Installation charge for extra v-plus box £99 OR £150?

[sprattgraham]

I was told today as I already have two V+ I only have to pay £50 for the third one to be installed.

[bywater]

Originally Posted by BenMcr

Additional V+ boxes are £150

It is only the first V+ box you get for a reduced fee

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As for where it says it is £150 - it is here http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html...oncharges.html

V+ HD installation (per V+ box) £150

I don't understand why it costs so much more than installing a normal box. There's no more work involved if your swapping out a old box. I think when we originally had one of these boxes put in it was free but the subs were I think about £10 then. We kept the old box even thou we didn't use or need it. I gave up the TV so cable still here. Its just a case of plugging it in. Could do that myself. I am dammed if I'm going to pay £150 + subs just to plug a cable in. I would not mine having it on a contract but £150 or even £99 is too much when a normal box installation is only £30 or free. After all its the same work involved for the two. Another VM rip off.

[BenMcr]

Originally Posted by sprattgraham

I was told today as I already have two V+ I only have to pay £50 for the third one to be installed.

It's £30 + £15 per month for a third V+ when you are on VIP - which your profile says you are

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Originally Posted by bywater

I don't understand why it costs so much more than installing a normal box.

Because the boxes themselves costs more

There's no more work involved if your swapping out a old box.

Because the boxes themselves costs more

I am dammed if I'm going to pay £150 + subs just to plug a cable in.

No-one is forcing you to

I would not mine having it on a contract but £150 or even £99 is too much when a normal box installation is only £30 or free.

Don't get one then

After all its the same work involved for the two.

Because the boxes themselves cost more

Another VM rip off.

It's less than the £199+install+multiroom that Sky charge you for additional Sky+/Sky+HD boxes

[bywater]

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Because the boxes themselves costs more

So what you are basically saying is you are paying / subsidizing Virgin media for equipment you will never own. I've never bought anything before that I have had to hand back to the company when I have finished using it. That's the reality here.

[BenMcr]

Originally Posted by bywater

So what you are basically saying is you are paying / subsidizing Virgin media for equipment you will never own. I've never bought anything before that I have had to hand back to the company when I have finished using it. That's the reality here.

Yes it is

Ever rented a car on holiday? You pay more for a higher spec model - yet you have to return it at the end

[sprattgraham]

Originally Posted by BenMcr

It's £30 + £15 per month for a third V+ when you are on VIP - which your profile says you are

That’s what I was told to start with then they changed there mind and said the price went up on 1st March to £50

[BenMcr]

Well they have got it wrong