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Joined on the offer for free tv or money off account, went with tv and now after a month and the time to get out of contact passed they are now saying I’m not eligible, no more detail then that but next person I speak with saying stock issues and I am eligible then next person not eligible. Left hand does not know what right hand is doing but have the call transcript with the tv being offered and accepted so I’m going to raise a complaint with Communications Ombudsman as this is false advertising and poor service. Why offer if you have no intention to follow up. Very poor service for new customersInstallation issues
Virgin Media, the company that can’t figure out how to install their own broadband, yet still insists on pretending they can. It started simply: I asked for fiber. Virgin said yes. They gave me an install date. Then the circus began. The Never-Ending Clown Show For months, Virgin’s engineers have arrived, yanked on the conduit like confused cavemen, watched it fall apart, and then run away—only to reschedule and do it all over again. December 23rd: Failure. January 9th: Failure. January 21st: Failure. February 5th: Failure. February 21st: Failure. At this point, it’s not even incompetence. It’s performance art. Blame Everyone but Themselves. Rather than just admitting they’re useless, Virgin Media has mastered the fine art of pointing fingers: “It’s Avonline’s fault!” You hired Avonline, you absolute muppets. That’s like hiring a dodgy builder and then acting shocked when your house collapses. “The council won’t let us access the road!” Funny, since Avonline’s engineers have been out there working on the road. In fact, one of them even said: “Virgin Media on this road? Not a chance. The conduit’s knackered. Not gonna happen.” Then they tried anyway, snapped the fiber, and left the conduit even more broken. Genius. Truly. I hope the person responsible gets a bonus. I would just leave and give up, but they insist they will only send me all of the money they owe me (for multiple missed appointments, and an agreement to cover the difference between my Virgin bill price and the extortiantate out of contract BT price in the meantime) if I stay and wait to be connected - is that even legal? Lies, Lies and more Lies Meanwhile, their customer service team—trained, I assume, by a group of concussed pigeons—kept assuring me that everything was fine. Me: “Can you install fiber at my house?” Virgin: “Absolutely!” Me: “Then why are you literally paying my neighbours to leave because you can’t install fiber?” Virgin: “Uhh… unforeseen circumstances?” And speaking of my neighbours, I find out they were actually PAID TO LEAVE VIRGIN MEDIA because the company knew it couldn’t provide service - due to a broken conduit! Let me repeat that: They gave people money to go away rather than just fixing the damn conduit. Then they continue to sell this knowingy broken service to others on the same road. Even going so far as to send sales reps door-to-door! We have been waiting for installation since November 2024. Other neighbours have been waiting since October 2024. It is now nearly March 2025. Gaslighting 101 And just when you think Virgin can’t sink lower, they send me an email implying I haven’t been in touch. I’ve spent more time chasing these clowns than they’ve spent actually doing their job. At this rate, I could hand-dig a new conduit myself before Virgin Media figures out what’s happening. Final Thoughts Virgin Media, just be honest: Either fix the conduit and install the fiber, or Admit you can’t do it and stop wasting everyone’s time. Stop selling products you cannot provide. Instead, you’re stuck in an infinite loop of lying, blaming, failing, and rescheduling—like some kind of broadband time-wasting machine. Virgin Media: The only thing they connect is excuses.False Advertising Renewal Deal in App
My contract is due to expire this week. On the My Virgin Media app, I was offered a deal to renew at the exact same price as my existing contract. On the 24/01 I received the pre contract agreement and was told on the phone that my deal has been manually processed. On 04/02, I received a call from Virgin trying to sell me a new deal. I explained that I had already been told my new deal was being processed. There were extremely rude throughout and put the phone down on me. I then had to call them back, explain what I had already done. I was again told that the deal was in process and should be complete by 10/02. On 10/02, I used the Virgin Media WhatsApp to ask if the deal had completed as I didn't want to move to the standard rate and pay almost double. The people messaging be continually ignored my messages and just tried to sell me different deal that were all more expensive than what I had already agreed. They then told me that there was no deal in the system but they could offer me the exact same deal. They then transferred to a different person who ignored the previous messages and offered me a more expensive deal. They told me the couldn't honour the original deal from 24/01 or what the previous person had just told me. At this point I'd had enough and asked to make a complaint. They logged the complaint and told me someone would call me within 48hrs. I then received an email stating my complaint had be resolved without being contacted. I still haven't received any call. I have since called again today chasing the complaint, only to be told that the Virgin App is offering deals that are incorrect. Apparently, it is a known issue within Virgin and they can't honour it. My thoughts: This is false advertising as I have accepted the deal and the Virgin Media App states it has been accepted In all of the correspondence over the last 2 weeks, why has no one told me there is an App issue and why is it still live. I'm now 2 days from current deal expiring and will have to pay nearly double the amount. If I want to cancel, I'll have to give 30 days notice, so will still have to pay the expensive bill for next month Questions: Has anyone else experienced this and how was it resolved Does anyone know how I can escalate the complaint within Virgin What is the best channel to complain outside of Virgin. Is it Trading Standards or Advertising Standards Authority