£10 300 texts 300 minutes

[Fred_Smith]

Hi all

Quick question, can I get more than one SIM card with the £10 for 300 texts and 300 minute offer... I want to get one for my wife and one for me.

Cheers

[Toto]

Hi all

Quick question, can I get more than one SIM card with the £10 for 300 texts and 300 minute offer... I want to get one for my wife and one for me.

Cheers

Don't see why not, give them a call.

[AndyCambs]

I tried looking at the website, I couldn't see it, but I think the offer was open to upto two SIM cards.

[Fred_Smith]

Thanks, I'll give them a call when I get in tonight.

[mr_bo]

2 per household afaik.

[mcgurty]

Hi all

Quick question, can I get more than one SIM card with the £10 for 300 texts and 300 minute offer... I want to get one for my wife and one for me.

Cheers

yes you can ive got 2

[Jules]

I got none as they wouldn't let me have any! I am not angry about it honestly :mad:

Oh and in answer to your question yes you can have two :)

[carlitos]

do the minutes and text roll over if you dont use them up?

[Toto]

do the minutes and text roll over if you dont use them up?

Minutes may roll over to the next month, not sure about texts.

[TheOne]

yep minutes rollover aswell

i currently have 200 texts left with about a week to go with my refresh date which will add another 300, so i'll keep collecting them for a long time to come as i dont text as much as i talk. lol

[tonycee]

The maximum texts and minutes you can have available is 600 of each at any time

[12noon]

I phoned up about the offer and was told i could have two. I only ordered one though for my wife as my contract isn't up for another 6 months with Vodafone. I hope the offer is still on in 6 months time.
:)
BTW my wife had to get her phone unlocked before she could use the new sim card.

[AndyCambs]

I phoned up about the offer and was told i could have two. I only ordered one though for my wife as my contract isn't up for another 6 months with Vodafone. I hope the offer is still on in 6 months time.
:)
BTW my wife had to get her phone unlocked before she could use the new sim card.

I found the migration process from Orange pretty simple. Just to make sure I had no problem, I kept the two accounts (Virgin Mobile & Orange) running in tandem. There was another reason - I was going overseas, and I don't think Virgin Mobile allow roaming in the first three months. Anyhow, Orange took about six weeks to come back with the unlock code. I then asked for a Port Authorisation Code, and called Virgin with that. They ported the number and that effectively terminates the Orange account. It was quite hassle free (apart from the wait for the unlock code I guess). I could probably have had the phone unlocked from a small phone store near work, but a) I hadn't seen the notice in the store window about unlocking phones, and b) I didn't want to end up with a bricked phone, and preferred to do it through Orange.

I'm using my phone more than when I was on Orange, but still manage to start each month off with 600 minutes and 600 text messages. (Yes, both are rolled over at the start of the month - but you can never have more than 600).

[Fred_Smith]

Thanks for all the answers.. I have one problem at the moment. I can't send a text message out (although I can send MMS). I have put the SIM card in another phone, and from that phone I also can't text.

I checked the SMS message centre number, it was +447958879890 I called customer service, but they said there is nothing wrong there end, but will get an engineer to look at the settings on the network... Anyone else had this issue?

[bluecandylover]

I want to go on this plan, however I can only use Orange, 02 and Vodafone!

I get ZERO signal for Virgin and T-Mobile in my area which is upsetting :(

[Fred_Smith]

Not as upsetting as not being able to use my 300 texts.... !!!!

[bluecandylover]

It's alright as I am on Orange now with 300/600/1,000 free texts depending on how much I top up.

Got 600 this month!

No free minutes though :(

[AndyCambs]

Not as upsetting as not being able to use my 300 texts.... !!!!

You'll get thumb strain doing all those messages!

[tweetypie/8]

Hi all

Quick question, can I get more than one SIM card with the £10 for 300 texts and 300 minute offer... I want to get one for my wife and one for me.

Cheers

yep you can i got one plus an extra phone for my wife,it is a brilliant offer and a first class service.:tu:

[sniper007]

Ok Im confused...when you guys say can you get two SIMs...are you talking getting two identical sims with same phone number or two different ones with different phone numbers? I cant understand why virgin would let you have this deal twice for only £10 per month? Can someone clarify what you mean as Im confused - sorry!

