Welcome, Guest. Please Login or Register
SAYNOTO0870.COM

<---- Back to main website

 
Home Help Search Login Register

Pages: 1 ... 3 4 5 6 7 8
Send Topic Print
Virgin Media (Read 248,821 times)
irrelevant
Senior Member
****
Offline



Posts: 409
Re: Virgin Media
Reply #60 - Nov 22nd, 2007 at 7:30pm
 
Hmm... I'm watching series 3 of Criminal Minds at the moment....

I wish we at least had the choice; despite being in a major city centre, with all around us cabled up, these few streets are devoid of cable.  Something to do with the local residents association objecting to their nice stone paving being dug up, back when Nynex were employing cowboys who replaced all paving they dug up with tarmac patches...

Mind you, I've had cable twice before elsewhere (in their Nynex & C&W incarnations.) and given them both up over dreadvul service issues.
Back to top
 
 
IP Logged
 
jimbo2005
Junior Member
**
Offline



Posts: 82
Re: Virgin Media
Reply #61 - Dec 19th, 2007 at 6:46pm
 
If you dial 0800 052 1435 you are asked to enter a PIN.  Does anyone know what to dial next?  Thanks.
Back to top
 
 
IP Logged
 
nobrot
Newbie
*
Offline



Posts: 2
Re: Virgin Media
Reply #62 - Dec 31st, 2007 at 9:18am
 
I'm on the phone to VM now and because I told them they were in breach of contract (I'm supposed to receive 4mg BB & getting less than 1mb) she is putting me through to tech support. Trouble is, been on hold for 5 mins so far!
~Got through, they told me how to tune in modem.
Back to top
 
 
IP Logged
 
bazzerfewi
Supreme Member
*****
Offline


Baz

Posts: 580
Barnsley
Gender: male
Re: Virgin Media
Reply #63 - Dec 31st, 2007 at 10:26am
 
I assume that you made contact via the 0906 number I have written to them and they contacted me and said that if ever I had a need to contact tech support all my call chareges will be refunded unless I contacted them and the fault was due to my error.

So far they have stuck to this, if you have been charged for the call insist on a refund, but I assume you have done this already.

Baz
Back to top
 
WWW bazzerfewi aom@blueyonder.co.uk  
IP Logged
 
Wibberley
Newbie
*
Offline



Posts: 1
Re: Virgin Media
Reply #64 - Jan 29th, 2008 at 5:00pm
 
So, after several calls to Virgin Media I'm given a code to get through to tech suport... 'Dial *80 wait for the dial tone, then enter 2986 and then dial 0906 212 1111. Guess what happened...Nothing.
Back to top
 
 
IP Logged
 
jimbo2005
Junior Member
**
Offline



Posts: 82
Re: Virgin Media
Reply #65 - Jan 29th, 2008 at 5:17pm
 
Don't understand that at all.  Of course it won't work as it is not a proper number.  There is no such code as *80 anyway. 

My original question was about 0800 052 1435 which only links to a system which ask for your PIN code.  Not sure how long the code should be or what it should be.  So obviously no-one has been able to shed any light on this either.  If anyone does, please get in touch.  Cheers.
Back to top
 
 
IP Logged
 
jiminwatford
Newbie
*
Offline



Posts: 2
Gender: male
How to ring Virgin Media Broadband for FREE
Reply #66 - Jan 29th, 2008 at 2:23am
 
Their usual number is 0906 212 1111, and if you ask this is the number they will give.

However if you ring their connection/setup line on 0800 953 9500 and wait for an operator, explain the problem you have and they will say they only deal with setup or some such and then put you through to the technical dept. The first time i did this the operator actually said 'the number i'm putting you through to is also free'

I have done this twice and seems to work great!
Back to top
 
 
IP Logged
 
gertcher
Newbie
*
Offline



Posts: 4
Re: Virgin Media
Reply #67 - Jan 30th, 2008 at 12:39pm
 
You will need to have your account number and serial numbers to hand.

Phoning your number gets you through to a real person very quickly and it sounds like they are in the UK, at least an English voice answered me. 

I was only testing this connection and did not go into any conversation with the operator, i just gave an excuse that I dialed the wrong department
Back to top
 
 
IP Logged
 
jiminwatford
Newbie
*
Offline



Posts: 2
Gender: male
Re: Virgin Media
Reply #68 - Jan 30th, 2008 at 12:59pm
 
yeh they sound like they are in UK, Wales in fact. Some Swansea accents coming through Smiley
Back to top
 
 
IP Logged
 
jrawle
Supreme Member
*****
Offline



Posts: 708
Didcot, Oxfordshire
Gender: male
Re: Virgin Media
Reply #69 - Feb 3rd, 2008 at 5:01pm
 
Today I tried to call Virgin Media because they have failed to disconnect the rubbish cable broadband yesterday as they agreed on 2 January. (Now they are claiming I didn't give a month's notice and that I have to pay another month, but that's another matter..)

