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Virgin Media saving

I signed up for Ultimate Oomph at £89 a month which was about to increase to £147.50 a month.  A phone call to the retentions team and I'm now on Ultimate Volt at £99 a month.  That's billed as £25 a month to O2 and £74 to Virgin Media.  Not that I'll use the landline or the SIM.  So a net saving of £48.50 a month or £873 over 18 months.  I also got a speed upgrade to 1.1Gbit Internet, not that I needed it.

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  • PZ19
    PZ19 Posts: 485 Forumite
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    edited 28 January 2022 at 12:32PM
    Or an increase of £10 a month (11%) from what you pay now.. depending which way you look at it 😀 no one should ever pay the increased price once deal ends
  • I signed up for Ultimate Oomph at £89 a month which was about to increase to £147.50 a month.  A phone call to the retentions team and I'm now on Ultimate Volt at £99 a month.  That's billed as £25 a month to O2 and £74 to Virgin Media.  Not that I'll use the landline or the SIM.  So a net saving of £48.50 a month or £873 over 18 months.  I also got a speed upgrade to 1.1Gbit Internet, not that I needed it.
    I can't get over the original £89/month!!
    No man is worth crawling on this earth.

    So much to read, so little time.
  • Neil_Jones
    Neil_Jones Posts: 9,324 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    I signed up for Ultimate Oomph at £89 a month which was about to increase to £147.50 a month.  A phone call to the retentions team and I'm now on Ultimate Volt at £99 a month.  That's billed as £25 a month to O2 and £74 to Virgin Media.  Not that I'll use the landline or the SIM.  So a net saving of £48.50 a month or £873 over 18 months.  I also got a speed upgrade to 1.1Gbit Internet, not that I needed it.

    So in other words you're a fan of pouring money down the drain, having a internet speed you won't even make the most of, and a phone package you've just said you won't even use.

    And this is money-saving how exactly?  Yes you might have "saved" £48 a month but you're paying for stuff you aren't even going to use.
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