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Virgin Media Broadband - £9 off

This is my first post to Money Saving Expert so I thought I would share this little loophole for those with Virgin Media.

I am currently on Virgin's XL Broadband package which costs £37 a month. I decided that this was too much and gave them a call to terminate the service. My aim was to haggle the price down for a couple of months or at least get a month for free. After threats and comparing Virgin to other providers I just asked the question, "Can you reduce the monthly price that I pay without changing the Broadband package?". I was stunned when he simply said, "Sure, I can reduce it by £8 a month and you can save an additional £1 by signing up not to receive any more paper bills". Result.

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  • upferret
    upferret Posts: 691 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    we do this too just ring up and ask for it cheaper as long as youre out of 12 month contract.
    November £10 a day challenge. Im starting early- 66p so far!
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