[Updated offer]Boards.ie exclusive limited offer: switch to UPC and get a €50 voucher

Virgin Media: Jason · 02-03-2011 06:58PM

Hi tom_kilkenny

It may be possible to intercept it once your order is loaded. Have you spoken to my team yet? If not please call them at 10am tomorrow morning on 1890 940635, they may be able to do a live activation for you.

Regards

Jason

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tom_kilkenny wrote: »

Hello, I'm interested in installation, just filled that form from first post a minute ago - I've planned to do that last year but i waited too long and now things are bit complicated.

Thing is - couple that we share a house with are already a UPC clients, but they terminating contract and moving off this week - I just found out there is disconnection scheduled for tommorow.

Is there any chance that technician could just show up and sign new contract with me (I mean - without leaving me disconnected, scheduling another appointment etc.)?

Virgin Media: Jason · 02-03-2011 06:59PM

Hi JohnK

No worries at all, will do. Happy to help

Regards

Jason

JohnK wrote: »

Well Jason give your team a pat on the back, my fathers been singing their praises all day. He found them absolutely brilliant to deal with and he's got his installation scheduled for (I think) Monday

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Want to see our products in use? Come into our new store in Carphone Warehouse on Henry Street, Dublin 1 and play with our HD TV and 30mb broadband yourself. Seeing is believing.

- For all customer service queries, please contact 1908.

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Virgin Media: Jason · 06-03-2011 01:14PM

Hi JohnK

Hope all went well, if you need any more help, just send me a PM

Regards

Jason

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If you want to order new products from us and get a voucher for €50 through this boards offer, (and free activation of product) just click through this link http://www.upc.ie/boardsoffer/ (Please see the terms & conditions)

Want to see our products in use? Come into our new store in Carphone Warehouse on Henry Street, Dublin 1 and play with our HD TV and 30mb broadband yourself. Seeing is believing.

- For all customer service queries, please contact 1908.

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JohnK wrote: »

Well Jason give your team a pat on the back, my fathers been singing their praises all day. He found them absolutely brilliant to deal with and he's got his installation scheduled for (I think) Monday

Reg'stoy · 06-03-2011 03:53PM

Ah nuts why did I not see this thread before we signed up with ye last week.

Anyway Jason might you recommend a wireless router we got your 10mb and home phone package which came with a normal non wireless modem. At most there will be two laptops plus seeing as the UPC connection is beside the TV I'll be connecting my PS3 by Ethernet cable running at anyone time, if that makes any difference in choice of router.

Thanks in advance
Reg

Serbian · 06-03-2011 05:31PM

Reg'stoy wrote: »

Anyway Jason might you recommend a wireless router we got your 10mb and home phone package which came with a normal non wireless modem.

Pretty much any Wireless Access Point will sort you out. Here's a search from Amazon. They deliver anything over £25 for free.

Reg'stoy · 06-03-2011 06:04PM

Serbian wrote: »

Pretty much any Wireless Access Point will sort you out. Here's a search from Amazon. They deliver anything over £25 for free.

Cheers Serbian, was In Harvey Normans airside yesterday afternoon and 'young fella' told me that only UPC can supply wireless routers (they HN's only had Belkins). Called up to PCworld and they said that only Belkins work with UPC connections so left airside even more confused.

So thanks for the link but as you can see I'd hope to get confirmation from the horse's mouth as to what router is suitable for an UPC connection. What really sickens me is we currently have a router from eircom which we have to give back to them.

Virgin Media: Jason · 06-03-2011 11:54PM

Hi Reg'stoy

There are many routers available in Ireland in PC World, Currys, DID Electrical etc. Just make sure it is a "Cable Modem" and not DSL or ADSL. UPC is sold in Currys, PC World, Carphone Warehouse & DID Electrical, and is NOT available for sale in Harvey Normans.

You will need to continue to use our modem aswell as the phone plugs into it.

