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Norrie's avatar
Norrie
On our wavelength
3 months ago

Virgin media keeps sending contract agreements which are NOT what I have been offered and accepted

My contract is due to expire and after no help by customer services I accepted the offer of £100.53 per month to renew in my account and received that contract agreement. Two weeks later I received an email with my contract stating £143.74 per month.  Returning  to my account online  I noticed the grab my deal to renew at £95.74. Again got the email pre contract agreement at that price

.Four days on and another email confirming my changes to the same package at £143.74 plus £40.87 for changes. Managed to get through by phone and the agent again renewed my package with some amendments( to make things easier) with the monthly cost of £96.00 and pre contract  agreement emailed and accepted.

Two hours later another email thanking me for making changes and confirming agreement at £143.74 plus a £40.87 charge for making changes. I have gone from confusion to anger and  absolute despair and have no clue what to do next.

  • Alex_RM's avatar
    Alex_RM
    2 months ago

    Hi Norrie,

    Thanks for posting and sorry to see there's some confusion over the new deal.

    Package changes aren't something we do via this forum, however so I can get a few details from you regarding the billing, I've popped you over a private message.

    Alex_Rm

  • asim18's avatar
    asim18
    Rising star
    3 months ago

    Sometimes VM will adjust the price of the contract using "discounts". So if you agree a price of £90 for example, they will give you a contract of £150, then apply a rolling discount of £60 (it's easy to miss it).

    If you read further down the contract, does it state any discounts applied which would bring the total bill down to what you are expecting?

    • Norrie's avatar
      Norrie
      On our wavelength
      2 months ago

      Each time the pre contract agreement  does what you say bringing the monthly cost down to the amount agreed. Then  a few days later  or as in today 2 hours later I get an email thanking me for making changes to my package with a monthly cost with a higher amount and a higher nett payment. In other words the package price  on pre contract agreements accepted online and now with an agent by phone is  ignored and a higher price stated which I obviously do not agree to accept.

      • Alex_RM's avatar
        Alex_RM
        Forum Team
        2 months ago

        Hi Norrie,

        Thanks for posting and sorry to see there's some confusion over the new deal.

        Package changes aren't something we do via this forum, however so I can get a few details from you regarding the billing, I've popped you over a private message.

        Alex_Rm

  • HavencroftKev's avatar
    HavencroftKev
    Rising star
    2 months ago

    Similar thing happened to me, I'd agreed a price of £91 and when that didn't materialise I was told the best I could get was a contact for £148 and credit £57 on my account every month to make it £91.

    I wasn't satisfied with this, I said I've been offered a contact with VM and they should honour it and that I should not have to rely on credit being added.

    No solution was agreed and as a result I leave Virgin on Wednesdaym

  • Norrie's avatar
    Norrie
    On our wavelength
    2 months ago

    Update, called retentions again and this time 4th time lucky. Agent rebuilt my package with the same details and this time it went through. Contract emailed and I am assured that problems have been fixed with the direct debit amended to the new amount.