Hi there
I'm hoping someone can help with this. I signed up to Virgin Media two weeks ago and have had the most terrible service as they seem unable to resolve a problem.
10 days after I signed up I received an email saying there was an outstanding balance from when I was previously a customer. I knew this was incorrect as I had a direct debit set up previously. When I spoke to the team it eventually became clear that the balance related to an account with my name and birthday from 2017 - and in Belfast! In 2017 I was a virgin media customer at my long term address which is in Bristol! Clearly they have either matched my data incorrectly during their setup processes, or someone has used my credentials. They promised the fraud team would call me back within 48 hours.
After the fraud team hadn't called back I tried getting in touch - I was very worried as our previous supply was imminently about to be disconnected. The pre-installation team told me I would have a call back that day... I'd heard nothing by the end of that day so tried calling again. No one can seem to put me through to the fraud team. I've been passed through multiple teams (collections? connections). Each time I've had to go through a security check, even though there are notes on the system I've had to re-explain the issue, and each time I've had a different explanation, that ends with 'I can't see anything on my screen so I need to transfer you to team XXX'. I've been going round in circles for hours. Occasionally the lines don't connect during the transfers either so I get to go back to square one.
Mine and my wives livelihoods depend on us having good internet access as like many we're working remotely at the moment. So this has been incredibly stressful and I'm not sure what to do next. I've got to the point where I think I will pay the outstanding balance (if I can ever get through) - even though it has nothing to do with me! And hope I can raise a complaint to claim it back later.
Does anyone have a better idea?!
Thanks