VM Phone Help (150) appears to have changed for the worse

Firstly I am addressing this board because I could not see one that deals specifically   with customer service. Please move this message if necessary.

I am having problems with my TV and phoned VM around 7pm. The link given by them did not solve the problem so I phoned again about 7:45pm. The automated system took me through the usual procedure, noted that I had phoned earlier and then said they would put me through to someone would help. They said that they needed to check my memorable word. I gave the 3 letters asked for and then, to my surprise, instead of being put through to the promised human being I was then, completely out of the blue and very abruptly, told that they were closed and to phone back at 8am. Notice that the closing time of the phone help line was not given - I was left to guess what that might be. Also, tomorrow being Sunday, I was not given any clue as to whether the help line operated then.

That a company the size of VM finds impossible to compose a polite message saying that we are now closed, but leads the customer through a long rigmarole and a promise of a human contact and then simply tells them to go away says something uncomplimentary about VM. The whole fiasco gives the impression that some extremely junior member of staff was ordered to write write something, anything, to get rid of any customer that dared to to bother VM in the early evening.

Also, my past experience has been that the phone helpline did not close at around 7pm. Am I correct in saying that VM are now saving money by cutting back on customer service. All in all it makes you wonder what they will be cutting back on next.