Virgin Media

[danechip]

Hi again all, your good alcoholic here.

Today i received a letter telling my contract runs out 31 May and my 'introduction period' has expired, therefore £37.99 becomes £64.49 ??

Can't get a hold of India so what options do I have.

My first is go go gadget fk yourself. I can tether very slowly from 3 mobile at crawling speeds.

2nd. Stick it someone else's name

3rd. Get a life and read books.

Any suggestions?

Dan.

 

[Ihavenojob]

Hi again all, your good alcoholic here.

Today i received a letter telling my contract runs out 31 May and my 'introduction period' has expired, therefore £37.99 becomes £64.49 ??

Can't get a hold of India so what options do I have.

My first is go go gadget fk yourself. I can tether very slowly from 3 mobile at crawling speeds.

2nd. Stick it someone else's name

3rd. Get a life and read books.

Any suggestions?

Dan.

Leave, then sign back up.

 

[conny]

Just tell them you are leaving because you can't afford their increase. They normally offer to do you a deal at discounted rates.

 

[Stivino]

Tell them no thanks and go back to council telly.

 

[Deleted member 292770]

they’ll find you a deal for the same price if you phone them. or you can do it online on your app/account.

 

[Diydavey]

Hi again all, your good alcoholic here.

Today i received a letter telling my contract runs out 31 May and my 'introduction period' has expired, therefore £37.99 becomes £64.49 ??

Can't get a hold of India so what options do I have.

My first is go go gadget fk yourself. I can tether very slowly from 3 mobile at crawling speeds.

2nd. Stick it someone else's name

3rd. Get a life and read books.

Any suggestions?

Dan.

Cut down on the alcohol. A few bottles of cider less per month and you will be able to afford the Internet again

 

[Old Salt]

As already suggested tell them your leaving unless they can find you a better deal. Works for my daughter every time.

 

[Justin Passing]

Move.
I'm only with Virgin because partner won't change email address. The price you were quoted is the minimum. They budge the price a few quid for a short time, if at all.

Today their broadband stopped about 6 times and they don't care.
If emails stops they say it doesn't matter because that's not somthing they're charghing for.

I keep getting Vodafone offers which look good. Virgin is fast, but I really don't need it. All the TV channels on their basic tier that I care about are free, and for the odds & ends, there are certain websites.

Bet you could use a phone with a load of cheap data and do without the Broadband!
Ordinary browsing uses very little.

 

[diy_fun_uk]

Hi again all, your good alcoholic here.
Today i received a letter telling my contract runs out 31 May and my 'introduction period' has expired, therefore £37.99 becomes £64.49 ??
Can't get a hold of India so what options do I have.
My first is go go gadget fk yourself. I can tether very slowly from 3 mobile at crawling speeds.
2nd. Stick it someone else's name
3rd. Get a life and read books.
Any suggestions?

Dan.

With no disrespect to our friends in India, when I want to discuss my Virgin package, I usually select the 'You're thinking of leaving us' option which unless they've changed it, puts you through to a UK based call centre.

 

[Bod ...]

Cut down on the alcohol. A few bottles of cider less per month and you will be able to afford the Internet again

But he might as well save by switching as well... win win and a beer to celebrate

 

[Odds]

Virgin are one of the worst broadband providers on the market - TalkTalk are the worst.
Go to a price comparison website and check up on current offers from other providers to find something affordable.
Simples.

 

[securespark]

Cut down on the alcohol. A few bottles of cider less per month and you will be able to afford the Internet again

But he might as well save by switching as well... win win and a beer to celebrate

I cannot speak for dane, but I can comment from my PoV.

As someone who had a massive battle with alcohol, it would not have been helpful to be told "just cut down and you will be able to afford whatever..."

Deep down, I knew that already, but I was fighting this addictive vicious circle of drinking to try and cope with things, only for it to make things massively worse. I felt like I was stuck in this never ending situation and couldn't break out of it.

As for "a beer to celebrate", that's not funny.

Give the guy a break.

 

[Deleted member 292770]

As already suggested tell them your leaving unless they can find you a better deal. Works for my daughter every time.

You don’t need to tell virgin you’re leaving. They are happy to find deals at the same prices. I find them brilliant and I get 350mb download and 34 upload. so far reliable as clockwork .

 

[MMarve]

Give the guy a break.

Give him a Kit Kat...

Obesity is also not a joke, it's so hard for some people. They've just got so much on their plate.

 

[Mottie]

I'm only with Virgin because partner won't change email address.

I got out of that trap years ago. Using their domain internet is fine....until you leave and join another provider. I just go with Gmail for my email address and it always remains a permanent address.

In 2014 I left BT business broadband and my *************@btconnect.com email address but before I did, I set my emails at that address to be forwarded to my gmail address. I cannot access or send from that address anymore but I still get any emails that are sent to that address forwarded to my gmail account. A friend that looked after the office admin for me at the time had the address **************[email protected] and I set that up to be forwarded too. I still keep getting her home gas bills from British Gas which I forward on to her.