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£5.00 for 2gb data, 2500 minutes, unlimited text - virgin mobile (existing customers - 30 day rolling contract)

£5 Virgin Mobile31 Oct 16

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wookiemummy

31 Oct 16

So my 11year old has been hassling me for a contract sim for ages. I've just called virgin and have been offered a rolling 30 day contract for £5 a month for the first 6 months. After the 6 months I will be charged £10 but I can cancel before that or phone up to get a new deal. For this deal I was an existing virgin media customer ( I didn't have a mobile phone with them) and had to bring a phone number over to use. For £5 a month I get 2GB Data , 2500 Minutes, Unlimited Texts,Unlimited Virgin mobile minutes and 2500 Mins to 0800/0845/0870/0808 numbers . I am also being sent a free payg SIM card with £10 free credit and 1gb data ( I think it had some other free bits on but I didn't get it all down) . It's not 4g yet but the lady said he will be provided with this free of charge next month when it's brought in.

I am now in sons good books so even if this isn't voted hot I've won mum of the day award

Top comments

rajd76

31 Oct 16 14 #7

For 11 year old..seriously..

wookiemummy to rajd76

1 Nov 16 4 #23

An 11 year old who travels 5 miles on a bus and walks through a town centre to get to school. To be honest I'm not bothered by the 4g as he is only 11. I just want something cheap that I know he will always be able contact me and allows him a bit of Data too.

Anon32

31 Oct 16 4 #13

October 2018

iDealYou to rajd76

1 Nov 16 3 #32

Wait until they ask for a £500+ iphone because another girl in the class has one.

All comments (65)

ando

31 Oct 16 1 #1

Be worth a mention in the title that this is for existing customers only

wookiemummy

31 Oct 16 #2

I'm not 100% sure you do need to be an existing customer. I had to have a credit check for the phone even though I've been with virgin for about 5 years for my tv/ landline/ broadband. It's worth trying even if you're not an existing customer.

ando to wookiemummy

31 Oct 16 1 #4

It's existing customers only, these deals have been posted many times, you can't ring up and get this without having a previous/exisiting contract for either mobile or their home services

kiepau

31 Oct 16 3 #3

I am with virgin and I would recommend but just be aware they do not cap your data so make sure they don't go over as it will be very expensive. Voted hot.

wookiemummy to kiepau

31 Oct 16 #5

I've just read that online too. With unlimited texts and 2500 minutes ( he might use 100 texts and 20 mins at most) he will find it difficult to go over and has been warned about picture messages! He may need to stay off Pokémon Go near the end of the month I think!

eslick to kiepau

31 Oct 16 1 #8

I spoke to customer service last week they said we can reduce the credit on the account when I asked how much it was I nearly fell off my chair £125 but they could reduce it, oh that's good, what's the lowest £25!!!

hottoast

31 Oct 16 1 #6

Wookiemummy.... Download the Virgin Media "Manage my Account" app from the Play store so you can keep an eye on usage.

Keep an eye on the Virgin Mobile website... They just had a " double up offer". If they do so again, even before the end of your 6 months, if may be worth changing deal earlier.

What you have is the £10 per month bundle.

I have the same, but just got double data (4gb) for the tenner.

rajd76

31 Oct 16 14 #7

For 11 year old..seriously..

ando to rajd76

1 Nov 16 3 #18

You say this, but, think about it, going into seniors/high school around that age, isn't it best we all give our kids a phone and contract, not sure if it's just me but the world is getting worse. Best to give them a cheap contract sim like this, along with a half decent handset if needs be.

wookiemummy to rajd76

1 Nov 16 4 #23

eslick to rajd76

1 Nov 16 1 #25

I guess you wont reply to any of the comments since you have made an amazingly low level of comments in your time on this site, but its not for you to judge and unfortunately many kids are now in an age where they need a phone even for school. Schools are using google classroom to store so much stuff including homework and use the websites for timetables etc. My eldest can do her homework in her lunch break and upload it straight back to the cloud. times have changed, the world has moved on significantly.

WookieQuartz to rajd76

1 Nov 16 #27

You're not a parent are you?

iDealYou to rajd76

1 Nov 16 3 #32

Wait until they ask for a £500+ iphone because another girl in the class has one.

dansax to rajd76

3 Nov 16 #51

You're out of touch...seriously

Wings18

31 Oct 16 1 #9

How can I get the deal, by ringing them?

