Virgin offers unlimited 30-day rolling contract for a fiver
 

http://www.reghardware.com/2011/03/0...im_only_deals/

http://shop.virginmedia.com/existing...rtal_HP_3_1_26

Sorry folks, but this story is about Virgin Media, which is now offering a Sim-only deal with unlimited texts, unlimited Virgin-to-Virgin calls and 100 minutes of calls to other networks for just £5 a month.

At that price, though, the 30-day rolling contract is only open to existing Virgin customers, ie. anyone who already uses its landline, broadband or TV services.

Everyone else can grab the deal for a tenner, minus the benefit of free Virgin-to-Virgin calls, of course.

Unlimited texts are subject to a fair use policy of 3000 per month, but who has the finger strength for that much typing?

Textaholics who'd like to sign up to this inexpensive Virgin Media Sim-only contract, will have to do so by the end of March. ®

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thanks rob

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Sounds like a very good deal... I just might get one... or could I get two?

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I think I should get 2, one for our daughter and one for her BF she spends a fortune calling on his network!

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This looks like a very tempting deal. I am on the VIP50 package, would this just be billed through our existing VM bill or is a seperate account and billing process set up?

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seperate bill and direct debit setup

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Cheers royaltiger.

I have just phoned up and taken advantage of that offer. I was paying Vodafone £5 a month on my existing phone contract for their Vodafone Family add on, where you can phone 3 other Vodafone numbers for free. Me and the misses are going to both move to this tariff (her contract is up with Vodafone soon). She'll be saving £10 a month and me £5 a month, and we still get unlimited calls between the two of us.

Nice work VM :)

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Thanks Big Ted. Just been given my daughters old phone (HTC Hero) as she has upgraded. I was on the 300 mins and 300 texts for a tenner but no data. Just swapped over to the 200 mins, unlimited texts and data for £10.21 a month rolling. Bargain!

Makes life easier for me as I had turned everything off on the phone to stop any extra bills running up :D

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Jumping ship from Tesco to VM for this... excellent!

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Currently have a triple package plus a Virgin mobile on PAYG.
Does this new £5/month deal mean a new Sim card and therefore a new phone number or can I keep my existing number and just change from PAYG to this £5 deal?
What is the cost of accessing the Web, is it still 30p/day?
Thanks

EDIT: Just looked at the web page and, typical of Virgin, it's not clear if this offer is just until 31/3 and then the price goes up (to what?) or if the £5/mnth price continues for the rest of the year.
Some clarification please.

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The offer ends at the end of March, price is indefinate if you sign up to it

As far as I know you should be able to swap onto it without changing your SIM, and data costs are here http://www.virginmobile.com/vm/gener...chooseus.sm082

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My daughter pays £15.32 for 600 minutes (then 3000 "unlimited" texts and 3000 "unlimited" Vm to Vm calls).


And she uses almost the whole thing each month!

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I have ordered this for my son. Does anyone know if he can he pay the monthly DD through his bank account or will it have to be from my bank account? I already have a Virgin Mobile monthly contract.

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If you had ordered it online then you could have used your email address to order it and put in his name and used his bank details as well, if you ordered over the phone they will by default put it in your name and use your existing bank details.

I did the above online when I ordered one for my wife.

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Cheers for the answer. I ordered it online through my account and put his bank details in for the DD. Was a bit concerned it may cause a problem having two monthly accounts in my name with different bank accounts. Hopefully all will be OK.

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No mine is fine and my wife has received an agreement in her name.

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Rang them today from my phone (via 789) and asked to move from PAYG to this offer - 3 minutes later it was all done. Excellent. :)

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Anyone know if I can downgrade to this now? Currently on £15pm contract that expires next month.

I know I could just order a new sim but I would really like to keep my current number and believe this offer expires at the end of March.

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I would ring up and ask if you can change over now, you may have to pay a few pounds to close the contract but they should let you keep the old number otherwise it will probably go up to £10 so to good an offer to miss.

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Phoned and was advised to phone back 25th April when contract expires. Not convinced op knew offer only on till end of March, abandoned that call and phoned them back later.

New op advised phone 31st March and they would switch me to the rolling £5 contract so would need to use up as much as possible of current allowance as I would lose any minutes I had left.

Anyone know where I can find the info that offer ends end of March, I know I saw it a couple of weeks ago when I first spotted this offer but seems to have disappeared now?

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It does say so in the first post on the none Virginmedia link and it did say originally on the Virginmedia link but it now appears to be a permanent price.

https://www.virginmobile.com/vm/view....vmob_default2

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I do hope it has become a permanent offer. I have signed up to it and am wanting the other half to when her vodafone contract is up for renewal in May. Even if it does go the £10.21 deal is good but nothing comes close to that one for a fiver!

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I just saw this and went online and ordered it.
I'm a low mins user (mostly texts) and 100mins is fine for emergency calls.
I can save a fiver a month on my current Tesco deal..and they just put their prices up so ideal time for a change!

My question is this if anyone can help?

The online order went through no problem - no messages about failed credit checks etc - and I have recieved both the "Thank You for your order" and "We've taken payment for your Virgin Mobile order" emails.

So it would seem as though my order has been accepted without problem??
Would this be right?
Can I go ahead and cancel my current 30 day rolling contract with another Mobile provider?

Just wanting to confirm things are ok before I cancel my existing
contract with my current Mobile provider.
Wouldnt want to cancel my Tesco mobile contract only to find out I've failed a credit check(*) or there is a problem.

(*) not the best record...so a semi serious concern.
Does the fact the online order went through ok and I received both emails mean I've been accepted?


Thanks.

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I think if they take payment then it's all gone through ok

Although don't you want to keep the number you have with the other provider?

