1, Report:
#698679
Posted Date:
Feb 23 2011
Universal Gas & Electric feel I am being charged to much on my Gas bill Southfield, Michigan
I believe I am being charged to much on my gas bill
Entity
Categories: Utility Companies
2, Report:
#686107
Posted Date:
Jan 24 2011
Universal Gas & Electric Ripping off the deceased Southfield, Michigan
Well this ismy first time dealing with this so called company, i have had a prior experience same scam different company.Here is my deceased brother-in-laws story,he passed away in Oct 2010 so we have been packing his stuff up and retrieving his mail we recieve agas bill and it is $...
Entity
Categories: Utility Companies
3, Report:
#589644
Posted Date:
Jul 14 2010
Nfuse Direct Universal Gas & Electric NFuse Direct is a scam Southfield Michigan
NFuse Direct is a scam. Jeff Haarmann is a Scam Artist. Call 618-204-0115 if you want to be taken advantage of. SCAM SCAM SCAMI recently found a job posted in Craigslist offering employment for a company who calls themselves NFuse Direct. This company is an extensi...
Entity
Categories: Fuel Companies
4, Report:
#615703
Posted Date:
Jun 21 2010
Universal Gas & Electric Corporation i talked to someone from Universal Gas & Electric they said that i could get out of paying the $250.00 fee to cancel Southfield, Michigan
i have been with universal gas and electric for almost 4 years now and i have been waiting for the 5 years to be up so i can get out of this bogus contract. when i signed up for this i was on the understanding that this would benefit me but all it has done was hurt me in more ways t...
Entity
Categories: Electrical Services
5, Report:
#590827
Posted Date:
Apr 08 2010
UNIVERSAL GAS & ELECTRIC Energy Company ripp off Southfield Michigan
The same as the others. $390.23 Supplier Charges. Plus I cancelled back 6 months ago when I first found this. I cancelled today and they offered a lower per unit cost but not the removal of the supplier charges. Than they tell me it was a 5 year contract not a 2 year I was originall...
Entity
Categories: Electrical Services
7, Report:
#308659
Posted Date:
Oct 07 2009
Universal Gas & Electric Corporation Casual inquiry turns into sign up, Misrepresented pricing. Huge cancellation fee. Southfield Michigan
Last September a young man was canvassing my neighborhood and asked if I was interested in lowering my gas bills over the next 5 years. Of course I was and I still am. He wanted by most recent gas bill and as I understood it someone was going to analyze it and call me with more info...
Entity
Categories: Sales People
8, Report:
#478099
Posted Date:
Aug 10 2009
Universal Gas & Electric said the rate of natural gas wouldn't go down in 5 years. Southfield Michigan
Letter sent to the BBB, they said they couldn't do anything about the early termination fee.
On October 9, 2007, Universal Gas & Electric went around to homes in the Alpena, Mi area and said they would give us a rate of 1.049/ccf for our natural gas. With the way the economy was ...
Entity
Categories: Utility Companies
9, Report:
#475249
Posted Date:
Jul 31 2009
Universal Gas & Electric Throws you into collections for a bill YOU DONT OWE!!!! Southfield Michigan
Universal gas & electric put me in collections for a bill i did not even owe! my husband and i were price checking other gas supplyers when we got a call from universal to renew our contract. they stated that we were trying to treminate a 5yr contract with them and if we did they wo...
Entity
Categories: Electrical Services
10, Report:
#431122
Posted Date:
Mar 05 2009
Universal Gas & Electric Scammed us into thinking they would be cheaper but are over a third higher Southfield Michigan
We were told our heating bills would be cheaper by signing with them when in fact they are over a third higher. Also told if DTE came in cheaper they would adjust the price to beat theirs so when I called was told they never said that and of course they didn't give any paperwork or ...
Entity
Categories: Utility Companies
11, Report:
#419020
Posted Date:
Feb 02 2009
Universal Gas & Electric Solicited into contract where soliciting is prohibited Southfield Michigan
I live in a modular community where soliciting is prohibited and a sign posting so at the entrance yet Universal gas & electric thought they would wander in and randomly talk to people outside in their yards. Sucker them into this is a great opportunity contract. Never once mention ...
Entity
Categories: Miscellaneous Companies
12, Report:
#418539
Posted Date:
Jan 31 2009
Universal Gas & Electric There is a way to get out! Southfield Michigan
I lived in the Stated of Michigan for 1 year then moved back home (where they do not have a Universal gas & Electric) . I had an account with them; I must say I had to call them about 6 times to let them know that I was moving. I was told by customer service to send a letter stati...
Entity
Categories: Customer
13, Report:
#417650
Posted Date:
Jan 29 2009
Universal Gas & Electric Universal Gas and Electric did disclose early termination fees as we signed up Southfield Michigan
Universal Gas and Electric came to our door selling the contract price at 1.049/ccf for 5 years noting that gas prices were on the rise. This was 12/5/07. They did not disclose there would be a cancellation fee if we canceled before 5 years. Michcon is now at .79. Is there any way ...