Anyway, virtually all the 0800 numbers I tried from the database no longer work if you choose any options that would be of use to existing customers. They all just say to dial the 0845 number. Someone needs to review these.

Finally, I had some success using 0800 052 0166. They put me through to someone who, when I said I was on cable broadband, put me through to India (or so it sounded).

They didn't deal satisfactorily with me, but that's because the department I need isn't open on Sunday.

I stress that it was an alternative to the 0845 I was looking for, not the rip-off 09 technical support number (thankfully, I'll never need the latter again, not that I ever phoned it when I did need it).
Back to top
 
WWW  
IP Logged
 
nutellajunkie
Full Member
***
Offline


[GURU MEDITATION]

Posts: 191
Alba
Gender: male
Re: Virgin Media
Reply #70 - Feb 5th, 2008 at 8:05pm
 
Dave wrote on Jul 31st, 2007 at 3:01pm:
nutellajunkie wrote on Jul 31st, 2007 at 2:49pm:
I do frown upon dialing the 09 number, but I praise the idea that they will refund straight away if the fault is indeed theirs. Maybe not the best tactic, but still it should keep away the time wasters and the stupid. Oh and the call is answered within half a ring.

What happens if you have 09 calls barred on your line?


funnily enough, this number isnt barred with 09 barring..
Back to top
 


Call 0800/0808/0500 with no credit! True unlimited talk/text/data. PM for recipe.
WWW  
IP Logged
 
rec
Newbie
*
Offline



Posts: 2
Re: Virgin Media
Reply #71 - Feb 11th, 2008 at 12:13pm
 
I need to add another email address to my vm account, unfortunately I get the error message Parameter Error

Unable to create mailbox, returned InvalidCosDomain

last time I had this problem dialing 150 ressolved this now they want me to dial 0906 212 1111, why should I pay for this service when they already get a lot of money from me?

Does anybody know how  I can resolve this error message, I know it's not my pc because it also happens on the wifes and sons laptops, all help gratefully accepted, thanks, Harry
Back to top
 
 
IP Logged
 
rec
Newbie
*
Offline



Posts: 2
Re: Virgin Media
Reply #72 - Feb 11th, 2008 at 12:33pm
 
thanks to jiminwatford, all sorted, used your 0800 953 9500, girl said I had to dial the 0906 number so I had a little moan, apologised to her 1st and said I am anoyed that having to pay for a service which, as a valued customer I should have free so she is going to be spoken to by an angry customer, she put me straight through
Back to top
 
 
IP Logged
 
Mcavity
Newbie
*
Offline



Posts: 13
Re: Virgin Media
Reply #73 - Feb 12th, 2008 at 12:57pm
 
I find today that Virgin Media have stopped at least some of the (free or geographical) numbers listed on this site as alternatives to their 0845 454 1111 general enquiries/problems number.  Does anyone have any breaktrhoughs on this one?
Back to top
 
 
IP Logged
 
Wolfetone
Newbie
*
Offline



Posts: 1
Re: Virgin Media
Reply #74 - Feb 20th, 2008 at 9:52pm
 
I've followed this thread back to last September - it's an utter rip-off that you get charged like this to inform VM of faults with their kit.

Has anybody though of trying to get this story publicised? I'm thinking Watchdog; The Sun - News Corp are big competitors of the bearded one?

I'm phoning Ofcom - if enough people contact them; they'll have to take notice?


wolfetone


Back to top
 
 
IP Logged
 
Pages: 1 ... 3 4 5 6 7 8
Send Topic Print
(Moderators: bbb_uk, Forum Admin, CJT-80, DaveM, Dave)

Website and Content © 1999-2024 SAYNOTO0870.COM. All Rights Reserved. (DE)
Written permission is required to duplicate any of the content within this site.

WARNING: This is an open forum, posts are NOT endorsed by SAYNOTO0870.COM,
please exercise due caution when acting on any info from here.


SAYNOTO0870.COM » Powered by YaBB 2.5.2!
YaBB Forum Software © 2000-2024. All Rights Reserved.


Valid RSS Valid XHTML Valid CSS Powered by Perl Source Forge