I would suggest you find a make and model you like and call 1908 when you are in store to check with our technical support desk first.

Hope you get sorted out, sorry I cant be more helpful, not sure how helpful it would be to list routers as the choice available in shops is constantly changing.

Regards

Jason

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Want to see our products in use? Come into our new store in Carphone Warehouse on Henry Street, Dublin 1 and play with our HD TV and 30mb broadband yourself. Seeing is believing.

- For all customer service queries, please contact 1908.

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Reg'stoy wrote: »

So thanks for the link but as you can see I'd hope to get confirmation from the horse's mouth as to what router is suitable for an UPC connection. What really sickens me is we currently have a router from eircom which we have to give back to them.

KazDub · 09-03-2011 11:44AM

Hi Jason,
We've been connected since January 15th but still haven't received our Woodies voucher. Is there anyone I can contact regarding this?

Virgin Media: Jason · 09-03-2011 11:48AM

Hi KazDub

Sorry about that, it must have been lost in the post. Please contact my team on 1890 940635 and they can chase up Woodies and have them cancel the original one and re-issue a new one for you straight away.

Regards

Jason

__________________
If you want to order new products from us and get a voucher for €50 through this boards offer, (and free activation of product) just click through this link http://www.upc.ie/boardsoffer/ (Please see the terms & conditions)

Want to see our products in use? Come into our new store in Carphone Warehouse on Henry Street, Dublin 1 and play with our HD TV and 30mb broadband yourself. Seeing is believing.

- For all customer service queries, please contact 1908.

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KazDub wrote: »

Hi Jason,
We've been connected since January 15th but still haven't received our Woodies voucher. Is there anyone I can contact regarding this?

Virgin Media: Jason · 14-03-2011 04:16PM

Hi Reg'stoy

Hope you got sorted out with a new wirelss router in store. What did you buy and are you happy with it?

Regards

Jason
__________________
If you want to order new products from us and get a voucher for €50 through this boards offer, (and free activation of product) just click through this link http://www.upc.ie/boardsoffer/ (Please see the terms & conditions)

Want to see our products in use? Come into our new store in Carphone Warehouse on Henry Street, Dublin 1 and play with our HD TV and 30mb broadband yourself. Seeing is believing.

- For all customer service queries, please contact 1908.

**I am not authorised to comment in general threads without approval***

UPC: Jason wrote: »

Hi Reg'stoy

There are many routers available in Ireland in PC World, Currys, DID Electrical etc. Just make sure it is a "Cable Modem" and not DSL or ADSL. UPC is sold in Currys, PC World, Carphone Warehouse & DID Electrical, and is NOT available for sale in Harvey Normans.

__________________
If you want to order new products from us and get a voucher for €50 through this boards offer, (and free activation of product) just click through this link http://www.upc.ie/boardsoffer/ (Please see the terms & conditions)

Want to see our products in use? Come into our new store in Carphone Warehouse on Henry Street, Dublin 1 and play with our HD TV and 30mb broadband yourself. Seeing is believing.

- For all customer service queries, please contact 1908.

**I am not authorised to comment in general threads without approval***

Tar.Aldarion · 14-03-2011 04:28PM

Can't believe I have had 3 different upc connections in different houses over the last year and not once did I think to get this voucher

Virgin Media: Jason · 14-03-2011 05:21PM

Hi Tar.Aldarion

It is an offer for new business. If you have moved around a few times you would not qualify for the offer. (unless you added new services, for example broadband and phone to an existing account with TV only.)

Regards

Jason
__________________
If you want to order new products from us and get a voucher for €50 through this boards offer, (and free activation of product) just click through this link http://www.upc.ie/boardsoffer/ (Please see the terms & conditions)

Want to see our products in use? Come into our new store in Carphone Warehouse on Henry Street, Dublin 1 and play with our HD TV and 30mb broadband yourself. Seeing is believing.

- For all customer service queries, please contact 1908.