Entity
Categories: Consumer Services
14, Report:
#410986
Posted Date:
Jan 12 2009
Universal Gas, universal Gas & Electric when gas prices were high they came around to sell us what we thought was a good price because they told us that gas was going to go up more Southfield Michigan
the salesman was very deceptive because at the time gas was high. was told natural gas was going up to. wanted to protect myself from high gas bills. was lied to.they kept coming back to get me to sign up even though i already did
Unhappy
perrinton, MichiganU.S.A.
Entity
Categories: BBB Better Business Bureau
15, Report:
#398198
Posted Date:
Dec 05 2008
Universal Gas ElectricUniversal Gas & Electric Lies and Threats Southfield Michigan
My fiancee and I are college students living off campus in a rented house with other students. Last year she had all utilities in her name handled the money collection and payments for the house. A Consumer's Salesman came to our door offering their services, saying we would save ...
Entity
Categories: Utility Companies
16, Report:
#369918
Posted Date:
Sep 05 2008
Universal Gas & Electric They are claiming I broke the contract and want $250.00. I did not break this contract. My wife and I lost our home to foreclosure Southfield Michigan
We signed with Universal Gas& Electric in 2007. My wife and I have ran a licensed day care from our home for seventeen years but due to Michigan's very poor economy we lost many of the kids in our care and never recovered. We tried to make our mortgage payments even asking several ...
Entity
Categories: Consumer Services
17, Report:
#319994
Posted Date:
Aug 30 2008
Universal Gas & Electric Misrepresented Contract at time of signing Southfield Michigan
A representative from Universal Gas & Electric rang my door bell and explaoned to me that I could save money on my gas bill by contracting with their company. I asked him how much and he stated the savings were significant in one year. I also asked him if I could cancel the contract...
Entity
Categories: Bait-and-Switch
18, Report:
#355274
Posted Date:
Jul 24 2008
Universal Gas Bogus Company Univeral Gas & Electric rips off you and the gas company Southfield Michigan
Universal Gas & Electric representatives solicited my neighborhood. They said they could offer substantial savings to my gas bill and asked to see my previous bill from Consumers Energy.
They then said if I was interested in saving money to sign up on the paper they had on the...
Entity
Categories: Consumer Services
19, Report:
#346794
Posted Date:
Jul 02 2008
Universal Gas And Electric Company MADE THE POOR, POORER, AND MORE DESPERATE WITH NO UTILITIES LIARS LIARS LIARS Southfield Michigan
Being a low income family living on $480.00 a month until disability goes through, the thought of saving money on my utilities in the winter was a God send. (So we thought). When we started getting charged $l.04.9 instead of .76 a ft., for gas heat, we were done with. In our case...
Entity
Categories: Utility Companies
20, Report:
#343119
Posted Date:
Jun 23 2008
Universal Gas & Electric How to pay 26% more for Natural Gas Southfield Michigan
I interviewed for a job with the Canada based company, Universal Gas & Electric (UGE) in May of 2008, at their behest.
I was assured that this was a one on one interview, but was actually a cattle call presentation (Lie #1).
Due to deregulation in Michigan, they are able to cha...
Entity
Categories: Utility Companies
21, Report:
#336353
Posted Date:
Jun 04 2008
Universal Gas And Electric Misleading Sales Information, Failure to follow State Guidelines, Double normal rates Southfield Michigan
I entered in to a contract with Universal Gas & Electric. I was mislead as everyone else was about being locked in and saving money. Termination fee is 200 dollars which in the month would pay for itself, because now I'm paying double for my gas. It's clear the representatives pull ...
Entity
Categories: Advertising / Deceptive
22, Report:
#307313
Posted Date:
May 23 2008
Universal Gas & Electric Corp. lied Southfield Michigan
My fiance' was contacted by this company. She was convinced to sign up with this company to keep the utility rates from rising. Our bill has actually risen and now there is an additional charge applied to my account now as DTE is charging $21.77 and the bill itself (for the gas) has...
Entity
Categories: Corrupt Companies
23, Report:
#333133
Posted Date:
May 17 2008
Universal Gas & Electric Check Your Gas Bills What A RIP-Off Southfield Michigan
What A Rip-off year half ago try to cancel with Scammer Universal Gas And Electric company because there sales rep made Unauthorized person at my business sign five years contract with them they did not cancel it without cancelation fee. Now since the price of Gas is goen up they a...
Entity
Categories: Door to Door Sales
24, Report:
#330208
Posted Date:
May 12 2008
Universal Gas & Electric I tried to cancel after I had seen how high my bill went up. My bill was due on Feb.2nd,so I call befor that to cancel. I explained that we were seniors and I was disabled and on a lot of medication so therefore we couldnot afford these large bills not to mention iwas not as it had been explained when i signed up in the summer. It was left at that. Southfield Michigan
I was led to believe that my account would be cancelled after my first call. I was hospitalized not long after that and kind of just let it go. when I was released i still wasn't well and was hospitalized again within a couple weeks,this time by ambulance,which I have no memory of. ...
Entity
Categories: BBB Better Business Bureau
25, Report:
#331065
Posted Date:
May 07 2008
Universal Gas & Electric Corp Door to door Robbery! Burton/Flint Michigan
These crooks lied and trapped me into a five year contract. I have been trying to cancel them all winter! But they demand a $250 fee for that privlege! Do they expect a bonus for ripping us off? They promised me the lowest heating gas prices and that it would never be more than what...
Entity
Categories: Utility Companies