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Originally Posted by BenMcr
If you don't return the box - Virgin charge you £250 to replace it, and you still can't then legally sell it on (no matter what Jethro says)
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Virgin can tell you whatever they want you to parrot down the phone to your ex-subs, but that doesn't make it correct. Under English law if they charge you in lieu of the equipment being returned, they have sold it to you and the equipment becomes yours. You may then do whatever you please with it, including selling it on eBay.
Virgin has taken a ridiculous heavy-handed approach, trying to put the onus on ex-subs to make sure the equipment is returned, when all they have actually done is legitimise a second-hand trade that previously was in all respects unlawful, because previously there was no way you could claim you owned the box.
To adam1516:
If you have paid Virgin Media £250 for your V+ box, then it is yours to do with as you please. However you cannot put anything on your eBay listing that might encourage people to believe it will be of any use to them if they buy it, because it won't; we have told you that it won't work for anyone who buys it, so you would be committing fraud.
On the other hand if you
haven't paid Virgin for the box, you're not even entitled to sell it and will be arguably committing acts of theft and handling stolen goods as well as fraud.
You have been warned!