they should lower the rates!
i have been with virgin for about 6 months now. I barely talk on the cell phone but they should make it where you can pay $10/month and have $0.10c a minute for a month or something.
$0.25 is too much!
$0.25 is too much!
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I agree. I am so leaving Virgin Mobile. The phone (8610) is great (I love the color on the 8610 and I don't think it can be beat) but the plans suck. You can't even talk for 4 min w/out wondering about your minutes/$.
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If you didn't agree with the amount they charged, then maybe you should not have signed up for it in the first place. Instead of bitching about rates... if you don't like it, then could have gone somewhere else. 🙄
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Yeah I think the rates are way too high,I am leaving virgin mobile, Off of the subject has anyone heard of the a phone from panasonic called the FOMA P900iV I looks pretty sweet but I think it has only come out in Japan.
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If it's in Japan, it's likely to be a 'TRUE' GSM phone on 2100 mhz frequency. Wouldn't work anywhere in the world other than Japan.
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ShunAsa said:
It's still ridiculously high, you'de b better off using a payphone
Um yeah... since payphones are $.50 for local calls and who-knows-HOW-much for long distance.
I'd personally rather pay $.25 a minute than have to trudge to a payphone whenever I want to make a call.
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Um yeah...or you might wanna improve your credit so you can get some reasonable rates or get someone to explain sarcasm to you....
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🙄 🙄 😁 😁
You are the smartest person ever because instead of Complaining just go get a plan or hell an prepaid plan where you only pay one sat rate 😲 😲 😲 : 🙄 😉 😕 😎 😁 ☹️ 😢 😲
You are the smartest person ever because instead of Complaining just go get a plan or hell an prepaid plan where you only pay one sat rate 😲 😲 😲 : 🙄 😉 😕 😎 😁 ☹️ 😢 😲
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Totally agree... since Virgin doesn't have anything to offer the medium or heavy phone user, its best to look elsewhere if that's you.
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Here's my view: when I was with AT&T four years ago (regular line long distance only, not wireless) I was paying 24 cents a minute.
Now, I don't use the K7 much, I bought it for traveling purposes, because I've tried the payphone thing at the airport, and it's just too inconvenient carrying a bunch of change you have to empty out at the security checkpoints. When I was at Logan Airport last year the payphone was $1.00 for a local call. I had no idea what was a local call or not, I was just trying to call someone to pick me up. Long story short, if I had the Rave then like I did this time I would have had a lot less hassle, because the $40 phone card I bought to use didn't even work for their phones. So. For me, 25¢ per minute would have ...
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Now, I don't use the K7 much, I bought it for traveling purposes, because I've tried the payphone thing at the airport, and it's just too inconvenient carrying a bunch of change you have to empty out at the security checkpoints. When I was at Logan Airport last year the payphone was $1.00 for a local call. I had no idea what was a local call or not, I was just trying to call someone to pick me up. Long story short, if I had the Rave then like I did this time I would have had a lot less hassle, because the $40 phone card I bought to use didn't even work for their phones. So. For me, 25¢ per minute would have ...
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Thank you, Iris.
Personally, I'm in a similar situation. I really only use my phone for long distance calls, or so that somebody can reach me when I'm away from home or traveling. Compared to a "plan" service, or to other prepaid services, Virgin Moble is a steal.
(Not to mention the lack of credit cards on my record kinda forces me to use prepaid. But it's the best prepaid I've used. Sprint simply has THE best coverage in the US, hands down.)
People need to consider what they want from a cell phone. Are you going to be on the phone constantly just to jabber about your brand new shoes or your great test score because you just couldn't wait to do that at home? Are you going to jabber on it because your dad was on the puter or your m...
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Personally, I'm in a similar situation. I really only use my phone for long distance calls, or so that somebody can reach me when I'm away from home or traveling. Compared to a "plan" service, or to other prepaid services, Virgin Moble is a steal.
(Not to mention the lack of credit cards on my record kinda forces me to use prepaid. But it's the best prepaid I've used. Sprint simply has THE best coverage in the US, hands down.)
People need to consider what they want from a cell phone. Are you going to be on the phone constantly just to jabber about your brand new shoes or your great test score because you just couldn't wait to do that at home? Are you going to jabber on it because your dad was on the puter or your m...
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Polychrome said:
Personally, I'm in a similar situation. I really only use my phone for long distance calls, or so that somebody can reach me when I'm away from home or traveling. Compared to a "plan" service, or to other prepaid services, Virgin Moble is a steal.