**I am not authorised to comment in general threads without approval***

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

Can't believe I have had 3 different upc connections in different houses over the last year and not once did I think to get this voucher

fl4pj4ck · 14-03-2011 06:13PM

Hi Jason,
Me&the lady put an order for the broadband over the weekend, to be connected to the house I'll be moving into this week (see my previous threads).
Today we received the phonecall and were told that due to previous tenants at this address not paying for their service we are now required to provide you with proof of address (!) and scan of the passport. I find this a little bit offensive, as it's not my fault that the previous tenants had problems with you, why I have to pay for their mistakes?

dillo2k10 · 14-03-2011 06:21PM

fl4pj4ck wrote: »

Hi Jason,
Me&the lady put an order for the broadband over the weekend, to be connected to the house I'll be moving into this week (see my previous threads).
Today we received the phonecall and were told that due to previous tenants at this address not paying for their service we are now required to provide you with proof of address (!) and scan of the passport. I find this a little bit offensive, as it's not my fault that the previous tenants had problems with you, why I have to pay for their mistakes?

My mam had the same problem with Eircom. The person who lived here before use never paid their last bill. Eircom told us to either pay the bill or show proof that they are no longer the owners of the house. We had to show them the deed of the house or something like that.

The reason they do it is as some people would not pay the bill and then sign up in their boyfriend or girlfriends name instead of having to pay the bill.

Virgin Media: Jason · 14-03-2011 06:22PM

Hi fl4pj4ck

This is actually normal business practice. We withold the right to request proof of identity and proof of address of all new customers at an address, we also insist on direct debit payments where a bank account number is needed.

Money is owed at your address. We will not withold our services to you once you prove you are not the person that owes us money. (Some providers will prevent a new connection until a debt is paid. Not UPC.)

Why are you offended that UPC would like you to prove who you are to us, considering we are providing you with hundreds of Euro's worth of equipment?

You are of course entitled to cancel your order under your consumer rights, although I hope you don't do that. If that is your intention, then please contact my team directly and we will do that straight away for you.

Regards

Jason

__________________
If you want to order new products from us and get a voucher for €50 through this boards offer, (and free activation of product) just click through this link http://www.upc.ie/boardsoffer/ (Please see the terms & conditions)

Want to see our products in use? Come into our new store in Carphone Warehouse on Henry Street, Dublin 1 and play with our HD TV and 30mb broadband yourself. Seeing is believing.

- For all customer service queries, please contact 1908.

**I am not authorised to comment in general threads without approval***

fl4pj4ck wrote: »

Hi Jason,
Me&the lady put an order for the broadband over the weekend, to be connected to the house I'll be moving into this week.
Today we received the phonecall and were told that due to previous tenants at this address not paying for their service we are now required to provide you with proof of address (!) and scan of the passport. I find this a little bit offensive, as it's not my fault that the previous tenants had problems with you, why I have to pay for their mistakes?

seanie500 · 14-03-2011 06:32PM

Hi Jason

i signed up recently and have the sky sports and movies free for first 2 months. however the movies only works in the evening time. i have tried calling 1908 every day for the past week yet it says "due to technicial difficulties we cant connect your call". do you know what the story is here? Also i requested an Atlantic homecare voucher which is being issued to me, The guy on the phone said there is a big back log with these vouchers any idea when this will be sent out?

Thanks

Virgin Media: Jason · 14-03-2011 06:39PM

Hi seanie500

No backlog with Atlantic, we actually stopped offering them about 6 weeks ago, now it is only DID Electrical and Carphone Warehouse vouchers. Please PM me your original ticket number and I will chase it up for you, and if your ordered at the time they were available we can chase up Atlantic for you to get an ETA..

Regarding the movies, that is very strange, sounds like a faulty box or your settings need changing. Please call 1908 again, we are getting thousands of calls each day, no issue I am aware of, or if you prefer, email my team on retailsales@upc.ie with all your account details and they can get a member of customer support to contact you direct to sort you out.

