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    Business ProfileforChoice Energy

    Electrical Power System Backup Systems

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1/5stars

    Average of 4 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    7 complaints closed in last 3 years

    0 complaints closed in last 12 months

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    Reasons for BBB Rating

    Business Details

    Location of This Business
    601 SW 9th St Suite F, Des Moines, IA 50309
    BBB File Opened:
    1/6/2014
    Years in Business:
    14
    Business Started:
    2/1/2010
    Type of Entity:
    Limited Liability Company (LLC)
    Alternate Business Name
    • 4 Choice Energy
    Business Management
    • Michael Needham, Owner
    Contact Information

    Principal

    • Michael Needham, Owner

    Customer Contact

    • Michael Needham, Owner
    Additional Contact Information

    Fax Numbers

    • (515) 214-2235
      Primary Fax

    Customer Complaints

    7 Customer Complaints

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    Most Recent Customer Complaint

    11/16/2022

    Complaint Type:
    Service or Repair Issues
    Status:
    Answered
    This company has been calling my mother, who has dementia, excessively and tricking her into switching her electric to their "lower rates" now 3 times. My daughter has called and spoke to multiple sales representatives and both customer service representatives to have them cancel contracts. The second time, she called and asked specifically to speak to a supervisor, in which she was transferred to *** in customer service. She explained the situation to her, and *** said she would cancel the contract. My daughter then asked that my mother not receive more calls from Choice Energy. *** went on the tell her, that there were laws puts in place to stop call like these and that she needed to register the phone number on the National Do Not Call Registry (which was done in March 2022, received calls in August, October and November from Choice Energy). She told *** this, and was told by ***, that she would be placing the number on the companies do not call list, and that it would take 30 days to become effective. Which was fine, until the third letter. This time my daughter called and asked to speak to the highest representative possible. She was told, by *****, that she was the highest at the office, that if she wanted to speak to her boss, it would have to be done through email. Knowing that would go nowhere, she continued to talk to *****. She once again explained the situation to *****. ***** canceled the contract, but first wanted to know why. She again explained that my mother has dementia and is not capable of making these decisions. As far as the phone number being on their do not call list, she said that once their call is answered, it removes that number from the list. She was told to remove the number once again. She then asked to hear the recording of the conversation. She was placed on hold, and when ***** came back said that she was not allowed to hear that as, it was a different phone number, voice, and that there was no ***** of ******** paperwork on file.
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    4 Customer Reviews

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    Most Recent Customer Review

    Alexander F

    1 star

    01/22/2024

    Absolutely terrible. They call you telling you and convincing you that you signed up for them to be your energy provider after you had recently made a change making it seem like they were the one you signed up for. They lied to me on the phone blatantly and wouldn't give me time to login and check my account to confirm whether or not they were the provider I signed up for and make you go through some automated thing scamming you into a much higher rate than you have. Absolutely disgraceful business.

    Choice Energy Response

    01/31/2024

    Choice Energy would like to assure the Better Business Bureau that our business practice is one of honesty and transparency. We take great pride in the extremely low customer complaint rate throughout our entire history. That being said, we also take each and every customer complaint very seriously, and within our power strive to resolve customer concerns whatever they may be.

    In this specific instance from *******************************, we apologize for any potential misunderstandings that might have occurred during prior conversations. Our intention is to ensure all customers have a positive experience with Choice Energy. If you would like to be placed on our Do Not Contact tables, please let us know the phone numbers associated with your account and we will block them from receiving future calls.

    Please let me know if you have any questions or need anything else.

    Sincerely,
    ***********************

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