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flashberry244's avatar
flashberry244
Joining in
2 years ago

Lied to, and Executive Complaints agree but cannot fix it!

I suppose court action is the only way?

Long story short, I was told in April when the last round of price rises took place (and we were allowed to leave contract free) due to Covid-19 they cannot cancel contracts, but a special deal for £43.00pm 1Gbps would be available. I took it.

 

Have been paying £63.00 or there abouts every month. Calls have been listened to, and its agreed I should be paying £43.00. I have this in writing. They cannot change the price until after the contract apparently, nor shorten the contract which is erroneously down as 18 months from April 2024?!. 

 

Executive Complaints Team said "Yes you should be paying £20.00 per month less. We cannot fix this due to systems. You are welcome customer. If you cancel direct debit we will mark credit file". The shocking grammar is appalling.

 

Now I have found the person on the electoral role. Can I take them to court directly for theft, or should it be Virgin Media?

 

What exactly do I do.

  • goslow's avatar
    goslow
    Alessandro Volta
    2 years ago

    A required first step is a formal complaint to VM (but sounds like you may already have done that)

    https://www.virginmedia.com/help/complaints

    but this will, most likely, not result in any useful outcome.

    If VM fails to provide a satisfactory resolution, you can reject the resolution and VM should provide you with a deadlock letter (although OFCOM is currently investigating VM because of poor performance in doing this). With a deadlock letter, or in any event after 8 weeks from when you formally complained, you can go to arbitration.

    https://www.commsombudsman.org/our-process

    The arbitration process is free to you but it costs VM

    • flashberry244's avatar
      flashberry244
      Joining in
      2 years ago

      Awesome. Yes, I have that at the end of the shocking formal complaint letter. 

       

      Arbitration it is I suppose. 

       

      The most frustrating part of it all is, the service is actually good! Thank you. I will go through those hoops now.

      • goslow's avatar
        goslow
        Alessandro Volta
        2 years ago

        The feedback from customers on here is generally very favourable about the arbitration process.

        The arbitration cases which are most successful seem to be where the customer has presented a clear timeline of what has happened, with accompanying evidence linked to the timeline, so it is easy for the adjudicator to follow the history of the case and track the sequence of events from each party involved.

        Good luck!

  • Cardiffman282's avatar
    Cardiffman282
    Trouble shooter
    2 years ago

    Hmmm. It might just be me but it sounds like the Executive Complaints Team is also now offshore... 

    • Tractorboy's avatar
      Tractorboy
      Rising star
      2 years ago
      Cardiffman282 wrote:

      Hmmm. It might just be me but it sounds like the Executive Complaints Team is also now offshore... 

      That figures , they are not replying to my emails !

  • Reece_MH's avatar
    Reece_MH
    Forum Team (Retired)
    2 years ago

    Hi flashberry244 👋

    Thanks for posting, and a warm welcome to our Community Forums.

    I'm sorry to hear about the issues you've experienced relating to your package pricing, and the discussions you have had with our team that do not maintain the level of service we aim to offer.

    I'm going to send you a private message, so we can look into this further for you. Please look out for it in the top-right, white envelope and we'll do our best to assist further.

    Thanks,