News 2001
Tune in to Virgin Mobile and save money
20/08/2001
Spend £15 at Megastore or V.SHOP and get £15 off a new Virgin Mobile phone
Virgin Mobile is teaming up with V.SHOP and Virgin Megastore to offer music-lovers a summer deal on mobile phones bought in store. Customers save £15 off the price of any Virgin Mobile phone when they buy any CD album or DVD in V.SHOP, or if they spend £15 or more on any item at Virgin Megastore.
This means a V.SHOP or Virgin Megastore customer could get their hands on the Nokia 3310, currently the most popular phone in the UK, for just £84.99 saving themselves a cool £15 when they spend £15 or more on other items in store. This compares to Virgin Mobile's normal price for the 3310 of £99.99 and £129.99 on rival networks.
The budget-conscious could buy a Virgin Mobile Siemens A36 for under £35 while adding to their CD or video collection.
The promotion launches today (August 17th) and runs for two weeks until September 2nd 2001. It is supported by in-store media and a national advertising campaign.
Graeme Hutchinson, sales director at Virgin Mobile, said: "This is the latest in a series of Virgin Mobile promotions and fits in perfectly with Virgin's music and entertainment heritage. The mobile phone of today is more than a device for making and taking calls on - it can also be used to listen to music, play games and in the future watch videos on. And best of all - this promotion offers shoppers great value!"
With Virgin Mobile there are no hidden costs - you only pay for the calls you make. There's no contract to sign or monthly line rental and one simple price plan means calls are the cheapest around at 15p per minute for the first 5 minutes of use each day, then only 5p per minute after that, and voicemail is free. Virgin Mobile also offers the world's first cashback tariff - registered customers spending £30 or more on calls each month get 10% back in free airtime.
Virgin Mobile phones are also available by calling direct on 0845 6000 600; on the web at www.virgin.com/mobile; or on the High Street at over 4,500 outlets including Virgin Megastore, V.SHOP, Our Price and other retailers such as Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury, WH Smith and John Lewis.
