How to Tap Virgin Rollover Credit Without Making Calls

[Redbelly]

Hi,

I'm one of those old geezers that has a Virgin PayLo Basic Plan phone just for emergencies. As I rarely use it, my top up fees just keep adding up. Right now I have over $200 just sitting there.

How can I get some use out of that credit short of making phone calls?

Can I use it to buy a new phone and sell that phone on Craigslist at a discount? Would anyone want to buy that phone - i.e. could they activate it with Virgin?

Thanks for your creative ideas.

[exuberance]

Yup, I would buy a phone from their website and then sell it.
If you don't have enough money to pay for an entire phone, it's possible to call customer service and have them deduct your balance from the price of a phone, and then you can pay the rest using a credit card. For example, you have 30 dollars in your account leftover, and you want to buy a $100 phone. call CS, and they'll deduct the $30 from your account, and then charge your credit card $70.

If you do call CS, make sure to spell out your shipping address correctly. They mangled mine so bad and it took awhile to figure out the correct address while it was in transit.

[Redbelly]

Thanks.

Just so I understand - a person buying the phone from me can then just transfer their Virgin account to this new phone, even though I was the original purchaser? Or do I need to transfer the whole account including phone number with the phone?

[exuberance]

Thanks.

Just so I understand - a person buying the phone from me can then just transfer their Virgin account to this new phone, even though I was the original purchaser? Or do I need to transfer the whole account including phone number with the phone?

As long as the phone you purchased has not been activated on your account (or anyone's account), then it is not associated with your VM account at all (or any VM account). The brand new phone is ready for activation on any account, so all you have to do is sell it.

[HF305]

When the phone arrives, turn around and sell it as "new in the box." The buyer can activate it the same as if he had bought it in a store. Your account is not affected other than the money being taken out.