Virgin Media: Haggle down your costs.

marcellep

custardy wrote: »

well thats my next line TBH
i was on the phone and the girl felt it acceptable i pay £50 more than someone not on XL TV
she made me feel better by telling me the offer was ending soon so we would all pay £99

Just call back and chat with someone different and act all stupid on the phone, Making out you dont know what its called etc. Worked for me

Equinox

Got my e-bill today. Just noticed their M broadband has gone up by £2 (two months ago), so I'm now paying £18 for M broadband and M phone.

*sigh* My deal is starting to get uncompetitive. I'll see how the price compares after the speed upgrade and then haggle (not that I'm any good at it anyway).

Clutterbunnyy

I just called Virgin to say I wanted to move to Sky as I was finding Virgin too expensive, I thought they would offer me a deal but instead the lady just said "ok", so all my services are being puuled in 30 days time.

Now I feelREally stupid and don't know what to do, any ideas.

Thanks

tinalives

Don't worry just yet - I bet they will call you back in a few days offering you a better deal.

Tina

Lady_K

I noticed an increase in my monthly bill too and thought the same, its not that competative anymore. I will have to get my finger out and start working on either getting a better deal with them or moving to different company.

Do you think sky for all 3 is a reasonable deal compared to virgin media? I already have sky freesat but thought about changing to skyplus bb and phone with them if they offer better

Equinox

Lady_K wrote: »

I noticed an increase in my monthly bill too and thought the same, its not that competative anymore. I will have to get my finger out and start working on either getting a better deal with them or moving to different company.

Do you think sky for all 3 is a reasonable deal compared to virgin media? I already have sky freesat but thought about changing to skyplus bb and phone with them if they offer better

Sorry can't help. Aside from the fact I haven't begun to look at competitor prices, I know my property doesn't have a BT line installed ... even more to pay for me *oh joy*.

RogueWolf

Equinox wrote: »

Got my e-bill today. Just noticed their M broadband has gone up by £2 (two months ago), so I'm now paying £18 for M broadband and M phone.

*sigh* My deal is starting to get uncompetitive. I'll see how the price compares after the speed upgrade and then haggle (not that I'm any good at it anyway

I had the same thing was riginally on
M tel (evenings and weekend)
XL TV with setanta (Is this now inclusive?)
L BB (10mb)

for a total of £35 charges all in.

However noticed that 2 months ago they had their price increase and my bill showed a £1 increase in my XL TV and £3.75 reduction in my discount??

Having called up as come to end of contract was able to get a V+ box for £30 installation. Not the best deal (was wanting for free) but will do me till next year lol

Current deal
XL TV (With Setanta if not the norm) with V+ box
L (10mb) BB
Tel Evenings and weekends
Total charge £37.93 after VAT and paperless billing discount


PS With regards to haggling the only tip I could give is just be friendly and calm. Its suprising the difference that this makes

vikramrkin

Equinox wrote: »

Sorry can't help. Aside from the fact I haven't begun to look at competitor prices, I know my property doesn't have a BT line installed ... even more to pay for me *oh joy*.

I think there is an offer going on with BT rt now (I think until the end of June). If you phone 0800 800 150 and quote "New line free connection offer", they will do the installation for free. They will take atleast 15 days to install it though.

paulmcn

my current deal comes to an end in mid july

i am currently on:

Advance charges £20.49

Description Date/period Amount
Telephone Line Rental 01 March - 29 March £11.00
Talk International 01 March - 29 March £1.50
Talk Mobile 01 March - 29 March £1.50
Talk Unlimited 01 March - 29 March £7.95
Loyalty Pack: B B / Phone 01 March - 29 March £-19.46
Free Voicemail 01 March - 29 March £0.00
TV Size: M 01 March - 29 March £0.00
Broadband Size: M 01 March - 29 March £18.00

Service other £-1.00

Description Date Amount

Ebilling

anyone got any suggestions what i should expect from VM if renew again, i do not need any bigger tv and the 10 meg BB is fine that i have, would like to keep the talk unlimited and talk mobile.

Any insight would be good, by the way i have been with virgin for 2 years now if that is any help.

P

madrhino

Hello

Just a quick question.

I have cancelled VM media on Thursday 18th June, so will be cancelled 18th July.

I cancelled for various reasons including getting my bill wrong by overcharging me £10, then telling me that they can't put me on the cheap deal that they had promised etc. etc.

I am ready to order a bt line this week if they don't contact me and offer a better deal.

The question is can I go through with the cancellation and then re order a couple of days later as a new customer? The deal I want is £21.95 for new customers as opposed to the £27 that they offered me + my mum is a Virgin customer so she can recommend me and we both get £30 off our bill.

Just wanted to know if I could do this, or don't they allow it for customers who have recently left?

Thanks. Any advice appreciated.