Virgin Media: Haggle down your costs.

modelreject

I do indeed get a loyalty discount. Where do I go from here. Should I just grin and bear it. Thinking to contacting Ofcom.

Saw an advert this morning for a show called "Rip Off Britain". Shame it's already been recorded asI'd have a few things to say about Virgin!

warlord

modelreject wrote: »

I do indeed get a loyalty discount. Where do I go from here. Should I just grin and bear it. Thinking to contacting Ofcom.

Saw an advert this morning for a show called "Rip Off Britain". Shame it's already been recorded asI'd have a few things to say about Virgin!

Hi mate

Dont worry about what the VM site shows its prices as.

If you check the cost of your package and then go to VM web site and select as a new customer the same packages you have now you will find that you are slightly better off. (loyalty bonus dosent count for much now its VM , it was different when Telewest and NTL gave them out as they has more flexibility.

You can try going to cancellations and haggle a bit, if you dont get anything worth while just cancel. They will give you a cancel date , and ALL the people i have spoken to get a call a few days later , they will offer you the best deal they can see how you get on from there. Its a good idea to have a plan of what you want and try and haggle for it. But you normally end up paying a little more get get a bit more for your pennies.

Warlord

jmarko

Hello!

I'm out of contract and currently on...

Telephone Line Rental £11.99
Phone, Broadband And TV Saving £-7.00
Free Voicemail £0.00
Broadband Size: M £20.50
T V Size: M £0.00

Total £25.49

I'll prob get shot down in flames for saying this but it seems a bit steep for what is essentially freeview, phone and bb.

What do people think? Could I do better? I quite fancy tvm+ and phone L but I'm not sure what I should be paying for that.

J

suexf

jmarko wrote: »

Hello!

I'm out of contract and currently on...

Telephone Line Rental £11.99
Phone, Broadband And TV Saving £-7.00
Free Voicemail £0.00
Broadband Size: M £20.50
T V Size: M £0.00

Total £25.49

I'll prob get shot down in flames for saying this but it seems a bit steep for what is essentially freeview, phone and bb.

What do people think? Could I do better? I quite fancy tvm+ and phone L but I'm not sure what I should be paying for that.

J

you're actually doing better than me as I pay £30 a month for the same package.
I had a sky tv rep call last week offering
sky+hd box (free)
1 tv pack
everyday broadband
freetime calls

all for £18 p/m no hidden extra's or installation fee's etc & this included 8 months free of BT line rental on a 12 month contract.
I signed up & also got my dad signed up the next day as he was fed up with virgin media.
Unfortunately my installation failed today because of neighbouring tree's blocking the signal to the dish. After making some phone calls to our housing association nothing can be done about the tree's, so I'm not happy at all.
Thought I would try ringing virgin telling them of the offer I got from sky & was considering leaving. Was put through to the retentions & the lady kept saying how sky are not being honest with what you get regarding broadband speeds, free calls & other charges. Tried her best to dissuade me but I said if she couldn't offer me anything better without costing me more then I was going to see how my dads install goes & probably switch too but she just said ok & that was it.
Thinking of getting rid of virgin now as I don't use house phone due to my mobiles free calls & not much on tv so really just want broadband.

twe

Not offered much,

telephone basic with free calls weekends
medium tv package
medium broadband
free HD V+ box
free installation
£32.49 a month
[not sure if that includes the £2 for the auto reject withheld numbers I have added]

Not sure if there is a better deal or not?

aj9648

Hi

In a similar position to some of you here....feel I am paying too much


Description Date/period Amount
Line Rental 22 June - 21 July £11.99
Talk Unlimited 22 June - 21 July £7.95
Phone, Bband & TV M+ Discount 22 June - 21 July £-12.50
M+ (Starter) 22 June - 21 July £5.50
Broadband Size: L 22 June - 21 July £25.00

I would like to get o2 BB and o2 home phone as I am an o2 customer now. However as I understand I would have to get BT to reconnect my line (had BT before) costing £100+

Is it worth it? Any other deals out there? I pay £25 for my BB (L) which seems extortionate

HarpreetRehal

Hi all, this is my first post!

Got off the phone from VM last night and managed to get some kind of deal out of them! Just wanted to get your opinion's on whether it's a good deal or not???

Im getting:

Telephone - XL (free calls 24/7)
TV - XL
BB - L (10mb - I've been on this for the last year and don't ever come close to needing anything more)
2 V+ boxes - 1 downstairs and 1 installed in a bedroom (HD recordable do-daa!)
No connection cost for the HD and half price line rental on the phone for 3 months

All for £46 quid a month. Is that good...ok....poo??!!

If it's ok/good please let me know and I'll be only too happy to tell you what I said to them!!

Cheers people!

darrenj

Sounds good I'm paying £60 for that at the moment, what did you say to get that deal?

northwest1965

HarpreetRehal wrote: »

Hi all, this is my first post!

Got off the phone from VM last night and managed to get some kind of deal out of them! Just wanted to get your opinion's on whether it's a good deal or not???

Im getting:

Telephone - XL (free calls 24/7)
TV - XL
BB - L (10mb - I've been on this for the last year and don't ever come close to needing anything more)
2 V+ boxes - 1 downstairs and 1 installed in a bedroom (HD recordable do-daa!)
No connection cost for the HD and half price line rental on the phone for 3 months

All for £46 quid a month. Is that good...ok....poo??!!

If it's ok/good please let me know and I'll be only too happy to tell you what I said to them!!

Cheers people!

A good deal, we just got this this afternoon!!:T Until then we were paying £44 but only for the old samsung box with L tv package

hansi

HarpreetRehal wrote: »

Hi all, this is my first post!

Got off the phone from VM last night and managed to get some kind of deal out of them! Just wanted to get your opinion's on whether it's a good deal or not???

Im getting:

Telephone - XL (free calls 24/7)
TV - XL
BB - L (10mb - I've been on this for the last year and don't ever come close to needing anything more)
2 V+ boxes - 1 downstairs and 1 installed in a bedroom (HD recordable do-daa!)
No connection cost for the HD and half price line rental on the phone for 3 months

All for £46 quid a month. Is that good...ok....poo??!!

If it's ok/good please let me know and I'll be only too happy to tell you what I said to them!!

Cheers people!

I'm getting all those services not half price rental) and I pay around £50 a month, so that's not bad. And that's without having to ring retentions.