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marynewc
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2 years ago

trying to get an answer -

I've been at loggerheads with VM since January when I wrote to cancel my services- they NEVER replied! I have now written 4 letters, emailed, web chatted you name it, I've tried but got absolutely nowhere. somehow they cancelled my landline but not the broadband and are now demanding payment for a service I told them I wanted to cancel in January. They are so system driven that even when I speak to someone they only have a limited screen so can never refer back and asking to speak to a manager is like seeking a needle in a haystack.  I am elderly and getting very distressed as I feel they have discriminated against me just because I wanted to conduct my business by written letter.  Any suggestions?

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    Vikki_M
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    2 years ago

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    marynewc
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    2 years ago

    only 3 weeks - lucky you!  they still have not responded to my letter of 23rd January and the other 4 letters, replies to emails, webchats, countless complaints and abortive phone calls - all at my expense! they are so system driven and rigid if you don't say the right thing they just can't help.  I have enen tried writing to the CEO and have now resorted to contacting my MP and will raise the matter with the Ombudsman as soon as I am able (2 month waiting time).  Virgin Media are discriminatory towards people who don't fit their box and cannot for whatever reason communicate by phone.  Yet their website assures the customer that it will respond to letters within 24 hours and resolve issues within a month.

  • marynewc's avatar
    marynewc
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    2 years ago

    I am in dispute with VM - well not exactly a dispute because they jsut won't reply to my letters but they put me on a tarriff i neither agreed to nor wanted (I asked to cancel in January).  Because i stopped my direct debit they are hounding me with texts about payment and i have had a letter WITH NO ADDRESS TO REPLY TO saying that it might affect my credit rating.  They are just bullies so beware

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    marynewc
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    2 years ago

    I totally agree.  I wrote to them to cancel my services on 23rd January and am still awaiting a reply!  3 more letters, replies to emails, webchat, a number of complaints and abortive phone calls and I can't get anywhere.  they are discriminatory to those who find using the phone difficult and they are so rigidly controlled by their system that they cannot see the history of a problem,  they send replies to complaints with their so called resolution but you have to phone if you want to reply or they close it.  I always through communication was a 2 sway process.  Virgin Media think otherwise.  I am just biding my time until the ombudsman takes up my cause