3 for £30 bundle

[sunlord_clave]

Hi,

I have been a Virgin Media/NTL customer for 2-3 years. I have the Broadband(M) and Phone(M) services, I get the TV(M) free because of the phone. So that's £29.50 in total excluding all the Add-on channels.

I just saw on the VM website about the 3 for £30 bundle where you get TV(L), Phone(M) and Broadband(M) for £30? I was just wondering if there is a catch anywhere because I pay about the same amount and I only get the TV(M) instead of the TV(L)? Should I call them and ask them to upgrade the TV or is there a catch anywhere - like a pay £30 for one year and £40 from then on?

[Aragorn]

The main catch is that officially you have to take a new service to get a bundle - whether upgrading M -> L is considered a new service, I'm not sure.

[danielf]

Further to that, the 3 for £30 bundle is available to existing customers, but it does mean you enter into a new 12 months contract.

Originally Posted by Virgin Media

Bundles – 2 for £20, 3 for £30, 4 for £40: Available to new customers or existing customers taking an additional cable service (subject to status and credit checks). You must take all services included in this package for at least 12 months. If you change any part of this package, standard prices apply. Not to be used in conjunction with any other offer.

Best give them a call.

[tevaka]

No catches.I switched to this and the only part that isn't explicit is that services like itemised phone bill etc are still charged on top of the phone bill part of the deal.Basically you get TV(L) instead of TV(M) so you have nothing to lose.

[grabbi]

Sunlord.

Phone em, ask em! They will probably bow to your demands! lol

Just say, "it makes it easier than cancelling my current services to go on this."

Shame, really. Back when it was ntl: and I signed up to 3 for £30, I got basically no channels... now you get Size L? Thats:

ABC1
Animal Planet
attheraces
BBC FOUR
BBC News 24
BBC ONE
BBC Parliament
BBC THREE
BBC TWO
Best Direct
bid tv
Bloomberg
Boomerang
Bravo
Bravo +1
Bravo 2
British Eurosport
British Eurosport2
Cartoon Network
CBBC Channel
CBeebies
Challenge
Challenge +1
Channel 4
CITV
CNBC
CNN International
Community Channel
Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel +1
Discovery Home & Health
Discovery Realtime
E4
E4 +1
EuroNews
Film4
Film4 +1
Five
Five Life
Five US
Ftn
Gems TV
Gems TV2
God Channel
Ideal World
ITV1
ITV2
ITV3
ITV4
LIVINGtv
LIVINGtv +1
LIVINGtv 2
Men & Motors
More4
More4 +1
Movies 24
MTV UK
Nickelodeon
Paramount Comedy
Price Crash TV
price-drop tv
QVC
Sci-Fi Channel
Speed auction tv
Teachers' TV
The Hallmark Channel
THE HITS
The Music Factory
Trouble Entertainment
Trouble +1
Turner Classic Movies
UKTV Bright Ideas
UKTV Documentary
UKTV Documentary +1*
UKTV Drama
UKTV Food
UKTV Food +1*
UKTV G2
UKTV G2 +1
UKTV Gold
UKTV Gold +1
UKTV History
UKTV History +1
UKTV People
UKTV Style
UKTV Style +1
UKTV Style Gardens
VH1

Thats actually quite impressive... Ill be telling me mum about that! Shes only got 2Mb BB!

[Murk]

Originally Posted by sunlord_clave

Hi,

I have been a Virgin Media/NTL customer for 2-3 years. I have the Broadband(M) and Phone(M) services, I get the TV(M) free because of the phone. So that's £29.50 in total excluding all the Add-on channels.

I just saw on the VM website about the 3 for £30 bundle where you get TV(L), Phone(M) and Broadband(M) for £30? I was just wondering if there is a catch anywhere because I pay about the same amount and I only get the TV(M) instead of the TV(L)? Should I call them and ask them to upgrade the TV or is there a catch anywhere - like a pay £30 for one year and £40 from then on?

We are on the 3 for 30 package and the only catch is that after 12 months you have to pay £39 instead of £30

[Ernie_C]

Originally Posted by Murk

We are on the 3 for 30 package and the only catch is that after 12 months you have to pay £39 instead of £30

Only if you are currently getting XL TV which was offered with a previous 3 for £30 deal. Anyone taking it out now only gets L TV.

[King Of Fools]

Alternatively, you could switch to the 2 for £20 bundle of phone (M) and Broadband (M) and get TV (M) free, if you did not want the extra channels.

[Grampy]

Originally Posted by Murk

We are on the 3 for 30 package and the only catch is that after 12 months you have to pay £39 instead of £30

Can you show me where it states that the cost goes up to £39 after 12 months as the only thing I can find is that you must take the bundle for at least 12 months?
So as long as you don't change anything I assume that the £30 charge continues.

[King Of Fools]

Originally Posted by Grampy

Can you show me where it states that the cost goes up to £39 after 12 months as the only thing I can find is that you must take the bundle for at least 12 months?
So as long as you don't change anything I assume that the £30 charge continues.

As Ernie_C said, that was only for the special offer that gave people TV: XL for 12 months for free (hence the price increasing after 12 months to £39).

[Stop It]

When I signed up, I got an even lower bundle, 3 for £20 (M TV, M Internet, M Phone), after asking very nicely, I got it changed to 3 for £30 as per a special offer than wasn't offered to me (XL TV, M Phone and Internet), but with internet as Size L as I wanted it a bit quicker, so I now pay £37pm, good stuff.

I would ring them up and explain the situation, I'm sure the customer service team can help