Had VM Business Broadband for only 2 months, experiencing MAJOR stress
About 2 months ago i switched from VM Personal to VM BUSINESS as my contract (which i had renewed for about 7 or so years) was about to expire and found a “wonderful” value contract with virgin business, and it was at a higher broadband speed than my previous contract. In BOLD it stated i only owe “£14.50” every month, which was great, however when i received my first bill, it was for £69.95 which is outrageous and i get very anxious about money especially in this cost of living crisis, so i phoned up and after many unprofessional callers handlers whod just shout at my face and end the call, i finally had a friendly handler who assured me theyd charge no more than 14.50 on my billing day. They also raised a complain internally to have this fixed and 2 days later i got a response from their manager at the HR department apologising and again, assuring me they wouldnt charge me the £69.95. Bearing in mind this whole ordeal took about a week to get sorted, i felt relieved HOWEVER i came to check my bank account was almost empty after seeing they LIED through their teeth and did charge me the amount a week later. At this point i was fed up after 20 ignored calls and others telling me i got the wrong department when i very much didnt, and i received another bill, this tome for £12, before the month was up. I was again confused and checked they charged me £4 of this for a PAPER invoice. I called them up AGAIN, to receive another rude reply from every handler, blaming me for everything and ended the call on me? i am so frustrated and upset, i will be contacting the Communications Ombudsman if this doesnt get resolved, after being a loyal customer for 7 years, never missing a payment, this is how they treat me.£1000 early disconnection charge - despite notifying VM of switch during cooling off period!
Hi. Hoping someone can help or steer me in the right direction - as ive been going around in circles and being passed to multiple people on message service and calls. We decided to leave VM - We were advised by a call handler that becuase we were technically still in contract, to change to a new cheaper contract, then to switch during the cooling off period for this new contract. We thought that was strangely good advice (surprising that VM would advise this) but it made sense. So we changed to a much cheaper contract, and then, through the one touch switch process, notified VM that we wanted to cancel our contract. Virgin sent us an email on 18 October (within our cooling off period), confirming the date of our switch (07 November) and clearly confirming (in bold text) that there would not be a disconnection fee (specifically the email stated there would be a 0.00 disconnection fee. They have have subsequently charged us a disconnection fee of GBP 1023.66!. I can only think their rationale is that despite giving notice to cancel within the cooling off period, the actual switch took place outside the 14 days - however we absolutely notified them that we wanted to cancel during the cooling off period - as the email clearly confirmed. If they had told us about the disconnection charge (rather than telling us there wouldnt have been one!) we would of course have been in touch with them and it may have prompted us to change our mind. But they didnt. Trying to explain this to the call centre team is impossible - they dont understand what I'm saying, tell me the email was automated and incorrect (!), then transfer me and the whole discussion starts again (hours wasted on multiple days). And the message service is similar (today 2.5 hours, 5 different people, similar yesterday). Now it seems the account has been closed which means I cannot access lots of the information online. To raise a dispute, I need to write to VM, and it will take 8 weeks before the Ombudsman will get involved unless VM confirm we're deadlocked - and of course VM want to be paid by Direct Debit which is due in a week (and I cannot afford to pay them 1000 - especially for something which I am strongly disputing). It seems crazy that I need to send VM a letter to complain, and that there is apparently no one via the customer services team who is able to receive and review an email which so clearly states there would be no early disconnection charge. If anyone can offer any advice or assistance I'd be so grateful.
Credit file arrears after dispute.
Hello. A dispute surrounding a cheap phone that was sent as part of a contract, which was not wanted, has led to a failed payment and arrears on my credit file. I remember disputing this “gift” during the contract setup on the phone but it was assured that it just “comes with it”. when cancelling my contract I was subsequently billed for this low spec phone which I didn’t want, use or need. I felt like I had been set up and conned into accepting this additional handset. None of this was a major issue until recently. I payed the final bill which included the £100+ fee for this phone and forgot about it, vowing never to return to VM. Today I applied for a credit report where VM have put a mark on my file for failed payment. I payed this bill ant the time, possibly a few days late as it was under dispute at the time. I now require VM to remove this mark, as the bill was payed and was under dispute in any case. Any assistance in resolving would be appreciated before raising to the Ombudsman. Thanks and regards. Casey.