Any ideas to reduce Virgin bill

mrdc19

Due to poor heallth my girlfriend is reducing her working hours. She is currently in month 7 of a 12 month contract with Virgin Media.

Her monthly bill can bill can broken down as:-

Main services (Provided by Virgin Media Ltd or Virgin Media Payments Ltd) £59.99DescriptionDate/periodAmountLine Rental18 September - 17 October£11.99 Payment Handling Charge18 September - 17 October£5.00 Phone, TV, B'Band Xl, XXL Discount18 September - 17 October£-18.50 Talk Weekends18 September - 17 October£0.00 Free Voicemail18 September - 17 October£0.00 TV Size: X L18 September - 17 October£24.50 Broadband Size: X L18 September - 17 October£37.00
If possible she wants to not lose any of her services but reduce her bill.

Does anybody have any ideas?

jb66

Wait untill your 12 months is up

ilikewatch

Well, if your girlfriends starts paying by direct debit ahe'll save the £5 per month payment handling fee, if she currently receives a paper bill she should switch to ebilling to save a further £1.25 per month.

shadd

jb66 wrote: »

Wait untill your 12 months is up

really nice idea thanks for this one,..

laurence_2

if she currently receives a paper bill she should switch to ebilling to save a further £1.25 per month.

Virgin have stopped giving a discount for ebilling, I am now paying £1 a month more.

Hammyman

mrdc19 wrote: »

If possible she wants to not lose any of her services but reduce her bill.

Does anybody have any ideas?

Sorry but the real world doesn't work like that.

horsechestnut

She could try phoning them and asking if there is anyway that they could give her a better deal, as her finances have changed.
Admittedly I had been with them over a year, but they reduced my bill by a third, just for asking.
Are you sure that she can't reduce some of the options that she is receiving?

firstaspect

They're unlikely to offer a discount until after the 12 month contract is up. I'd suggest she decides which is more important of faster internet or more TV channels and reduces services accordingly.

laurence_2

Another thing you should watch about virginmedia.

If you make a change they start you on a new 12 month contract.