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Wee update..
I just had another email titled "Thanks for registering with Virgin Mobile"

Hello xxx xxx,

You're in. Welcome to our gang!
To say thanks for registering online with Virgin Mobile.

etc etc.

The email states my VM phone number and I can access my account online.
So looks like Im in? :)

I WOULD want to keep my existing number if possible...there is a VM number been allocated to my account (according to the email) but would prefer a familiar number.
It states on the email that if my new VM number is incorrect to get in touch ASAP.
Email the VM Team and ask you think?

only snag is that I need to cancel my current Tesco contract which has the number I want to keep using...
or would that not be a problem?

I can now access my account online (cool :)) and I see it shows a monthly VM minutes and Texts as 3000 not unlimited?
I know 3000 is more than Id ever use..I take it this is just an arbitrary ammount VM states to keep things sensible and sane?

Thanks.

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What you need to do is phone up Tesco and ask for your PAC (Port Authentication Code) and then give that to Virgin

That will get your number from Tesco onto the Virgin SIM and should also cancel the Tesco account

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Thanks Ben,
I'll get in touch with Tesco.

and the 3000 texts and VM minutes? Thats all as would be expected?

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Yup. Thats the Fair Usage amount

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cool.
thanks mate for your help, much obliged.

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Have I got this right ? Virgin landline to Virgin mobile calls are free but mobile to Virgin landline are not.

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good question...

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Not yet

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Would we be correct in thinking it is a plan then?

It would make sense and would be very useful indeed. I have managed to get a lot of my family over to the Virgin services and am now trying to get us all on Virgin Mobile too. It would be great if free calls could work both ways with landlines/mobiles.

And with Virgin (I believe) joining the Everything Everywhere service then signal issues should be far fewer. Seems a good time to be with Virgin for most things - except perhaps the landline where inclusive international calls would be nice ;)

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I can't see how it wouldn't be. It's closing the circle as it were

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Cool! Cheers for your input as always Ben :angel:

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Email received from VM re: my new Account.
Happy to say all is well and is set up.

So far cound CS to be top notch.
One question though and I wonder if anyone else has seen this?

Checking my Account this morning and under "Here's how much you've spent:" I have apparently spent £4?

Spent on what lol?
I signed up last night and haven't received my sim yet!

thanks for any replies.
ta.

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It will be a partial payment of the bill the same as my wifes phone and you will probably notice that it has not been taken from your account as yet.

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Ah...I see.

Your right, its not been taken out my account yet.
If the ammount each month is correct then no problemo I'd say. :)

Speaking of which, which date of the month does the DD usually come out and can it be changed at all?
Would be good for all my VM services to come out around the same time if possible.

thanks.

Re: Virgin offers unlimited 30-day rolling contract for a fiver
 

Hers is dated the 21st of the month even though we received a billing email today.

My contract phone is the 23rd of the month.

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I was going to get one for the other half but it seems I failed the credit check. Which is odd considering the contract I have with virgin mobile already. Ah well.

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Sorry 'bout that mate.
You'd think if you had a good record with VM for your telly n stuff that would make a difference, but its a totally different Company i think.

I'm saving a fiver a month, not much really.
Tempted though to put it towards a second box in the bedroom (Im on XL)

Re: Virgin offers unlimited 30-day rolling contract for a fiver
 

I already have a contract with virgin mobile for a phone and a broadband dongle.

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even crazier!

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Just had a phone call from VM to answer (and confirm) that this indeed is what the £4 charge is. (do they read these forums? lol)

Its an advance charge for the first month.
£4 as there is a £1 credit on the sim..so effectively teh first month is £4 not £5.

Top marks for Customer Service from VM so far.
Credit where credits due. :)

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Just gone over to the £5 deal, lost about 40 minutes of my existing contract which expires 25th April.

Opo I spoke to confirmed £5 deal finishes today, although it no longer says this on virgin mobile website (it did a couple of weeks ago).

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Just in time then!

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Just ordered one, thanks!!

Can you call VM's customer service free from these mobiles? I know you can from landlines.

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No it would be charged at the rate for 0845 lines as they are actually 2 different companies and it costs 10p every time you call Virgin Mobile.

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Well it looks like the offer is still available. The opo I spoke to yesterday even tried to sell me second £5 sim deal, saying that the 31/3 was the last day of the offer.

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I took up this offer on Saturday I needed something like this to switch me to Virgin.

Phoned O2 for pac details and their retentions said they couldn't beat that deal. 02 warned me though that as I had a PAYG phone it will probably need unlocking and wanted to charge me £15 to do this, which is a bit of a pain. Won't find out until tomorrow when I put in my virgin sim card. If it needs unlocking I'll try one of the corner mobile shops.

Good move this by Virgin.

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Same for me naeskydish, although i went on ebay and got unlocked via IMEI.

Only cost £9, although i did search for a while, hoping i could unlock it myself.

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That's confirmed a network lock, what a con, especially having paid around £90 for the phone. I've contacted which about this.

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Don't know what Which will do. Network locking a phone is completely legal, as is charging a fee to unlock it

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Which highlight points for consumers to consider and make them aware.

Although it may be legal ,I would have preferred to have been told at the outset that my mobile will be locked to a particular network 02. Not making a big deal about it, just annoyed that I've now got the hassle of paying for it to be unlocked. AaronCooper seemed to have got a good deal, I'll check that out.

Anyway, hopefully staying with Virgin mobile, my wife is waiting to see how my deal pans out before changing from orange.

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I tried again to get one for the missus. Still failed the credit check.

MMMmmm - I think I'll just keep her on a pay as you go one. As long as she actually makes a chargable call on it once a month I can call her for nothing form the land line.