Virgin Media... twunts
Stating the obvious that i know but thats not what this story is about..

Was on the phone to them last week, looking at cancelling and jumping to Sky with their "Half Price HD for 12 months" offer, i was in the process of 'bartering' for more services, he was explaining how AMAZING their broadband is, only 1 thats totally unlimited, yada yada yada. I was saying yes, but i'm not bothered, i don't download much, etc when he came out with this gem

Sales Goon : "Look, i'm with Sky, i can tell you their...."
Me : "Hang on, YOU'RE with Sky?"
Sales Goon : "I can't get Cable in my area"
Me : "But Virgin offer ADSL too, you know? and surely you'd get discount?"
Sales Goon : "Yeah, but.. it's only for the HD Package, anyway, we're not talking about me"


Priceless. Their own rep even admitting to not having the service he was telling me was so amazing!
(TheManofScience, Wed 24 Mar 2010, 10:52, 4 replies)

have you ever seen the package for Virgin
in a non virgin area?

sales goon was quite right.
(Dan dan dan They tik urh jerbs!!!, Wed 24 Mar 2010, 11:05, closed)

well...
i atleast would have expected him to lie to me!
(TheManofScience, Wed 24 Mar 2010, 12:48, closed)

No adsl
But they continue to support old lines from ntl etc, they just don't offer it to new folk. Or summat.
(The Boy Monders I have ginger bits in my beard., Wed 24 Mar 2010, 14:38, closed)

They do offer it to new folk
However they just don't install any more cable.

Each week several people get unplugged and have to call virgin to have their problem "investigated and fixed"

Bloke comes round the next week and plugs cable in to the customers who have been complaining, leaving several other customers without cable. Thses people then have to call virgin to have their problem "investigated and fixed" etc.
(champagnerocker, Wed 24 Mar 2010, 17:51, closed)