Virgin Media vs Sky One

Nosskibird_2

I rang Virgin the day they took the Sky channels off. Was originally paying £50 p/m for:

4mb broadband
M TV
Talk Eves & Weekends phone package

All I really wanted was sports and movies which would cost an extra £24 p/m but after holding for 24mins for the cancellation dept i sniffled a bit about how i was already paying for what i didn't really want (i don't download much & I have a mobile with plenty of free mins) and now how can i live without the footy results on SP News????

I now pay £52.50 p/m for:

2mb broadband inc Pc Guard Complete
XL TV (so can watch all the TV on demand)
Talk weekends
Sky Sports and Movies

I think i got a good deal considering this should cost around £70 a month. It is for life also and i'm not tied to a contract.

The same TV package alone with Sky would cost £43.50 p/m but it will cost me £150 to install a BT line in the first place!

C_Ronaldo

you can play it to your advantage and get a better package from virgin

jm28cardiff

WARNING!

Rather than lower my cost as they promised, Virgin media have sneakily actually downgraded my TV package. They obviously hoped I wouldnt notice, but I just sat down to watch Ultimate Fighting Championships on Bravo and no longer have the channel. Im flamin furious at these sneaky tactics (no way is it a mistake) but being a Sunday night, the phones are closed. When I get through tommorow Im going to tear them a new one, and if they cant offer me an even better deal than the one they pretended to give me before, Im going over Sky.

If youve been offered a deal by Virgin, check they havent stitched you up either!

jm28cardiff

DOUBLE WARNING!

The guy at Virgin said I was paying £36.50 a month, so when he offered me it for £24 it seemed a good deal. But I have just deciphered my last bill, and my minimum cost is actually £28, so all they did was lop £4 off my bill, but cover it at their end by downgrading my TV package on the sly to a package which is actually free. Virgin media=theiving liars!

jjb_3

i phoned virgin media, said i was thinking of cancelling, they up graded my tele to xl, phone has all free calls ,broad band up graded, plus i got all 11.00 cheaper then what i was paying

Curley

I only signed up with them (as NTL) in November. Could I still ring them & threaten to leave, or am I tied in to a 12 month contract regardless??