Phone help
Jun 11th 2009 | 1:28 am
#16
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Joined: Jan 2009
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Re: Phone help
My point was obviously lost...the same phone on a different network would be just as lousy...
Which phone did you have out of curiosity? I was pleasantly suprised by the LG160 that I got after they recalled the 150s. I was expecting more of the same, but the battery life and reception are both much better. The 160 has at least a bar better reception than my wifes cheap virign Samsung, and at home in the "not spot" that makes all the difference.
Which phone did you have out of curiosity? I was pleasantly suprised by the LG160 that I got after they recalled the 150s. I was expecting more of the same, but the battery life and reception are both much better. The 160 has at least a bar better reception than my wifes cheap virign Samsung, and at home in the "not spot" that makes all the difference.
mine was the cheap virgin samsung flip phone - looked nice - black and shiny - cheapest in the shop - but you know what they say buy cheap buy twice!
It wouldnt work in the house which was unfortunate as we didnt have a land line!
Jun 11th 2009 | 1:32 am
#17
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Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 30,771
From: Upstate South Carolina
Re: Phone help
yeah the plans are the problem really: I think the brief to the people who designed these plans were something along these lines- lets makes a set of confusing plans that sound different and yet same at the same time...plans that are not easily comparable within say 2-3 mins of quick analysis...etc etc.
The goal is the ake the consumer a looser.
to me its all needless complexity. and the plans are full of fine prints, if you refer back to those fien prints you might see the conditiosn are actually not in your favour at all.e.g unlimited incoming calls- yeah but only local calls.huh.
The goal is the ake the consumer a looser.
to me its all needless complexity. and the plans are full of fine prints, if you refer back to those fien prints you might see the conditiosn are actually not in your favour at all.e.g unlimited incoming calls- yeah but only local calls.huh.
To me the virgin plans only makes sense if you talk a lot and are unable for whatever reason to be on a bell/ rogers/telus plan, and then it makes sense to me to just not talk on the phone as much..., but then I'm notoriously che...thrifty.
Last edited by iaink; Jun 11th 2009 at 1:48 am.
Jun 12th 2009 | 8:37 am
#19
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Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 37
From: Sherborne, Dorset
Re: Phone help
Can you just confirm that calling back to UK would the virgin pre paid be the easiest way too. I will not have a land line to start with and need to contact the UK for a couple months. I know that there are a lot of suggestions but which would be the cheapest overall please
Jun 12th 2009 | 11:21 am
#20
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Re: Phone help
Can you just confirm that calling back to UK would the virgin pre paid be the easiest way too. I will not have a land line to start with and need to contact the UK for a couple months. I know that there are a lot of suggestions but which would be the cheapest overall pleaseGet an international calling card from just about any convenience/grocery store or gas station. Call from a payphone and you follow the instructions on the card. I think the card I use gives me about 25 mins calling a UK cellphone for $5, plus the 50c for the payphone. If you do it from a cellphone you're also using up your minutes.