Hope that helps

Regards

Jason

seanie500 wrote: »

Hi Jason

i signed up recently and have the sky sports and movies free for first 2 months. however the movies only works in the evening time. i have tried calling 1908 every day for the past week yet it says "due to technicial difficulties we cant connect your call". do you know what the story is here? Also i requested an Atlantic homecare voucher which is being issued to me, The guy on the phone said there is a big back log with these vouchers any idea when this will be sent out?

Thanks

Papa_Bear · 15-03-2011 12:47AM

KazDub wrote: »

We've been connected since January 15th but still haven't received our Woodies voucher. Is there anyone I can contact regarding this?

Jason,

I am in this same situation also except I have called your team on a few occassions over the last 3 mths and I am still waiting. I have been told there is a backlog and they are waiting on vouchers to be printed but it is getting silly at this stage. I have been very patent up to now but it is wearing thin.

Regards Papa_Bear

Virgin Media: Jason · 15-03-2011 01:06AM

Hi Papa_Bear

Please PM me and I will chase it up for you.

As stated in a previous post, we have stopped offering Atlantic vouchers now. I will get one for you straight away if it has not been posted by them, I will check with them once you send me your details. (They may have posted, some can get lost, but they can track and cancel them, and repost)

Hope that helps.

Regards

Jason
__________________
If you want to order new products from us and get a voucher for €50 through this boards offer, (and free activation of product) just click through this link http://www.upc.ie/boardsoffer/ (Please see the terms & conditions)

Want to see our products in use? Come into our new store in Carphone Warehouse on Henry Street, Dublin 1 and play with our HD TV and 30mb broadband yourself. Seeing is believing.

- For all customer service queries, please contact 1908.

**I am not authorised to comment in general threads without approval***

Papa_Bear wrote: »

Jason,

I am in this same situation also except I have called your team on a few occassions over the last 3 mths and I am still waiting. I have been told there is a backlog and they are waiting on vouchers to be printed but it is getting silly at this stage. I have been very patent up to now but it is wearing thin.

Regards Papa_Bear

fl4pj4ck · 15-03-2011 02:32AM

UPC: Jason wrote: »

Hi fl4pj4ck

This is actually normal business practice. We withold the right to request proof of identity and proof of address of all new customers at an address, we also insist on direct debit payments where a bank account number is needed.

Money is owed at your address. We will not withold our services to you once you prove you are not the person that owes us money. (Some providers will prevent a new connection until a debt is paid. Not UPC.)

Why are you offended that UPC would like you to prove who you are to us, considering we are providing you with hundreds of Euro's worth of equipment?

You are of course entitled to cancel your order under your consumer rights, although I hope you don't do that. If that is your intention, then please contact my team directly and we will do that straight away for you.

normal business practice or not, I'm not looking for additional paperwork, phonecalls and try to get a proof of address to the place we haven't moved yet, especially with all the things on my head this week. I'll take my business somewhere else, thanks for your time.

Virgin Media: Jason · 15-03-2011 01:29PM

Hi fl4pj4ck

Sorry to hear that, the best of luck with your housemove

Regards

Jason
__________________
If you want to order new products from us and get a voucher for €50 through this boards offer, (and free activation of product) just click through this link http://www.upc.ie/boardsoffer/ (Please see the terms & conditions)

Want to see our products in use? Come into our new store in Carphone Warehouse on Henry Street, Dublin 1 and play with our HD TV and 30mb broadband yourself. Seeing is believing.

- For all customer service queries, please contact 1908.

**I am not authorised to comment in general threads without approval***

fl4pj4ck wrote: »

normal business practice or not, I'm not looking for additional paperwork, phonecalls and try to get a proof of address to the place we haven't moved yet, especially with all the things on my head this week. I'll take my business somewhere else, thanks for your time.

