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Jr10
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2 years ago

Unable to turn off paper billing

I’m being charged £1.50 a month for paper bills which I do not want.

Ive tried calling Virgin media to turn this off and am told it’s not something that can be done by the agent, and that I have to do it.

however the my Virgin media portal does not match the instructions given to do it https://my.virginmedia.com/discover/welcome/your-bill/ebilling.html_1

the only option I can see is “communication preferences” which is already set to “ebills / email” yet I am still being charged for paper billing.

Please can someone help me turn this off?

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  • Molly_T's avatar
    Molly_T
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    2 years ago

    Hi Jr10 👋 Welcome back to the community! Thanks for posting. 

    Sorry to hear these concerns about paper billing. Thanks for flagging to us your difficulties getting this changed via My VM too. 

    We can certainly ensure this is turned off for you. It looks like you are already in a PM with my colleague Gareth who is offering support, and will get this sorted. 

    Thanks for your patience in the meantime! Wishing you all the best. 🌞

  • tomvaughan77's avatar
    tomvaughan77
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    12 months ago

    I'm getting the same issue too.

    I've dug through every screen and interface in both the My Virgin Media website and app. It is currently impossible to turn off the paperless billing charge without agent assistance, and getting agent assistance (over the phone anyway) is extremely difficult as they are still operating off incorrect scripts - there is no "my profile" section anymore for example.

    Can someone please help me turn this off and refund me £3.50 for the past two bills where I have been incorrectly charged as my communication preferences have been set to "ebills / email" the entire time?

    • Joseph_B's avatar
      Joseph_B
      Forum Team (Retired)
      12 months ago

      Hey tomvaughan77,

      Welcome to the Community Forums and thanks for the post.

      Sorry to hear you have been having this issue, on the MYVM, if you open the app and then scroll down to account settings and then account details, you should have the option in front of you to edit your Communication preference, from there you should be able to toggle it to ebilling, you should also have the option to do this from within the billing tab, can you confirm if you have tried both of these?

      Joe

      • tomvaughan77's avatar
        tomvaughan77
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        12 months ago

        Hi Joseph,

        Thanks for the speedy reply. I can confirm I have checked both of these - my Communication Preference in the Account Settings tab is, and always has been set to eBills / Email / Text.

        There is no option to change this available within the Billing tab, only options to change direct debit details and download a PDF of the bills shown there.

        Please advise with next steps

        Many thanks,
        Tom

  • shorty95's avatar
    shorty95
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    7 months ago

    It's an infuriating scam that they're pulling, £1.75 for a piece of paper - already complained and had the agent assure me that they've switched it off. Only to receive the most expensive piece of paper in the world again this month. FIX YOUR WEBSITE virgin media.

    • Tom_W1's avatar
      Tom_W1
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      7 months ago

      Hi shorty95 thanks for your post although we're sorry to hear of your concerns raised here.

      We would like to resolve this for you, so we'll send you a PM so we can look into this further.

      Kindly expect the PM to arrive shortly and respond directly when you can!
      Many thanks