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Old 23-02-2016, 10:08   #147
Dr Gonzo
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Re: Virgin Media - Above Inflation Rises from 1st February

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Originally Posted by Kushan View Post
You are absolutely right to vote with your wallet.
I've been with Virgin for about 7 years, started on M+ with 20 Mb BB, seen the price increase from around £30 per month to £80 (more so since I've been on the Big Kahuna), probably risen about £20 in the last two years for me, and that's including deals.

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Originally Posted by progers View Post
I phoned up as my £50 was going up from £50 by £3.99, decided to go from TV XL to M+ as we rarely watch the channels we would lose.

Was asked if I wanted to go down to 50M or up to 100M as I couldn't stay on 70M; what's the price difference says I? Nothing says she!.......No brainier so now on 100M and paying £37 instead.

To me, their business model seems wrong, instead of say losing the £3.99 increase, they have now lost £13 per month, seems crazy and shortsighted!
It's to keep the customers, I find it bizarre that certain combinations of their products trigger deals, and others increase the bundle price astronomically.
I like Sky's pricing for that, as it's clear what you get, and discounts are applied over all different variations of the service so you can pick and chose what you want.

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Originally Posted by 23prince View Post
I took the TV offer when I left VM and got the top sky TV with Movies and Sports with 2 tivo's and all the extras for £43.49. I'll call them up when my contract runs out in July see what they can do for me with Fibre although I suspect I have missed that boat as it was a leave VM exclusive like you have got.

Bloody good deal though!
I think the current Sky deal is 50% TV for Virgin or BT customers switching, and the BB deal is for everyone, but not sure on offers for upgrading.

Although I have heard stories of people getting stupidly good deals from Sky just to stay with them (most of them put in their cancellation notice though).
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