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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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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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Skype credit refund
Now that Skype is closing down in May is there a way to get our credit refunded? It’s more “it’s the principle then anything” but I have £11 of Skype credit. Multiply that by all users and Microsoft is going to collect multiples of millions on this. Surely since THEY are closing the service, they have a duty to return our…
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What TV app does GB news open in if you press the red button????
What TV app does GB news open in if you press the red button???? I have not have the GB news app installed, but if I press the red button it's still opens in an app???
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Answering "no" to all questions on TV licensing website but it still says I have to by a license?
I received another letter from TV Licensing inviting me to visit https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/topics/telling-us-you-dont-need-a-tv-licence and fill out the form. I answer "no" everywhere, yet upon hitting "submit" that page displays a message at the bottom that says "based on your answers you need to…
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Virgin V6 or 360?
Intermittenly, I receive emails from Virgin Media urging me to swap my Virgin V6 box for a 360 box. I have no interest in doing this, because I'm perfectly happy with everything my V6 does, plus I know I would lose all my recordings if switching. I'm wondering which box, members on here prefer? Thank you.
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Virgin media underhand tactics refusing to honour contract
Yesterday I received my bill with confirmation that my contract is ending and that it will rise from £72.12pm to £191.30pm. I used their message service to speak to them and finally negotiated a deal at 130 in the afternoon for £75pm but I would lose certaint aspects (sports/voicemail/sky cinema/anytime chatter). This…
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Giving notice to BT in writing.. I do not make telephone calls!
Hi I need to give notice to cancel my contract, which ends on the 3rd of September 2025. We are moving home to a rural area and optic fibre connection is not possible as there is no fibre to the address we are moving to. I will either have to use RF or Starlink to get internet and I will have to get a landline. Mobile…
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Home laptop virus protection via Virgin?
Hi, hope this is the right board to ask this on! I got a new laptop last year which came with a years free Norton but it's now up for renewal , it's only ever connected at home via my Virgin broadband. Do I need to renew the virus protection or would the broadband be enough? If so are there are any cheaper providers as the…
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Smartphone-carrying male accessory for when the weather is hot and only have hip pocket for phone
I recently lost my smartphone when out in shirt sleeves and only had a hip pocket to carry my Smartphone in. BTW, I found it eventually in a café I had visited about 30 minutes earlier. If I keep relying on a hip pocket or just holding my phone in my hand everywhere I go this summer, I will surely lose it again with…
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Pay as You Go roaming
Hi experts. I had a look online, but it is confusing for me. In about a month we are going abroad. My provider ID have roaming included in plan and 30GB data limit. I am little bit worried that that will be not enough for my wife and kids. So i am thinking to get pay as you go SIM card, load it with data and when my limit…
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Best 55-65" tv for a bright room ?
This could open the flood gates but we have quite a bright living room. We've had a techwood 55" tv for 5 years and I can honestly say its been brilliant. In the dark the colours and definition are still excellent but something has been failing in terms of brightness for about 6 months now and watching dark movies is a no…
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The Times - subscription prices - can it be cheaper?
What prices have people achieved with haggling/cancelling? Only 2 price tiers on offer for digital only. £26 full digital £15 a month but useable on 1 smartphone device only (not tablet or pc/laptop), which is no good for family usage Has anyone managed to negotiate cheaper? Given subscription doesn't make it ad free and…
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Cost of phone calls from a prison
Has anyone any experience of the companies that offer a landline number for use in the prison which diverts to a mobile or device for a family? What should I look for. Some offer a service that means I can pay the whole cost of a landline call . Again has anyone any experience? An example is Phonesavvy , or c2c.
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Transparent Telecom
I left Transparent Telecom in November 2024 to go to EE., before I left I requested a returns bag to return Transparent’s equipment but none arrived. I’d received their final account in March 2025 and my account is closed. I still have Transparent’s equipment so I emailed them to requested a pre paid returns bag. I…
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Now Tv ...sky sports.
My sky sports has just gone up again to £59.50 p.m with £32 of that paying for a compulsory channel i never watch. I do record programmes on the sky recorder but i think i could live without it. So the current Now tv offer of £26 per month for 6 months for sky sports seems very appealing but I'm wondering if the ads are…
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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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BT Digital Voice and Pacemakers
BT tried to move me over to Digital Voice in March. I explained that my mother has a pacemaker and has been told that the Digital Voice adapter could interfere with this. The order that BT put in was therefore cancelled and I was told I wouldn't have to worry about this until Jan 2027. However today, I was alarmed to find…
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TV License
Moved house Nov 2023. Got a letter from TV Licensing today 28 June 25 asking me if I needed a TV licence. I haven't had a license for about 4 years and told them every year at my old address. However when I go to the form to tell them I don't want a license it asks me to put in a future date ie when someone will be living…
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Now they're switching off landlines, can you get twin handset digital phones that use WiFi connectio
Now they're switching off landlines, can you get twin handset digital phones that use WiFi connection?
Confused by wifi, routers and modems? Need help picking the best broadband for you? Not sure if cable or fibre or 5G is the way to go?
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