EDIT: So to clarify do I get number 1 below or number 2:

1:
Sim with mobile number 07777 567890
Sim with mobile number 07777 123456
For £10 per month?

2:
Sim with mobile number 07777 567890
Sim with mobile number 07777 567890
For £10 per month?

Also do I get a free phone with it as someone above said something bout a free phone.

Thanks

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Oh and whats the coverage/receptio like? Thats something I worry about.

[jailhouse]

sniper007, no free phone comes with the £10 deal, but the service is brilliant. The best part of this VM package. Buy it you wont be disapponited.

jh

[AndyCambs]

You can buy a phone at the PAYG rates on the web or from a Virgin Megastore. Any unused minutes and text messages are rolled over to the following month which means you can (as I do) have a maximum each month of 600 mins and 600 text messages.

Oh yes - and migrating from another phone provider to VM is a piece of cake too.

[bob_a_builder]

can someone respond to /clarify Snipers question re 2 sim card

is it option 1 or 2 and is it 10 or 20 per month

tia

[sullerm]

Just to confirm, if I am on VIP at £85/ month I can have a sim with 300mins and 300 text for an additional £10 and the same again for my wife for another £10 =£105/month.
They don't mention this seemingly great deasl in the VIP adverts !

[TheOne]

you can get the offer twice i.e. 2 different numbers @ £10 each = £20 a month


i signed up to this offer when it first started back in october (i think) and they were giving free Lobster 575's or Nokia 1111 (i think) but not any more as stocks have run out

its an amazing offer for me, because any unused mins and texts leftover at the end of the month roll over to the next months allowance for £10 and its a simple £10 by direct debt . i'd be amazed if anyone network can beat that. i've seen alot of these cashback deals ..but come with abit of hassle

[sullerm]

Your right about the cashback deals. My wifes current contact was cashback but you had to submit each batch of 4 months receipts within 14 days of the date. We missed the first one by a few days and are no longer eligable for any of the cashback. As soon as this contract is over I will switch to this deal. I don't use the mobile much myself but for less than what she pays now we can both have more minutes than she currently gets.

[TheOne]

ye alot of people get lured into these, what appear to be slash price cashback deals, but then often miss the deadlines for bills and thats where they make alot of their profit i guess. My virgin mobile bills and mobile account can be handled online which is very useful.

£10 a month - 300mins + 300 txts and anything leftover that rolls over is fantastic.

I moved from O2 pay as you go where i was paying £10 for just the 300txts

[m8internet]

I dumped my landline in favour of the Virgin Mobile offer
I then transferred my number over from TESCO mobile (O2) to Virgin Mobile, all this was completed within 14 days
TESCO mobile couldn't give me the PAC code over the phone, but it arrived in the post the following day

I also have a XDA on orange (PAYG) using the credit on this phone for GPRS (orange extra) 16MB for £4
Sadly, the rate for Virgin mobile GPRS doesn't compare, otherwise I would have also dumped orange, and then only need one mobile phone!

[hutchy1986]

do the 300 free texts include texting to usa if you live in the uk or will you be charged extra for overseas texts?

[jailhouse]

do the 300 free texts include texting to usa if you live in the uk or will you be charged extra for overseas texts?

Browsing the site, i am reading it as international communicatios will cost extra. The package only includes national comms.

jh

[hutchy1986]

found what i'm looking for :)
few questions about this before switch over from orange.


Pay Monthly - Viewing Bites is free the duration of your contract. Things like WAP chat and downloads costs extra.

is this the case with the £10 sim only too? browsing is free(football scores for example)?


2. Carry over: If your Bundle is renewed on, or changed to a different Bundle (any type, any size) by, its renewal date, any unused allowance in your existing Bundle will carry over to the next month (but not any month after that). If you do not renew or change to a different Bundle by its renewal date you will not be able to use any unused allowance.

does that means only the first month your unused allowance is carried over or does it simply mean there will only be a maximum of 600 minutes and 600 texts at any time. so say i don't use my phone for 3 months the maximum will be 600 texts etc instead of 900?

thanks for any help

[TheOne]

found what i'm looking for :)
few questions about this before switch over from orange.


