Another round of Virgin Mobile reviews and ratings
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- 1.3 overall
large unexpected bills every month from Virgin Mobile
By paul_church, posted: Dec 12I have a contract with Virgin M for my daughter at Uni. She has a limit on her account as calls outside of contract are extremely expensive. Unfortunately, there is no way to cap expenditure as there is a lag between usage and applying the cap. The minutes remaining function is not accurate, and when extra charges are applied- the call centre is not able to explain such charges until the point of billing which might be some time later. As a consequence - my daughter runs up large bills on a monthly basis. Will be glad to see the back of virgin mobile... She has a monthly tarrif, but the info on used minutes etc is often understated, or the call centre cannot explain why additional charges have been levied. The service is a rip-off - 1.0 overall
Avoid at all Cost!
By Lisa Wright, posted: Nov 12Virgin Mobile update: Since my complaint to the BBB, Virgin has confirmed that indeed, my 3G phone woes are because of their crappy towers in my area, and they have no fix for the problem. They assured me that they were upgrading their towers, and hoped to have the problem resolved by mid 2013. They generously offered me a 2 month credit on my bill. So, I have a useless paperweight...I mean iPhone that I paid a rather large amount of money for. Nice. How is this legal? They have admitted that they cannot provide the service that I am paying for! - 1.0 overall
COMPANY SUCKS
By kRaZy_M0nStErZ, posted: Nov 12HATE HATE VIRGIN MOBILE MADE ME GOT THREW HELL HAD PROBLEMS WITH PIC MESSAGES AND RECIEVEING PIC MESSAGES AND LATER TURING ON MY CELL THEN I GOT MY HUSBANDS CONTACTS TO MY CELL AND HE GOT MINE I WILL NEVER GO BACK TO STUPID VIRGIN MOBILE EVER!!!!!!! - 1.0 overall
Virgin Mobile a disappointment
By pmwhitehurst, posted: Nov 12In September I ordered a Kyocera Rise. By the first week of October I emailed them to say the phone was faulty and did not work correctly. They sent a replacement that would not even turn on. I sent the replacement back. They were supposed to send a replacement. On Nov. 20 I called to inform them I never received it. It was then they told me it was on back order. I'd received no notification from them prior to this. I asked for a refund instead, rather than wait for a replacement to be available as they had no idea when I could expect one'. I was informed a refund was no longer possible because it was past the 30 days since I ordered it, despite having an email trail that shows I was trying to work with them for a replacement since receiving the phone from them!. All they offered in lieu of bad service was to wait for a replacement (with no date when it would come), accept a replacement phone of lesser value (a Venture currently on sale for $20) or accept a $35 to $45 credit in lieu of the $100 phone plus $20 in shipping costs. I have been with this provider since 2009, but now realize they could care less and I am out over $100. I do not recommend them. - 1.0 overall
Virgin Mobile Has No Customer Service
By Paul Jarosy, posted: Nov 12I noticed on my card statement that I was charged 3 times for my monthly service. I called Virgin and after waiting on hold for 30 mins , I get a none english speaking person (surprise, surprise). After talking for over and hour, he tells me that it was computer error that caused this to happen and that they would issue a credit immediatley. It has been over 24 hrs and no credit issued yet. The only thing that happened was that they charged my account for the fourth time. I called again and after wasting my morning on hold and trying to understand the people, they tell me computer error again and will issue credit. I have been using virgin for about 4years and their overall service has gone done the toliet. I have swithed to T Mobile prepaid for service on 2 of my phones and just buy phones online unlocked. After this big pain I am ending my last phone with them. If you really are getting screwed by a mobile company fille a complaint with the FCC online. - 1.0 overall
Trust the bad reviews
By Steven Soulin, posted: Oct 12Purchased a HTC One V from VM online, phone arrive followed the activation procedure, was able to establish an account online but was not able to activate the phone itself, spent 1 1/2 hours on the phone with a very apologetic customer service agent, but it was hard to hear him clearly during the duration due to excessive background noise. Overall service was slow and took too long, agent was unable to help me so I requested a RMA # to send back the phone and cancel my plan. The HTC phone itself was nice and good quality, but I also noticed signal strength in my area (South Florida) was terrible, was told to go near a window by the agent, but that did not help if it doesn't work indoors or is spotty at best. Biggest issue was activation, was a futile attempt to fix and now I have to send the phone back at my expense, losing out on the expedited shipping to get it on top of it $20+! Virgin Mobile was a major disappointment for me! - 4.0 overall
Virgin Mobile-You Get What You Pay For
By HJThunderThreat, posted: Oct 12My experiences with virgin mobile has been fair. I had Virgin for roughly 5 years with not much problems. The phones are getting better. The plans are reasonable but the mobile service is not the best. Some times the siginal would be the best one day or two and on other days the service would be not up-to-par.Customer Service had not been bad as some have mentioned. I've made a dobule payment and called Virgin to correct the mistake. Virgin gave my money back and them some. I would tell people who are looking for a prepaid service to do their homework and check their addresses to see if their covered by virgins service. The only thing I don't care for on Virgin Mobile is the Virgin Mobile Live app.
1.0 overallGo ANYWHERE else!!!!
By Drumlin, posted: Oct 12For the love of God, don't go with Virgin Mobile!! I was paying for automatic top up for my daughter and son-in-law. The account was cancelled minutes after an automated payment. Obviously those minutes won't be used, but VM refuses to refund $70! I can't believe it!!! They're soooo bad, and the coverage area completely sucks. Go with ANY other carrier but them! Save yourself a whole lot of incredible frustration and hurt.- 1.0 overall
No service now for a week No warning No service at home address
By Garfield Siberry, posted: Oct 12Without warning my sevice at home disappeared I cannot send texts from home or receive them Phone doesn't work eitherCan get services if I drive to golf club!!Have tried phoning Virgin but its like trying to get into Fort Knox!!They are supposed to be in communications but don't seem to be able to keep in touch Will change providers as soon as I've used up credit - 4.7 overall
Honest review of Virgin mobile.
By GypsymagickRaven Raven, posted: Oct 12I can't say the rest of these reviews are real but I have been a no contract customer for over 5 years now and have not had any problems with the company or phones had sprint but couldn't afford them so I am glad to be out of their contract both myself and my son have the LG optimus elite and aside from normal battery issues will keep Virgin mobile calls are not dropped sound is normal as any other phone um I would recommend them for many reasons










