Thread: Weird Bills
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Old 30-09-2009, 16:37   #38
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Re: Weird Bills

If I argue they might return the discount to me but that's not the point, the point is with this pricing system they can freely rip people off. I am lucky it's only 45GBP. According to this charging system I could be getting hit for 100 quid a month and VM can apparently claim the price is 38 because they add a pixie dust 62GBP discount. I see a lot of use of the words 'bundle discount'. How exactly can a 'bundle discount' of 7GBP be applied to those taking XXL on its' own?!

This is in my opinion a scam plain and simple, and I have engaged Trading Standards on this issue to clarify matters. Pricing should be clear and transparent which Virgin's pricing most certainly is not going by the amount of confusion.

VM appear to just pull this 45GBP figure out of their backsides. Nowhere on their website is this 45GBP figure mentioned, a Google search returns nothing apart from BenMCR's forum posts and people copy/pasting their bills. 'Bundle discounts' is used regularly in these posts, however I'm not entirely sure how taking XXL standalone is 'bundling'..

An official price list appears to be a rather tricky thing to come by. If anyone has a link to one I'd welcome it, given that my phone call earlier got me nowhere.
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