Pay Monthly - Viewing Bites is free the duration of your contract. Things like WAP chat and downloads costs extra.

is this the case with the £10 sim only too? browsing is free(football scores for example)?


2. Carry over: If your Bundle is renewed on, or changed to a different Bundle (any type, any size) by, its renewal date, any unused allowance in your existing Bundle will carry over to the next month (but not any month after that). If you do not renew or change to a different Bundle by its renewal date you will not be able to use any unused allowance.

does that means only the first month your unused allowance is carried over or does it simply mean there will only be a maximum of 600 minutes and 600 texts at any time. so say i don't use my phone for 3 months the maximum will be 600 texts etc instead of 900?

thanks for any help

1. nope its not free, because i've been on a few times and been charged. The £10 offer is pay monthly and not a contract. In the terms and conditions it says its just a 1month min. contract on the offer and then you leave as you wish


2. yep, 600mins and texts is the max you can have in any 1 month


HTH

[hutchy1986]

i know i'm being a pain with all these questions but here is another couple-

do virgin actually offer a live football score service like the network '3'? i just put a pay&go sim in my phone and can't find anything that suggests live score service is offered.

also it says on the website it costs only 30p for a days use no matter how long your on it. does this apply to the sim only deal or will it cost more than 30p per day?

thanks for all your help :D

[nicke261192]

i know i'm being a pain with all these questions but here is another couple-

do virgin actually offer a live football score service like the network '3'? i just put a pay&go sim in my phone and can't find anything that suggests live score service is offered.

also it says on the website it costs only 30p for a days use no matter how long your on it. does this apply to the sim only deal or will it cost more than 30p per day?

thanks for all your help :D
No it will only cost 30p a day you can get live football scores by subscribing to virgin bites

[hutchy1986]

i tried signing up to this deal last night and got an instant email from them telling me i was unsuccessful due to credit or something?

i have never been on any sort of phone contract before or had credit cards etc. so not sure how i can have bad credit. they told me to pay 10 pounds to get a credit report online or send for one.

[hutchy1986]

Thanks for getting in touch with Virgin Mobile to start a Pay Monthly contract. We're delighted you've decided to join us.
Unfortunately, your application to start a Pay Monthly contract has been unsuccessful. But that doesn't mean you should miss out on the chance to join Virgin Mobile and get great monthly value.
If you'd like to know more about how Virgin Mobile assess each application to Pay Monthly, you can. The information we base our decision on is available from our credit reference agency, Equifax. You're welcome to write to them and ask them for a copy of your credit file. That costs £2.
Here's their address:
Equifax PLC
PO Box 1140
Bradford
BD1 5US
You can also download your credit report online for £9.95. Just visit www.equifax.co.uk and click on 'Enlighten Me'.
We'd still love to have you with us so maybe Pay As You Go will be good for you!
If you make lots of calls to other UK networks you can use great value monthly airtime bundles. They give you massively discounted minutes and messages to other UK networks. To make topping up hassle free, you can grab an E-top up card, which means you can top up in loads more places than vouchers. Or you can register your credit or debit card and top up online whenever you need to.
To take your pick of Virgin Mobile's range of Pay As You Go phones and to choose a monthly airtime bundle, just visit www.virgin.com/mobile
Kind regards,

The Virgin Mobile team.

tried it twice now and got the unsuccessful email. don't know what this credit thing is about as my dad just ordered one with his details and everything went through fine.

[hutchy1986]

just got an email from virgin telling me account is setup and giving me my number.

when i login i see this-

Here's your balance
Remaining balance: £5.00

i ordered a sim only pay monthly and gave them my direct debit details but when u login theres option to add your direct debit details and it also doesn't say anything about the 300 minutes and 300 texts so what is this 5 pounds credit for? is that just a welcome bonus?

