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**MSE Archna** · 02-06-2009, 12:21 PM

What's the deal?

New customers signing up to Virgin Media cable bundle via special cashback website Quidco can get £120 cashback - £60 more than usual. This ends Fri 5 June so go quick!

What's available?

The £120 cashback applies on all Virgin cable packages. So for example, over a year you'd normally pay £280 for landline, TV, weekend calls and broadband which is an average of £23.33/mth. (Inc free installation & a £20 online discount). With this deal it's £160, an average of £13.33/mth.

Remember a landline on BT or TalkTalk costs £11.25 alone, so this is a cracking deal, if you're planning on getting a Virgin package.

One important note is that making calls via Virgin, especially to mobiles, is expensive, so if you do get this package read the Calling Mobiles Cheaply guide to cut the cost.

WARNING! Cashback site payouts are never 100% guaranteed.

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As cashback sites rely on retailers paying them, you can never count cashback as a sure thing until it's in your bank account.

How to get this deal

Register at Quidco. If you're not already a member join (it's free)cashback site Quidco*. It takes £5/year off your total cashback paid so if this is the first cashback deal you've done you'll get £115.

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rihsahs · 03-06-2009, 9:32 AM

Hi guys,

Please if anyone knows, is the cashback valid for non cable virgin since they dont have it in my area.Thanks for the help

Edinburghlass · 03-06-2009, 9:42 AM

£60 for non-cable packages, have a read of Quidco notes.

Simran · 03-06-2009, 10:19 AM

Is this available to existing customers who wish to upgrade (eg from XL TV, phone & BB to XXL BB, XL phone & TV?

Thanks!

vish28 · 03-06-2009, 12:23 PM

does anyone know if you can take out just a phone and tv pack for a total of 11 pounds per month (lowest package) and still qualify for cashback? Or must you take broadband too?

Quidco states 120 back for all cable package / bundles.. the way i see it the above is a package!

Thanks

chrislad1 · 03-06-2009, 12:25 PM

Just a note reference cashback and Virgin Media. Last August my parents and myself applied for 2 separate full accounts through "We Promise To", who advertised £100 cashback for each account.
Both accounts are still up and running and no payments ever received for the cashback.
After some 10 months of investigation the website "We Promise To" has finally advised that Virgin will not honour the cashback promise. In conclusion don't expect to get cash back from Virgin

boomclart · 03-06-2009, 1:07 PM

I've only just ordered mine last week with an installation date of mon 08/06... tv (m) + phone line + BB (xxl)

Anyway of getting the deal, i.e. cancelling and re-ordering yet somehow keeping the installation date?

stevenmather · 03-06-2009, 2:15 PM

if i move line rental from virgin to BT, will i have to move my broadband to virgin too?

i'm very happy with the price/performance of my current broadband, and so dont want to move that if i can help it.

thanks

steven

Sharon Heenan · 03-06-2009, 2:23 PM

Just called to cancel sky sports and a few other packages and I was offered 20% off my current subscription for 6 months. Made a saving of £9.20 and I get to keep all my packages, for not much more than the cost of removing the sports package alone

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littlemrtinkle · 03-06-2009, 2:33 PM

cashback is always a bonus and not a right, i have had loads cancelled or rejected over the years with no valid reason. please bare this in mind. But if you get the cashback this is a great deal.

HopelessUnbeliever · 03-06-2009, 2:49 PM

Hey, newbie here, long time reader etc. etc.

Can anyone tell me why quidco has given me £65 of credit for signing up to this? Is it the case that it can come in installments? Just seems strange as the only two options were £60 or £120, and I'm in no mans land.

Cheers

davilown · 03-06-2009, 3:56 PM

Yep mine's just tracked at £65 only as well - anyone else had this?

HopelessUnbeliever · 03-06-2009, 4:24 PM

I'm relatively new to Quidco, never used it for something like this, so my only guess is that the rest comes through post-installation, although I'm not sure why they would do it like this, any help would be appreciated.

desi113 · 03-06-2009, 6:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davilown

Yep mine's just tracked at £65 only as well - anyone else had this?

yep i've got the same, maybe u get the rest after installation?

**MSE Archna** · 03-06-2009, 6:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HopelessUnbeliever

Hey, newbie here, long time reader etc. etc.

Can anyone tell me why quidco has given me £65 of credit for signing up to this? Is it the case that it can come in installments? Just seems strange as the only two options were £60 or £120, and I'm in no mans land.

Cheers

Hi I've spoken to Quidco who've assured me that even though it's tracking at £65 you will get the full £120 for cable bundles. It's going to add a note on its terms to that effect.

Navvy · 03-06-2009, 6:20 PM

The Virgin prices are misleading - you need to add £11 per month line rental, even when you're buying a bundle that includes the phone.

Dynamite! · 04-06-2009, 11:14 AM

I signed up last night. Cashback on Quidco already shows (at £65 - will wait for that to transform magically into £120). Was going to sign up anyway so bonus!

It is true that Virgin are misleading with pricing. Wanted Broadband, but can't get without telephone line (extra £11). Comes to £25pm. However, you then see that TV comes "free" if you want it. Personally not that bothered as I have good freeview.

Bottom line for me - still works out little cheaper than BT for phone and BB. Will now get 10Mb broadband instead of the 1Mb that BT could supply me.

(Hmm... wonder if BT will come up with various charges to punish me for leaving them!)

curriej99 · 04-06-2009, 11:16 AM

Navvy is right - Archna you don't seem to have factored in the obligatory line rental in your calculations....

"The £120 cashback applies on all Virgin cable packages. So for example, over a year you'd normally pay £280 for landline, TV, weekend calls and broadband which is an average of £23.33/mth. (Inc free installation & a £20 online discount). With this deal it's £160, an average of £13.33/mth.

Remember a landline on BT or TalkTalk costs £11.25 alone, so this is a cracking deal, if you're planning on getting a Virgin package."

The above doesn't allow for the £11 charge that Virgin levy for the line rental.
The Virgin site puts a little asterix next to it's bundled packages and the small print below details the line rental.
Pity - as it would have been an unbeatable deal otherwise.
Still better off with freeview or freesat and a separate phone/broadband provider.

Rustikle · 04-06-2009, 12:06 PM

Archna is right!

£14 p/m for phone, tv, and broadband = £168
£11 p/m line rental = £132

Total = £300 - £20 online discount = £280 - as Archna quoted!

I agree that the asterisk is a wee bit cheeky, but everyone seems to have noticed it at least.

I had been thinking of signing up, and now this seems to have sealed the deal! Thanks!

**MSE Archna** · 04-06-2009, 2:31 PM

Hi all,

If you get the basic package it does come to £13.33/mth if you factor in the cashback. If you want a more comprehensive package you'llpay more. Virgin sneakily automatically set the selection to the higher TV package.

Quidco have added that there was a system error so you cashback amount should change to £120 in the next couple of days.

Thanks

MSE Archna