Boreddub · 15-03-2011 02:34PM

UPC must have the worst customer care in the world. I Sept Oct last year I had an incredible battle with them to cancel my contract. I was moving out of my apartment and moving into a new house which already had UPC installed. The new occuopants of my apartment wanted to take over the contract and sign up for 12 months. Despite this UPC insisted on making me pay for the four months contract I had left. It woul dhave been no skin off their nose to help me out especially snce they were getting a new customer to replace me. When I cancelled my contract inwriting they continued to debit my account. When I pointed this out to them they seemed disinterested. I cancelled my direct debit and they threatened to send debt collecters to my home. The debt collection company called me several times demanding money and threatening to take me to court and to ruin my credit rtating. After months of complaining and ruinging UPC my complaint was eventually dealt with. As of last Octiber I have still to recieve a refund of €140 owed to me. Then today I get a bill for €9.39. Despite the fact that they called to my apartment and collected the UPC boxes they have charged me €149.99 for not giving them back. So now thay are refusing to give me back my refund and want another €9.39. I rang them today and was told that they have no record of the boxes being collected. I rang at 12:39 hrs today and spent 21 mins on phone, ten of those trying to get to a person instead of a machine and the remainder being dismissed by a staff member.

UPC are the most frustrating company to deal with. Once your signed up they are not interested. They were quick enough to illegally debit my acount but it seems that they are trying to frustrate me into forgettiong about my money that they owe me. This fromthe people that threatened to send debt collectors to my home for money I didn't even owe them.

I'd take my chances with SKY!!!

Tar.Aldarion · 15-03-2011 02:41PM

UPC: Jason wrote: »

Hi Tar.Aldarion

It is an offer for new business. If you have moved around a few times you would not qualify for the offer. (unless you added new services, for example broadband and phone to an existing account with TV only.)

Regards

Jason
__________________
If you want to order new products from us and get a voucher for €50 through this boards offer, (and free activation of product) just click through this link http://www.upc.ie/boardsoffer/ (Please see the terms & conditions)

Want to see our products in use? Come into our new store in Carphone Warehouse on Henry Street, Dublin 1 and play with our HD TV and 30mb broadband yourself. Seeing is believing.

- For all customer service queries, please contact 1908.

**I am not authorised to comment in general threads without approval***

The three houses all have ntl now, due to me, under different account names, if that's not new business, I don't know what is

I was just stupid not to get it.

Can I also ask a question, I have been charged a 60e connection fee on this latest connection, I was never charged one before, is that standard? Was it only free before because I said I was a student when getting it?

Virgin Media: Jason · 15-03-2011 03:02PM

Hi Boreddub

Sorry if you have an issue with UPC insisting on you seeing out your 12 month contract that you signed up to.

You can of course take your chances with Sky or any other provider, however all our peers also insist on a 12 month contract including sky, with UPC there are very considerable savings available to you by having all services from the one provider, on top of having just one company to deal with, one direct debit payment to worry about etc.

I am sorry it didnt work out for you.

Regards

Jason

Boreddub wrote: »

UPC must have the worst customer care in the world. I Sept Oct last year I had an incredible battle with them to cancel my contract. I was moving out of my apartment and moving into a new house which already had UPC installed. The new occuopants of my apartment wanted to take over the contract and sign up for 12 months. Despite this UPC insisted on making me pay for the four months contract I had left. It woul dhave been no skin off their nose to help me out especially snce they were getting a new customer to replace me. When I cancelled my contract inwriting they continued to debit my account. When I pointed this out to them they seemed disinterested. I cancelled my direct debit and they threatened to send debt collecters to my home. The debt collection company called me several times demanding money and threatening to take me to court and to ruin my credit rtating. After months of complaining and ruinging UPC my complaint was eventually dealt with. As of last Octiber I have still to recieve a refund of €140 owed to me. Then today I get a bill for €9.39. Despite the fact that they called to my apartment and collected the UPC boxes they have charged me €149.99 for not giving them back. So now thay are refusing to give me back my refund and want another €9.39. I rang them today and was told that they have no record of the boxes being collected. I rang at 12:39 hrs today and spent 21 mins on phone, ten of those trying to get to a person instead of a machine and the remainder being dismissed by a staff member.

