Scots widow ‘reduce off’ after Virgin Media cease providers resulting from deceased husband being invoice payer

A SCOTS WIDOW has been left with out tv or web for over eight weeks after Virgin Media eliminated her entry to providers she nonetheless pays for – resulting from them having her late husband’s e mail on file.

Gaynor Klapiscak from Monifieth, Angus claims that she has been left annoyed after the media large ignored pleas to permit the widow’s providers to be re-instated.

The preliminary concern arose after Gaynor’s husband Boris handed away in June 2022 as he was the account holder regardless of cash leaving a joint-bank account.

The 68-year-old pensioner is now left to sit down in her house with out having the ability to watch any of her favorite daytime tv or browse the web at her leisure.

Gaynor claims {that a} Virgin Media engineer entered the property to maneuver a hub and field, however as a substitute knocked the providers out, eradicating her entry to tv and web.

The gran, who requested to be made the account holder after her late husband’s passing, has claimed she has since made many makes an attempt to reinstate the service she continues to be paying for.

Nonetheless, Virgin Media has allegedly refused support or entry to the account for over two months because the account seems to nonetheless be registered in Boris’ e mail deal with – which Gaynor is unable to entry.

The corporate owned by Sir Richard Branson did ship engineers to take a look at the difficulty however couldn’t repair the difficulty on the day leaving Gaynor with damaged backyard ornaments and her backyard in a state of disrepair.

After a number of weeks of attempting to type the difficulty out, Gaynor’s annoyed daughter Joanne Lindsay took to social media yesterday to air the grievance on Gaynor’s behalf, writing: “To Whom it Could Concern.

“I’m writing to you in the present day as your Buyer Service crew have left me no different selection however to go public with the atrocious service that my 68-year-old mom has, and continues to be receiving roughly eight weeks later, and the consequences it’s having on her has left me no selection however to take over the grievance.

“I’m not going to undergo each particular element, as fairly frankly you have got taken up sufficient of our time, however I offers you the highlights and hope that you’ll look into everything of the continued concern your self.

“Roughly eight weeks in the past, after requesting and paying to have the Hub moved in her home, and a field eliminated, her TV and Web stopped working.

“She went by means of your WhatsApp customer support channel and was suggested that an engineer would come out to repair it, which he did attend, however didn’t repair.

“While there, he suggested my Mum to obtain the Virgin Media App, which she tried however was unable to do because the system didn’t settle for the e-mail supplier area, regardless of you having no issues sending her payments to that e mail deal with.

“When she contacted for assist, she was informed they’d a unique e mail deal with on the system.

“This deal with in query is my not too long ago late father’s e mail deal with that was alleged to have been faraway from the account final July.

“When my Mum emotionally defined that to your advisor, she was informed “sorry, however are you able to simply verify it anyway?”

“She was informed to entry her late husband’s e mail. I can’t even start to simply accept this insensitive and disgusting therapy.

“Above every thing else, this inappropriate request stands out and must be escalated to the best energy inside your organization.

“When talked about to a number of different advisors, all of them agreed it was surprising and insensitive and may by no means have been requested, however then proceeded to ask her to do it anyway.

“We are actually practically eight weeks in, nonetheless with lack of TV and Web providers, typically with nothing for days and weeks.

“Seven engineers have been out and unable to repair the difficulty, they’ve dug up the backyard, damaged a plant pot and left it, together with a gap within the floor and dust in every single place for her to search out.

“Nonetheless nothing is working correctly, but one in every of your advisors not too long ago requested my Mum to repair it with a paperclip at the back of the Hub.

“I’m unsure what it takes to turn into an engineer with Virgin Media, is paper clip coaching included?

“She was informed one other engineer can be approaching Saturday the sixth Could to put in a brand new Hub, so was requested to attend in between 12-4pm (now we have messages stating this), however in fact, not shockingly, nobody turned up.

“When she introduced this up by means of your extraordinarily irritating and impractical WhatsApp service, she was informed “you have to be mistaken, the engineer is approaching the ninth.”

“She has written correspondence stating every thing. She has been promised name again after name again that by no means comes.

“After she had waited in all afternoon on Saturday and acquired but extra disgusting correspondence out of your WhatsApp crew, I then obtained concerned and organized a telephone name with one in every of your Ground Managers.

“He referred to as at 4.53pm on Saturday, and I suggested him to please put me on maintain and skim by means of the complaints.

“Now, I do know it is a prolonged grievance however I’m considering by now he’s absolutely completed, however right here I’m at 1.30pm on Monday nonetheless ready.

“As beforehand talked about, that is merely the highlights. I request that you simply reply to me (though I gained’t maintain my breath) privately by means of this portal in order that I can give you my contact particulars as I now not want so that you can instantly contact my mum – not that anybody calls her again anyway.”

The submit acquired dozens of likes and feedback as many have been shocked to see Gaynor’s alleged mistreatment.

Sarah Inexperienced commented: “Can’t consider that is nonetheless ongoing, Jo. Your mum was telling me about it a couple of weeks in the past.

“So very insensitive. Hope they type a decision.”

Laura Arncott Carstairs stated: “This doesn’t shock me within the slightest, Jo. My stepmum has had atrocious service from them since my dad died, because the Virgin was in his title.

“Completely unacceptable. I hope you hear again they usually rectify issues for you.”

Gillian Strachan commented: “Surprising that that is nonetheless happening and he or she is having to take care of all of this. Hoping it’s sorted ASAP.”

Talking to Joanne in the present day, she stated: “What I’ve written within the submit are an important factors for me because the therapy is disgusting.

“The dearth of TV and Web, while irritating as she is paying for these providers, isn’t really on the prime of my priorities.

“It’s the therapy by means of all of this that’s unacceptable.

“My Dad died final June, which has clearly been extremely tough for her, and the stress this causes to her at house alone is so upsetting, which is why the feedback about accessing Dad’s emails are so insensitive and surprising that anybody would assume that’s acceptable.

“Being at house alone with out TV as a consolation noise can add to the loneliness.

“There have been fairly lots of people simply from our associates which have been in contact to say they’ve acquired or somebody they know have acquired related therapy.”

A Virgin Media spokesperson stated: “We’ve apologised to Mrs Klapiscak for the problems she’s skilled. Now we have now mounted the fault and supplied a goodwill gesture for the inconvenience precipitated.”