VIP/VIP+ New and Improved VIP Package - Page 97

lupusargent · 19-05-2011, 19:57

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Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic

you get no extra monthly fee for TiVo though, so save Â£36 a year. TiVo is a new product, so it may well end up in the VIP bundles at a later date.. who knows!

the fact that tivo has a monthly fee i think is a disgrace once again more money for a rental product , it should be in now, virgin promised over 6 months ago to revamp vip, still no real change

Digital Fanatic · 19-05-2011, 20:18

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Originally Posted by lupusargent

the fact that tivo has a monthly fee i think is a disgrace once again more money for a rental product , it should be in now, virgin promised over 6 months ago to revamp vip, still no real change

The TiVo charge goes to... TiVo.

The revamp is done by the way... TiVo monthly fee and Sky Premiums HD included

denphone · 19-05-2011, 20:20

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Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic

The TiVo charge goes to... TiVo.

But Virgin must get a percentage of the 3.00 tivo monthly fee.

Digital Fanatic · 19-05-2011, 20:26

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Originally Posted by denphone

But Virgin must get a percentage of the 3.00 tivo monthly fee.

Not as far as I know. Don't forget the old charge for TiVo was Â£10 pm.

denphone · 19-05-2011, 20:30

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Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic

Not as far as I know. Don't forget the old charge for TiVo was Â£10 pm.

And no one is going to pay that.

lupusargent · 19-05-2011, 20:45

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Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic

Not as far as I know. Don't forget the old charge for TiVo was Â£10 pm.

but you owned the box, now you only rent it Â£3 should be absorbed by virgin

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Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic

The TiVo charge goes to... TiVo.

The revamp is done by the way... TiVo monthly fee and Sky Premiums HD included

sky premiums hd was already included last year, and they have added Â£3 value to the package lets all have a party

savvychels · 19-05-2011, 21:10

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Originally Posted by kgollop

Can someone elaberate on this? I've recently upgraded to VIP50 (from 20) and added TIVO. Been unable to accessing E-Billing for 2 months now, and hopeing I'm not in for a nasty surprise! My wife is American so makes lots of calls to the US.

I posted in the Telephone area when I came across this so just go to the Fixed Phone Line area of the forum and you'll see all the info there. You are definitely in for a shock (I'm Canadian and make a lot of international calls), but I was able to change to a different calling plan than the default one and now have cheaper calls than ever before, and they refunded the difference between the original plan and the expensive one as I had not been informed of it (or I'd have chosen one of the other plans).

edited to add:
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/59...nal-calls.html

Digital Fanatic · 19-05-2011, 21:24

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Originally Posted by lupusargent

but you owned the box, now you only rent it Â£3 should be absorbed by virgin

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It already is on VIP50 and 100

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Originally Posted by lupusargent

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sky premiums hd was already included last year, and they have added Â£3 value to the package lets all have a party

So you've had TiVo and Sky Premium HD Â£10 knocked off.. what are you expecting?

kgollop · 19-05-2011, 21:26

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Originally Posted by BenJSmyth

But watch out, in the revamp they have removed the Talk International and Talk Mobile add ons and replaced them with Talk International 2 and Talk Mobile 2. These are SIGNIFICANTLY more expensive per minute than the original.

Just found this thread: http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/59...nal-calls.html

Just as the VIP50 pack got good, this has significantly devalued it for me

savvychels · 19-05-2011, 21:34

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Originally Posted by kgollop

Just found this thread: http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/59...nal-calls.html

Just as the VIP50 pack got good, this has significantly devalued it for me

That was the thread I started and linked to in my post above.

I make a lot of international calls to Canada and US being from Canada myself and went for the 10 plan (considered the 5). With the included free minutes both of those are considerably cheaper than the original so actually still make it a very good value plan.

kgollop · 19-05-2011, 21:48

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Originally Posted by savvychels

That was the thread I started and linked to in my post above.

I make a lot of international calls to Canada and US being from Canada myself and went for the 10 plan (considered the 5). With the included free minutes both of those are considerably cheaper than the original so actually still make it a very good value plan.

Oops, missed your post above!

Thanks again for your posts, extremely useful indeed.

m0j00 · 19-05-2011, 23:12

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Originally Posted by trickytree

however the sweetner all the other XL tv people were getting with the free second box (moving your original V+ to another room) is something us as VIP's are still being charged for in our package.

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Originally Posted by BenMcr

No you aren't. VIP does and always has include the second box in the discount.

Yes the second box is discounted but it isn't free like some people got who upgraded to tivo
and got the original box moved to another room with no monthly charge for it.

Im still paying Â£6.50 extra a month for my second box

1 Additional V Box 09 May - 08 June Â£15.00
TiVo Monthly Fee 09 May - 08 June Â£3.00
Add Set Box(es) Discount 09 May - 08 June-Â£8.50

Why should dome tivo users get 2nd box free and other customers have to pay.

trickytree · 20-05-2011, 11:42

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Originally Posted by m0j00

Yes the second box is discounted but it isn't free like some people got who upgraded to tivo
and got the original box moved to another room with no monthly charge for it.

Im still paying Â£6.50 extra a month for my second box

1 Additional V Box 09 May - 08 June Â£15.00
TiVo Monthly Fee 09 May - 08 June Â£3.00
Add Set Box(es) Discount 09 May - 08 June-Â£8.50

Why should dome tivo users get 2nd box free and other customers have to pay.

I'm on VIP50 and the exact same charge is on my bill (and is why I brought this topic up again) so as I see it we are paying Â£6.50 for that second box and like I say others got the second box for free when taking Tivo.

Out of interest what is the price difference of VIP50 to VIP100?
If it's not that much more then make the VIP a true VIP (as it was originally) and make it 100 as standard.

BenJSmyth · 20-05-2011, 12:08

If you are on VIP50 you should be able to have a combination of any two STBs including two Tivo's if you want. The monthly cost should be Â£100.55. Is this what you pay every month? The reason I ask is that they might be adding extra discount to cover that Â£6.50.

If not, phone VM and query it.

Digital Fanatic · 20-05-2011, 12:11

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Originally Posted by m0j00

Yes the second box is discounted but it isn't free like some people got who upgraded to tivo
and got the original box moved to another room with no monthly charge for it.

Im still paying Â£6.50 extra a month for my second box

1 Additional V Box 09 May - 08 June Â£15.00
TiVo Monthly Fee 09 May - 08 June Â£3.00
Add Set Box(es) Discount 09 May - 08 June-Â£8.50

Why should dome tivo users get 2nd box free and other customers have to pay.

it should be in the bundle discount.