Virgin.net scam

[Toby Corkindale]

On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 04:24:29PM +0000, Joel Bernstein wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 04:01:17PM +0000, David Hodgkinson wrote:
> > OK, folks the virgin.net "no 12 month contract" thing is a lie. They  
> > *will*
> > impose a £50 cancellation surcharge if you terminate even 6 months into
> > the contract: "we do reserve the right to..." is just crap.
> 
> PlusNet do something similarly misleading. They advertise no connection
> fee but then charge a 'deferred activation fee' of 58.75 when you
> cancel. However long you stay with them. This is doubtless my fault for
> not reading the T&Cs carefully enough but I'm a bit pissed off to be
> charged 169 quid to cancel the remaining 4 months of my contract!

Things like that are sailing pretty close to the wind of misleading
advertising! Make a complaint to the ombudsman!

tjc

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