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Virgin Media misinforming on multiple occasions
ColetteL
Posts: 1 Newbie
in Phones & TV
I'm not really sure where to start as there is so much that Virgin Media have done and I'm sure no one here would want to read such a long winded post so I do apologise
I have, on multiple occasions, been given wrong information from Virgin Media.
Here is a summery of the issues I have experianced:
10th April: Call to Movers Team. Account 1 arranged to be cancelled on 5th May, account 2 arranged to be set up on 6th May. Told I would receive two £50 referral cheques via post 30 days after new equipment installation. Was told that my next payment on either accounts would be "end of June"
11th April: (Name of employee removed) called me to double check my direct debit details, again I questioned when any next bill was due, he assured me I would not pay anything until "end of June"
24th April: £79 deducted from my account. Called Virgin and they told me only £9 of the bill was correct and to go to my bank and make an indemnity claim for the full £79.
29th April: Phone line disconnected 1 week earlier than the 5th May account disconnection.
5th May: Account 1 disconnected
6th May: Account 2 set up day. Received bill for disconnected account for £157.65, £78.16 for the "current bill" and £79.49 "owed from last bill". Called Virgin as I was told I had nothing left to pay on the cancelled account only to be told that I had been misinformed about the indemnity claim and I had to pay £81.66 to close the old account.(£2 late charge was added to this bill but it was only "late" because I was told to claim it back via indemnity)
10th May: Payment of £81.66 made.
Roughly 30 days after the installation I called to ask if the referral cheques had been sent as they should have arrived by now and was told that due to the old account closure I would receive a cheque for that through the post and I would just be credited on the new account with £50 but to call back a few days later just to check that it had been credited.
19th June: Called again about the referral cheques but this time I was told that there was no record on my account of any referral cheques and due to the closure of the old account I would not receive that cheque either.
This person said "unfortunately there is nothing to be done here" then to told me to write a letter of complaint and it will be assessed and I will receive a £100 credit.
Now it's 5th June, complaints team have apparently tried calling me but I have not recieved anything so I called Virgin customer services and according to my notes the complaints team have come to an £80 refund conclusion. Apparently "as there are no notes on my account of a referral" they cannot do anything about that as it was supposed to be claimed online yet I was not told anything about an online referral claim and the employee set it all up over the phone. There is also no mention of the fact I was wrongly told to make an indemnity claim then forced to pay it back.
I am sorry that this is very long, I have exhusted myself with phoning Virgin but they seem to make out it is my fault?
My one question is that where do I stand with the amount of times I have been given this information over the phone but they have not recorded it to my account them claim that there is nothing to be done about it
I have, on multiple occasions, been given wrong information from Virgin Media.
Here is a summery of the issues I have experianced:
10th April: Call to Movers Team. Account 1 arranged to be cancelled on 5th May, account 2 arranged to be set up on 6th May. Told I would receive two £50 referral cheques via post 30 days after new equipment installation. Was told that my next payment on either accounts would be "end of June"
11th April: (Name of employee removed) called me to double check my direct debit details, again I questioned when any next bill was due, he assured me I would not pay anything until "end of June"
24th April: £79 deducted from my account. Called Virgin and they told me only £9 of the bill was correct and to go to my bank and make an indemnity claim for the full £79.
29th April: Phone line disconnected 1 week earlier than the 5th May account disconnection.
5th May: Account 1 disconnected
6th May: Account 2 set up day. Received bill for disconnected account for £157.65, £78.16 for the "current bill" and £79.49 "owed from last bill". Called Virgin as I was told I had nothing left to pay on the cancelled account only to be told that I had been misinformed about the indemnity claim and I had to pay £81.66 to close the old account.(£2 late charge was added to this bill but it was only "late" because I was told to claim it back via indemnity)
10th May: Payment of £81.66 made.
Roughly 30 days after the installation I called to ask if the referral cheques had been sent as they should have arrived by now and was told that due to the old account closure I would receive a cheque for that through the post and I would just be credited on the new account with £50 but to call back a few days later just to check that it had been credited.
19th June: Called again about the referral cheques but this time I was told that there was no record on my account of any referral cheques and due to the closure of the old account I would not receive that cheque either.
This person said "unfortunately there is nothing to be done here" then to told me to write a letter of complaint and it will be assessed and I will receive a £100 credit.
Now it's 5th June, complaints team have apparently tried calling me but I have not recieved anything so I called Virgin customer services and according to my notes the complaints team have come to an £80 refund conclusion. Apparently "as there are no notes on my account of a referral" they cannot do anything about that as it was supposed to be claimed online yet I was not told anything about an online referral claim and the employee set it all up over the phone. There is also no mention of the fact I was wrongly told to make an indemnity claim then forced to pay it back.
I am sorry that this is very long, I have exhusted myself with phoning Virgin but they seem to make out it is my fault?
My one question is that where do I stand with the amount of times I have been given this information over the phone but they have not recorded it to my account them claim that there is nothing to be done about it
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