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@Billesleygriffo wrote:Hi Eddie. If I've calculated your sums correctly (final figure of £47.82 per month) I would say you're paying way over the odds. I have phone line, 200mbps BB and Player TV (with latest v6 TiVo box) for £31 per month + £196 LRS, which equates to £47.33 per month. Deffo get onto Virgin and force a better deal out of them - especially with the latest price increases coming up
Its no good directly comparing prices for people that have 3 services with people that have 2. The more services you have the bigger the discount it attracts, so it is common for people on the "triple play" discount to be paying about the same or less than someone with only 2 services. A lot will also depend on when the services were originally contracted.
@DifferentLogin wrote:OzzyMills, I am appalled by the way you have been treated by Virgin Media. I was able to renew my LRS on 5 September 2018 by getting through to a UK Virgin Media call centre using the method described in my previous post. My LRS was due to expire on 24 September 2018 and, like yourself, my previous bill (29 August 2018) had begun to include a £19 advance monthly phone rental charge again. I have included a screenshot of my Virgin Media confirmation e-mail dated 5 September 2018 which you are welcome to mention to VM - I have redacted my e-mail address for security purposes.
The moral of the story is to AVOID foreign VM call centres at all cost. It is disgraceful that they took your £196 payment for a service they said they could not provide. Furthermore, they were not telling the truth when they said that they could not refund you your £196 because 'you had paid by credit card'. My confirmation e-mail from VM (see below) says: 'If you cancel .....within 7 working days....we'll fully refund your advance payment to the debit or credit card you paid with'. The foreign VM call centre should have given you a refund immediately you asked for it. To regard it as 'credit' on your bill is not acceptable and is against VM stated policy.
Personally, I would not go along with the solution that VM have offered you. I suspect that by agreeing to a £32 reduction, you will lose the chance of renewing your LRS next year. You need VM to confirm that you have renewed your LRS and that it remains part of your contract. You contacted VM before your renewal date. Therefore you are entitled to continue with LRS saver this year and beyond.
I went into my local Virgin Media store last Thursday (13th Sep) and spoke to the guy down there who called the call centre. Apparently the call centre said I could renew but having checked my online Virgin account today (17th Sep) and there's no mention of LRS or any confirmation email like you received. Checked my bank/credit card and there hasn't been anything taken out or anything for LRS - how quickly did they take payment? Called their call centre today and the same "you can't renew LRS" line. All very odd and a bit frustrating. Admittedly it's "only" £32 but surely Virgin Media should have a better idea as to who qualifies and who doesn't!!!
OzzyMills, I have checked my credit card account online and Virgin Media took the £196 payment the same day I phoned.
If you log into your Virgin Media account, on the right hand side of the screen, you will see a 'View Contract' link. You need to click on this to see whether or not LRS has been added to your services and when it runs out.
Screenshot below.
@DifferentLogin wrote:OzzyMills, I have checked my credit card account online and Virgin Media took the £196 payment the same day I phoned.
If you log into your Virgin Media account, on the right hand side of the screen, you will see a 'View Contract' link. You need to click on this to see whether or not LRS has been added to your services and when it runs out.
Screenshot below.
I checked that part of the website and there was nothing to see! I might just accept defeat but will soldier on as if you can get it I don't see why I can't when your LRS expires on the 24th Sep and mine on the 30 Sep. Something is not quite right and not one clear message yet from Virgin, their moderators on this forum read these messages at all?!?!?!
DifferentLogin - Thanks for all the tips and advice on this thread. Did you only take out another 12 months LRS or did you also take out a new 12 month contract for TV/Broadband? Just thinking if they renewed everything for 12 months their systems might accept it.
