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Originally Posted by MrBeans
Hi, I recently received the letter informing me my price is increasing to £4.50 p/m but not until my current contract ends (which is at the beginning of May). The letter says I can change or cancel my current contract anytime before the 26th February without any cancellation charges.
I am currently paying £110 p/m going up to £139 if I continue after May, I am on the Ultimate Oomph bundle with 2 V6 boxes (however I only use one as I don't have a TV in the bedroom, just the lounge).
I did phone up retentions this weekend and asked about the new TV 360 boxes/package and they said they could upgrade me to that with the new WiFi boosters but it would put my current package up to £120 p/m but would mean no further price rise for 18 months. I said I would think about it first and get back to them.
I was hoping to be paying less not more but if I'm being honest with myself, I've been watching less and less TV since March and have mostly been watching YouTube and streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime. I am just wondering whether to cancel everything and just take out a new contract for broadband and home phone only.
What do you guys think? Is it worth renegotiating? Virgin have always said that I wouldn't save much by ditching the TV and just having broadband and that I only get the deal I do as it's part of a bundle so it's never seemed worth my changing really.
Any advice would be great please.
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I'm no expert, but I would say you would make a big saving if you ditched the TV from your package.
When looking at the Broadband and Phone only deals, if you can't get a retentions price, even the normal out of contract price you'd be better off.
Broadband M100 plus phone - new customers - £34pm then £51pm
M200 plus phone - new customers - £40pm then £57pm
M350 plus phone - new customers - £46pm then £63pm
Of course these are talk weekend phone prices.
So, even if you went for M350 and could not get a "deal" it would be £63pm which is a saving of £57pm going of the new quoted price. or £1,026 over the life of an 18 month contract. Assuming you REALLY want to get rid of TV.
Personally, I got rid of the reliance of having the phone (not even plugged in) as all we use are mobiles. I just got a new retentions deal about a month ago, but if they had played hardball, I would have dropped down to M200 broadband only for £50pm.