very annoyed with virgin
 

have had virgin/NTL for 7 years, not once have I called to ''cancel'' to get a better deal, phoned up today as sky are offering me a good deal on all 3 services. I simply asked if thye could have a look at the account see what they could do - NOTHING!!!

just give them my 30 days notice. Is this normal for virgin not even TRY?

Re: very annoyed with virgin
 

Presumably you selected the "thinking of leaving us" option when you called as that gets you through to the team that can offer discounts. But there has to be a point which it is not economic for companies to offer price cuts. Most bundles are allready at low levels.

Re: very annoyed with virgin
 

they offered me the simular package as sky, but it was £87 per month!

Re: very annoyed with virgin
 

And how much was the Sky offer?

Re: very annoyed with virgin
 

£53.50

Re: very annoyed with virgin
 

If that really is for the same level of service, I'm not surprised they didn't want to match it.

Perhaps you should post details of what you get from VM and what Sky are offering in case you've overlooked something?

Re: very annoyed with virgin
 

Then if that price is correct and the level of service is the same there should be no argument should there ?

Re: very annoyed with virgin
 

£53 With Sky should get...

All entertaiments packs al HD channels in line with your subs,line rental and upto 20Mb internet.

TV packs £24
HD Pack £10.25
Line rental plus upto 20Mb internet £19.

VM would also get you ESPN but sky would give you more HD and few more channels and Sky Atlantic.

The VM price is £55.90(I choose 10Mb as the 30Mb puts it over £60) but you would probably hit atleast 9Mb, Sky could be anywhere from 6Mb to 19Mb

Re: very annoyed with virgin
 

sky offering me

all entertainments pack, Sky sports HD1
Unlimited broadband
unlimited anytime landline calls and line rental
£53

Virgin
XL TV with SS HD1
XL PHONE
L BB

£49 HD ACTIVATION FEE

£87

Re: very annoyed with virgin
 

The activation fee is a one off payment so not £87 every month then?

Re: very annoyed with virgin
 

The bundle builder quotes £81 but he has added SS1 in HD so its £14.50 for SS1 and £7 for the HD.

Your bundle

£27.00
Virgin phone line
£13.90
Your extras
£21.50
Total

£62.40
£62.40 for first 6 months
£81.40 after that

Re: very annoyed with virgin
 

that price is a DISGRACE

Re: very annoyed with virgin
 

No need to shout....

Re: very annoyed with virgin
 

I look forward to reading similar post on satellite forums from you come next august.

Re: very annoyed with virgin
 

What August 2012?

Put it in your diary but I "should" be on Btinfinty 80Mb down and 20Mb upload by then so check there forum also.

Re: very annoyed with virgin
 

So you'll have no Virgin products and won't need to be here?

I'm writing it down now.

Re: very annoyed with virgin
 

Hopefully.

VIRGINMEDIA offer a fantastic service and offers great value. In my case unfortunately it didn't work out. But I'm only 1 person and virgin have millions of happy customers.

Re: very annoyed with virgin
 

It is a disgrace but for what I was paying Sky £70 a month for VM are charging me £89 and the picture quality is awful on the Tivo and the broadband seems to be throttled down to less than half of the advertised speed most of the time.

Thankgod for the 30 day cancellation I have been intouch with ofcom but what they will do I don't know. But atleast they log the complaint.

Re: very annoyed with virgin
 

Why?

Re: very annoyed with virgin
 

Funny thing that happened to me once, I said i was leaving Orange mobile (which I was) and they said can we match you new offer, I said it was 300min & 300 texts for £10 per month plan, they said goodbye! The plan was with Virgin Mobile :D

Re: very annoyed with virgin
 

Why does it seem like all the new posters in July have a similar pattern/behaviour?

1. Pro-Sky and will slate Virgin Media in any way possible
2. Often shout in their original posts/replies
3. Bad reputation consisting of 3 red slots [or insert a better name here]
4. Can sometimes been seen on the same thread.

If it is the same person, or a group of friends participating in such activities, isn't there a better thing you could be doing this Summer?
A lot of us on here don't care about your enthusiasm for Sky, everyone is entitled to their own preference of phone, broadband and TV provider.

Re: very annoyed with virgin
 

I was beginning to think the same thing.

Re: very annoyed with virgin
 

Or who left all at the same time or were banned at the same time ?

Re: very annoyed with virgin
 

Since the OP is no longer able to access this forum this thread serves no further purpose. Closed