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📺 Useful threads on this board * Sky retention deals * Virgin Media retention deals 📺 Useful links to MoneySavingExpert.com guides * Do I need a TV licence? * Digital TV deals * TV MoneySaving Tricks 💡 If there's a link you think we should include here, please send me a message!
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Discovery+ Cancellation issue!
At the beginning of November (1st) this year, I took out a monthly payment with Discovery + in order to access the TNT sports option, costing £25.49 a month. However, after viewing it over that evening I was disappointed to see I was paying a premium price for loads of adverts too! So I cancelled the subscription on the…
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Haggle with BT - our new guide
Hi all, we have new BT Haggling guide, and we'd love to hear your feedback. Just click reply below to share any info. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply. Thanks for your help, MSE Sally
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Manhattan T3-R or T4-R or an alternative?
Hi. Looking for a TV recorder. Ease of use is important, and being able to scroll back to previous days to 'catch up', so Freeview Play or equivalent. Two recordable channels tobesure tobesure. On-demand services like iPlayer etc (via WiFo or Ethernet, doesn't matter) would be a nice addition, tho' we already have this on…
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UW changing my contract
Took out a rolling 30 day contract mid September Awoke this morning to an email at 5.03 am thanking me for changing my contract, 2GB less data and a whopping 160% price inclease. I did not change my contract, did not discuss any changes at any stage, I had a bargain, was happy with it. CS agent clueless, just coming out…
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Suggestions for new Phone Network provider
Hi I have been with Vodafone for over 25 years. I currently have 20GB and I use on average 8GB data, and occasionally go over. I have paid off my iphone over the last 2 years and from tomorrow I can change my Airtime contract to SIM only. I currently pay £20.82. I was expecting to be offered something like £5 per month as…
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Another TV licence question
as I know everyone loves to discuss. Our Ltd Co does holiday rentals. We have TVs in the 2 apartments We pay for TV licenses but do we need to? If we go we already have a license for our private home and assume (!!!!!! U Me) that our clients do to. Thoughts?
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UK based domestic VoIP provider
Any suggestions for a UK based VoIP provider, simple requirements are: * Single User (single SIP trunk) * Multiple endpoints (say two) * Two incomming numbers
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Autumn Budget 2025: Chancellor asks calls for review to 30-day telecoms cancellation rules
The Chancellor has written to regulator Ofcom – as well as to major telecoms providers – over unannounced mid-contract price hikes. It comes after MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis wrote to Rachel Reeves in October calling for urgent action to strengthen cancellation rules.... Read the full story: Autumn Budget…
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Virgin Media retention deals (post your haggling successes)
Post any deals you've obtained when negotiating a new deal Post The package The price and discount The length of the contract
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TV Licence, is this meant to scare/impress me?
Latest communication from TV licence Enforcement Officer Visit Approved stamp. How ridiculous can they become.
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There is no phone line between telegraph pole and my house - can I get Fibre broadband?
For 10 years I have had Virgin Fibre Broadband which uses a dedicated cable running at ground level from pavement into my house. I want to change to another Fibre provider but I need to know how it is possible. There is no phone cable connecting to my house from any telegraph pole (I have never had a landline at this…
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Sky TV retention deals ( post your haggling successes )
Please post any deals you have negotiated with sky Please post The package The price and discount The length of the contract
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So many choices.
I'm currently with Virgin Media. My current contract comes to an end at the end of December 2025, and I'll be putting in my cancellation soon, and once again playing that cat and mouse game hoping they offer me an attractive deal so I remain a customer. Currently I'm paying £57.52 for V6, 250 Mbps, landline (weekend…
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Do I need to inform that I don't need a TV licence?
So last year I filled out the thing online & told them I don't need a TV licence. Job done so I thought. Shortly after they send a big guy knocking on my door. To be fair to him he didn't come with an attitude so I politely told him I wouldn't be letting him in. And this was the end of it ... or so I thought again. Last…
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Watching BBC i-player away from home without a licence
I have just had an email from TV Licensing stating that I have watched BBC i-player with the warning "As your No Licence Needed status is now invalid, you will need to buy a TV Licence." I do not have a licence for my property and have previously let them know this. I know the regulations regarding watching i-player. I…
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Sky can I speak to them in UK?
Trying to place an order on Sky via internet and it fails, I think because a long time back I did have a Sky product and ceased but they must still have me in their computers. Tried phoning customer services and got no where it was someone on another planet! Do you have a number for me to speak to in the UK?
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Virgin Media CCJ issued still Nothing
I have been chasing a reissue of a Credit which Virgin media owed which they (issue from a different company) letters sent communications on the live chat , calls, TRYING to get close on this matter .... NOTHING .... So I issued a CCJ ... issued Nothing ... Virgin Media didnt reply so the CCJ was issued .... Any thoughts…
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O2 system malfunction
Hello, I contacted O2 on Monday regarding the right to leave the airtime plan due to the price increase. Im disabled and find things like dealing with switching difficult so when they offerered me a better airtime deal I decided to stay with them so I didnt have to try and switch my numbers to another provider. I was happy…
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Contacts on BT 8500 if landline is disconnected.
If I give up my landline when my broadband contract is renewed in January am I right in thinking I will lose numbers stored in my BT8500 contacts list? I would have time to write them down individually but there are so many and I would need to start now. I would also need to let my contacts know, individually if they do…
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HELP!! £500+ Bill Talktalk
With talktalk internet, then phone got cut off and said you need to pay £130, we called and paid. When ever I look onto my account it says my email is not recognised. Then I went on live chat and asked I want to see my bills but I cant get onto my account, I know the number but it says some error. When I spoke they said…
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