interested”. I then went to close my screen door and this Scumbag starts pulling it open while telling me to just listen to him and that I am already with Just Energy and just listen to what he has to say. I told that piece of s*#! that if he didn’t let go of my door and get the hell of my property like now, it would be the last thing he says. It sure wooda of been nice at that moment to have a wolfdog like Jodie from Keswick. “King… attack”!! comes to mind. I guess the thing that enrages me the most about a magot of a company like Just Energy and the scum of the earth that work for them. Is the fact that this sort BS is even legal Canada & I’m assuming around the world as well. I mean aren’t there fraud squads who bust doucebags all time for coning the elderly out of their hard earned money? Why is this thievery tolerated on the masses? I’ll tell ya why. Because your government doesn’t care. Bottom line. These Lowlifes’ that come to our homes and try to con each and everyone of us. They for sure never go knockin’ on someone like Dalton Mc Guinty’s door. Or anywhere near his neighborhood for that matter. This not my first encounter with Just Energy. I got suckered by the same company about 6 yrs. back. Then, last year a woman came to our door for a 2nd time and well we’ll just say I was screamin’ NOOOOOO!!! as I narrowly snatched our Enbridge bill from my wife’s hands just as she was giving it to the Just Energy witch. Which of course was the same woman which had come the previous night when I was having a BBQ with friends and I told her that I was no longer interested in Just Energy or their so called savings on my bill and then she seriously said to me that she just needed to see my Enbridge bill. “No, no everything is fine.” “I would just like to come into your home and make a phone call to verify your account number that’s all… is that ok”? “and when the person on the other end says”, “Are you so & so”? “and then you just answer, YES ok and that’s it. But… guess what sucker? “You just authorized another 3 yr. contract with Just Energy… good for you i’s the best deal really you are so smart for doing this, and don’t worry”. No luckly for me and my wife I had already learned the hard and much more expensive way previously dealing with these con artists. So to anyone who has taken the time to read my rant about Just Energy do I need to say more? Please everyone try to educate everyone else that you can about this government accepted rip-off and offensive intrusions at our homes. The reason I ended up at this site was because Just Energy isn’t available at 8:10 pm on a Friday night for a wee chat about how when their next employee comes to my home and doesn’t leave when I ask them to. That they should bring a couple of friends with them. Anybody who is reading this. Just remember one thing. Word of mouth… only way to put this kind of BS in our society to bed for good.

By: will

will — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 21:44:46 +0000

my fiancee worked for them and the hours are horrible they only make commission and they work 7 days a week. from 8 am -8 pm. They make $60 off of every person they sign up. For every 20 people they get a raise of $500 for every 30 they get $1000 and I don’t know where they get that kind of money but I told my man to quit after I researched the company, and when he quit they got angry and docked his pay and made up excuses. I am so glad that hes not working for that scamming company they even treat there workers bad and take advantage of them. My husband got scammed just like everyone else