Virgin Media to Double Broadband Speed
07-12-2011, 16:05
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Re: Speed doubling?
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Originally Posted by BenMcr
I have no idea about the criteria VM are using for this, but why should it just be cost criteria?
Normally it's 'new customers get better deals than existing customers' and 'I've been with ntl for 20 years and don't get anything' so I would hope that VM are looking to reward customers on more than just who can afford to pay the most
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I thought tickles were supposed to be to reward loyalty?
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Also weren't people complaning the other day that the Tickles were just PR uselessness?
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Drinking chocolate!!!!!!!!!....need I say any more?
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07-12-2011, 16:05
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Re: Speed doubling?
I think this thread will get interesting 
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07-12-2011, 16:06
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Re: Speed doubling?
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I thought tickles were supposed to be to reward loyalty?
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Yes but what I was trying to say is the spending the most does not equal loyalty
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07-12-2011, 16:12
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Re: Speed doubling?
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Originally Posted by Tim Deegan
You will probably get the sachet of drinking chocolate like I did.
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l have actually got a sachet of drinking chocolate for later tonight but l bought mine.
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You will probably get the sachet of drinking chocolate like I did.
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l did not get that but a silly 08 tickle and in my mind that was just a cheap gimmick.
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Yes but what I was trying to say is the spending the most does not equal loyalty
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So what does in your mind then Ben. 
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07-12-2011, 16:15
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Re: Speed doubling?
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So what does in your mind then Ben. |
My personal view? It's also things like length of time you've been with the company, and how many services you have in addition to how much you spend
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07-12-2011, 16:19
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Re: Speed doubling?
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My personal view? It's also things like length of time you've been with the company, and how many services you have in addition to how much you spend
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Well you are saying you have been with the company since the NTL days so one would hope that you would be awarded good loyalty discounts and l have been a Cable customer for the last 12 years and have got many services so one would hope that myself and many others who have been loyal would be rewarded from time to time accordingly.
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07-12-2011, 16:21
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Re: Speed doubling?
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so one would hope that myself and many others who have been loyal would be rewarded from time to time accordingly.
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And who says you won't be.
This and the other Tickles that people have been getting recently aren't all that Virgin are going to be doing.
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07-12-2011, 16:25
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Re: Speed doubling?
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And who says you won't be.
This and the other Tickles that people have been getting recently aren't all that Virgin are going to be doing.
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But you are not going to say much are you because of NDA's. 
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07-12-2011, 16:27
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Re: Speed doubling?
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I think this thread will get interesting |
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07-12-2011, 16:35
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Re: Speed doubling?
well if it to do with loyality i have been with virgin since blueyonder way back in 2000 so if might be loyality
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07-12-2011, 16:56
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Re: Speed doubling?
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You will probably get the sachet of drinking chocolate like I did.
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Lucky you mine was empty
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07-12-2011, 16:59
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Re: Speed doubling?
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Hows that.
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07-12-2011, 17:10
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Re: Speed doubling?
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well if it to do with loyality i have been with virgin since blueyonder way back in 2000 so if might be loyality
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I see your 2000/blueyonder, and raise you 1994/Jones Cable/Bell Cablemedia/C&W Comms/NTL/VM...
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07-12-2011, 17:22
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Re: Speed doubling?
eurobell/telewest/vm.. no tickles as of yet.. I'll sit here patiently waiting for a doubling
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07-12-2011, 17:40
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Re: Speed doubling?
i think it is great that they are rewarding customer loyalty like that. It is nice to get perks when you have been with a company for a long time
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