Virgin Offer in the Post

[BenMcr]

You don't pay £75 install if you are going for the £65 XL plus. It is £30

[frogstamper]

Originally Posted by BenMcr

You don't pay £75 install if you are going for the £65 XL plus. It is £30

Thats even better news then, thanks I just guessed it would be the standard V+ £75.

[IanGuy]

I had this offer through today and can say it is NOT £56, must be a typo on the OP's behalf. It is £65 a month.

I quote the whole letter bar my name:

"Dear Mr ****,

We'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for being such a special customer with a very special offer. So, here's the chance to get the biggest and best TV, broadband and phone, all in XL size, for the special price of just £65 a month when you pay by Direct Debit.

If you bought all of these services seperately it would cost over £96, so you'll save £31 a month.

To be part of something special, call 0800 052 0855. We look forward to hearing from you soon."

Then it signs off with "Love the Virgin Media Team" at the bottom in handwriting.

I would take a photo, but have no cam with me atm.

[frogstamper]

Originally Posted by IanGuy

I had this offer through today and can say it is NOT £56, must be a typo on the OP's behalf. It is £65 a month.

I quote the whole letter bar my name:

"Dear Mr ****,

We'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for being such a special customer with a very special offer. So, here's the chance to get the biggest and best TV, broadband and phone, all in XL size, for the special price of just £65 a month when you pay by Direct Debit.

If you bought all of these services seperately it would cost over £96, so you'll save £31 a month.

To be part of something special, call 0800 052 0855. We look forward to hearing from you soon."

Then it signs off with "Love the Virgin Media Team" at the bottom in handwriting.

I would take a photo, but have no cam with me atm.

Well Ianguy you are the favoured one! all I got was a CS woman telling me about the deal, no "with love from Virgin" through my door, and Ive been with them over 15 years now. What am I doing wrong?

[Jefferson T]

Originally Posted by BenMcr

You don't pay £75 install if you are going for the £65 XL plus. It is £30

I assume this is negotiable as I'm only paying £15 for the installation.

[BenMcr]

Officially the install fees shouldn't be discounted. The V+ £75/£150 especially.

But with most things, it doesn't always go that way lol

[Jefferson T]

Guess I was lucky then

Incidentally she insisted on calling it the ip package.

'You're an Important Person now sir, not a VERY important person, but still important'

She was very helpful tho. Full marks to her.

[frogstamper]

Originally Posted by Jefferson T

I assume this is negotiable as I'm only paying £15 for the installation.

This just gets better and better, that's potentially £60 cable forum will have saved me, thanks very much Jefferson, also a big thank you to other forum users for the great help and advice.

PS One other thing while I remember, I seem to recall on another thread someone saying when you order your V+ box you have to ask for a HDMI lead to be brought by the engineer or they will use the component leads. Is this correct?

[Jefferson T]

Well I did to be on the safe side, and she added it to my order/notes.

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I think (and someone will correct me if I'm wrong) you get a HDMI cable and they don't do component cables.

[BenMcr]

yup only support method is HDMI

[frogstamper]

Originally Posted by Jefferson T

Well I did to be on the safe side, and she added it to my order/notes.

---------- Post added at 19:28 ---------- Previous post was at 19:27 ----------

I think (and someone will correct me if I'm wrong) you get a HDMI cable and they don't do component cables.

Originally Posted by BenMcr

yup only support method is HDMI

Thanks guys, now I can relax and wait for my box without thinking have I forgotten anything

[Jules]

Originally Posted by frogstamper

Well Ianguy you are the favoured one! all I got was a CS woman telling me about the deal, no "with love from Virgin" through my door, and Ive been with them over 15 years now. What am I doing wrong?

I haven't heard anything from them

[rockabillybass]

Originally Posted by IanGuy

I had this offer through today and can say it is NOT £56, must be a typo on the OP's behalf. It is £65 a month.

I quote the whole letter bar my name:

"Dear Mr ****,

We'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for being such a special customer with a very special offer. So, here's the chance to get the biggest and best TV, broadband and phone, all in XL size, for the special price of just £65 a month when you pay by Direct Debit.

If you bought all of these services seperately it would cost over £96, so you'll save £31 a month.

To be part of something special, call 0800 052 0855. We look forward to hearing from you soon."

Then it signs off with "Love the Virgin Media Team" at the bottom in handwriting.

I would take a photo, but have no cam with me atm.

Very strange.. I had the offer card and it definitely said £56 per month. I've taken VM up on it. The call centre woman confirmed the price as £56.

You pay the standard rate for the three services and then get a discount of £20.50. Works out at £55.95. VM are really giving you the TV pack for nothing.

[BenMcr]

There are two different ones.

One is the Triple XL which is £56. 1 Box only and if you wanted the the V+ it would be a £75 install fee (£5 per month for second box)

The other is XL Plus. This is the same as above but includes a V+ and second box (if you want it) and you only have to pay £30 install. That is £65 per month

[webcrawler2050]

Seems to good to be true, but I rang through the VM and they confirmed £30 for the V+ box and thats it!