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Ccc
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Homelessness and new address - no fee wave changed

Hello,

I am being illegally evicted. I have called Virgin Media about my circumstances to discuss cancelation and fees. The first two people I spoke to were very sympathetic and understood I would be homeless, the second woman confirmed I wouldn't need to pay an early cancellation fee because of my vulnerable circumstances and she passed me on to a final colleague.

They then said this wasn't possible and that I'd need to pay the cancellation fee even though my situation was explained and I would have no new address, contradicting what was already said. Then he said I'd actually get £50 off. He said that he would raise me questioning this as a complaint, which it was not it was questioning why I was now being given different treatment and options, and asked me twice to confirm the "complaint" he made up was solved - which it clearly wasn't. He said he would ring again the same day, repeating multiple times I would need to have my phone on me, and no call came to instead dicuss freezing my account for 90 days, even after I said I would be leaving the property that day. No call came. The next working day no call came.

I followed up to the email complaint he made up and suddenly I got a call. I'm now told the temporary address I've given will have an additional fee change if I'm moving home, on top of disconnection fees. I'm beside myself, first I was told I would have no cancellation fees as I've been illegally evicted and in a vulnerable position, but now I've been told its either full fees or a freeze and then even more fees by way of a home moving fee and disconnection fee. I was only told about these additional fee prices after agreeing to the freeze - I don't know where I will be then, and the previous options given by different staff 30 seconds prior to being switched to someone new do not apply anymore. Not only is it days before Christmas, I've been illegally evicted, and then lied to by Virgin Media giving me false hope about my situation.

Why are vulnerable customers given two different solutions by staff and then given even more fees on top? Is this a situation a joke to Virgin Media? Why waste the little time I have giving a solution and then packpedling with more fees?

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  • Hello Ccc,

    Welcome to the Community, and thanks for taking the time to post here on the forums. I’m sorry to hear of the issues that you’re experiencing, you've had trying to speak to the team and get this looked into further. Have you been given any documentation to confirm your eviction? If you do have this, we may be able to remove the disconnection fees?

    Kind Regards,

    Steven_L