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Well I can definitely tell you that it's NOT the first complaint they've had - though it may be the first complaint those particular people have dealt with. I suspect there will be plenty more as people start getting their bills in.
If this is a permanent change (ie the original Talk International plan being binned) then they really need to get that old info off the website. I actually couldn't easily find any info on the new plans till I made a few guesses and typed in the actual http addy's. I found NO links to them through the normal website pathways - only links to the £1.75 plan. |
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If only they would add more countries to the Talk International 5 and Talk International 10 then it would certainly make me happy. If South Africa was included in those two bundles I would move to that anyway, even if the original Talk International was still available.
I find it very strange that they are removing value from an already expensive landline service. Other rivals offer international calls free with good value buindles. Sky have £5 a month for unlimited international calls and I think Talk Talk do the same for £2 a month. This change to our bundles has pushed the value of the landline service even further from their rivals and to a lot of people who make lots of international calls this could be a dealbreaker, regardless of the good value of the other bundled service VM include. Very bad move IMO. |
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I still have heard nothing back from VM further to my lengthy phone call to CS. I spoke with a chap called Martin Hawe who had escalated this and did attempt to phone me back a few days later but got through to my father in law. He was going to phone back again but hasn't.
I have attempted to contact VM again but nobody knows anything about my call. I tried emailing but received a response from a customer service agent saying there was no need for them to phone as they can deal with this via email. The email they sent states the costs associated with the Talk International plan and quotes me 3.06p per minute for me to phone South Africa! No it doesn't!! I wish I could speak to Martin Hawe again as he was very good indeed and understood fully the situation, but I can't get hold of him again! |
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Call and choose 'thinking of leaving us'. I did, but was up front and said I wasn't planning to leave, but I felt they were the department that might actually take my call seriously and be able to do something to rectify it.
They had to put me through to sales to change the plan and then sales sent me back to CS for the refund, but it was all done relatively painlessly - sorry you're having such a hard time. |
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How do I get a VIP package? I don't see them on VM website.
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I was very happy with the way the call was handled. He hadn't contacted me because he was waiting to receive confirmation on what was going on! Even those who haven't upgraded to Tivo will be moved across to these new plans as the old one is being phased out. So be aware if you make a lot of international calls. I am not very happy that they have scrapped the original call plans. 20p per minute to an international landline in 2011 is ridiculous and someone at the top of the Virgin Media tree should reconsider IMO. ---------- Post added at 15:24 ---------- Previous post was at 15:05 ---------- Quote:
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Wow, this is terrible news. I've not be able to access E-Billing for 2 months now so have not realised what was going on. Last months bill looked about £30 too high, but I can't login to E-Billing to check. This would certainly explain it. My wife is American so makes a lot of calls home. I cannot believe that Virgin Media have sneaked this in with no notification whatsoever, absolutely shocking.
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If you ring CS they will sort it for you. Ben seemed to have a hard time with it, but mine was easy. And if you make a lot of international calls then the Int5 or 10 will actually be better value to you than the original international plan was.
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So am I reading this correctly? I can replace the Talk International 2 package included with the VIP 50 Tivo Pack, with Talk International 5 and my bill would be increased by £3 per month. This would give me wife 250 minutes a month to phone home?
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Yes, you are reading right - they can replace the Int 2 with the Int 5. You only pay an extra £3 (you still get the original £2 discount) and get 250 minutes free a month which works out at 2p a minute and anything over that 250 minutes is also only charged at 2p a minute. :) |
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If they added SA to this pack I would add it straightaway. £3 a month extra is good value but it doesn't include enough countries. But this doesn't detract from the fact VM are sneakily removing the original Talk plans and have seemingly informed nobody about it. I should think CS will be getting a fair few calls over the next few weeks with people complaining of the same problem. Just when I thought the VIP pack had more value added with the £3 Tivo fee included, they go and ruin it by charging me 20p a minute to phone overseas! |
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Well, I do not accept this and will return to using access numbers (12p/min) or skype. Not impressed but my hands are tied! Just setup Skype to use from my Virgin phone. 4p/min to South Africa. |
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