# Rip off or not? Don't use Selectsun
**URL:** https://forum.cleanenergyreviews.info/t/rip-off-or-not-dont-use-selectsun/1573
**Category:** Solar Quote Reviews
**Created:** [October 16, 2020, 10:21am UTC](https://forum.cleanenergyreviews.info/t/rip-off-or-not-dont-use-selectsun/1573 "2020-10-16T10:21:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@jarama](https://forum.cleanenergyreviews.info/u/jarama)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2020, 10:21am UTC](https://forum.cleanenergyreviews.info/t/rip-off-or-not-dont-use-selectsun/1573/1 "2020-10-16T10:21:08Z")
My brother, a disabled pensioner living in a mobile home park, had a system installed by Sun Select at a cost of $4,041 in April 2020. They arranged a no interest loan for him. It still hasn’t been turned on.
He was asked by the company to take a photo of the electrical switchboard and send it to them to ensure that it was compliant and installation could go ahead. They said yes. The system was installed. As of today the 16th October 2020, 6 months later, he still does not have the solar system working. Afyer installation he contacted his electricity supplier who came out and they said that I needed a MPD. He had this installed at a cost of $440. He contacted his supplier after this and they sent someone to install the smart meter. This electrician told him that me couldn’t do it as the power box was not compliant and said that my brother needed the whole electricity box upgraded and SPD’s installed in order to isolate the load side of the meter. Sunselect was supposed to advise him of all issues in a Certificate of Compliance but he was never given one. He is now looking at a whole new meter box at a cost of $1,200 and he doesn’t have the money to do it. He rang Sun Select but now they don’t want to know. He is paying off the loan but has no system. What should he do?
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### Author:  [@Ekelly234](https://forum.cleanenergyreviews.info/u/Ekelly234)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2020, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.cleanenergyreviews.info/t/rip-off-or-not-dont-use-selectsun/1573/2 "2020-10-17T20:14:53Z")
sTOP PAYING THE LOAN
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### Author:  [@Marty](https://forum.cleanenergyreviews.info/u/Marty)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2020, 9:38am UTC](https://forum.cleanenergyreviews.info/t/rip-off-or-not-dont-use-selectsun/1573/3 "2020-10-20T09:38:48Z")
> [@Ekelly234](#):
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> STOP PAYING THE LOAN
Not a bad idea.
This is a terrible story @jarama. Perhaps one for the ombudsman, or the likes of NCAT/VCAT? No reputable solar company I know would not include the cost of any electrical upgrade in the final quote _before_ going ahead with the install.
Bad reviews, or the threat of them, often go a long way to get a resolution.
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### Author:  [@jarama](https://forum.cleanenergyreviews.info/u/jarama)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2020, 10:10am UTC](https://forum.cleanenergyreviews.info/t/rip-off-or-not-dont-use-selectsun/1573/4 "2020-10-20T10:10:29Z")
They already blocked my comments on their Facebook site.
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### Author:  [@Isla](https://forum.cleanenergyreviews.info/u/Isla)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2021, 7:26am UTC](https://forum.cleanenergyreviews.info/t/rip-off-or-not-dont-use-selectsun/1573/5 "2021-09-29T07:26:23Z")
You can use the written report to lodge a complaint with your local consumer affairs against the solar company.
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### Author:  [@jarama](https://forum.cleanenergyreviews.info/u/jarama)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2021, 8:38am UTC](https://forum.cleanenergyreviews.info/t/rip-off-or-not-dont-use-selectsun/1573/6 "2021-09-29T08:38:09Z")
Isla
We went to Fair reading and then the NCAT and we won with compensation.
Chris
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### Author:  [@Isla](https://forum.cleanenergyreviews.info/u/Isla)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2021, 9:15am UTC](https://forum.cleanenergyreviews.info/t/rip-off-or-not-dont-use-selectsun/1573/7 "2021-09-29T09:15:55Z")
That’s great! jarama!
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### Author:  [@fooman\_chew](https://forum.cleanenergyreviews.info/u/fooman_chew)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2021, 10:38pm UTC](https://forum.cleanenergyreviews.info/t/rip-off-or-not-dont-use-selectsun/1573/8 "2021-12-01T22:38:28Z")
I used Sunselect for an install in QLD and regrete that decision. I upgraded the system being promised a massive decease in electricity bills. After it was installed by another outsourced company, we did not get a drop of energy. For over 14 months, it did not produce any electricity at all and it was up to me to take photos and make contact with the original installers that the work was outsourced to by Sunselect. Now still nothing and scratches and dents on a brand new roof. Do not use Sunselect.