Virgin O2 Volt Cancellation issue
In November 2021, I entered into an agreement with Virgin Media for a broadband connection, which included an O2 phone contract at a reduced cost. Unfortunately, due to complications during the broadband installation, the service had to be canceled. Regrettably, the cancellation process did not extend to the associated O2 phone contract, leading to me incurring charges beyond the initially agreed amount of £3 extra a month on my broadband and instead having to pay £15 a month which subsequently was raised to £19.64 for unknown reasons. Despite numerous attempts to resolve this issue over the past two years, the O2 phone contract remained active. This has resulted in me paying more than initially agreed upon, a situation that has negatively impacted my credit history due to a failed payment when I first attempted to cancel the service. My concern is no query I have took up with o2 in the recent or distant past has ever been addressed. This includes someone using my details for over 4 years and the numerous attempts I’ve made in order to get this contract cancelled. When contacting o2 I get told it’s a virgin problems and when contacting virgin I get told it’s an o2 problem. My last call I was told it was an o2 360 problem yet I was still unable to get anything resolved. To top this off I called to cancel my contract on the 18th of January and this wasn’t actioned which resulted in me having late payments on my account. I attempted via chat 3/4 times and was again told this was done before eventually managing to cancel through Twitter or X as it’s currently known. This has negatively impacted my credit rating. To clarify, I have never used or even activated this sim! I want to emphasize the urgency and severity of this matter. Not only have I been financially burdened, but the consequences extend to a negative impact on my credit history which has affected credit applications and hindered me since. I have no escalated this to the ombudsman and if that fails I will go down the small claims court route which I’m reluctant to because I don’t believe any refund I will get via small claim can compensate for the time and stress this has caused me. I am also owed money by virgin that they will not release even though they have stipulated that this is owed to me. Has anyone had this experience or does anyone have any advice that can help?Fraud in its finest
I spend from 14:30pm til 18:22 on the 19/08/24 trying to find out why I am being over charged for package upgrade I have not asked for or received, I have had my account suspended due to failed payment despite paying the £50:50p I was initially charged on the 16/08/24 I have been on this contract since December 23 and only today have I received a copy of my bill via email including my account number and area code. usually I have to wait to be cut off and receive a text message before I can pay on a dodgy automated payment line,the text asked for the telephone number they have contacted me on to proceed instead of my home telephone number that i am also unaware of,when I call the line my mobile flags it up as spam call and it asks me to proceed with the payment . Within 10 mins as promised services are resumed only to be cut off withing 10 days demanding more payments today I managed to speak to a very rude manager who claimed I had added and removed certain things from my package leaving me in credit of £102 but owing £160 (confused) and had not paid my bill since April 24 as I was on the phone the bill jumped from me owing £42 extra to £122 to a further £282 whilst my email I received today claims I'm in credit of £102 and have added £160 to my existing package when I explained I have paid the £50:50p requested I was informed the payment could be seen but I hadn't paid since July Also £7:50 late fees have been added each time upon speaking to the bank all payments have been met bar one in May they couldn't see (paid of my partners card ) and always the same amount £50:50p when explaining this to the manager she was very disconcerned and extremely rude challenging me and refusing to check my authorisation codes I cleverly noted down after each payment the phone call ended with me threatening ombudsman and her threatening me with cancellation fees and when I refused to pay it, she became very unprofessional saying it will be me with the bailiffs at my door ... my name on the account isn't even my correct name (error made by virgin) and when I quoted this the manager was willing to change this error as the contract would be null and void I obviously declined due to all the conflab to which she accused ME of commiting fraud, can anyone help me with this situation I am extremely reluctant to pay anything else, the staff all seem argumentative and never willing to help I have been with virgin media for nearly 9 years and I have never had an experience like it I'm very disappointed and will be canceling without cancellation fees also escalating this to the ombudsman as well as disputing fraud on every payment I have made since December 23 with my bank accountOmbudsman ruled in my favour
Hi, I took my claim for unpaid automatic compensation to the ombudsman several months ago and won. They ruled that VM should pay me £900 in compensation, however they still haven’t contacted me or paid me a penny. Has anyone won their ombudsman claim and actually been paid? Do I need to contact them? Thanks!Frustrated beyond belief and ready to go ombudsman
Dear community. Help please. Long story short : Broadband service transferred away in Jan. Official request to cancelled received by Virgin 3 Feb 2024. All information provided confirmed by Virgin home movers team. currently today 24 June 2024 I am still receiving bills chasing for debt for each month. Home mover advised they needed to get a manager to approve refund due to the large value. This was over a month ago. Promised to call back . Ha. Should have known better! Its been over a month now since that last call. Can’t email. Can’t access online account. And still no refund or confirmation of account cancellation. I have had their debt centre chasing me and they can’t or are not willing to help. I’m ready to go ombudsman now to report this. Any email address I can try one final time for Virgin Media before I go Ombudsman route?You continually overcharge me and i want to be refunded and for you to fix the mistake
I am sick to death of Virgin. Regretfully I recently resigned an 18 month contract, which went against my better judgement. My package included Netflix and on the first bill you charged me for 2 Netflix (£21.98), despite it being in my package. I phoned up to sort this out (3 times). Each time told something different but eventually given £40 compensation and told it won't happen again. The 2nd person said i'd get the £21.98 back plus £40 compensation, but the 3rd person said no that would not happen. But I can't be bothered to fight that battle. You assured me I would not be charged for Netflix again. But what happened on my very next bill? You guessed it readers....Virgin charge me for Netflix, although this time one once (but remember, it's in my package so I should not be charged for it!!). I'm not wasting more of my time contacting you about this. I've given up on the phone agents...last time I had a big problem it got fixed via here, so am hoping the same happens again. My account number is [REMOVED]. And a complaint I raised (which has had pathetic responses to it so far, all suggesting they've not read the complaint properly) is [REMOVED]. Please, please sort this out. Whilst the money side of it is immensely irritating, it's also my time I have to keep wasting. All you have to do is remove a charge from my account. How hard can that be??? I look forward to a swift response and lasting resolution. [MOD EDIT: Personal and private information has been removed from this post.]How to get any kind of decent Customer Service?
I'd like to share my recent experience with Virgin Media, which has been incredibly frustrating: Installation Trouble: Despite requesting a strong WiFi signal in my home office during installation, I cannot connect to WiFi there, severely impacting my work. Unkept Promises: Virgin Media promised a WiFi booster and engineer visit, the engineer agreed that the installation was in the wrong place but failed to resolve the issue. Missing Tracking Information: Promised tracking information for the WiFi booster was never provided, leaving me in the dark. Keep getting told the order is automatically cancelled, or never existed. Communication Issues: Dealing with their customer service has been chaotic, with inconsistent information and no resolution in sight. Endless Transfers: Multiple department transfers added to the inefficiency and frustration. This experience has disrupted my work and daily life significantly. My aim in sharing this is to raise awareness and hope for better service in the future. How can I provide a speed test if I can't connect? Consider this a word of caution if you're considering Virgin Media as a provider.