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Originally Posted by michael
i cant understand why vrm (virgin ridiculous media) have done this  . they have shot themselves in the foot. did they really think that nobody would notice?or did they think that nobody would say anything?as is the norm nowadays, anything that happens that directly affects us we just take it on the chin and carry on.where have the days gone where if we didnt agree with something we did something about it?  it seems that we always let them get away with it, be it the government or private corporations. not everybody has so much money in their bank accounts that they are prepared to pay whatever it costs, some people are struggling to make ends meet, for various reasons.my first bill from vrm (virgin ridiculous media) has increased by £4.50 without any reason given, not even a letter letting me know.  some people may not be able to afford that, but obviously they dont care. sent them numerous emails trying to find out why, but all i get is it will take 24-48 hours to get back to me. i even got a letter from them telling me it may take up to 10 days to reply to me.shame on you, i always admired mr branson but now i am very dissapointed, not that he wold give a hoot. oh well, time to shop around i suppose. |
Let's try and put it in simple terms for you:
You buy a tin of Heinz beans from Sainsburys every week - but this week Sainsburys double the cost. You can either pay double, or find something else to eat. But you know if you pay double for the tin of beans, then you're going to have to pay double next week and so on. So you decide that you might try spaghetti instead - and find that you like it.
In this scenario - Sky artificially inflated the price of the channels, and dictated to Virgin Media that they should no longer be available on the medium television package. For all the "offers" that Sky made, the minimum price was such that it would never have been acceptable for a channel where the viewing figures have decreased over the past few years.
I can't say I really watched Sky One - it was a channel I used to hop over. I'd sometimes watch Sky Travel when I was really bored. BBC News is better presented and has won the RTE award for best news broadcasting.
Oh yes, you mention shopping around - well if you do go with Sky, then good luck - remember their broadband is upto 8MB, and very dependant on your phone line and how far you live from the exchange - I'd be lucky to get 1MB in this area. Also - just think, Sky have a large deficit to plug - around £60m is the estimate from loss of Virgin Media subscriptions and advertising - they're going to need the extra money from somewhere, and the only place left are the Sky subscribers. They've wasted quite a bit of money recently purely to annoy Virgin Media - the 17.9% stake in ITV (Murdoch doesn't invest in companies he can't control), and the £1m spent on the breakfast show on Virgin Radio immediately prior to the VM launch. You're looking for childish behaviour and someone to blame - then look squarely at Sky and the Murdoch family.