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[plasterer]

One of are members received this today,After Purchaseing a DIGIVOX from E BAY

IT has been brought to our attention that someone at your adress has purchased and may be using a set top box .

in order to watch Virgin Medias TV service you must pay a mthly payment subscription for all the channels you are watching and use authorised equipment .

Using a set top box on our network infringes copy right , goes against the terms and conditions and is against the law . Weve attached the relevant section of our terms and conditions to this for your reference .
We understand that you might not know that what your doing is wrong so we are not going to take any legal action at this stage , however you must dissconnect the unauthorised box from our network immediately and dispose of it in an environmentally way.

We have incluced som FAQs with this letter on what to do next to avoid any action being taken against you , However , if you have any concerns about anything in this letter or have any questions please call our confidenttial advice line on 0800 952 2286 and one of our team will be able to help you .

[smoggie]

interesting, like someone suggested maybe dealers who have been nabbed giving out customer lists, or maybe Virgin bought some boxes themselves to flog and then sending out the letters to the reciepients knowing the word would get out. Certainly will be wise not to buy from Ebay. Wonder who the seller was he got the box of

[aftermath]

dodgy buying anything like this on ebay these days as virgin is clamping down on eb@y selling them , and it will be very hard for anyone to be able to advertise one.

Eb@y is linked to Paypal, so any transactions will be noted. and easily traced.

Its like when you buy a new TV, after a few weeks you get a TV licence letter through your door even if you have one, so i guess it will be the same from now on from virgin.

i think in time even buying from China will become a problem, because i can see the days when customs will be told to open any parcel that's the same shape and size as a dodgy box.

Just got to be more careful from now on, or wait till this boils over.

[smirnoff_rules]

seem the timing was just right for when sky came back on board .. l wonder if this has been the problem all along .. u can hack sky but cables a free for all

[TopBoy]

Correct me if I'm wrong...but isn't there a legal requirement to explicity inform you if information about you is to be shared with a 3rd party?

[bigman2]

There is and its called the Data Protection Act. The person who got the letter could contact VM and demand access to all information relating to him they have on file (including any hand written material) then we will know whether ebay/paypal are the grass or the seller.

[burr1545]

There is and its called the Data Protection Act. The person who got the letter could contact VM and demand access to all information relating to him they have on file (including any hand written material) then we will know whether ebay/paypal are the grass or the seller.

cost u something , though most orgs set it at a fairly nominal ?10 .... best to inquire first...

[zaf786]

Hi i think letters have been sent by police not virgin media as i know imight be wrong if some one gets one of these letters don,t ring vm you will go on there radar just put it in the bin