26, Report:
#322166
Posted Date:
Mar 30 2008
UNIVERSAL GAS & ELECTRIC THEY DON'T EVEN CHECK ID'S FLINT MICHIGAN
UNIVERSAL GAS AND ELECTRIC HAD ME SIGNED UP FOR A 5YR CONTRACT WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE BILL HOLDER. THEY CLAIM THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED BY MY SPOUSE AT WHICH TIME I WAS SINGLE!??? THEY CLAIM THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED IN MAY 2007 AND SIGNED BY MY SPOUSE. WELL I DIDN'T GET MARRIED...
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Categories: Utility Companies
27, Report:
#317172
Posted Date:
Mar 30 2008
Universal Gas And Electric Corp Double Charging Southfield Michigan
I have been getting over charged from Universal Gas and Electric. I have been getting charged from them plus the same amount from Dte. I don't feel this is right when they had said it would leave my bills the same amount. Due to this now i'm in shut off from their over-charge.
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Categories: Utility Companies
28, Report:
#318874
Posted Date:
Mar 29 2008
Universal Gas And Electric these people scammed me..facing utility shut off cant afford new bills Southfield Michigan
For all the UG&E execs rebuttals saying it's a small increase that will pay off in the long run are LYING TO YOU.
**See my original post on UG&E posted under universal gas & electric.
Heres the TRUTH people.
My Jan 2008 bill while still with DTE is as follows
134 CCF......
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Categories: Utility Companies
29, Report:
#320053
Posted Date:
Mar 27 2008
Universal Gas And Electric Corporation CAUTION-UNIVERSAL GAS & ELECTRIC of MICHIGAN- READ Case U15420 (STATE OF MICH) Southfield, Mi Michigan
CAUTION EVERYONE!
RE: UNIVERSAL GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY- Southfield or All of Michigan
Suggest everyone 1st read CASE U-15420 from Jan 29, 2008.
Recorded by the State of Michigan Public Service Commision hearing !
http://www.cis.state.mi.us/mpsc/orders/electric/2008/u-...
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Categories: Utility Companies
30, Report:
#314212
Posted Date:
Mar 03 2008
Universal Gas And Electric Corporation universal ripoff scam Southfield Michigan
to anyone approached by universal gas and electric to switch gas service, DO NOT FALL FOR THEIR LIES! this is a extremely dishonest company and you will be trapped for five years! Our business was hounded relentlessly by universal salespeople for four or five days in a row. their pe...
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Categories: Utility Companies
31, Report:
#295484
Posted Date:
Mar 01 2008
Universal Gas And Electric SCAM outfit Southfield Michigan
Exact same experience. The individual that came to my door seemed professional and honest. Claimed that this company could ALWAYS offer a lower price than DTE currently was offering. All but promised that it was not a scam and that this company bought large quantities of gas so t...
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Categories: Corrupt Companies
32, Report:
#312673
Posted Date:
Feb 27 2008
Universal Gas And Electric Misleding Honest American Families And Getting Away With It Southfield Michigan
During the end of October and the begining of November I was hounded by several sales people from Universal Gas ans Electric. They made it a point to come to my home 5 to 6 times until they got what they wanted.
I am a young, single, working mother of three living pay check to...
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Categories: Sales People
33, Report:
#311350
Posted Date:
Feb 23 2008
Universal Gas & Electric Corp. overcharged for electrical and gas distribution Southfield Michigan
I am paying more to universal gas and electric for their service than I have ever paid to consumers. I have seen no savings with this program which I started in July of 2007. I feel this company needs to be investigated for over charging their customers. Even after I had signed up w...
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Categories: Utility Companies
34, Report:
#305125
Posted Date:
Feb 14 2008
Universal Gas And Electric Fraudulent Heating Gas Price Protection Program Southfield Michigan
I have been reading the online negative reports about the gas price protection scam that Universal is running. I signed up 11/08/07 with assurances from the representative to my wife and myself that the cost per Ccf would continue at the same rate offered by Consumer's Energy and th...
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Categories: Utility Companies
35, Report:
#304091
Posted Date:
Jan 28 2008
Universal Gas And Electric They make employees lie and do not pay employees what they are told. Okemos Michigan
I was working for Universal gas and Electric for 4 months. Driving my own vehicle, and spending my own money in gas, I was told I would get reimbursed for mileage. 4 Months go by and there promises were not kept.
There capped price is a rip off, they teach you to lie to customer...
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Categories: Corrupt Companies
36, Report:
#303971
Posted Date:
Jan 28 2008
Universal Gas And Electric We need to STOP this company. They are EXTREMELY DECEPTIVE and MISLEADING!!! Southfield Michigan
This company has got to be stopped. I was weary from the get go to even let the kid in my house but he was very persistent and very deceptive in what he was saying. He kept saying how consumers energy has all these hidden charges and how they were going to save us money. Our bills w...
