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Old 15-09-2016, 21:01   #2266
Chad
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016) Vol 2

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Originally Posted by vincerooney View Post
the cancelation team are awful. i thought theyd be the people to chat to but its the CEO office who are the best. cancelation team kept going "do you want slower internet?"

and i kept saying well sky have got sky atlantic etc and i kept just being insulted over choosing sky over virgin media. ie i got nowt...
Pretty much the same tactics they used when I called to cancel my services over 3 years ago.

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Originally Posted by Bananaman_007 View Post
As i said no attempt was made to keep my custom. No offer of downgrading my package or broadband speed to save money just sure ill put your cancellation through i almost got the impression that the person i spoke to thought i was better off with Sky.

a few mins later i got a call from Virgin asking me to rate the service. The person was polite enough and did what i asked but i can't believe how willing they were to just let me go. I honestly felt like my custom did not matter after that call.
As above this mirrors my experience. Looks like nothing has changed.

The experience with Virgin Media and SKY has been night and day. Everytime I've called SKY to cancel a service they've done everything they can to keep me. Reduced prices, free this, free that etc... Interestingly SKY have always told me on the phone I'm a valued customer and what can they do to keep me as a subscriber. No real negative chat about rival providers just a real feeling they don't want me to go. I've always recontracted on the terms I want. My deal has either matched or bettered the one i was on the year before. I pay less now for my SKY package than I did in 2013. Might not be a sold business model long term from SKY but hey I don't give a rats. Rather they're losing money than me. All I know is I'm getting the best deal possible that can't be bettered elsewhere.
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