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DesislavaD
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One touch switch issue

Hello, the last day of my contract with Virgin media was 7 December 2025. On 6 November I chatted with an agent and stated I don't want to continue it. They asked me if I will confirm the cancellation myself on 7 December, or use the automatic service One touch switch. I said I would like to use the service, because I didn't want to forget and pay more. That was a big mistake. 

On 8 December EE installed their router and they used One touch switch to inform VM that I no longer use VM services. I was a little surprised I could still use VM router on 8 December, but I turned it off the same evening. Obviously I will pay for this one additional day of service. But not more than that.

I am sure VM can confirm I didn't use their services after that and not make me pay more.

On 19 December I chatted with another VM agent to confirm the cancellation had taken place. They said there was no notification that my contract is cancelled. I find this hard to believe, because EE even sent me a reference number as a proof that they used One touch switch to inform VM that I no longer use VM.

The second agent suggested to cancel the contract form 19 January, but I asked them to wait and not do that. I didn't want the situation to become even more complicated. The agent ignored me and canceled the contract from the same day (19 December), which meant I have to pay for a month and a half more than I used VM.

Now I am told to pay £150 as a closing bill. I don't agree with this and shouldn't be made to pay it.

VM resolution centre sent me some emails, stating they couldn't contact me for more information. This is impossible, because I reminded they 4 different ways they can reach me. Phone, email, post, VM app. They said I still need to pay so much money for only 1 day.

I have them the reference number to check with One touch switch, but they replied with the same email as before. They couldn't reach me and I have to pay £150.

All this is getting out of hand and I don't feel anyone is listening to me at all.

What can I do in this situation, because I am not paying the last bill? Only for my usage on 8 December.

 

3 Replies

  • Your timeline does not make sense for a OTS and do remember OTS only applies to broadband and not TV services.

    When did you order from EE and did you advise them of your current provider and to use OTS?

    Once that was done you should've received communication from VM that you were leaving.

    The implication of the call on the 6th indicates that VM had not received notice of the OTS and were either expecting you to give notice or order from a new ISP via OTS.

    Was the 7th the date VM has previously advised your services were to end or was that the date your discounted contracted period was ending, in that case service continues at full price until you give notice or they receive a OTS request.

    It would not be normal for VM services to be disconnected until after EE had installed and sent them confirmation thereof, so the 7th was never going to be the date VM services stopped if EE only installed a day later.

    It would appear that your call on the 19th was interpreted as then giving a months notice as no OTS notification had been received prior to the EE installation.




  • Hi DesislavaD,

    Thank you for informing us of this and we're sorry to hear about your cancellation issues.

    We will look to send you a private message shortly to investigate this further with you.

  • Hi, I have a big problem with cancelling my contract with Virgin media. Can you help me please?