UPC are the most frustrating company to deal with. Once your signed up they are not interested. They were quick enough to illegally debit my acount but it seems that they are trying to frustrate me into forgettiong about my money that they owe me. This fromthe people that threatened to send debt collectors to my home for money I didn't even owe them.

I'd take my chances with SKY!!!

Virgin Media: Jason · 15-03-2011 03:10PM

Hi Tar.Aldarion

Thanks a million. Maybe you should be in sales for UPC.....

UPC have a €30 activation fee per box, so if you ordered TV and broadband then €60 would be correct. You may have ordered a HD upgrade, and if that is the case, the activation fee is €60.

If you had ordered via the boards offer link www.upc.ie/boardsoffer those charges would have been waived as per the offer.

Maybe you ordered online before? In that case the activation fees are waived, no other channel offers free activation of UPC products. (even on the student product)

Hope that clears it up for you.

Regards

Jason
__________________
If you want to order new products from us and get a voucher for €50 through this boards offer, (and free activation of product) just click through this link http://www.upc.ie/boardsoffer/ (Please see the terms & conditions)

Want to see our products in use? Come into our new store in Carphone Warehouse on Henry Street, Dublin 1 and play with our HD TV and 30mb broadband yourself. Seeing is believing.

- For all customer service queries, please contact 1908.

**I am not authorised to comment in general threads without approval***

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

The three houses all have ntl now, due to me, under different account names, if that's not new business, I don't know what is
I was just stupid not to get it.

Can I also ask a question, I have been charged a 60e connection fee on this latest connection, I was never charged one before, is that standard? Was it only free before because I said I was a student when getting it?

Nollog · 15-03-2011 03:21PM

UPC: Jason wrote: »

Hi fl4pj4ck

This is actually normal business practice. We withold the right to request proof of identity and proof of address of all new customers at an address, we also insist on direct debit payments where a bank account number is needed.

Money is owed at your address. We will not withold our services to you once you prove you are not the person that owes us money. (Some providers will prevent a new connection until a debt is paid. Not UPC.)

Why are you offended that UPC would like you to prove who you are to us, considering we are providing you with hundreds of Euro's worth of equipment?

You are of course entitled to cancel your order under your consumer rights, although I hope you don't do that. If that is your intention, then please contact my team directly and we will do that straight away for you.

Regards

Jason

__________________
If you want to order new products from us and get a voucher for €50 through this boards offer, (and free activation of product) just click through this link http://www.upc.ie/boardsoffer/ (Please see the terms & conditions)

Want to see our products in use? Come into our new store in Carphone Warehouse on Henry Street, Dublin 1 and play with our HD TV and 30mb broadband yourself. Seeing is believing.

- For all customer service queries, please contact 1908.

**I am not authorised to comment in general threads without approval***

If he was an existing customer, would that apply?
Or would you assume he wasn't the previous tenant?

Boreddub · 15-03-2011 03:42PM

Jason,

Perhaps you didn't get to read all of my message. I understand that I signed up for a 12 month contract but felt that it wouldn't be a big deal to UPC to just switch the bill payer. I had to move house due to financial pressure. And UPC being so rigid in their conditions caused me some difficulty. However I accept that UPC are entitled to enforce the contarct.

However you seemed to ignore the illegal withdrawal of money from my account. The threatening to send debt collectors to my home. The threats of court action. The extraordinary delay in refunding me my money. The charge for non return of equptment that I returned. The staff member dismissing me and curremtly refusing to give me a refund.

Perhaps instead of sending sarcastis responses to the part of my message that it suits you to reply to you could address the issues you conveniently ignored.

How much more are UPC going to try to frustrate my attempts to get my refund.