Wings18 to Wings18

1 Nov 16 #28

Any idea how I can get this deal?

srk76

31 Oct 16 #10

I am with Virgin media and virgin mobile.. In Sept I try to leave but lady said in october 4G service will be available... no sign till now.. I have very much doubt that virgin will give 4g for general customer as they are running 4g service on mobile for business customer... Does anyone has any confirmation for date?

k8y1988 to srk76

31 Oct 16 #14

4G should have been October but it has been pushed back to November.

Current tarrifs might not be 4G compatible so when 4G gets rolled out existing customers will have to swap to a 4G tarrif.

Rockstarjak to srk76

7 Nov 16 #53

Today 4G will launch. (I work for Virgin).

ibnmalik93

31 Oct 16 #11

I thought VM became **** and stopped giving out good deals

vulcan903

31 Oct 16 1 #12

4G was announced for October rollout for all. No sign of it yet, but we have 90 minutes left of October I guess!

Anon32

31 Oct 16 4 #13

October 2018

BLOSSOM143 to Anon32

1 Nov 16 #21

what i hope your joking i was guaranteed would be by end of this yr! god i hate virgin they suck!!

shopps

31 Oct 16 #15

I'm an existing customer of 2 years on a rolling 30 day sim only contract. This offer was on a few months back so i phoned up and it was painless. I'm on a £10 pm contract of 2gb, 2500 mins & unlimited text, enquired about this offer and now get an additional 2gb pm allowance so now on 4gb for £10 pm

philbean

31 Oct 16 3 #16

HAHAHAHA
Funnily enough, thats what they said last month. And the month before. And the month before. etc etc

Tommy_K

31 Oct 16 #17

That's not a bad tariff. We were on unlimited but after their latest price hike we got offered the £15 tariff for £10. The op said the higher tariffs would be 4g enabled 1st.

Personally think it was just a way of getting us on the £10 a month and not the £8 promo running at the time.

KongDonkey

1 Nov 16 2 #19

I agree. Also a discreet tracking app so you know where they are !

anthony401

1 Nov 16 #20

CheersOP.

gavin1

1 Nov 16 #22

I've been told "Next month" for ages although the local shops now started saying end of the year...

That said tariffs don't know or care if your in a 3g or 4g signal area. I suspect their is a bit of poetic licence here so they can moved people off older tariffs that may be too generous with data when you have a faster download speed, or its a chance to upsell you.

moneysm

1 Nov 16 #24

virgin are useless left as there price increased dramatically

k8y1988

1 Nov 16 1 #26

I have the unfortunate pleasure of working in one if their high street stores. The last update was November but who knows? We have been told that current tarrifs won't allow for 4G

wookiemummy

1 Nov 16 #29

I just phoned them up

subtrash

1 Nov 16 #30

So the offer is not on the site linked to in the Get Deal link or am I missing something obvious?

ando to subtrash

1 Nov 16 #31

Have to be a existing customer with some sort of virgin service, that's how you'd get it for 5 for 6 months otherwise it's 10 pound for anyone whether you have a virgin service or not

it's the 10 a month contract you ask for highlighted here

wookiemummy

1 Nov 16 1 #33

Already asked.... already said no! He has my old iPhones and I'm only on a 5s so not a chance....

compo31

1 Nov 16 1 #34

I can't say enough good about the service I have received from life mobile. I can't understand why people would even want to be with virgin. Life even have a smartcap of £1 :smiley:

sajmeister2

1 Nov 16 #35

not bad at all, remember it's an 11 year old using this and it's not CAPPED. So be very wary and hope you don't get charged more than you should but a great deal none the less

thevman2k3

1 Nov 16 1 #36

how did you get it £5. i can only see £10 a month

Been with virgin 5+ years

wookiemummy to thevman2k3

1 Nov 16 #42

I just phoned up and asked what they had. Was offered this if I brought over an existing phone number. On my email it states "6 months for half price with port in"

Destard

1 Nov 16 #37

This happened to me last week

Destard

1 Nov 16 #38

I have to say Virgin Mobile staff aren't being helpful with this deal at all. Like previous deal in September, some of their staff aren't aware, and others seem unwilling to do it.
Their customer service seems to have changed for the worse this year.

montylad77

1 Nov 16 #39

I'm sure Virgin Mobile sends a text before you get too close to your limit when you’ve used 75% of your data, 95%, and then 100%. When it gets to 100%, confiscate his phone. Also make sure you change his phone settings so that Facebook videos only auto play when connected to wifi and not 3G, as this eats data. You change it in Settings / Videos / Use Mobile Data.....on the iPhone, but there will be similar options on other phones. Good luck!

