What if I don't WANT Virgin Media?

[Anonymouse]

I got a letter about the 4 for £40 thing today. But I don't want to know, because:

I don't want to pay for any TV package because I don't even have a TV;

I'm quite happy with my pay-as-you-go mobile service (in as much as I'm happy to have a mobile at all, which I'm not - I put £10 on the card when I got the damn thing, and I haven't had to top it up since...this was in December 2005);

Ditto with my NTL phone line (which I hardly ever use);

And why the hell should I downgrade to 2MB when I'm currently getting 4?

The package as it stands is no use to me at all. Can I opt out?

[Wicked_and_Crazy]

was it forcing you onto a package?

Don't believe they're compulsory (yet) - you may wish to re-read it.

[Pia]

You don't have a TV?

[Wicked_and_Crazy]

Originally Posted by Pia

You don't have a TV?

Would your heart stop beating then?

[Anonymouse]

Originally Posted by Pia

You don't have a TV?

Nope. And with all the junk that's being shown these days, plus the adverts which are rapidly taking over, can you blame me?

Oh, there are some things worth watching, but not enough IMO to justify the expense of a TV and cable service...not to mention the bloody licence. What few shows I am interested in I either watch on DVD or my dad records them so I can watch 'em at weekends when I visit. The rest of the time I browse online, read or play with my cat.

I got the impression that Virgin Media was replacing the current NTL services, but I may be wrong. I hope so; I don't want to change anything.

[info4u]

Cut out quote but responding to the above message

If you call up customer care, the representatives can remove you from their mailing list.

This is to also comply with the MPS.

http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/mpsr/

Once registered any company to mail you that doesnt have "To the occupier" can be fined.

Companies are still allowed to mail you under the header "To the occupier" means its not personal, and therefore not harrasment.

NTL merged their customers onto the system that Telewest used.
(Ex employee of Telewest up until Dec 2006.)
The representative can access your account for your address
(Even tho your not a customer, you will have an account for your address)
Then they can access the details for your property and change it to no contact.

However, if your receiving mail from Virgin Mobile as a Virgin Mobile customer I cannot help as im unaware of Virgin Mobiles systems. Plus registering with the MPS only wont cause Virgin Mobile any financial loss if they continue since your an existing customer of theirs, and it only protects you agains unsolicitated mail from companies you are not registered with. (Marketing mail in the same way as cold calling from unknown companies)

Also as Matt D stated 4 for 40 is 1 of many products.
Maybe Internet, and phone is something you would be interested in, give them a ring and see it they can meet or do something that meets your lifestyle

[Tezcatlipoca]

4 for £40 is just a bundle.......one of many.......

[Rik]

Originally Posted by Anonymouse

or play with my cat.
.

I like playing with pussies as well!

[Gareth]

Originally Posted by Anonymouse

Nope. And with all the junk that's being shown these days, plus the adverts which are rapidly taking over, can you blame me?

Like someone once sang...

Back again, "New and improved"
We return to our irregularly programmed schedule
Hidden cleverly between heavy breasted
Beer and car commercials
CNNESPNABCTNT but mostly B.S.
Where oxymoronic language like
"Virtually spotless", "fresh frozen"
"Light yet filling" and "military intelligence"
Have become standard
T.V. is the place where phrases are redefined
Like "recession" to "necessary downturn"
"Crude oil" on a beach to "mousse"
"Civilian death" to "collateral damages"
And being killed by your own Army
Is now called "friendly fire"
T.V. is the place where the pursuit
Of happiness has become the pursuit of trivia
Where toothpaste and cars have become
Sex objects
Where imagination is sucked out of children
By a cathode ray nipple
T.V. is the only wet nurse
That would create a cripple

Television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation

[Anonymouse]

Cheers, everyone. I'll give 'em a bell, see what they say.

[NTLVictim]

Just don't try emailing them...

[Tod]

Originally Posted by Anonymouse

What few shows I am interested in I either watch on DVD or my dad records them so I can watch 'em at weekends when I visit.

How do you watch DVD's without a TV?

[NTLVictim]

On a PC monitor?

[Anonymouse]

Originally Posted by Tod

How do you watch DVD's without a TV?

There's this thing I have called a PC, and it has this other thing called a DVD-ROM player...