{"id":24210,"date":"2016-08-28T13:00:24","date_gmt":"2016-08-28T06:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/im-moving-down-the-road-and-virgin-media-is-demanding-240\/"},"modified":"2016-08-28T13:10:51","modified_gmt":"2016-08-28T06:10:51","slug":"im-moving-down-the-road-and-virgin-media-is-demanding-240","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/im-moving-down-the-road-and-virgin-media-is-demanding-240\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m moving down the road and Virgin Media is demanding \u00a3240"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nIt says I have to pay for cancelling the contract, but the salesperson had told me there would be no charge if I movedI am on an 18-month Virgin Media contract that includes broadband, television and telephone. When I bought the services, I asked the sales lady at a Virgin kiosk in Woking, Surrey, what would happen if I moved to a new property where there is no Virgin Media service. I was told that the whole of Woking was connected so it wouldn\u2019t be a problem.I am now moving just two buildings away from where I am now, but Virgin Media is not offered at the new property. I still have seven months remaining on my contract. Virgin is insisting I pay \u00a3240 to cancel the contract. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2016\/aug\/28\/virgin-media-contract-cancellation-charge\" target=\"_blank\">I\u2019m moving down the road and Virgin Media is demanding \u00a3240<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; It says I have to pay for cancelling the contract, but the salesperson had told&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-6iu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":89580,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/virgin-media-falls-foul-of-watchdog-over-240-exit-fees\/","url_meta":{"origin":24210,"position":0},"title":"Virgin Media falls foul of watchdog over \u00a3240 exit fees","date":"May 26, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Ofcom says it \u2018has reasonable grounds to believe\u2019 the cable company has broken its rulesVirgin Media may have breached consumer protection rules by charging customers up to \u00a3240 for ending their contract early, according to an investigation by the telecoms regulator Ofcom. 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