The annual Virgin phone call (1 Viewer)

Jun 29, 2015
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Every year Virgin put the price up and I call to discuss it and get the price put down
This year they wanted to put it up by £3 a month. They are now doubling the speed (which I don't need) and the price is going down by £2 a month. Does anyone just pay without complaining?
 
Apr 9, 2018
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Depends. If it’s just a few pence then I just suck it up.
On car insurance I always Comparethemarket first and use that info to challenge the renewal The RAC refused to budge after a large increase so accepted the AAs much lower offer
 
Apr 12, 2012
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This has reminded me I need to ring Virgin.My bill for broadband only has crept up to nearly £50.
BT were charging us for broadband as part of our phone bill. BT broadband is terrible in this area. It took a lot of sorting but management got it down to calls only.

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Sep 29, 2019
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I ring them. I left last year after they wanted £60 for a phone line and broadband.

They then offered just the broadband for £25 a month for 18 months then £50. It’s safe to say, I won’t be paying the £50.
 
Jul 13, 2020
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Every year Virgin put the price up and I call to discuss it and get the price put down
This year they wanted to put it up by £3 a month. They are now doubling the speed (which I don't need) and the price is going down by £2 a month. Does anyone just pay without complaining?

No but had to be on the verge of leaving last year before someone rang me and we got it sorted
 
Feb 8, 2014
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BT BB was rubbish, went to Virgin BB - rubbish, last 2 years been with much put-down Talk talk - superb service, never missed a beat average 27mb/sec £31 a month including phone line and 24/7 free calls 01,02,03.

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Jan 28, 2008
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BT BB was rubbish, went to Virgin BB - rubbish, last 2 years been with much put-down Talk talk - superb service, never missed a beat average 27mb/sec £31 a month including phone line and 24/7 free calls 01,02,03.
i had aol and then talk talk for 20 years never had any problems with either
 

MattR

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i had aol and then talk talk for 20 years never had any problems with either
I hated Talk Talk - it was the biggest bain of my life when we were customers. I had to upgrade my mum's account with Talk Talk to get broadband recently. TalkTalk remained an absolute pain to deal with during that process.
 

MattR

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I am paying approx. £50 / month for Medium TV, Phone & around 100MBs broadband with one box. How does that compare to what you are paying?

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Jun 29, 2015
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I'm now paying £35 for 100mb broadband phone line inclusive calls at weekends and SIM only unlimited calls txt and 5gb data. I don't use the home phone and I don't need 100mb broadband, 5gb data ony mobile means I can stream TV and Netflix when away
 
Jul 22, 2017
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Starting to understand
I'm paying Talktalk £19.95 month for fibre broadband, no calls because i use mobile. Any problems with Talktalk are rare but when they happen are sorted really quick. So no need to change for several years now.

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cmcardle75

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Jun 8, 2012
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Every year Virgin put the price up and I call to discuss it and get the price put down
This year they wanted to put it up by £3 a month. They are now doubling the speed (which I don't need) and the price is going down by £2 a month. Does anyone just pay without complaining?
Nah. Virgin requires yearly phone calls for a decent price. Every year I ask them to drop the price by dropping the phone line, they offer a price significantly under broadband only price if I agree to keep the phone line. The phone line was strimmed through several years ago and hasn't worked since.
 

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