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Mansongj
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1 year ago
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Incorrect billing & being told lies.

Had virtually the same problem. Responded to an early renewal email for a contract extension for same price of £76 Got an order number. Nothing happened. 2 weeks later did a web chat which confirmed first order should have gone through and it would now. Nothing happened. 2 weeks later phoned up and an agent told me he couldn’t see that deal but would send me a contract for £117 but would get a rolling credit applied which took the monthly cost back down to £76.

While awaiting confirmation of this rolling credit I suddenly today got new contract documents stating the monthly cost was going to be £167 ( not my verbally agreed 67 or even the contracted 117). Phoned up expecting to cancel the new renewal and just go back to the old contract until it expired in 4 months. Was informed that can’t happen as my old contract was cancelled yesterday. Agent completely ignored what I was trying to explain and said all I could do was cancel completely and would be charged over £300 to do so but would get approx £150 of that refunded at some future date when account was closed. I wasn’t happy but was simply not going to pay the ridiculous £167 they now demanded so told them to cancel from 13 November. Gets off the chat to find another email stating I have yet another contract starting today this time for £171. I decided to lodge a complaint but while writing it out received another email stating the contract starting today was now £211. On the contracts page they show several contracts all supposedly agreed by me in the last week but I have never agreed to pay more than £76 so have no idea where they got these figures from. 

I have no bloody idea what is going on with this company but surely it has to be fraud to keep telling me I have agreed to contacts when I have not done so.

  • Vikki_M's avatar
    Vikki_M
    1 year ago

    Hi Mansongj

    Thanks for your post and welcome to our community.

    I'm very sorry to hear there's been some confusion and conflicting contract amounts quoted to you. 

    I'll pop you a private message now so I can help.

    Please look out for the envelope in the top right of the page and pop back to me when you can. 

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  • I can completely empathise. 
    Virgin are disconnecting me almost every month but yet still almost doubled my monthly payment, when they could see I was always struggling. 
    I don’t even believe I agreed to any new contract but yet again, I’m sat here, unemployed for health reasons and sitting in complete silence because I can’t access my smart speaker and draining what little bit of data I have remaining, just to try and raise the money to be reconnected and then it will start all over again within a couple of weeks. 
    I’ve been told that I’m paying for what a family of at least four might use, but I live alone. 
    I also enquired about the social tariff in the past but I was told the speed wouldn’t be suitable for my usage. 
    it’s an absolute joke and they don’t care about their customers, and especially not their vulnerable customers. 
    It seems as long as Richard Branson’s and all teams have their pockets full of money, no one cares about the people who put the money their in the first place. 

    • jpeg1's avatar
      jpeg1
      Alessandro Volta

      Branson doesn't own the company, but seems to be content to have his brand degraded by it. 

    • Robert_P's avatar
      Robert_P
      Icon for Forum Team rankForum Team

      Hello Phoenix43

       

      We're sorry to hear of the account issues experienced and problems getting this looked into. We understand the frustration this can cause and appreciate you taking the time to raise this via the forums.

       

      Have you been given any reason for the monthly disconnections? Is this due to an outstanding balance on the account? Was this also a reason why the social tariff wasn't available? Details on the social tariff can be found here and how to speak to the team via chat in regards to this.

  • Today I am faced with a similar issue. Renewed contact told that first payment would be 59, today first payment has been taken and it's higher. Contacted chat who basically did not help told me it was pro rata charges. I said this was unacceptable as I was not told about this. I am really unhappy and feel misled. 

     

     

     

     

    • Sabrina_B's avatar
      Sabrina_B
      Forum Team (Retired)

      Hi tjs1234 👋.

      Thanks for reaching out to us and welcome to the Community Forums, sorry to hear you are having billing issues with your new contract. So that we assist you, we would need to bring you in for a private message. Please look out for the envelope on the top right of your web browser or if you are using a mobile device, it will be located under your profile icon.
       

      Thanks.
       

      Sabrina

  • Forgot to add that in between the last two contracts I received today I had another web chat telling me to ignore them all but I simply don’t trust these people not to empty my bank account next month

    • Vikki_M's avatar
      Vikki_M
      Forum Team (Retired)

      Hi Mansongj

      Thanks for your post and welcome to our community.

      I'm very sorry to hear there's been some confusion and conflicting contract amounts quoted to you. 

      I'll pop you a private message now so I can help.

      Please look out for the envelope in the top right of the page and pop back to me when you can.