A steal? Not for many. Virgin is good compared to some prepay services, but not all (ATT/Cingular GoPhone's prepay 'plans' are much better that Virgin for all but light users, so is Verizon's upcoming 'minute packs').
And of course, any decent regular plan (i.e. non-prepay) blows Virgin away if you talk more than about 150-200 minutes a month. 200 minutes on Virgin usually works out to around $30. That same $30 gets you 300 peak minutes and un...
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Thank you, Iris.
Personally, I'm in a similar situation. I really only use my phone for long distance calls, or so that somebody can reach me when I'm away from home or traveling. Compared to a "plan" service, or to other prepaid services, Virgin Moble is a steal.
(Not to mention the lack of credit cards on my record kinda forces me to use prepaid. But it's the best prepaid I've used. Sprint simply has THE best coverage in the US, hands down.)
People need to consider what they want from a cell phone. Are you going to be on the phone constantly just to jabber about your brand new shoes or your great test score because you just couldn't wait to do that at home? Are you going to jabber on it becaus
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If you think that this is more expensive, then switch to AT&T Go Phone or to Cingular Take Charge. It is like having a regular rate plan, but prepaid. Its MUCH more cost effective.
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Totally agree with you. With their current rates, Virgin really only makes sense for very low-minute users.
I was on Virgin for awhile before I went to Verizon. If I was talking less than 150 minutes a month or so on Virgin (i.e. around $20 month), it was cool. But the problem was that everyone I knew soon figured out that they could get ahold of me immediately and every time if they just called my cell.
In no time I was spending $60-80 a month on Virgin (while my landline gathered dust), because thats what talking even an average amount on Virgin (like 500 minutes a month) looks like with their rates.
After a few weeks of that, I dumped 'em and went to Verizon. Talked a lot more for a lot less money, and got a better network and ...
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I was on Virgin for awhile before I went to Verizon. If I was talking less than 150 minutes a month or so on Virgin (i.e. around $20 month), it was cool. But the problem was that everyone I knew soon figured out that they could get ahold of me immediately and every time if they just called my cell.
In no time I was spending $60-80 a month on Virgin (while my landline gathered dust), because thats what talking even an average amount on Virgin (like 500 minutes a month) looks like with their rates.
After a few weeks of that, I dumped 'em and went to Verizon. Talked a lot more for a lot less money, and got a better network and ...
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I really don't care much. I have no credit, but by the time I would need it, I'll be married to somebody with good credit. Heh.
I've been paying tuition out of pocket on promisory notes for years. You'd think they'd put in a good word with the credit card companies by now... Oh well.
What I hear some people do is have their parents sign them up as a co-user on their credit card account, and then send the kids off to do the grocery shopping or whatever. It's free credit for the kids, just for purchasing the stuff the family would have purchased anywho. (Gee, wish my mom woulda done that.)
I've been paying tuition out of pocket on promisory notes for years. You'd think they'd put in a good word with the credit card companies by now... Oh well.
What I hear some people do is have their parents sign them up as a co-user on their credit card account, and then send the kids off to do the grocery shopping or whatever. It's free credit for the kids, just for purchasing the stuff the family would have purchased anywho. (Gee, wish my mom woulda done that.)
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Andrew said:
prepaid is always expensive. Virgin is the cheapest prepaid I've ever seen.
Only for low minute users, like around 200 a month or less.
Medium to heavy users would be a lot better off with something like Cingular GoPhone (a prepaid 'plan' with no credit checks, deposit, or contract), which'll give you 300 peak minutes and 1000 night & weekend minutes for $40 a month... those kind of minutes would cost you around $200 a month with Virgin. Even if you were to use only half of them, its a much better deal than Virgin.
Verizon's new INPulse prepay calling is also a good deal (for prepay), so long as you talk mostly at night or to other Verizon users.
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well, if you talk a lot, you should get a proper contract plan. I use t-mobile now, if something bad happens and I can't pay for it, I can get around the contract fee by dropping all of my special services and selecting the basic $19.99 plan, which is considerably cheaper.
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Wait a minute, so to get 450 mins in a month, you're paying $112.50. Wow, yeah suddenly "The Catch" doesn't sound so bad, eh?
You know thse wacky Cingular fellows give you that for $39.99 with N&W and mobile to mobile.
Yes I do work for the bastards but Verizon, T-Mo and the others can get you some better deals too.
You know thse wacky Cingular fellows give you that for $39.99 with N&W and mobile to mobile.
Yes I do work for the bastards but Verizon, T-Mo and the others can get you some better deals too.
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