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charging for not paying by direct debit

ironchicken · 2009-03-03 21:00:52

Hello, I've been reading this site for some time now and had some very useful tips from it, but this is my first post. It has only just come to my notice that Virgin Media are actually charging me £5.00 a month for not paying by direct debit, but phoning up and paying over the phone with my debit card. Are they allowed to…

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qw3rt7 Posts: 243 Forumite

5 March 2009 at 1:44PM

This has been argued sooo many times. You have a choice, if you dont want DD and dont want to pay more, dont use the company.
The whole incentive vs fine thing (DD discount rather than nonDD charge) is also pretty pointless, it all boils down to the same thing.

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