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Noaksey34
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4 months ago
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No cost TiVo box upgrade

I received a letter saying I need to upgrade my TiVo at no cost to continue using Netflix. The letter contains a tv upgrades link which doesn’t exist. The automated web chat thing doesn’t have any relevant options and just takes you round in circles. I phone up and finally get through to someone at the second attempt after being cut off first time, I tell him that I want to upgrade my TiVo to a V6 as we already have an additional V6 box and I don’t want to change both to the 360. 

After being on hold for some considerable time while he investigated I was finally told that I couldn’t upgrade my TiVo to a V6 box on a no cost basis and that to do that would involve “changing my contract” 

exasperated I left it, only VM could write inviting something and when you finally get through they say you can’t

  • Sadly, yet another example of the TV360 platform seemingly being pushed at all costs, in this case at the expense of the simplest solution.

    The agent who told you that TiVo > V6 swap couldn't be done was - I'll be generous - being economical with the truth. Faulty TiVo's are swapped with V6 as a matter of course, since several years. Does yours have any service faults?

  • japitts's avatar
    japitts
    Very Insightful Person

    Sadly, yet another example of the TV360 platform seemingly being pushed at all costs, in this case at the expense of the simplest solution.

    The agent who told you that TiVo > V6 swap couldn't be done was - I'll be generous - being economical with the truth. Faulty TiVo's are swapped with V6 as a matter of course, since several years. Does yours have any service faults?

    • Noaksey34's avatar
      Noaksey34
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      Thanks, it’s very frustrating to say the least. The box is certainly showing its age and I’ve had to reboot it a few times lately 

      • Matthew_ML's avatar
        Matthew_ML
        Forum Team

        Hey Noaksey34, thank you for reaching out and I am so sorry to hear about this, also a warm welcome to the community.

        I can see you've spoke to the team, did they manage to help at all?