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Categories: Utility Companies
37, Report:
#303135
Posted Date:
Jan 25 2008
Universal Gas & Electric Corporation The representative assured me that by signing with them my gas bills will never go up and actually my bills are higher now than ever. They totally lie to you to get you to sign their contract and once you do that you are screwed. Southfield Michigan
A representative from this company came to my home with information on how to keep my gas bill at a low cost. The representative told me that they would protect me against Consumers Energy raising my bills (rates). He showed me a chart on the increasing rates from Consumers. I was v...
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Categories: Utility Companies
38, Report:
#302700
Posted Date:
Jan 23 2008
Universal Gas And Electric Corp Hidden cancellation fees Southfield Michigan
This company sends people to your door, they scare you into using their company saying-- that with the price of gas going up, that your consumer energy will go up 250% with 6 months. Then when you sign up, you get a call to verify the address and the person was there. Then you get ...
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Categories: Utility Companies
39, Report:
#302030
Posted Date:
Jan 21 2008
Universal Gas And Electric Corporation Universal Is A Big Scam Southfield Michigan
Signed up exactly a month ago... Called today to cancel, and was told I had to cancel by yesterday.
$0.779 per cf is Consumes price. I am now paying $1.059 per cf. We were assured by the representative that the gas prices would not go up. I called them a week ago(guess I should ...
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Categories: Utility Companies
40, Report:
#298721
Posted Date:
Jan 10 2008
Universal Gas And Electric Another Victim to this Dishonest Company Southfield Michigan
Instead of rewriting I just pasted the letter I am sending to the company:
In October of 2007 a representative from your company came to my door and presented me with a sales pitch for Universal Gas and Electric. He assured me that your company would protect me from rising gas pr...
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Categories: Corrupt Companies
41, Report:
#295298
Posted Date:
Dec 29 2007
Universal Gas & Electric suggested that current gas prices were most likely going higher over the next few months, and that Universal Gas would lock in an amount of 1.049 per ccf in order to save me money. Southfield Michigan
The company representatives come to your door, review your DTE Gas and Electric bills and advise you that your are a perfect candidate for their locked in price of 1.049/Ccf to insure you will not end up paying excessively high prices for your gas over the next 5 years. I am a sen...
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Categories: Utility Companies
42, Report:
#294360
Posted Date:
Dec 26 2007
Universal Gas And Electric Got me too Saginaw Southfield Michigan
We were taken in by these scamsters too. If so much hadn't been going on in our lives at the time I would have heeded the old saying if it sounds too good to be true then it is. I was stunned, shocked and angry when I opened my first bill with universal on it. Thank God I had enroll...
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Categories: Utility Companies
43, Report:
#293825
Posted Date:
Dec 22 2007
Universal Gas And Electric Universal Gas & Electric is a scam outfit Southfield Michigan
A man came by, my neighbor and I were out front talking and he represented himself to be from Universal Gas & Electric, and wanted to save us money on our Gas bill. Of course sounded interesting. He asked to see a copy of my gas bill, and showed me where I pay .773 ccf for gas, wi...
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Categories: BBB Better Business Bureau
44, Report:
#289317
Posted Date:
Dec 21 2007
Universal Gas And Electric Corporation 1st bill +$65.00 more and unable to cancel services due to a $250 Southfield Michigan
Last month my wife signed us up for UNIVERSAL GAS AND ELECTRIC CORP. to start supplying us with our natural gas and we finally received the 1st BILL! Lets put it this way, I figured out what we would have been paying $65.00 less that what Universal Gas & Electric just charged us for...
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Categories: Utility Companies
45, Report:
#288906
Posted Date:
Dec 04 2007
Universal Gas And Electric Big promises; no truth Saginaw Michigan
My husband was employed by Universal Gas & Electric in August as a Field Agent with the promise of manager making six-figures within 6 months. It is now December and he still hasn't collected a paycheck. He was given advances totalling $550 from August until November. He had sign...
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Categories: Employers
46, Report:
#287069
Posted Date:
Nov 27 2007
Universal Gas And Electric He try to get me to sign a five year contract with no informaton Southfield Michigan
A man came to my door today telling me he his name (Albert Contreras) and that he was from Universal Gas & Electric. He wanted to see my gas bill to see if I was qualified for a cheaper gas rate by his company. He said that with the ongoing price of natural gas that his company will...
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Categories: Electrical Services
47, Report:
#284185
Posted Date:
Nov 11 2007
Universal Gas And Electric Corporation Deceptive Sales Practice SCAMMERS, LIARS, RIPOFF Do Not Do Business With Southfield Michigan
This company plays on the fears of rising gas prices. They are dishonest about length of service. Sales person told us we could change after 1 year. After my one year was up and I was actually paying more for gas than what was available from Consumers Energy I called the company and...
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Categories: Utility Companies