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hope2win
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5 months ago
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Online Contract Renewal not activated

On 12th December, I logged into my VM account online to look at my contract renewal options. There was an offer to renew at the same price for an additional 18 months so I clicked the link, read through and agreed with the pre-contract documents, and then accepted the offer. I got an order confirmation via email straight away, but nothing has updated in my account online. I’ve already had the last bill I paid go up since part of the advance billing goes beyond my existing contract. However I’m now due to get another bill which presumably will bill me full price for the whole advance period as the system says I haven’t taken out a new contract. Of course, when the paperwork is processed, I’d hope the reduction would be back-dated as there’d be no gap between contracts, but I’d rather not be paying out lots extra upfront if the contract details could be updated beforehand.

 

Looking through the forums, it seems to say that If you've renewed online, these orders then go to a back office team who apply the deal. This apparently can take 10 to 14 days to process and before you receive another email confirming the change has been made. According to what I’ve read it appears these offers are online exclusive, so the Sales or Customer Services team wouldn't have visibility of them (so there’s no point phoning up if I’ve read things right). 

 

But after 14 days which is where I’m at now (albeit I appreciate it’s the Christmas period), it says a VM forum moderator might be able to help with this.

 

I have an order reference number and details of the contract offer I can supply via private message if required.

 

Thanks for your help.

  • Hi hope2win,

    Thank you for reaching out to us in our community and welcome, sorry to hear a new deal you took out Via your Online Account hasn't been added, it can sometimes take up to 28 days to be added especially over the holiday period, so we can have a look for you I have sent you an invite into a private chat, look out for the white envelope to accept.

    Regards

    Paul.

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  • Hi hope2win,

    Thank you for reaching out to us in our community and welcome, sorry to hear a new deal you took out Via your Online Account hasn't been added, it can sometimes take up to 28 days to be added especially over the holiday period, so we can have a look for you I have sent you an invite into a private chat, look out for the white envelope to accept.

    Regards

    Paul.

  • Exactly the same thing has happened to me and it's now more than 28 days since  I took out the contract renewal offer. I  was sent  an order summary  sheet  and an information sheet , but I've heard absolutely nothing  since then  and the contract on my online account has not been updated. It's really very, very  poor stuff to leave customers guessing whether  Virgin Media  intend to  honour a contract offer or not. Makes one think twice about ever renewing in future. I'm glad hope2win managed to get their problems sorted  out, but I'm still struggling with mine

    • Robert_P's avatar
      Robert_P
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      Hello mhs58

       

      We can see this has been raised in an alternate thread and we have reached out to you with support. We ask to not post the same issue in multiple threads as this doesn't result in a quicker response and if anything can cause issues and delays to a resolution.

      Please feel free to reply in the other thread where we will continue to support you.

  • Hi. I have renewed my contract but have not received confirmation. I noticed you sent details to the wrong email being yahoo.com whereas it is yahoo.co.uk.

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      Sabrina_B
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      Hi j9ksf 👋.

      Thanks for reaching out to us and sorry to hear of the issues you have faced with a document going to the wrong email address. So we can assist and make the changes, we needed to bring you in for a private message. 

      Sabrina

  • My email address ends with.co.uk.

     It's the contact address you have on file but when I applied for a new contract you have sent info to ...com, to which I have no access.

     

     

    • Sabrina_B's avatar
      Sabrina_B
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      Hi j9ksf.

      Thanks for joining me in a private message and getting your issue quickly resolved 😁. Should you need us again please do reach back out to us, enjoy the rest of your weekend.

      Sabrina

      • smartcarbits's avatar
        smartcarbits
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        Hi

        I have the same problem 

        I have a new contract offer and so far have been unable to receive confirmation that I will be paying the proposed web offer 

        Had several chats and phone calls Inc promises to ring me back.

        Th really is abysmal as being a customer for over 18 years and 79 years of age that this should happen.

        My old contract goes from £87 to £186 in two weeks, web offer was half this price 

        I really don't want to instigate a leaving VM and am very happy with my package.

        What can be done. !  I really have no where else to go to resolve this problem..

        PLEASE HELP

         

        pete