My husband spoke to a Virgin rep in August to renew our contract for broadband and home phone. For many years we had a plan that allowed us to call international numbers for no extra charge. The rep knew this very well. But she told him he could great a great new contract for £46 a month with faster internet speed. He did not know nor was it explained to him what the phrases 'Talk More Anytime' or 'Multi Talk 1000' meant but the new contract showed that they were removed from our new contract. As a result for the last three months we were charged £320 extra in itemized long distance calls. When I called Virgin and spoke to a rep and his supervisor that I thought the rep should have explained on the phone what the features of the new plan were, they said that could add back the international call feature, which is now called something else (Talk More International I think) for a new monthly cost of £51 a month, but could not do anything about the past charges. They agreed that the rep should have explained exactly what the new program was. WHO READS ALL THE FINE PRINT?? People often don't have the time to read through contracts or even to check their monthly bills. We feel the Virgin rep should have explained exactly what we were losing. The supervisor said she would ask someone to review the phone call my husband had but it could take up to six months. We are furious that Virgin reps are either not trained well or trained to mislead customers about what new packages entail so they end up paying ridiculous fees for no better service so Richard Branson can have a bigger yacht. It is impossible to find a way to write him or anyone of consequence. How can I escalate this complaint?
