Virgin Mobile PAYG Handset Discount bonanza (starts 1st Feb)!

teeteatee

Just went to the Virgin Mobile stand in Zavvi in London, Bishopgate Street. The sales lady told me that Nokia 1112 only sell for £11.24 for existing virgin customer, no such thing like £5 or £2.50. So weird! She told me that they will not do further discount for this type of phone since that's the cheapest price they can provide, even though I had explained that other branches can sell £2.50 for this phone....Any one can help??

echo

just rang the grimsby store and the guy said that they'd had an email stating not to sell the 1112 for less than a fiver and that their systems won't allow it.so why are some stores selling it cheaper?

shere1

echo wrote: »

just rang the grimsby store and the guy said that they'd had an email stating not to sell the 1112 for less than a fiver and that their systems won't allow it.so why are some stores selling it cheaper?

Thanks to Irish Gypsy.

I got one from the Birmingham Zavvi.

The guy scanned it in and it came up at £10. He then scanned a barcode in a book which bought it down to £5 and then he scanned another barcode which bought it down to £2.50.

muffinhead

shere1 wrote: »

Thanks to Irish Gypsy.

I got one from the Birmingham Zavvi.

The guy scanned it in and it came up at £10. He then scanned a barcode in a book which bought it down to £5 and then he scanned another barcode which bought it down to £2.50.

Exactly what happened to me! Maybe Virgin/Zaavi are tightening the net on this brilliant deal!?!

echo

well i'm going down there tomorrow to get one and shall quote places where it IS £2.50.maybe the guy'll ring up and i'll get it @ the cheaper price.can but try

msun

Well I got my Nokia 1112 at the Zavvi store in Sutton, Surrey at lunchtime for £2.50. I had to show proof of ownership of existing Virgin PayG SIM to get the low price. Apparently I was the first customer to ask for this bargain at that store - it's not publicised at all.

Unlocking for use on say T-Mobile looks rather more difficult than with many other Nokia phones but am still looking.

Cheers from Mike

IrishGypsy

teeteatee wrote: »

Just went to the Virgin Mobile stand in Zavvi in London, Bishopgate Street. The sales lady told me that Nokia 1112 only sell for £11.24 for existing virgin customer, no such thing like £5 or £2.50. So weird! She told me that they will not do further discount for this type of phone since that's the cheapest price they can provide, even though I had explained that other branches can sell £2.50 for this phone....Any one can help??

Well, it seems that a lot of stores have staff that simply can't be arsed to do their jobs properly (and that's all there is to it, as it's a company wide promotion). If anyone gets any aggravation from staff, ask them to check out the company's internal promotions system (which is updated throughout the day automatically) to see for themselves. Now, if staff have been advised to sell phones for a set minimum price (such as £5), then that's entirely possible, but doubtful. Other people have managed to still buy the 1112 for £2.50.

echo wrote: »

just rang the grimsby store and the guy said that they'd had an email stating not to sell the 1112 for less than a fiver and that their systems won't allow it.so why are some stores selling it cheaper?

Again, this isn't impossible, but it sounds like a bit of BS to me.

A note for everyone: The concession Virgin stores (the zavvi ones) ALL use a completely different till system to those used by the stand-alone stores. The methods for discounting etc. are nowhere near the same. But the prices should be.

While I'm not advocating being arsey to staff over the deals, a bit of gentle nudging to get them to check for themselves should be all that's needed.

echo

it's a strange set up.not been in a store for a long time and when i rang up this afo i asked to speak to somebody about fones.i was put through to a guy who said he was from virgin mobile so rather confusing.i thought that all virgin stores were zavvi these days.i'll be v nice tomorrow but i WILL stand my ground and hopefully not get chucked out.thanx for the offers and info you've given.

Helix

echo wrote: »

it's a strange set up.not been in a store for a long time and when i rang up this afo i asked to speak to somebody about fones.i was put through to a guy who said he was from virgin mobile so rather confusing.i thought that all virgin stores were zavvi these days.i'll be v nice tomorrow but i WILL stand my ground and hopefully not get chucked out.thanx for the offers and info you've given.

The main store is called Zavvi but the phone section within them is called Virgin Mobile still. Its not like he said he was from Virgin Megastores.

KeithP

Just to add that I bought a Nokia 1112 at £2.50 yesterday (Monday) at Zavvi Portsmouth. The seller did check I was an existing customer - I showed her the sim card I purchased on Saturday with another Nokia 1112(post #21).