Pleas. Please help!

[Majestic]

Guys,

Can you please have a look at my package please?

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Total service charges
    £80.59

Includes VAT at the appropriate rate(s)

Advance charges
    £80.59

Main services (Provided by Virgin Media Ltd or Virgin Media Payments Ltd) 	£51.09
Description 	Date/period 	Amount
Telephone Line Rental 	08 February - 07 March 	£12.24
Payment Handling Charge 	08 February - 07 March 	£5.00
Bb/Phone/TV Sp Mov Discount 	08 February - 07 March 	£-20.25
Additional Loyalty Discount 	08 February - 07 March 	£-1.75
T V Size: X L 	08 February - 07 March 	£25.00
1 Additional V Box 	08 February - 07 March 	£15.00
V+ HD Box 	08 February - 07 March 	£0.00
Add Set Box(es) Discount 	08 February - 07 March 	£-9.40
Broadband Size: L 	08 February - 07 March 	£25.25
 
Premium TV channels (Provided by Virgin Media Entertainment) 	£29.50
Description 	Date/period 	Amount
Skymovie 2,SkyMovie 1,Sports 1, 	08 February - 07 March 	£29.50
Sports 2 		£0.00

This is what I currently pay and I think I'm getting a bum deal. I'm out of contract and retentions will offer me 20mb broadband plus the L Phone package but this is 87 quid per month.

I really think I'm paying too much and will probably rip it out and move to Sky if I can't get a better offer. My average bills are around £100pm including call charges.

Can someone please give me their honest opinion on the above?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks!

[Hugh]

You appear to have (imho) a reasonable deal there - if you take off the payment handling charge of £5 and the Sky Movies/Sky Sports of £29.50 (totalling £34.50) from your bill total of £80.59, that leaves a cost of £46.09 for XL TV, Phone, and L BB, with and additional V Box.

I pay just under £58 for XL TV, XL BB, and XL Phone, so it seem comparable - you could always cost up the equivalent package from Sky, and if it's less, discuss that with retentions.

[Perfect Choice]

Does look a good deal have to say, doubt you would get much better from Sky apart from the 6 month discount of course which tends to apply either way.

I think VM pricing on Sky Sports is also less than Sky (but you get HD on all 4 sport channels with Sky)

One obvious issue is the payment handling charge, why not go to Direct Debit and avoid completely. Could always be cancelled at a later date but you will be fixed as to when cash leaves your current account if that is an issue for you.

Do you really need that additional box as well, take that out and you would be arround the price of my package (£44.25pm), in fact a little lower.

[Majestic]

The box feeds into a TV in another room but they're both together (the v+ boxes) in a cupboard if that makes sense. What if I get rid of the other box, can I use some kind of HDMI splittler so I can get two feeds from the one box?!

Also, what If I just drop the package on the other box to the bare minimum, will that save me money?

We don't watch movies so They said they could remove them but gkeep sports, 20mb broadband and also the L TV Package which includes evening and weekends? That sound a good deal? I'm not being tight, I just hate being ripped off.

Oh, that was for £82 quid.

Once I'm happy with the price, I'm going to set up a DD which should save me a little more

[Majestic]

Guys, I called retentions and spoke to a lovely young lady who gave me the following deal;

Same TV package on both boxes but removed Movies pack as not needed.
Unlimited Calls
30mb broadband with free connection and superhub

£86.50 per month. Absolutely delighted. It will kick in from Wednesday

[jamiefrost]

You glad you got it sorted out. we were on a vip pack but canceled movies and sport as we never watched them. Went to 50mb BB insted

JJ