dragon
26-05-2008, 00:22
I know someone (family) who has the £3 for £30 (But upgraded to sky sports) but their overall Bill is often over £100/pm (sometimes wayyy over :Yikes:) Now they have no problem actually paying the bill but I think they're wasting money (lots of money) so would like to try and make things cheaper for them.
They call Landlines and Mobiles (once racked up £10 on a single mobile call, or so they say...) but I think its more often landlines than mobiles
They also like to make long calls to a friend in France (Nearly 1hr long usually at least once a week). (The calls to France will probably stop in a few months as I believe the person they talk to in France is moving to the UK)
Also they are rather elderly and I suspect that's why they haven't done anything about it as this person doesn't like to change things/doesn't want to speak to virgin about it. If I phoned up Virgin while I was next round there as long as the person was there to confirm the account details would I be able to get something done for them?
Now i'm thinking they would be a lot better off changing tarrifs as I think they just on the phone basic tarrif and By upgrading to one of the Other tarrifs they'd save More than the price difference but can anyone advice what would be the best options/tarrif to change to?
Edit:
Also if it works out cheaper to change the Whole bundle then That's fine as long as they keep their broadband and TV with sky sports
I know it was the £3 for 30 to start with but then they upgraded the TV so no idea what it is atm without seeing the bill just know they are spending a fortune on phonecalls.
I think it would be about £11 more to the monthly rental add phoneXL + Talk international + Talk Mobile (I took the price difference between the basic phone service and the XL one with the 2 options, no idea if thats the correct way to calculate it)
They call Landlines and Mobiles (once racked up £10 on a single mobile call, or so they say...) but I think its more often landlines than mobiles
They also like to make long calls to a friend in France (Nearly 1hr long usually at least once a week). (The calls to France will probably stop in a few months as I believe the person they talk to in France is moving to the UK)
Also they are rather elderly and I suspect that's why they haven't done anything about it as this person doesn't like to change things/doesn't want to speak to virgin about it. If I phoned up Virgin while I was next round there as long as the person was there to confirm the account details would I be able to get something done for them?
Now i'm thinking they would be a lot better off changing tarrifs as I think they just on the phone basic tarrif and By upgrading to one of the Other tarrifs they'd save More than the price difference but can anyone advice what would be the best options/tarrif to change to?
Edit:
Also if it works out cheaper to change the Whole bundle then That's fine as long as they keep their broadband and TV with sky sports
I know it was the £3 for 30 to start with but then they upgraded the TV so no idea what it is atm without seeing the bill just know they are spending a fortune on phonecalls.
I think it would be about £11 more to the monthly rental add phoneXL + Talk international + Talk Mobile (I took the price difference between the basic phone service and the XL one with the 2 options, no idea if thats the correct way to calculate it)