Virgin Mobile PAYG

bristolleedsfan

Use it just for receiving calls and for Banks etc, not put any credit on it for more than a decade, today received a text saying if do not make a call/send a text within next 30 days service will be terminated, does anyone know if making 0800 call/ sending free automated text saying run out of credit can you phone me counts as having made a call/sent a text

Neil_Jones

This is more likely going to be a need to make a chargeable call or text.

Just call your landline, let the answer machine pick it up, problem solved.

bristolleedsfan

Neil_Jones said:

This is more likely going to be a need to make a chargeable call or text.

Just call your landline, let the answer machine pick it up, problem solved.

No credit on phone which has been the case for 10 years + thus cannot make a chargeable call, is ancient Nokia phone works fine locked to Virgin not cheap to unlock from memory

Farway

bristolleedsfan said:

Neil_Jones said:

This is more likely going to be a need to make a chargeable call or text.

Just call your landline, let the answer machine pick it up, problem solved.

No credit on phone which has been the case for 10 years + thus cannot make a chargeable call, is ancient Nokia phone works fine locked to Virgin not cheap to unlock from memory

According to MSE, Virgin piggy backs on EE, as do others, one of which is Asda, which will send you a free PAYG SIM now if you apply on line

Bung it in & see if it works, then you can top up with a couple of quid online

Still need to make chargeable call every few months though, but at 4p a text a couple of quid should last a few years

The site talks of bundles, but basic PAYG is available

theoretica

Virgin are in process of swapping out SIM cards for new ones which will be why this has come up.  Would be worth calling them from another phone and asking for one.

https://www.virginmedia.com/shop/mobile/sim-help