Contract mid-sold
Contacted Virgin as my contract was coming to an end. I wanted a bigger bundle but the offers were poor. Somehow got talked into taking out 1Gb broadband and 02 together for £64 per month. I was previously on an ok deal of about £30 for broadband per month. Since they issued the 1gb box I’ve had two engineers out to get it working and it’s still not providing speeds any better than what I previously paying for at half the price. On top of that 02 data is rubbish in my City and non existent at my place of work which I was also told was good. Somehow virgin don’t recognise this a breach of contract. Worse yet the pods provided to get the previous broadband to work need upgrading to work with the 1Gb box which an agent admitted to me 3 months after contacting about a string of issues. The two engineers who visited got speeds to work of course on their apps while in the house only to drop to zero by magical misfortune after leaving. I’m outraged with Virgin Service robbing my account for poor service and as always they threaten debt collection if I suggest I’m leaving due to pathetic service unless I pay a massive fee to end their contract.6.5KViews0likes4CommentsHomeless - Not Getting Anywhere with Customer Service
My family and I am going to be homeless at the end of the month (Apr 2024), I've been with Virgin Media for 15 years, never missed a payment or had any issues being a loyal customer. Today I've spent 2 hours on the telephone trying to explain these circumstances that are out of our control meaning we have no choice but to discontinue our contract. I've seen other people on the forums have been assisted by this where the early disconnection fee was waived due to the circumstances, I'm only hoping to be treated with the same fairness as everyone else, but those who I have spoken to on the phone are dismissing me and I've been hung up on several times. How can I speak to a UK representative from Virgin Media who will better understand the problem? (This is not spam, I posted in the wrong forum before by a mistake!)1KViews1like5CommentsWhy are Virgin Media useless!!
I honestly give up, the company are completely unfocused on customers. So today is 4th time I have taken a day off work to be in when Virgin come to pick some equipment! and what a shock that no one turns up. Should I waste another 4 hours of my time trying to actually speak to someone? this is becoming a joke now and I am pretty sure that the email and text they sent me constitutes a contract agreement that they will pick up on said day.might speak to CAB about going compensation504Views0likes1CommentNeed new account password changed
Hi, In a period of total lunacy, I signed up for a new Virginmedia broadband service, after doing so, I thought I'd get ahead of the game by registering for 'My Virginmedia'. Unfortunately during the process, I wrote down my password incorrectly and am unable to access. I tried to reset my password online, but I get a message telling me that 'You can't reset your password online right now, as you don't have additional details set up on your account. To reset your password, please contact us and one of our team will help you.' I clicked the provided link and chose the 'live chat' option and eventually got put through to some clueless idiot who told me just to reset the password online. I told him that I couldn't and explained the situation to which he replied it's because I haven't registered for My Virginmedia. I told him I had, then posted a screenshot proving this, to which he told me to use those details to reset the password online. I posted a screenshot of the error message to which he said I need to set an account up first. I asked to be connected to somebody competent, but he refused so I ended the chat. I called and eventually got through to somebody, who on the face of it appeared credible, he asked me what my new password should be, to which I told him, I spelled it out phonetically, he repeated it and told me the password was changed. I asked him to remain on the phone while I checked and he responded that he would, but password changes could take up to an hour to propagate. I did check the password and as I was beginning to suspect would be the case, it didn't work. He assured me that when I tried in an hour it would be fine. Here we are a day later and I still can't log in. I've tried calling 3 times, went through the process of being on hold for an eternity each time and just when it connects to a person, I get cut off. Can any of the forum staff advise how to go about the simple task of getting a password changed? For the record, the screen below is what I get when I try to do this online The screenshot below shows the screen I sent to the idiot on live chat who told me I didn't have an account456Views0likes1CommentCancelling my Contract
Today I noticed that my bill had gone up, so I phoned VM to see why this is. I was told that my contract expires in 3 days and my discount has ended. I tried to see if they can offer my anything same or better, however after going through their customer sevice, then retation team and finally to cancelation team, they were not able to offer me anything near what I was paying. I have 350M, Phone ( Never use ) plus TV which I never watch as I have Netflix, Prime and Disney Plus. I used to pay £66 a month. Now they want me to pay £72 a month. I wanted to upgrade to their 1Gig broadband and they offered me at £80+. On their black Friday sale they have this for £57.50 plus 3 months free ( new customers ). I have been with them for over 10 years, play DD and never missed a payment. Anyway I decided that I wanted to cancel my account and shop around, however, this is where the drama beginis. The guys from VM started to tell me that I need to return my equipment and that I have 3 of these to returun. I sain no, I only have the VM TV box and the router Hub5. The guys started saying that I also have the Hub 3 that I need to return. I said No, I don't. Last year in Dec 22, I had an issue with my broadband and yous ent an engineer to visit, they replaced my Hub 3 with the Hub 5 and took away the old Hub. He started by saying no, they engineer would not take the old hub and that I have to pay £65 for this old hub now. I started to get **bleep** now, as this is clearly not true. Why would the engineer replace my old hub with a new one and leave the old one as well. Also if this was true and it's not, it's been almost a year and no one mentioned about this hub until now that I want to cancel. This was clearly VM trying to screw me over and forcing me not to leave. I know I did not want to leave VM but after this treatment, I'm glad I am cancelling my services and will move elsewhere. How can they act like this, trying to force someone not to leave by putting false charges. This clealry is not right. I'm looking into raising this with Ofcom. Usually after speaking to the cancellation team, they do their best to keep you, this guy was doing his best to make sure I leave. Amazing!!!!. I have 30 days until my services stop working, so time to shop around other providers. Funny thing is just after my phone call, my broadband went down for around 20 mins, but then came back on.Solved2.5KViews1like7Comments