RoosterNo1

1 Nov 16 3 #40

Vermin media are the work of the devil... always promise and never deliver, move the goalposts all the time, and plain old lie to you... the bills are calculated by dyslexic nutters, every month you phone and query them with a person thousands of miles away with a poor grasp of English, with a solution promised, until next month...
They dont cap and the charges for overuse are crippling...
You have been warned.

fishpoo

1 Nov 16 #41

Voted hot, however a couple of months ago I called up Virgin and go an upgrage to the following 30 day rolling contract; For £10 a month I get 5GB Data , 5000 Minutes, Unlimited Texts,Unlimited Virgin mobile minutes. 5000 Mins includes 0800/0845/0870/0808 numbers

spacedog

1 Nov 16 #43

Link doesn't work

tryn2help

1 Nov 16 #44

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amour3k

1 Nov 16 #45

No offence but ...

What 11 year old ONLY uses 20 minutes of phones calls?, and/or makes only 100 texts?.

Even more than 1 Decade ago when Smart Phones were in the system I had BOTH Internet on my Phone on my Network 3 at the time (hammering out my endless amounts of unlimited MSN Windows Live Messenger AND SKYPE!), I was still able to find way to knock out anything to 150-200+ texts monthly via my Phone, easy? (in a 50/50 ratio here?, as some months I barely hit even 50!, but bare in mind though, I was obligued to pay for my own mistakes?, hehehe, as that of what you may be too ..... ) :-)

But more power to you in helping your little one out still?, lol. :-)

wookiemummy

1 Nov 16 #46

An 11 year old who has only just started secondary school and chats on the Xbox to communicate with his mates when he gets home. He has only just started having a phone and isn't really bothered by texting At the moment and uses it reallly to let me know what he's up to. I'm prepared for it to all change though hence the contract. He has also been told any extra will come out of his pocket money so will learn one way or another!

marif1

1 Nov 16 #47

oh that's better than the £50 min cap, I was offered a couple of years ago

z_dane

2 Nov 16 #48

I'm using the same offer but when i request for double data to 4Gb but suddenly they increase my price from £5 to £16. Any idea?

kidrock123

2 Nov 16 #49

Not a bad deal :smiley:
As a current customer i am on
Unlimited mins
Unlimited txts
1gb data
£5/month

amour3k

2 Nov 16 #50

Hehehehe, I hear that. :-)

No big, lol.

spitthedog1964

5 Nov 16 #52

Ring them yesterday and today and both times i was told the offer finished on 26th October. I am an existing customer,having 3 mobile numbers,broadband,T.V. and landline with them. Also i was told 4G is definitely happening on MONDAY 7th NOVEMBER!

srk76

7 Nov 16 #54

Thanks Rockstarjak... do we get notified?

secretmsg

7 Nov 16 #55

you can upgrade it online from account.. they will be sending you 4g sim card.

srk76

7 Nov 16 #56

I see it has been lunched..

srk76

7 Nov 16 #57

Virgin mobile not migrating existing contract..Initially I thought they will migrate existing customer to 4g..Moving to three now..

secretmsg to srk76

7 Nov 16 #58

I think they migrating to new tariff only and not converting existing tariff to 4g..

srk76

7 Nov 16 #59

Yes, In that case £9 which virgin offering 1GB, same price three offering 4gb at the moment.

secretmsg

7 Nov 16 #60

Still not in competition.

amour3k

8 Nov 16 #61

OP .. "£5.00 for 2gb data, 2500 minutes , unlimited text - virgin mobile (existing customers - 30 day rolling contract)", I wouldn't mind that for existing Customer's too, huh?.

It's a shame.

Wings18

9 Nov 16 #62

Just called up about this deal as an existing customer.

Been upgraded to 4G as of today.

2GB Data, 2500 minutes, Unlimited Texts, 500 minutes to 0870 numbers etc.

Been given 3 months free and £10 a month thereafter as I've been with them for 12 years as a "loyalty thank you" by the filipino woman on the phone.

kingosticks

10 Nov 16 #63

Note that Three's is a 12 month contract.

The Mole

7 Dec 16 #64

Just been phoned and offered this on 4g.

extremely good deal

lr130987

13 Feb 17 #65

Hi, what's Virgin network and data coverage like, currently with Giffgaff but the £9 deal seems cheap.

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