New 18-month contract but overcharged!
On 24th June 2025 I entered into an 18-month broadband & TV contract at £43.22 per month. I have since been billed £77.18 three times. I have been overcharged by £101.88 (3 times £33.96).How do I get this money back? How do I get some compensation? How do I get billed correctly? I’ve tried the chat-bot (useless) tried 0345 454 1111 and got links to a bill breakdown or how to change direct debit date (no humans, no sense). Agreed to WhatsApp chat (no response).Bill credits not added as promised
When we signed up to Virgin a few months ago, via a representative, we were promised that we would have bill credits applied to our account to cover our first two months (to help offset cancelling our EE contract early.) These credits have not been applied and we have had two bills from Virgin. I have email evidence about the promised bill credits from the salesmen. I also know his name and have his work number. I have reached out directly to the salesman several times. One time he said the credits had been applied when they hadn’t, then he said he needs to wait for his manager to come back from leave. I have all the text messages. My next bill came today and the credits have not been applied. What do people suggest is my next step please?Reducing the cost of my account
Hi - I'm out of contract and I'm finding it totally impossible to reduce my package to basic internet. I have spent hours over the course of 5 attempts (both via messenger and on the phone) to cancel my TV package and renew my contract as internet only but every time I have been told that there is a system error and that I must try again in 24-48 hours. Last week I was assured on the phone that I would be called back today (before my bill tomorrow) between 2-3pm, I haven't received a call. I'm due to be billed tomorrow and I can't afford it, and have been trying to cancel for weeks now. I don't know what to do or get out of this extortionate billing that is impossible to cancel. Would someone please be able to help me? The customer service I've received over the past few weeks has been totally ineffective and a waste of my time. Thanks very muchUnknown charges again
Hi everyone, I’m looking for a bit of help and advice please, my monthly bill is £67:72. About 4 Months ago for some reason virgin added 2 extra packages on my bill and it was taken from my bank account, then the following month I had a credit for the whole amount. I was a bit annoyed but thought they realised there mistake and sorted it. To be be on the safe side I decided to cancel my direct debit and pay it manually thank god I did as now they have added 2 more packages to my account and want £260. I’ve tried calling and talking to them on the live chat but getting no where.. over now had my account suspended I just don’t know what to do from here??So frustrated with VM
After ongoing complaints for months I have just moved addresses and found my bill go up by £100 for some reason? no way to contact anyone and so tired of trying. Spent about 50 hours dealing with these people since signing up in April. This company is horrible to deal with and whenever I try to get it resolved I just get threatened to have to pay £500 to leave my contract. or belittled by their customer service agents who love to hang up so you need to restart the call again taking hours. I just want to pay for a service that works! would actively advise anyone to never use VM they’re horrificRefund not received
My name is Sean and my account number is [MOD EDIT: Removed]. I was a Customer of Virgin Media for over 15 years and when it came to them taking my money on chasing me for late payment their system and processes were impeccable. Now I have left Virgin Media (over 5 months ago) I am being past from pillar to post to get back the £42.42 they owe me. I was originally told by their Customer Service Team that I would receive my refund between 25th March and 4th April but I am still waiting to receive my my money. I called on 10.4.25 after not receiving my refund. I spoke with one of their Customer Service Team Representatives who told me the system stated that I was refunded by bank transfer on 24th March 2025. He also informed me that there is a system error which needs to be looked into and someone would call me back on 14th April to discuss. Nobody rang. I called again on 02.05.25 after not receiving my money to be told that I will receive a cheque in the post within 14 days. The cheque never came. So I called again on 21.05.25 only to be told that my money was refunded by bank transfer on 24th March 2025. I checked there and then while on the phone with their Customer Service Representative. And I had not received the money they owed me. I was told I needed to send proof that I had not received the money by Bank Transfer. And was advised to send an email with Refund Request Reference: [MOD EDIT: Removed] to mailbox: ([MOD EDIT: Removed]) I sent two emails to this mailbox. One of them with my Bank Statement attached. And to this day I have not even received an automated response. I called their Customer Service Team again to find out what was going on and they could not help me besides confirm that this mailbox exists but could not speak with anyone in the department that deals with the emails (which contain personal information of their customers) sent to this mailbox. Obviously irate I escalated the call to a Manager because I now had no clue who had my account details and I was genuinely concerned. I stated that this is a very serious matter as it was clear that they were not dealing with customers sensitive data in accordance with Privacy Laws, and she was literally LAUGHING as I expressed my frustration and concerns. I was so appalled I decided to do everything in writing from that point forward. And my experience so far has been just as harrowing while being given the run around. The level of incompetence is unbelievable and when I read the awful Trust Pilot reviews with over 100K reviews and a 1.3 out of 5 score, I realise I am not alone. After several emails I was instructed to send my bank statements to their Missing Payments Team ([MOD EDIT: Removed]) which I first did on 07.07.25 and all Ive received from them is an automated email (See below) which states: Hello, Thanks for getting in touch about your missing payment. We’ll do our best to get back to you in two working days to let you know if we've been able to find it. If we can't find your payment, we'll be able to investigate further to work out what's gone wrong - we'll send you an email to let you know. If you've got a question about your missing payment, you can reply to this email. Want to talk about something else? Head to virginmedia Kind regards, The Virgin Media team Although I have written to the Missing Payments Teams for an update several times, I am still waiting for a response from them. I have however received different emails from their Resolutions Team and Case management Team with the same template that doesn't offer