Re: Cap on buying yourself out of a Virgin contract to be scrapped.
 

No…

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Re: Cap on buying yourself out of a Virgin contract to be scrapped.
 

As contract lengths have now routinely been increased to 18 months, this could still be a hefty sum indeed.

I wonder if someone could downgrade and then cancel the contract early to save some money?

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True, but it would be nigh on impossible to trace, let alone recover, money from someone abroad. Even local authorities with their extra powers write off such debts and debt collection agencies wouldn't touch them with a bargepole.

The size of the amounts owed would simply be too uneconomical to pursue.

They may do a quick search to see if someone has lied to them and is still living in the UK, but due to data protection laws a private company could only find you if you didn't opt to go onto the Edited Register of the electoral roll.

Anyone who does get found, despite being on the Edited Register, needs to ask where they obtained their information from. Fines for breaking the GDPR will easily dwarf any amounts owed, so they are likely to go away with their tail between their legs hoping you don't report them to the Information Commissioner.

Re: Cap on buying yourself out of a Virgin contract to be scrapped.
 

Which part of "No" didn’t you understand?

Re: Cap on buying yourself out of a Virgin contract to be scrapped.
 

Be nice to hear from someone that has successfully made a claim for a refund of cancellation charges. VM charge them regardless, up to you to meet their narrow criteria for a refund. Anyone done this? Their CS doesn’t fill me with confidence.

Re: Cap on buying yourself out of a Virgin contract to be scrapped.
 

Exactly. It sounds like one of those cashback schemes where you have to meet impossible demands or remember to ring up at 12:58 and 10 seconds on the first day of June during a leap year..

Crafted to make people forget in their busy lives so they cannot claim, but to look good good to the casual observer.

People won't be happy, which is why I think that some will try and play Virgin St their own genersl game of sly, dishonest, disingenuou and manipulative behaviour (in my experience & opinion).

It wouldn't surprise me if they have had to do this, so are going to be as strict and inflexible as possible to prevent as many people claiming tje money back as possible.

They will probably say "Can we have a forwarding address in order tovsend any refund due" and then use it to pursue any unpaid charges..

They'd get my PO Box addres if it were me, but a c/o addrrss should suffice. Asking them to communicate to the current addrrsd with a redirection on place would be a good idea too. The Post Office cannot disclose tje new address tovanyone else.

Re: Cap on buying yourself out of a Virgin contract to be scrapped.
 

When are you going to give up on your vendetta against Virgin Media, Richard?
Virgin Media have a process to ensure that people like you don’t pretend they’ve moved to a non-serviced area to get off their contracted responsibilities.
The sooner you cancel your last contract with this company you find so odious the better.
I’m sure you’ll find another company to spend your time berating.

Re: Cap on buying yourself out of a Virgin contract to be scrapped.
 

When they were good, I said so. Now they are crap, I (and many, many others) say so.

You do lnow that thishis forum was set up so that people can share their honest opinions about cable, yes?

Do share the 'processes' that Virgin deploy agaonst 'people like me''?

I am too seriously disabled to move to somewhere else in the UK, never mind abroard and am in my twilight years,.

I too welcome the day that someone professional buys Virgin or suitable competition becomes available in my area.. if they too turn out to be crap, of course I will say do. If they turn out to be good, I'll say that too.

If you don't like thst, you are free to put me on ognore instead of whining about it.

Anyone would think you had shares in the company :erm:

Re: Cap on buying yourself out of a Virgin contract to be scrapped.
 

Thank you for finding out and posting this information Hugh.