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Robert70's avatar
Robert70
Tuning in
2 years ago

Poor Customer Services

Where do I start. New customer of 2 weeks. My bill breakdown states two monthly payments plus £65 setup fee due on 01/02/24. Fair enough. Problems started when I added sky sports and cinema with has been pending for 5 days and still shows adding on my apps screen via the stream box and pending on my account. I spoke to first line, Faults Team, second line and had technician come out today only to tell me its an account issue not a hardware problem. Second line then confirm its a billing issue and to call Billings team. They confirmed another £99 is pending for 5 days and due to go out on my DD today once cleared I should receive the package. The problem with overseas call desks are lack of communication and in some cases clear understanding of English. For one, I don't know whey I'm being charged an extra £99? And the Billings team said they can't give me a breakdown yet until payment has gone out? They'll call me tomorrow to check the payment has gone through and package reinstated in my tv. But I think I'm being overcharged which will be disputed. Really poor start to being Virgin Media customer, I've wasted so much time calling them and using their online chats. Only to be given the run around. 

  • Ttt81's avatar
    Ttt81
    On our wavelength

    I am having same issue. Been through same process online, call centre new box etc. told same re account issue. Tickets raised, complaints made and no action. Clearly an issue with streaming subscriptions but no resolution or accountability. Mine been faulty since 23rd Nov and still no resolution. Good luck to you

    • Robert70's avatar
      Robert70
      Tuning in

      Can't believe it's still not resolved for you since November. I spoke to yet another team Customer Care who stated its an issue they are aware of effecting many customers. I added Sky Sports before with TNT and entertainment. It was only switching to cinema the problems started and now I've lost Sky sports. Had to go back to now tv to get it. Keep being told second line will call me once resolved. Could be never. 

  • Hi Robert70 👋 welcome to the community! Thank you for posting!

    So sorry to hear about these issues with your billing, package and TV services, along with your experience getting support to resolve these! 

    As a new customer, you should receive your first bill once the services are active and installed, which will outline a breakdown of any installation and activation fees, along with service charges and any credits. You can read a bit more about bill breakdowns and in particular first bills here 👉 My First Virgin Media Bill . If it's the case that you are a new customer but you have not yet received your first bill, once this has arrived you will be able to see the full cost breakdowns. You will receive the bill ahead of any payment being taken! Sincerest apologies for any miscommunication regarding this. Once you have a copy of the first bill, if there are any issues with the charges showing please do let us know so we can offer further support. 

    If there is an issue with the billing which is linked to the fault you are currently experiencing with your TV service, we will need to ensure this is resolved (which should in turn resolve any billing issue). It looks as though you have been back in touch with us by phone since posting and that your case is with the second line fault management service who support with these cases. Hopefully this means it is on the way to being resolved! 🤞 Please do return to this thread and provide an update if you are still needing support following hearing back from them regarding the fault. 
    We will then do our best to re-raise this internally and offer further support if needed! Thank you for your patience in the meantime. Wishing you all the best! 🌞

    • Robert70's avatar
      Robert70
      Tuning in

      I have spoken to so many different teams with nobody taking ownership. Customer Care ticket is still with Second line who will ring me when resolved. Its already been two weeks. Complaints responded saying contact the technical team and they have escalated it with them. Someone from Billings and another from Care said they would make a courtesy call but nobody did. As an IT Support Officer myself, tickets would never be outstanding for 2 weeks, without keeping the customer updated or escalating to a 3rd line team. 

      • Joseph_B's avatar
        Joseph_B
        Forum Team (Retired)

        Hey Robert70,

        We understand that this is taking longer than you expected, however as this is still being looked into we are limited with what we can advise here, whilst the team look into this they will get back to you as soon as they can.

        Joe

  • Looks like it's been resolved today, now receiving all channels. A user on another chat advised me to wait until my account updates in 30 days and he was right. If only the call centre staff could have advised this instead of me calling countless times and being told different things, speaking to 4 different teams not knowing what they are doing. There have been buffering issues a couple of times this week at night which seems to have resolved itself. 

    • Kath_P's avatar
      Kath_P
      Forum Team

      Hi Robert70, 

      Thanks for taking the time to come back to us in the Community. We're happy to hear that things have been resolved now. 

      If you have any further issues, pop back to us here in the Forums. 

      Take care,