any resolution whats so ever but if anything demonstrates their total incompetence, poor service and ineffective case management systems. See below: CORRESPONDENCE 1: Email from: [MOD EDIT: Removed] on 07.07.25 Customer account number: [MOD EDIT: Removed] Complaint reference: [MOD EDIT: Removed] Hello Sean F, We’ve tried to get in touch so we can chat about how your complaint’s progressing, but we haven’t been able to reach you. So things don’t get delayed, we’ve gone ahead and proposed a resolution. We’ve looked into it and here’s what we found: Hi Sean thanks for your reply. We appreciate this is frustrating. We would advise, as we can see there was a final bill amount of £-42.42 on the 18th February, this should have been refunded to you directly. As you are disputing this, you'd need to contact [MOD EDIT: Removed] and they should be able to help resolve this matter for you. We hope this helps. Here’s a summary of the complaint outcome and what we propose as a resolution: CORRESPONDENCE 2: Email from: [MOD EDIT: Removed] on 08.07.25 Customer account number: [MOD EDIT: Removed] Complaint reference: [MOD EDIT: Removed] Hello Sean F, We have an update for you on how your complaint is progressing with us. We’ve tried to contact you to discuss in more detail, but we were unable to reach you. We didn’t want to delay things, so we’ve gone ahead and offered a proposed resolution. We’ve looked into it and here’s what we found: Thanks for coming back to us Sean and we're sorry to hear that this matter is still ongoing, with the complaint remaining open. Here’s a summary of the complaint outcome and what we propose as a resolution: Reviewing your account and our refund screen on your account, it would appear that on 24/03/25 a BACs payment was made to you via the value of £42.42. We understand that you have advised this was not received and have reached out to our refunds team, but have yet to receive a response. If you're able to send supporting documents to confirm that this payment has not been received, we will be able to forward this to our team, with the supporting document to see if we can find the whereabouts of the refund, or if do maintain that this was paid. When BACs are issued to customers, this would be sent to the same bank account in which payments were made to Virgin Media for this service and would need to remain active for the receiving of the refund to complete. Thanks. CORRESPONDENCE 3: Email from [MOD EDIT: Removed] on 23.07.25 Customer account number:[MOD EDIT: Removed] Complaint reference: [MOD EDIT: Removed] Hello Sean F, We’ve tried to get in touch so we can chat about how your complaint’s progressing, but we haven’t been able to reach you. So things don’t get delayed, we’ve gone ahead and proposed a resolution. We’ve looked into it and here’s what we found: Thank you for bringing your concern to our attention. We apologise for the inconvenience you’ve experienced regarding billing, and we’re committed to resolving it promptly. We understand how important this matter is to you. We acknowledge that you’ve attached proof and are seeking a refund. Here’s a summary of the complaint outcome and what we propose as a resolution: Upon reviewing the attachment, we’d like to inform you that the account number shown on the statement differs from the Virgin Media account under which this complaint was raised. Due to security reasons, we are unable to retrieve any information related to the account referenced in the attachment. Therefore, it is essential to raise the complaint under the correct account where the issue needs to be resolved. For further assistance, please visit: virginmedia/help We have now addressed your concern and given you the appropriate resolution as per your request. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I AM STILL WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THE MISSING PAYMENTS TEAM ABOUT THE MONEY THEY OWE ME SO I NOW READY TO START POSTING EVERYTHING ALL OVER THE INTERNET AND THIS IS MY FIRST POST ON THE VIRGIN COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD. BEFORE I TAKE THIS MATTER UP WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS OMBUDSMAN.Armed Forces Covenant - Virgin Media Breaching Contract
Military family here. We lived in an SFA down south and got posted to Cyprus (RAF base, which is British Territory) . I contacted Virgin Media saying that: the area I'm moving to is UNSERVICEABLE by Virgin Media hence by contract no early termination fee should be billed to my name. It is a military posting for the entire family that is outside our control so by contract, Virgin Media should not put a military family under unfair treatment and/or discrimination. Virgin Media is required to waive fees for military FAMILIES. I've explained all this, quoting the covenant, quoting other military spouses whose fees have been waived under such circumstances and the response I got was "I only have paperwork for Serving Person in my office, because the account is under your name you will have to pay". Well, isn't this unfair treatment? the house you provided services for is MOD property, which funny enough is under the Serving Person name, so you charge me, you charge him, you charge us. Webchat was even worse as I got someone who didn't speak any English and his messages made absolutely zero sense. Then I got a really cheeky guy who kept asking me of he could close my complaint. I told him not to close it and what did it do? claimed he resolved it!!!! Absolutely unbelievable how you don't understand that you can be sued for all this and that I can get my husband's Warrant Officer to send you a nice lovely letter as he already had to do this before for other people. You think you can just take advantage of people that's what you think. I expect the bill to be waived as it's legally required. Waiting for you to get in contact.Complaints response had no QR code attached. Impossible to contact about case number
I placed a complaint and received a response. However I would like to discuss further. They claim there is a QR code on the email to use if you wish to contact them but there isn’t. I’ve tried using live chat which just makes things worse and placed yet another complaint. I have transcripts to prove what I was agreeing to. How do I speak to someone relating to a specific case number if there is no QR code?.
I'm being charged much more than it says in my contract documents?
I accepted a new contract via the my virgin media site as my current contract was expiring. I received the email with the new contract details and the price. However I've now received the next bill and I am being billed nearly £20 a month more than stated on the contract documents. I contacted Virgin via chat and was told "due to a technical issue the discounts on your package were removed" but they weren't able to sort it. Is there someone from the virgin media team here who can help me please? I've seen similar previous posts from a few months ago where the issue got resolved. Thanks in advance