Virgin Lobster mobile phone with built in DAB and TV

bobbygrrl

georgiac wrote: »

Don't shout at me when you get told they are out of stock BUT if you ring and talk nicely they have the reconditioned ones in at £29.99.

Not as good as last week but still a steal for what you are getting.

HTH

Tried to get my 'child no. 2' a recon for when he starts seniors - called the recon no. yesterday 3 seperate people 10, 12 and 2:30pm, all of them said they had no recons left Anyhoo, will keep trying for a recon for child no. 2, the people I spoke to on the phone were all very friendly and nice, I didn't think that they were fibbing so not sure how to go about pinning someone down to handing one over.

I love this phone...

*my pda broke but I just added my task pad/contacts/calendar and its just as easy to use!

*The keys are perfect for me as I have long nails I usually press more than one key but this phone keeps me 'on the button'

*I have 'jeremy kyle' and 'loose women' on beside my computer monitor while I'm working, and it makes the day go faster (and I work harder when I have a background noise.)

I called the call centre yesterday too...

I asked if I could have the £10 contract, to include the TV after the 90 days but was told no. One person said that he was having conflicting responses so he would go get an Unequivocal answer to clarify ... came back and said - would still have to pay the £5 for TV.

As I don't really ever make phonecalls and only carry a personal mobile for emergency use... although the 300 + 300 is a great deal, its not, if you don't use 10 + 10 (never spending more than £5 every 4-6 months) - would have to pay £5 insurance and £5 TV makes it £20 pm!

Think I'll stick to PAYG and at 3p a text I should really get a sim card for 'child no. 1' too. hmmm

georgiac

bobbygrrl wrote: »

...I didn't think that they were fibbing so not sure how to go about pinning someone down to handing one over.

It is bizarre, I'd tried for several days, to get someone to admit they had recons and eventually one cracked!

I was incredibly polite and friendly and said I'd been a Virgin customer for years and they either got bored of saying no/had just had some come in/were in a good mood.

Good luck, perserverance pays off.

the_tired_one

Hi

Whats the number to ring for their reconditioned handset?

Doublespresso

ActiveSync on my Lobby wouldnt not Sync!!! It just hangs there for ages! (Green logo shows connected but spins round endlessly)

I don't know why but I never had much luck with ActiveSync I always seem to encounter problems...

Am I doing something wrong???

alanclose

Are you running a firewall. Mine wouldn't connect until I opened my Comodo filewall to all traffic

wazza

alanclose wrote: »

Are you running a firewall. Mine wouldn't connect until I opened my Comodo filewall to all traffic

i had to disable zonealarm firewall so that i can connect to the phone. Make sure your internet connection is switched off

Doublespresso

wazza wrote: »

Make sure your internet connection is switched off

Thanks for the tip about the Firewall, but why should the internet connection be off?

wazza

Doublespresso wrote: »

Thanks for the tip about the Firewall, but why should the internet connection be off?

stop nasties like virus/trojans etc getting through onto your pc if it is still connected to the internet

VIJAY_FROM_KENT

Does anyone know if Virgin currently have any stock of the reconditioned handsets?

alanrowell

vjain wrote: »

Does anyone know if Virgin currently have any stock of the reconditioned handsets?

Try 0845 602 4420 - it's the recon number. It was in post #380 of this thread