on 15-01-2024 16:25
It seems there's a notable technical discrepancy within the Virgin Media system, leading to the unwarranted generation of a contract under my name, a contract I neither sanctioned nor authorized.
For clarity, my mother, and I have Virgin Media's broadband services for two separate properties. Given her age and unfamiliarity with email, we've opted to use my email address as our primary point of communication. My mother received a renewal notification via my email address. At the time, we were together, and upon her acceptance, her existing £33 contract was purportedly updated to £36. However, a subsequent bill indicated a charge of £45 against my account, contrary to my existing £30/month contract due to conclude in February 2024. It became apparent that due to the email cross-reference, an unintended contract was activated without my knowledge or consent.
During this renewal process there is no account number or address provided its has now put me in a new contract. I have tried for the last 3 months to get this reverted and have a complaint processing. Its quite clear that there has been an error and the tech team had to unpick this refusing to revert me back any help would be appreciated!
on 15-01-2024 18:42
Hi @Moses23,
Thank you for your post and welcome to our community forums. We're here to help.
I'm very sorry to hear that there appears to be some confusion and mix up with one of the two accounts that you state you have with us.
When did you last discuss this with the team and what did they advise exactly? What does the latest bill state the disputed charge is for?
Thanks,
on 15-01-2024 18:54
I have called about this so many times and explained what has happened to no avail. I first called when I received my bill that had gone up without explanation. This was maybe towards the end of November. I was asked to provide details of the renewal email that was sent to my mother (which I did) to a specific email address of a manager, I since checked and saw this was bounced back. I have sent further emails to this address which haven't bounced back but I have received no reply. Its so clear that this contract is as a result of this renewal email in my mothers name. The renewal was sent at 12:02 and the contract details come through at 12:04. Everytime I call they just say this is a valid contract that was done on your end. To be clear I don't have any renewal link in my name and why would I agree a rise of £10 a month 4 months before my agreement ends? This all stems from being allowed to create two accounts on one email, that I have been told should not exist as your cannot process things correctly. The latest bill has increased again as someone put bill credits to resolve in the short term as they recognised there was an issue. My contract was £30 a month. I have now just been charged 45 then 60 in the last two months. I think the ombudsman is the only one who is going to hear me out as no one at virgin wants to listen to what has happened or look at any evidence
on 16-01-2024 08:14
Hi @Moses23, thank you for your response.
In order to look into this for you further, we'll send you a private message on here. Look out for the envelope in the top right-hand corner.
If you're on a portable device with a smaller screen, click on the icon in the top right-hand corner and select "messages" from the additional menu options.
Regards,
Daniel