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Big Kahuna Bundles
Has anyone phoned up to ask about the new "Big Kahuna Bundle"?
Online Virgin Media only advertise one bundle and ask for you to phone them to enquire, which having only discovered this in the last hour I haven't had the chance to do and won't for a few days.
Having TiVo, XL TV, Sky Sports, 30mb broadband, talk weekends and 2 sim only mobile accounts with Virgin I'd be interested to know what was on offer as my loyalty discounts are about to end.
Thanks for any help.
Online Virgin Media only advertise one bundle and ask for you to phone them to enquire, which having only discovered this in the last hour I haven't had the chance to do and won't for a few days.
Having TiVo, XL TV, Sky Sports, 30mb broadband, talk weekends and 2 sim only mobile accounts with Virgin I'd be interested to know what was on offer as my loyalty discounts are about to end.
Thanks for any help.
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I got the pack on Tuesday as it was exactly what I already had except I was paying £65
Line rental is not included in the price
Does anyone know?
and yes they are "telling" customers but only on the website as far as i know so far...
however, on the website they describe 2 of their "packages" as "the big one" and "the big kh" (see how their marketing team works)... so i expect the others will be "throbbing" and actually i am not even going to go there...
you have to ring the 0800 then ask for details...
i switched to the kh one... you pay for the install if you dont already have a tivo, and the contract extends for a min period as usual
We currently have up to 152MB, TV XL with TiVo and Phone XL for @ £60.
So the BK looked the same but cheaper at £45.
Spoke to a girl who quoted the £45 but switching would have meant paying for an old V+ box that is currently free and not used.
But to remove the second box I got put through to sales who didn't have the £45 bundle on their system. Just BK including Sky Sport, Sky Movies, or both.
Has anyone been able to get the BK for £45?
Also am I right in thinking one of the new bundles is:
Up to 100MB
TV XL
Phone XL
For £30?
Which sounds almost too good to be true.
The TV is M+ on that bundle, also I got the BK for £45 you have to phone sales not 150
I rang the 0800 number initially - it was only when I got through to sales he couldn't see the £45 one.
I'll try again tomorrow - do you know the number to get straight through to sales?
Yes it has a fantastic BB speed, but Its M+ TV, not XL, and it's weekend calls only so no free phone calls in the week.
£60 is a good price, but not a great one for what you are getting.
You've got it wrong, the Big Kahuna is TV XL, it's the Big Bang that only has TV M+.
http://about.virginmedia.com/press-release/9428/virgin-media-goes-big-with-uks-first-true-quad-play-bundles
I stand corrected, you are right
Those prices are not inclusive of the £15.99p/m line rental so £30 would infact be £45.99 and £45 would be £60.99.
So £59 for the BK equivalent, plus £16 line rental, plus £8 for phone XL, plus £2 for 08 calls.
So in theory that should go down to £71 - 45+16+8+2.
At the moment I am on XL TV with Tivo & V+, M Phone and L BB for £39pm excluding line rental. As I'm currently watching more streaming than live tv the XL TV really isn't being used to the fullest, I wonder if I would be better on the Big Bang bundle?
Thing is I can't really say I need more than 50mb broadband either so I'm probably paying for more than I need but I doubt you could put together a cheaper set up with 50mb bb anyway....
I would imagine there would be a multiroom charge for the 2nd box, so probably £5 more, you can always phone and see what they quote you, my next door neighbours got the BK bundle with an extra V+ box for £47
So , an only for new customers deal again! Guess it was too good to be real for us loyal Virgin customers
I ended up with 100MB Broadband XL TV and phone m keeping my V+ box for £59. Thats about £14 less than I was paying so I took it, 1 year contract 18month offer.
I hardly use the phone so I am happy.
It definitely isn't a new customer only deal though - in fact they're currently only available for existing customers.
Just tried again, but they don't seem to be able to put through the BK deal for £45 without Sky Sports or Movies.
At one point she tried to tell me it was a telesales offer that was half price for six months.
Which it obviously isn't unless Virgin are trying to tempt us into paying £31 more, for less.
I took the offer this afternoon... not sure why I need a new hub when pretty sure I have the top one anyway, but did get installation for £5.99 so wasn't going to argue.
I do have Sky Sports however, but you're able to dip in and out of that after 30 days.
The 100mb bb won't be any real benefit as the 50mb was already plenty fast for me though the better usage allowance before traffic management might give a more consistent level of performance and I guess having most things download in seconds will be kind of nice.
One inconsistency though, the guy I spoke to said the phone was just the basic phone package on the big bang with free weekend calls i.e. phone m, but I'm sure I read it is supposed to be phone XL, which is the unlimited plan?
Guess I'll just have to wait and see what it says in my Virgin Media when it updates with the changes. Phone XL would be nice but not a deal breaker as I was only on M anyway.
So pretty happy with that in the end.
Just checked - the e-mail does say unlimited calls.
Does that mean the BK £45 only comes with Talk Weekends as standard - the lowest?
I want to keep my Talk Anytime 200 so assume that BK would be £55 as Talk 200 is £10
The Big Kahuna.
If you have an email then try getting through to retentions to sort it out - they seem to be a bit more on the ball with the new bundles.
With us, they were fine about us having the 1TB Tivo when its supposed to be the 500GB one.