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Haggle win
Used to pay £78.00 on virgin, received price increase email to say going to £86.50. Rang up was told £85 was the best they could offer me to stay, so I put my 30 day cancellation in straight away. A couple of days passed and rang sky, was offered a deal of £62.50 for 18months (free Netflix, but no bt sport. Besides that…
Talk Talk - moving home mid contract - issues with dodgy order cancellation
Hello, I need some help with this matter. Has anybody out there got any experience with moving home with talktalk? Tomorrow, I should be completing on house purchase (!) and I'm currently renting. I have 12months remaining on Fibre BB contract with TalkTalk so naturally I contacted them to find out their process - ie how…
Just saved £285.12 per annum on my virgin tv and broadband account
Afternoon all, my first post here, but wanted to share with you all that after contacting Virgin today (was on hold for nearly one hour) I managed to secure a reduction of £285.12 a year on my account with to little to no haggling. I was polite and courteous to the very helpful lady and told her that I could get what I…
A problem with my mobile phone
The problem is when I am using my phone for more than a few minutes it cuts off and I lose the line to the person that I am speaking to . And it is ok when I am using it for less than a few minutes . It is a Nokia phone and I have it for I guess 14 / 15 years which could be the problem as it is old What is the problem ?
Virginmedia price increase from 1st March 2022
I TOOK OUT MY VIRGINMEDIA CONTRACT IN MAY 2021 FOR 18 MONTHS AND GOT AN EXCELLENT DEAL. THEY HAVE NOW EMAILED ME TO TELL ME THEY WILL BE A PRICE INCREASE OF £4 ON MY BILL FROM 1ST MARCH 2022. I AM SO ANGRY! CAN THEY DO THIS IF YOUR STILL IN A CONTRACT. THE EMAIL STATED I COULD CANCEL MY PACKAGE?
V6 Tivo Box Usable?
Cancelled my subscription with Virgin and they want £40 to retain my 3 boxes or i can return them, just wondered if they still work with freeview or anything if there actually worth keeping to use as we still plan to use Netflix and freeview possible Amazon. Struggling to find a defintiive answer and forgot to answer…
When To Expect The Virgin Media Price Rise Email?
Asking for someone else. I had my email over a week ago via email about the price increase from 1st March, does anyone know how long they take to send these out to customers as a relative is awaiting one and wants to cancel and leave VM. I should imagine they will be effected by it since they signed their 18-month contract…
Virgin account question.
My present deal with Virgin comprises.... Mix TV, with Tivo V6 box. M100 Fibre Broadband Landline rental with free weekend calls. I presently pay £47.50 a month which includes a discount of £17. This comes to an end on 19th April, 2022. I'm aware there is a looming price increase which takes effect at the beginning of…
Virgin Media Haggle
Do this every year. Just got reduced from £63.75/month to £45.75/month that's £18/month saving which is £324 saving for next 18 months.
Virgin Media contract ending but unsure whether to haggle as I am moving house this year
My Virgin Media contract is ending at the end of February and the price hike sets in, and usually I would haggle and sort out a new price. However, we are looking to move house, and the area where we are moving to does not have Virgin Media. Does anyone have any advice as to how to proceed with getting a lower price with…
Samsung TV failure to refund
I'm struggling to get a refund of £4000 from Samsung. I ordered an 85 inch Smart TV from Samsung on line in 20th October 2021 and paid cash using our debit card from our NatWest International account in Jersey CI. When we unpacked the TV a small piece fell out of the packaging, which we didn't initially think much of, but…
Threatening letters from TV Licensing
My husband and I stopped watching TV a long time ago as we found it very biased and there was nothing either of us wanted to watch. We decided to cancel our TV license after we realised it was about 6 months since we put the TV on. We both have laptops and neither of us watch any live TV. I watch series and films sometimes…
Virgin bundle.... deal or no deal?
Just trying to get some comparisons with others following the usual round of haggling. I currently have a Big Bundle with Player TV (M) (essentially Freeview stuff), plus M100 Fibre Broadband and Talk Weekend. I pay £38 a month, which is due to rise to £42 from March 1. I have total discounts of £20 applying at present,…
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Sky added 6 months to our contract, can they do this?
Hey, We've been sky customers for years now (TV, broadband and phone) with our most recent contract ending in November. We called up today to try and reduce our tv package but got told because we didn't ring in November they rolled on our contract for us until May! Does this sound right it's not something we've experienced…
BT essentials, for those on benefits. Question re the phone line
Good morning Regarding the BT Essentials, those of you who have THIS ONE, what does unlimited minutes on the landline mean? More specifically, is there anything that is excluded from use, is it really unlimited? Unlimited Fibre PlanVideo call, game or stream in HD on a few devices at once. Download speed74MbYour Stay Fast…
Offer on this site not honoured by car phone warehouse
Anyone else order an iPhone before Christmas - as promoted on this site - only for car phone warehouse to cancel the order weeks later claiming a website error? I am very disappointed.
Mobile Broadband - Caravan
Hi All My friend is moving in to a caravan permanently and is looking for mobile broadband (no landlines there). She’s chosen the network based on the signal strength of each network, but she needs a mifi device and possibly an antenna if signal is an issue inside. Can you suggest the best tech to meet the job, and of…
Virgin Media is a Morally Bankrupt Company.
I renewed my contract with VM for 18 months on 4/1/22 with the new contract at a cost of £33/month starting on 3/2/22. On 10/1/22 - six days after agreeing the renewal, VM notified me that the monthly charge would increase by £4 (12.1%) w.e.f. 1/3/22. I've been given 30 days to walk away from the contract without penalty.…
International SMS Package for Pay as You Go
Good Evening, Does anyone know of any pay as you go bundles/deals that offer (ideally) unlimited international texts? Thanks in advance.

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