A question about : Ј150 off Virgin TV, line rental, calls & broadband
What's this about?
New customers signing up to Virgin Media a cable bundle via special cashback websites can get Ј150 cashback - Ј85 more than usual.
What's available?
The Ј150 cashback applies on all Virgin cable product. So for example, over a year you'd normally pay Ј280 for the basic landline, TV, weekend calls and broadband which is an average of Ј23.33/mth. (Inc free installation & Ј20 online discount). With this deal it's Ј150, an average of Ј10.83/mth.
Remember a landline on BT or TalkTalk costs Ј11.25 alone, so this is a cracking deal, if you're planning on getting a Virgin package. However this just gives you the basic TV package which is pretty similar to freeview. For an extra Ј5.50/month you can add an extra 20 channels including Sky 1.
One important note is that making calls via Virgin, especially to mobiles, is expensive, so if you do get this package read the Calling Mobiles Cheaply guide to cut the cost.
How to get this deal
Register at Quidco. If you're not already a member join (it's free) cashback site Quidco*. Quidco takes Ј5/year off your total cashback paid so if this is the first cashback deal you've done you'll get Ј145.
Then click from it to Virgin. Once you're registered and being tracked at Quidco, use its links to Virgin, and you'll be on Virgin's site, just like normal. Yet this way your actions are being tracked and if you purchase it'll be registered to you.
Be careful if you've visited Virgin recently. There's a very small chance in this case you'll have a cookie on your computer (a small piece of tracking info) that means the sale won't be registered to Quido.
If you have you need to delete cookies; something you can do by following the instructions in your browser (usually either Internet Explorer, Firefox or Safari... if it's not one of these, you're probably a techie and know all about this!)
Update 13 August. TopCashback has reduced the amount it's paying to Ј130, making Quidco the better option.
Cashback site payouts are never 100% guaranteed
Cashback sites are specialist websites that list retailers/product providers and get paid if you click through them. Importantly they then give some or all of this cash to you. If you're new please read the Best Cashback Sites guide before continuing.
As cashback sites rely on retailers paying them, you can never count cashback as a sure thing until it's in your bank account.
* Using these links helps the site stay ad-free and free to use, as they're 'affiliated links' which invisibly take you via price comparison services like Moneysupermarket or affiliate sites, this then means if you end up getting a product this site gets revenue
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- I posted this much earlier yesterday. https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...html?t=1873559
No acknowledgement from MSE Archna !!!! - You could use a program like ccleaner to delete your cookies also!
Annoyingly this offer is only for cable customers and not Bt line. I checked the samknows website which is supposeed to cover all the exchanges in the country and indeed does my localand it states that virgin cable is available for my postcode; yet virgin and a few other sites say its not and i know others who have in the recent past been unable to get cable in this area - Does anybody know if the 'bundle' still includes the free wireless router and the set top V box, or do any of these have to be purchased separately?
Thanks - Just noticed this a day after signing up!
Wanted fibre optic broadband, the Virgin site said I couldn't get it despite others in my road having it.
Being persistent a sound sales chap popped around after picking up my web enquiry and is arranging for them to lay a cable to my house. So I suppose their was no way of me getting this cashback easily with the cable service. - Does anyone know when this cashback offer stops? I am moving in two weeks and want to get Virgin so this is perfect - but will i be too late to sign up to get the cashback? Any help please?
Holly - Arg! I have literally just signed up for Virgin a few days ago, but I still need to pay the Ј49 installation charge before continuing. Is it possible to cancel the installation and then re-sign up for this? It's a crazy amount of money to take off the year's bill.
- My contract ended on the 7th. Should I call them and tell them to stop my service and then use this site to sign up again?? plz help!
- Would I get the Ј150 cashback if I took the 50 MB Broadband only? I already have sky & I dont need a Phoneline.
Thanks - I just had Virgin installed yesterday when they were giving Ј65 cashback.
Can I cancel and sign up again. Seems too good an opportunity to miss out on a further Ј85 - I'm about to move in with my boyfriend who already has the virgin deal (pretty sure he's gone over the contract period) and we are thinking of cancelling it to get a better one. He doesn't have a phone line set up yet so it would actually be best to stay with virgin. Would it be possible to cancel the deal (he does this) then sign up for it as a new customer with my name?
- I noticed this yesterday too
I received a letter from virgin yesterday for a sky switcher deal which offers me a free V+ HD box and free installation. However, it is a phone only deal.
Do you think if I sign up online using the cashback site and then call customer services and apply the promo code to get free installation (saving me a further Ј49)
I know it is cheeky, but money is tight and would like to save as much as possible - I suppose this is for NEW CUSTOMERS ONLY
If you have come to the end of your contract, you can't just simply cancel and take out a new contract through Quidco? - I've been a Virgin customer for years, I'm in the process of moving away as broadband is so poor - after 6pm it is unuseable. Have reported this several times, customer service sucks.... they take around 48 hours to respond, generally quoting the wrong problem and have never resolved the problem despite me keeping on reminding them, they just really just couldn't be a*d.
Another thing to watch out for is that they will put up their prices then offer new customers special deals so you could end up paying way over the top. They will haggle though if you give them a call.
Shame the broadband is so bad... maybe it's just a local thing - Can I have some advice on the cashback sites. How long does it usually take for them to credit the money, and can this be withdrawn/transferred to my bank account without delay and fees etc.
Cheers. - GREAT OFFER
I'm already a Virgin Broadband customer... but i've just used Quidco to sign up for Phone and TV (the bundle for all 3)
Will I get the Ј150. It says it's only open to 'new customers' surely if I'm a new TV and new phone customer I qualify?
Can I challenge it if not? Who with Quidco or Virgin?
Thanks
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