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Re: Cap on buying yourself out of a Virgin contract to be scrapped.
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Originally Posted by Rillington
So does this mean that, if for example, you are paying £100/month for your services and for reasons out of your control you have to move somewhere where there is no Vm services with a year left on your contact then VM would come after you for £1,200?
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Originally Posted by Hugh
No…
From the link above…
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The Virgin Media network does not cover all of the UK – please use our post code checker by clicking here to check availability. If you move outside our network area during your minimum period, you might have to pay an early disconnection fee for ending your contract early.
If you’re moving outside our network area but still within the UK and give us some valid evidence of your new address, we’ll credit you back the early disconnection fee. When submitting your disconnection request, our team will explain the next steps and you’ll get a request for valid proof of your new UK address. If we get this back within 30 days and it’s validated, we’ll apply a credit to the value of your early disconnection fee to your account. If you’ve already been billed for your early disconnection fee before we apply the credit, we’ll still apply the credit to your account.
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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
As contract lengths have now routinely been increased to 18 months, this could still be a hefty sum indeed.
I wonder if someone could downgrade and then cancel the contract early to save some money?
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Originally Posted by RobboEdin View Post
PS Living abroad does not get you off any early disconnection fees.
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True, but it would be nigh on impossible to trace, let alone recover, money from someone abroad. Even local authorities with their extra powers write off such debts and debt collection agencies wouldn't touch them with a bargepole.
The size of the amounts owed would simply be too uneconomical to pursue.
They may do a quick search to see if someone has lied to them and is still living in the UK, but due to data protection laws a private company could only find you if you didn't opt to go onto the Edited Register of the electoral roll.
Anyone who does get found, despite being on the Edited Register, needs to ask where they obtained their information from. Fines for breaking the GDPR will easily dwarf any amounts owed, so they are likely to go away with their tail between their legs hoping you don't report them to the Information Commissioner.
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Last edited by Hugh; 12-04-2023 at 21:12.
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