UPC are acting like this because they know that for most private individuals the cost of hiring a solicitor to bring you to court is prohibitive, while a company ou UPC's size the cost of threatening and chasing me through court if the roles were reversed is tiny.

Your company are acting like a schoolyard bully throwing your weight around.

Tar.Aldarion · 15-03-2011 03:47PM

UPC: Jason wrote: »

Hi Tar.Aldarion

Thanks a million. Maybe you should be in sales for UPC.....

UPC have a €30 activation fee per box, so if you ordered TV and broadband then €60 would be correct. You may have ordered a HD upgrade, and if that is the case, the activation fee is €60.

If you had ordered via the boards offer link www.upc.ie/boardsoffer those charges would have been waived as per the offer.

Maybe you ordered online before? In that case the activation fees are waived, no other channel offers free activation of UPC products. (even on the student product)

Hope that clears it up for you.

Regards

Jason
__________________
If you want to order new products from us and get a voucher for €50 through this boards offer, (and free activation of product) just click through this link http://www.upc.ie/boardsoffer/ (Please see the terms & conditions)

Want to see our products in use? Come into our new store in Carphone Warehouse on Henry Street, Dublin 1 and play with our HD TV and 30mb broadband yourself. Seeing is believing.

- For all customer service queries, please contact 1908.

**I am not authorised to comment in general threads without approval***

That is the most annoying term I've ever heard, I always order it online (this is my 5th ntl connection since 2005), but I needed to ask a question about reconnecting the house I was moving in to, so I called, they answered and then they just asked if I would like to just set it up now on the phone so i did, after I tried to order online already, very annoying.

edit: dunno, just seems very sneaky to ask would I like to do it now as it would be handy, say that I will get 20e off for doing a self install, making it sound like your first bill will be 20e cheaper, and then not actually tell you that it is 20e off a 60e fee you were never told about and your first bill be 40e extra. My own fault I suppose..

Virgin Media: Jason · 16-03-2011 04:16PM

Boreddub

I am not customer service or billing so cannot comment on that element. I would question the sense in stating UPC illegally took money out of your account in a published forum however.

This is a reward thread for boards users. Clearly you have an issue with the terms & conditions of your contract. If you are due a refund as you say, and one is due, UPC will provide it.

If you would like me to have a supervisor contact you direct I would be happy to assit if you PM me your details.

Regards

Jason
__________________
If you want to order new products from us and get a voucher for €50 through this boards offer, (and free activation of product) just click through this link http://www.upc.ie/boardsoffer/ (Please see the terms & conditions)

- For all customer service queries, please contact 1908.

**I am not authorised to comment in general threads without approval***

Boreddub wrote: »

Jason,

Perhaps you didn't get to read all of my message. I understand that I signed up for a 12 month contract but felt that it wouldn't be a big deal to UPC to just switch the bill payer. I had to move house due to financial pressure. And UPC being so rigid in their conditions caused me some difficulty. However I accept that UPC are entitled to enforce the contarct.

However you seemed to ignore the illegal withdrawal of money from my account. The threatening to send debt collectors to my home. The threats of court action. The extraordinary delay in refunding me my money. The charge for non return of equptment that I returned. The staff member dismissing me and curremtly refusing to give me a refund.

Perhaps instead of sending sarcastis responses to the part of my message that it suits you to reply to you could address the issues you conveniently ignored.

How much more are UPC going to try to frustrate my attempts to get my refund.

UPC are acting like this because they know that for most private individuals the cost of hiring a solicitor to bring you to court is prohibitive, while a company ou UPC's size the cost of threatening and chasing me through court if the roles were reversed is tiny.

Your company are acting like a schoolyard bully throwing your weight around.

Virgin Media: Jason · 16-03-2011 04:20PM

Hi Tar.Aldarion

If you were charged activation fees after ordering online you should be due a refund. I would be happy to check your account for you if you email your account details to retailsales@upc.ie .

Hope that helps.

Regards

Jason

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

I always order it online .

Jason
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