General Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 3. - Page 279

Richc1977 · 02-08-2013, 13:33

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Originally Posted by G*MAN

Virgin are now offering 3 months half price on the sky sport package but only if taken on its own you cant mix it with the movie package. and it starts you up on a new 12 month contract..Oh and the biggie you have to keep sky sports for that 12 months full price after 3 months. Is this really the biggest carrot you can dangle in front of us VM to keep us happy?

They are making it worse for themselves!

Sky offered me 6 months half price Sports for a 12 month commitment + a free 2GB Sky+ box. I think they would probably offer more if I pushed them on it.

scouser102002 · 02-08-2013, 13:45

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Originally Posted by clinteastman

I think he's referring to the fact that you basically called him a liar.

MB has been on here for years running the coming soon threads and has been right the majority of the time, that's all I need to know.

I think you need to stop putting words in my mouth.

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Originally Posted by G*MAN

Virgin are now offering 3 months half price on the sky sport package but only if taken on its own you cant mix it with the movie package. and it starts you up on a new 12 month contract..Oh and the biggie you have to keep sky sports for that 12 months full price after 3 months. Is this really the biggest carrot you can dangle in front of us VM to keep us happy?

The deal is you can't cancel anything for 12 months.

So if they do not have BT Sport by the time the Prem starts, then you can;t cancel your broadband, or TV, without paying the rest of the contract.

clinteastman · 02-08-2013, 13:49

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Originally Posted by scouser102002

I think you need to stop putting words in my mouth.

Maybe you didn't mean it that way but the following to me says that you don't believe MB when he says he has insiders, that means you think he's lying?

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Originally Posted by scouser102002

But how do you know it is not speculation?

I am asking for any evidence of this.

I just don't believe people having 'insiders', sorry.

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Originally Posted by scouser102002

I don't buy it, I'm sorry.

nstokes · 02-08-2013, 13:49

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Originally Posted by Richc1977

They are making it worse for themselves!

Sky offered me 6 months half price Sports for a 12 month commitment + a free 2GB Sky+ box. I think they would probably offer more if I pushed them on it.

Dont you mean 2TB

scouser102002 · 02-08-2013, 13:51

No, I am not accusing him of lying.

What I am saying is, is there any evidence of his insiders, as generally I don't believe people when they say they have 'inside info' as a rule.

It's not hard to understand.

If there is, and he is right most of the time like you say, then fair enough.

MutleyF · 02-08-2013, 13:52

2GB sky box ! - I think my phone has more memory than that !

Superblade7 · 02-08-2013, 13:54

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Originally Posted by G*MAN

Virgin are now offering 3 months half price on the sky sport package but only if taken on its own you cant mix it with the movie package. and it starts you up on a new 12 month contract..Oh and the biggie you have to keep sky sports for that 12 months full price after 3 months. Is this really the biggest carrot you can dangle in front of us VM to keep us happy?

And once they've got you for 12 months, they'll give you a nice £3+ price rise on Sky Sports come October..........

Dave42 · 02-08-2013, 13:56

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Originally Posted by Superblade7

And once they've got you for 12 months, they'll give you a nice £3+ price rise on Sky Sports come October..........

is get out clause on contract for what serve price goes up on

Richc1977 · 02-08-2013, 13:59

Okay okay so the Typo Nazis' got me

- yes 2TB

Alas I remember the days when 2GB seemed a lot.

MutleyF · 02-08-2013, 14:01

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Originally Posted by Richc1977

Okay okay so the Typo Nazis' got me

- yes 2TB

Alas I remember the days when 2GB seemed a lot.

It was only a few years since I brought 16mb of memory for my old 486 computer ! - and a few years before that a 16kb rampack add on for my ZX81

Those were the days

G*MAN · 02-08-2013, 14:02

The deal is you can't cancel anything for 12 months.

So if they do not have BT Sport by the time the Prem starts, then you can;t cancel your broadband, or TV, without paying the rest of the contract.[/QUOTE]

The bloke that i spoke to must not know his facts then lol

I rang them because i was cheesed off with ESPN & got talked into getting sky sports, I tried haggling on the price but all i got was "we dont ever do price deals with sky sports or sky movies, this is the price we get it for" So feel even more cheesed off today a few days later you can now get 3 months half price. VM must have known this deal was coming..Yet the bloke at VM today was very surprised at why i might be p**sed off even more hearing that lol

denphone · 02-08-2013, 14:02

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Originally Posted by Richc1977

Okay okay so the Typo Nazis' got me

- yes 2TB

Alas I remember the days when 2GB seemed a lot.

A 4GB would do nicely for me.

howardmicks · 02-08-2013, 14:04

Just had a tweet back from bt saying talks stopped between them and vm yesterday,I asked if true on Facebook to say there probably on a natural break.thought they would work round the clock on this one clearly vm ain't as bothered as there customers

scouser102002 · 02-08-2013, 14:06

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Originally Posted by G*MAN

The deal is you can't cancel anything for 12 months.

So if they do not have BT Sport by the time the Prem starts, then you can;t cancel your broadband, or TV, without paying the rest of the contract.

The bloke that i spoke to must not know his facts then lol

I rang them because i was cheesed off with ESPN & got talked into getting sky sports, I tried haggling on the price but all i got was "we dont ever do price deals with sky sports or sky movies, this is the price we get it for" So feel even more cheesed off today a few days later you can now get 3 months half price. VM must have known this deal was coming..Yet the bloke at VM today was very surprised at why i might be p**sed off even more hearing that lol[/QUOTE]

That's what the woman told me when I rang up today.

It seems that the staff don't even know what the offers are

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Originally Posted by howardmicks

Just had a tweet back from bt saying talks stopped between them and vm yesterday,I asked if true on Facebook to say there probably on a natural break.thought they would work round the clock on this one clearly vm ain't as bothered as there customers

So now when they say 'talks are ongoing' they are actually not?

Richc1977 · 02-08-2013, 14:14

They do seem in a muddle at VM, I spoke to three different people over the last few days and all with different stories, one that channels coming in a few days, one said in time for PL kick off and the one today saying that talks still ongoing but no idea if it will happen at all, she also said she was getting it in the neck from her husband about it which made me laugh.

I want to avoid being tied into any 12 month contracts etc... while things are up in the air. So that's why I've downgraded from XL to M+ for now. If we get to 17th August and there is no BT Sport/ESPN in sight then I will weigh up the deals.

Have to say I'm getting less optimistic by the day.