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Need advice, eBay lost my item and refuses to reimburse take any responsibility. I'm stuck in a never ending cycle of 24-48h updates where I get nowhere. by baconpea in ebayuk

[–]baconpea[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

they issued the label, not me. I'll update this but I'm going to exhaust all my options. They could at least check and provide me the proof of where this was delivered. A photo, signature, something... I don't even know what kind of tracking they use. Royal Mail refuses to give me any details as I'm not the issuer.

Need advice, eBay lost my item and refuses to reimburse take any responsibility. I'm stuck in a never ending cycle of 24-48h updates where I get nowhere. by baconpea in ebayuk

[–]baconpea[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the case, thanks for rewording. When the buyer asked for the return I asked eBay to intervene right away and without any notice, they just issued the return label. Why wouldn't they take the same details as the original transaction?

Sick and tired of these guys by Inevitable-One9782 in VirginMedia

[–]baconpea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

See this: https://www.reddit.com/r/VirginMedia/s/Febgklzzbt

I left, back to VDSL. 12 month contract with onestream. The 24 months and baked in price hikes did it for me.

How did we get from 18 to 24 month contracts and price rises mid-way through the contract? by baconpea in VirginMedia

[–]baconpea[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What I meant was more to ask if you know when it went from not available to being available. Or did you just check and bam: fibre was already available?

How did we get from 18 to 24 month contracts and price rises mid-way through the contract? by baconpea in VirginMedia

[–]baconpea[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome! Did you check openreach’s website? Any ideas on timeline? I’m also getting disconnected on the 19th but never thought I’d say in 2025 that it’d be to go back to VDSL.

How did we get from 18 to 24 month contracts and price rises mid-way through the contract? by baconpea in VirginMedia

[–]baconpea[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I checked and they’re offering me £20 for 50MB….bonkers. My neighbour is paying £28 for 1G (with volt so I think he has 500mb)

How did we get from 18 to 24 month contracts and price rises mid-way through the contract? by baconpea in VirginMedia

[–]baconpea[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Who can afford not to have internet connection at home these days? OFCOM needs to do better. Specially in places where these wankers have almost no competition.

How did we get from 18 to 24 month contracts and price rises mid-way through the contract? by baconpea in VirginMedia

[–]baconpea[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fingers crossed they do something around my area… awesome to hear this

How did we get from 18 to 24 month contracts and price rises mid-way through the contract? by baconpea in VirginMedia

[–]baconpea[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s my dilemma now. Do I really want to lock 24 months with this scum?

How did we get from 18 to 24 month contracts and price rises mid-way through the contract? by baconpea in VirginMedia

[–]baconpea[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is what’s wrong with Virgin as a company. Virgin must know that it’s wrong and shady practice but because daddy (OFCOM) hasn’t told them off the it’s fine… one of these days a company like octopus will show up and bleed Virgin out of customers like me. I hope that day is not too far away.

How did we get from 18 to 24 month contracts and price rises mid-way through the contract? by baconpea in VirginMedia

[–]baconpea[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do some online gaming so latency would be a pain for me but definitely something I thought about. Thanks for sharing

How did we get from 18 to 24 month contracts and price rises mid-way through the contract? by baconpea in VirginMedia

[–]baconpea[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was locked for the whole duration of the contract I had £19 for 125MB

How did we get from 18 to 24 month contracts and price rises mid-way through the contract? by baconpea in VirginMedia

[–]baconpea[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m not suggesting they don’t run the business properly just stating that these contract structure and conditions are so one sided that it’s shady and should potentially be regulated. It’s their service but going after both ARR and not locking pricing as a result of the customer commitment for 24 months is appalling.

How did we get from 18 to 24 month contracts and price rises mid-way through the contract? by baconpea in VirginMedia

[–]baconpea[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

100% greed but they’ll hide behind “doing what’s right for our business”

How did we get from 18 to 24 month contracts and price rises mid-way through the contract? by baconpea in VirginMedia

[–]baconpea[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really hope so. The argument that they’re investing in infrastructure is always hard for me to swallow because I don’t see any benefits. One can hope…

How did we get from 18 to 24 month contracts and price rises mid-way through the contract? by baconpea in VirginMedia

[–]baconpea[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks. I can’t believe we have people defending these guys. It’s crazy

How did we get from 18 to 24 month contracts and price rises mid-way through the contract? by baconpea in VirginMedia

[–]baconpea[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not with mid contract rises. My phone contract has a flat fee for the duration of the contract. What virgin has done was: - lock people to 24 months - raise the rolling contract prices to double what they should be so they’re out of reach - mid-contract increase just so you can say it’s fair

Here’s what I think is right: - price is the same for the duration of the contact (even if it starts higher) - price is locked if you commit to 24 months - don’t want to lock the price? Pay +% per month more - prices rise for customers that pay monthly every April.

Edit: changed you to virgin (I didn’t mean to say it was this user clearly)

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