Quote:
Originally Posted by nutellajunkie
Well looks like another service is being taken off our broadband plus bundle...
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR ACCOUNT
Dear customer,
We are writing to inform you that the service we offer will no longer be in partnership with
Virgin Media. Nothing will change and you can still log in with your current details as below:
Your log-in details: ****
From now on please log in on www.photobox.co.uk
We will no longer be offering the Virgin monthly offer of 15 free prints. To compensate that and as a gift for you carrying on using our service we're offering you a free Minibook (worth £5.99).
Just log-in to your account, create a Minibook, add it to your basket and enter the offer code ** at the checkout to claim your free gift! (Offer is valid until 3rd April 2009, terms apply).
So less service, more expensive service..
I need say no more about it, beacuse this is why I went for 10meg for the plus services.. but as you can see, Virgin have yet again made sure they get more money from us for less..
How do you feel about this? |
I upgraded to 10meg despite the fact that I don't even need it because ... it was free for a month.
At the end of that month, I couldn't be arsked to revert. But a couple of weeks later I thought "I'm paying for Extras, might as well have a squint". One squint later, it was clear that it was vastly overhyped.
But there were
a few point & click freebie games that provided a pleasant distraction for me & the mrs (not "proper" gamers).
Now that is gone. Replaced with:
"In ‘Play Video Games’, Metaboli has more than 320 great PC games to choose from. The ‘Essential Collection’ offers more than 200 games to download and play every, and costs only £6.95 a month. Plus, if you sign up, we’ll give you the first month free! Just use the code VMGAMES30 at the checkout."
Wow!
A one-off worth (cue drum roll) seven whole English pounds!
So, to answer your question in one word -- shafted.
To answer it in several words, I feel pretty much the same as I did when Sky1 went.
Me: "So, Sky1's gone, will the price drop or will I get something else?"
Rep: "We're giving you great different stuff instead."
Me: "Such as?"
Rep: "Err ... Hallmark?"
Me: "Jeepers, I can hardly contain myself. Anything else?"
Rep: "Yeah, this amazing new Virgin Central thingy."
Me: "That's available on analog, right?"
Rep: "Err ... no."
To be honest, I did then get a one-off £25 discount. And now I have a Vbox, I'm quite into Monk. But generally speaking, the more things change ... the worse they get.
Thanks for asking tho'.
