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Anne-h21
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Cancellation / Complaint Help

Can anyone help me?

I rang and gave my 30 day cancellation notice early in September. Thought everything was fine and signed up with a new provider.

Only did I know something was wrong when I got issued an unexpected expensive bill for the month of October. I have spent hours trying to ring and then ended up spending hours on WhatsApp trying to resolve it. The agent was very unhelpful and said I'd agreed to One Touch Switch. I had never heard of such a thing. The agent was unwilling to do anything to help me except process my cancellation there and then which will result in me paying an additional 2 months worth of bills. I submitted a complaint and specifically asked for email contact as I have a speech impairment and really struggle to talk. I got the bog standard response of we've tried to contact you but can't. We can see your cancellation has been processed, pay your bill.

 

That doesn't resolve my complaint. I want the cancellation installing from the day I rang. I cannot afford the 2 months of bills they are going to charge me. From a bit of research it seems the OTS option came out on the day I contacted so feel like they've tried to force this on me but actually never told me about it. Very stressed, frustrated and upset by the experience.

  • Hi Anne-h21,

    Thank you for reaching out to us in our community and welcome, we are sorry to hear that you have advised you gave your 30 days notice in early September and this didn't go ahead and when calling have had to give notice now which means you would pay an extra bill, so I can take a look into this for you I have sent you an invite into a private chat, please look out for the white envelope to accept.

    Regards

    Paul.

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  • Hi Anne-h21,

    Thank you for reaching out to us in our community and welcome, we are sorry to hear that you have advised you gave your 30 days notice in early September and this didn't go ahead and when calling have had to give notice now which means you would pay an extra bill, so I can take a look into this for you I have sent you an invite into a private chat, please look out for the white envelope to accept.

    Regards

    Paul.

    • Andy561's avatar
      Andy561
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      This has happened to me. I gave 30 days notice on 16th January that I was leaving virgin and switching to sky. I was assured all my services would be disconnected on 15th February and my account closed.

      I had all my sky services fully installed on 28th January and thought everything was going smoothly.

      Then I received an email from virgin media Ireland, I don't live in Ireland, thanking me for setting up a new contract to start on 5th February at a cost of £147 a month.

      I did not request or agree to this new contract, why would I now I've joined Sky? The contract has been ordered without my knowledge and without my consent.

      I'm distraught and worried and customer services are useless, they say they resolved the issue but when I checked my account again, this fraudulent contract is still showing as pending, to begin on 5th February.

      I don't want it, I just want to cancel everything and enjoy my new sky.

    • Vikki_M's avatar
      Vikki_M
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      Hi pickledash,

      We're sorry to hear you've been unable to start your own post.

      What is it you need help with today please? 

      Please pop back to us when you can. 

      • pickledash's avatar
        pickledash
        Joining in

        Hi Vikki

        I've finally managed to create one. Please see link here. Would be great if you could assist

        https://community.virginmedia.com/discussions/Setup/new-contract-without-knowledge-on-house-move/5638603

  • On 21.04.25 I gave 30 days notice of cancellation, I got 15 days till I’m disconnected. Out of curiosity I was looking at my account and I see there is an order on my account created on the day I gave 30 days notice. I’m wondering if that “order” is just my cancellation or they created an order unbeknown to me (?!) 

     

    • Vikki_M's avatar
      Vikki_M
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      Hi Paul_london,

      Thanks for your post.

      Yes, that will be the cancellation request, we apologise for any confusion caused.

      We're sorry to hear you've decided to leave us.

      We wish you all the best with your new provider, and do hope you may consider us as your service provider again in the future.