[TheOne]

yeah, dont worry about the £5.00 i had that when i started up

[jimpy0]

Thanks for getting in touch with Virgin Mobile to start a Pay Monthly contract. We're delighted you've decided to join us.
Unfortunately, your application to start a Pay Monthly contract has been unsuccessful. But that doesn't mean you should miss out on the chance to join Virgin Mobile and get great monthly value.
If you'd like to know more about how Virgin Mobile assess each application to Pay Monthly, you can. The information we base our decision on is available from our credit reference agency, Equifax. You're welcome to write to them and ask them for a copy of your credit file. That costs £2.
Here's their address:
Equifax PLC
PO Box 1140
Bradford
BD1 5US
You can also download your credit report online for £9.95. Just visit www.equifax.co.uk (http://www.equifax.co.uk) and click on 'Enlighten Me'.
We'd still love to have you with us so maybe Pay As You Go will be good for you!
If you make lots of calls to other UK networks you can use great value monthly airtime bundles. They give you massively discounted minutes and messages to other UK networks. To make topping up hassle free, you can grab an E-top up card, which means you can top up in loads more places than vouchers. Or you can register your credit or debit card and top up online whenever you need to.
To take your pick of Virgin Mobile's range of Pay As You Go phones and to choose a monthly airtime bundle, just visit www.virgin.com/mobile (http://www.virgin.com/mobile)
Kind regards,

The Virgin Mobile team.

tried it twice now and got the unsuccessful email. don't know what this credit thing is about as my dad just ordered one with his details and everything went through fine.

stuff paying anyone anything robbin gits as per CS advice write to

Virgin Media Finance
Willow Grove House
Whitehorse business Park
Trowbridge
Wiltshire
BA14 0XH

giving full name and address/DOB/account numbers for other VM services
present mobile number and get them to do it manually have just sent off my letter

[colin-bennett]

i tried signing up to this deal last night and got an instant email from them telling me i was unsuccessful due to credit or something?

i have never been on any sort of phone contract before or had credit cards etc. so not sure how i can have bad credit. they told me to pay 10 pounds to get a credit report online or send for one.
Hi
Equifax hold details of credit ratings based on your history and gives out a credit score.
Your problem may just that they do not hold any data about you as you never had cards etc.
You are then given a low score as no data held to compile credit score.
Hope this helps..

[hutchy1986]

well as my dads was successful i will just use that sim thats coming and pay him the 10 quid a month as his phone isn't unlocked anyway. will save alot of hassle with writing to them or getting these credit reports which i don't even need.

thanks for help

[hutchy1986]

Here's your balance
Here's how much you've spent: £5.00
Remaining minutes in bundle: 293
Remaining texts in bundle: 291
Your current bundle:
Pay Monthly SIM only Pay Monthly SIM only
Virgin 10 with 300+300
Your refresh date: 23/05/2007
Your credit limit: £100.00

can someone explain this to me please? it says i have spent £5 and what is the £100 credit limit?

thanks

[Sauron]

do the 300 free texts include texting to usa if you live in the uk or will you be charged extra for overseas texts?International texts cost 20p each

[hutchy1986]

International texts cost 20p each

found this website so i don't think it costs to call internationaly as it uses your inclusive minutes. so i doubt i will be texting if this calling method works out.

http://www.yourcallworld.com/calling.aspx?country=USA

[EssDee]

Does the £10 300+300 bundle include picture messaging (e.g. 1 picture message equals 3 text messages)?

Cheers

[tonycee]

"Does the £10 300+300 bundle include picture messaging (e.g. 1 picture message equals 3 text messages)?"

no, i got charged 30p or something like that when I tried it before I got hold of a cable to download them to pc

[Quam256]

They were offering me 200 mins on my landline for £20 .?Dont see the sense in that with more minutes + texts for less on a mobile.:)

[bonzoe]

They were offering me 200 mins on my landline for £20 .?Dont see the sense in that with more minutes + texts for less on a mobile.:)

Doesn't make sense does it? VMs fixed line prices are OTT, pay £11 and seem to get nothing for it...............

[hardtarget]

do we have to subscribe to anything else on virgin to be eligible for this offer?