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Basisboy · 02-09-2009, 09:09

To add confusion ... My coleague in work is getting a 10MB service (upgraded from 4MB FREE) and paying £20, whilst I'm paying £25 for the same service.

But pack to the point .. especially the 50MB being advertised for £18 and £28 after 3 months..
If I go to Tesco's a pick up a tin of bins for 7p, and get to the till and they tell me your a regular and that the price advertised is discounted and that the beans to me are 20p then this would be deemed misleading and incorrect pricing?
I'm no legal beagle but from the business law I've done I'm sure this is wrong. I've emailed http://www.consumerdirect.gov.uk/ and asked for this to be investigated - if we can get more complaints logged with them then perhaps they will force VirginMedia to ensure that their pricing is both fair, and that what they advertise is what they sell.
They should advertise what the PRICE is, not what the price is to get you interested is!

02-09-2009, 09:09	#33
Basisboy Inactive Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Wirral Posts: 52	Re: 50MB Broadband now just £18 per month To add confusion ... My coleague in work is getting a 10MB service (upgraded from 4MB FREE) and paying £20, whilst I'm paying £25 for the same service. But pack to the point .. especially the 50MB being advertised for £18 and £28 after 3 months.. If I go to Tesco's a pick up a tin of bins for 7p, and get to the till and they tell me your a regular and that the price advertised is discounted and that the beans to me are 20p then this would be deemed misleading and incorrect pricing? I'm no legal beagle but from the business law I've done I'm sure this is wrong. I've emailed http://www.consumerdirect.gov.uk/ and asked for this to be investigated - if we can get more complaints logged with them then perhaps they will force VirginMedia to ensure that their pricing is both fair, and that what they advertise is what they sell. They should advertise what the PRICE is, not what the price is to get you interested is!