14-05-2008, 14:13
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I Paid £100 for V+ Box
Hi had my V+ box installed a while ago and then was offered the chance to pay £100 for it and pay less monthly rental.
My question is does the box belong to me or Virginmedia? I was under the impression it did, see this link: http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html...rs/v_plus.html
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14-05-2008, 14:14
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Re: I Paid £100 for V+ Box
The box remains the propery of virgin at all times.
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14-05-2008, 16:22
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Re: I Paid £100 for V+ Box
yes it does thats the difference between cable & satellite. with cable the cable company owns the receivers, with satellite you do.
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14-05-2008, 16:58
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Re: I Paid £100 for V+ Box
Ask yourself why you would want to own the box?
Do you want to take responsibility for fixing it if breaks and replacing it when it can't be fixed?
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14-05-2008, 17:26
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Re: I Paid £100 for V+ Box
with VM i couldnt care less 2bh i find their receivers to be slow & out of date. with Sky second hand receivers are cheap, so if mine were to break down id just buy another one 
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14-05-2008, 20:16
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Re: I Paid £100 for V+ Box
Thanks for the replies, but I still think the wording of the offer lead me to believe I had buoght it!
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15-05-2008, 00:50
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Re: I Paid £100 for V+ Box
Question I wondered but stilll not really answered is:
If it breaks, are VM still responsible for fixing it, and what would motivate them to do so when it's been paid for??
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15-05-2008, 08:08
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Re: I Paid £100 for V+ Box
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Originally Posted by JethroUK
If it breaks, are VM still responsible for fixing it, and what would motivate them to do so when it's been paid for??
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Yes, they are still responsible for fixing it. The motivation is your ongoing rental charges.
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15-05-2008, 08:19
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Re: I Paid £100 for V+ Box
If you notice on the table on that page it calls the £100 payment SERVICE CHARGE hence you're not buying the box
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15-05-2008, 15:53
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Re: I Paid £100 for V+ Box
Hang on, I thought V+ was £75 to install and monthly charges free for XL and £5 for M and L. it says so here:
http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html...ers/vplus.html
So what's all this £100 service charge to save monthly costs all about?
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15-05-2008, 16:33
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Re: I Paid £100 for V+ Box
For those customers who got the V+ before June 2007, and would have either paid usually £0 or £25 for installation.
They would then be paying either £15 per month if they have M or L tv or £10 per month if they have XL tv
The £100 is to convert the V+ pricing to new prices. It would pay for itself in 10 months if you had XL tv or 6/7 months if you are on M or L tv
Last edited by BenMcr; 15-05-2008 at 16:41.
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15-05-2008, 16:39
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Re: I Paid £100 for V+ Box
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Originally Posted by SEB_WW
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What the original poster is referring to is something that was introduced way before the £75 offer. It happened around the time Sky dropped the £10 for Sky+.
They changed the way you pay for the V+. Instead of paying £10 a month to rent the box and a £25 installation fee (free is you transferred your standard STB to another room), you pay an upfront charge of £100 (for existing customers) and never pay monthly rental again.
I think you can still choose to pay monthly if you so wish, and those who got a V+/TVDrive before this was introduced can pay the one-off fee so they don't have to pay the monthly rental charge.
^^This was the situation on the XL package - not sure about L & M but they originally had to pay £15 a month.
Those on the VIP package still pay monthly rental (hence why the installation/service fee is considerably less for them), but that is absorbed by the discount given for the package 
Last edited by Bob; 15-05-2008 at 16:43.
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15-05-2008, 16:40
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Re: I Paid £100 for V+ Box
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Originally Posted by BenMcr
For those customers who got the V+ before June 2007, and would have either paid usually £0 or £25 for installation.
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but new customers only aren't paying for installation either?
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15-05-2008, 16:42
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Re: I Paid £100 for V+ Box
Yes they are, they are paying £75 for installation. Which is a special 1/2 price offer off the standard installation price of £150
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15-05-2008, 16:43
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Re: I Paid £100 for V+ Box
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Originally Posted by JethroUK
but new customers only aren't paying for installation either
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 feeling left out there are we fella lol
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