James Laidler
Literally the worst customer service. I was moving house and checked whether I could move my Virgin broadband to my new property - their website told me I could, so I requested for it to be moved. I was told the installation would be completed it about two weeks time. They then contacted me asking what material was between the house and the public footpath. I told them what the material was, then asked what construction would need to be carried out (if any) - they said I'd need to ask the construction team and immediately hung over. Not the best start... I then received an email from them stating the installation date was delayed, but no date was given. So I phoned them up asking for an update - they told me the installation date was delayed by a day, but also said they needed to book in a survey to ascertain what construction was required (they should've reached out to me to book this, but apparently it got 'lost in the system'). So I asked for the survey to be carried out the next day. A day after the survey, I received an email from Virgin stating the installation date had been moved to two months time! So I called them immediately stating that two months is ridiculous, especially since I work from home, and that I want to cancel my contract (and not have to pay the redemption charge, since they stated the property was ready for Virgin Broadband). After being passed from team to team, and being told everything from 'you won't need to pay the charge' to 'you will need to pay the charge since the property is still classified as serviceable', I finally spoke to someone who said she'd close the account that was created for my property, and that they'd be reaching out in the next few days to discuss options regarding the account linked to my old property. I then received an email the next day stating my bill had increased from £22 per month to £38 per month (i.e. the discounted rate I was promised for another year or so had been removed for no reason). So I chatted to them again, making my frustrations clear, after which they said that both accounts had been closed and that I wouldn't be charged any early leaving fee. All was right with the world, or so I thought... I've now just received a bill for £57.66 (I have no idea how they've come up with that number), so I'm going to have to contact them once more to try and sort this out (although I'm not expecting much, as even when they say they do something, it's usually a lie). I would recommend staying far, far away from Virgin Media - their customer service is atrocious, their systems are a joke and trying to get a simple issue sorted seems to be nothing short of impossible.
7 months ago
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