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I'm so confused

Sand87
Sand87 Posts: 44 Forumite
in Mobiles
I have the £7 a month contract with Virgin Mobile.

You get

150 free minutes, unlimited texts and 500MB data

Now, when you phone 789 from a Virgin phone and push option one you get told what you have left and regarding texts she says this:

unlimited standard texts
unlimited texts to other virgin mobile phones

Why not just condense it in to "You have unlimited texts" ?

I feel there's small print in the "standard texts".

Any ideas? Or am I being paranoid?

Comments

  • Tony5101
    Tony5101 Posts: 1,589 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    They're distinguishing between a standard text and a text containing a picture or other media (MMS) - plus texts to short code numbers.
    So a standard text = a text sent to a normal UK mobile number.
  • Sand87
    Sand87 Posts: 44 Forumite
    Right perfect, that explains it, thanks.


    Btw, for anyone as stupid as I am, 150 free minutes is NOT a lot over a month and when you lose your job and start phoning government agencies etc your £7 bill can suddenly turn in to....£54!!!!!!

    Yeap!
  • kingrulzuk
    kingrulzuk Posts: 1,330 Forumite
    Sand87 wrote: »
    Right perfect, that explains it, thanks.


    Btw, for anyone as stupid as I am, 150 free minutes is NOT a lot over a month and when you lose your job and start phoning government agencies etc your £7 bill can suddenly turn in to....£54!!!!!!

    Yeap!


    U should have taken the All Unlimited £18 a month sim only deal
    What happens if you push this button?
  • Tony5101
    Tony5101 Posts: 1,589 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    kingrulzuk wrote: »
    U should have taken the All Unlimited £18 a month sim only deal

    An extra £11 a month is quite a lot when you're reliant on a benefit income though ;)

    Good luck on the job front OP :)
  • Gillor
    Gillor Posts: 803 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Tony5101 wrote: »
    An extra £11 a month is quite a lot when you're reliant on a benefit income though

    Cheaper than £54 a month though :)
  • Sand87
    Sand87 Posts: 44 Forumite
    Tony5101 wrote: »
    An extra £11 a month is quite a lot when you're reliant on a benefit income though ;)

    Good luck on the job front OP :)


    Thanks (is it par to read posters history here, out of interest?)

    I got this contract when I had a job - Cheers though.
  • ZhugeEX
    ZhugeEX Posts: 1,163 Forumite
    Sand87 wrote: »
    Thanks (is it par to read posters history here, out of interest?)

    I got this contract when I had a job - Cheers though.

    Wasn't just me who thought that was weird as well then...
  • Sand87
    Sand87 Posts: 44 Forumite
    No, I thought it weird. Didn't really like that attitude at all
  • Sammyya
    Sammyya Posts: 1 Newbie
    so sorry to heard that
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