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Scam or not?

Reveblue Posted messages 3 Status Member -  
brupala Posted messages 111152 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -

Hello,

I would like to get information about a company that visits artisans and offers them, in exchange for signing a credit contract of €166 excluding tax per month for 60 months, to install a battery near the meter and replace traditional bulbs with LED bulbs for free.

This company is called MB2E and is based in CLICHY.

What exactly is going on?

Thank you in advance.

Best regards.

Marie

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    brupala Posted messages 111152 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   14 450
     

    Hello,

    what surprises me is that we still have "classic" bulbs in 2025. I can understand this question being raised 10 years ago, but nowadays a regular bulb on the market is an LED bulb, thanks to China.

    The price being asked is very exaggerated, it's clear, unless we have 2000 light fixtures; it feels more like a crooked banker than a lighting professional.

    And there you have it....

    But goodness, those line spaces are so annoying!!

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  2. MPMP10 Posted messages 47362 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   18 970
     

    Hello,

    Be careful, the mandatory legal notices are missing from this company's website.

    Mandatory notices on the website of an individual entrepreneur | Entreprendre.Service-Public.fr

    https://annuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr/entreprise/mb2e-mb2e-850870510

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    1. brucine Posted messages 24910 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 178
       

      Hello,

      The proposed activity inspires more than just distrust and is probably a costly scam (9960€ to change light bulbs for energy-saving bulbs is expensive for a bulb) but I don't see how the regulatory mentions are absent; some (for example, financial data) may not be published or in the public domain for a number of reasons, but this is not specific to the company in question nor is it inherently likely to inspire distrust.

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  3. Reveblue Posted messages 3 Status Member
     

    Thank you.

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    1. MPMP10 Posted messages 47362 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   18 970
       

      You're welcome.

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  4. Reveblue Posted messages 3 Status Member
     

    The purpose of this installation is supposedly to save on electricity bills. Has anyone ever faced this kind of initiative?

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    1. MPMP10 Posted messages 47362 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   18 970
       

      It's a scam, do the math based on the number of years you will pay to recover the amounts spent before making any real savings!

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