Inexpensive $25 Top Up Cards?

[zires]

Hey,

The cheapest that I found was at Walmart for $24.54 including tax, you get the code by email. Anyone found cheaper $25 cards?

 

[ykameron]

Callingmart.com is good. Use coupon code ca3p-1207 and the total is 24.01, plus you will earn points (usually 1%) on each purchase which you can use on your next purchase.

You also get the codes by email from Callingmartcom.

 

[mmarz]

Callingmart.com is good. Use coupon code ca3p-1207 and the total is 24.01, plus you will earn points (usually 1%) on each purchase which you can use on your next purchase.

You also get the codes by email from Callingmartcom.

There is also no tax from callingmart.

But by far the cheapest ways to get top-ups is with Target's refillable top up card. You get $10 free for every 5 top ups, plus they have promotions where top ups are 10% off with your red card.

5 top ups at $20 each - 10% = $90 +tax
And you end up with $110 worth of top ups.

 

[zires]

@mmarz,

Do you have a link?

 

[mmarz]

@mmarz,

Do you have a link?

In store only. Read here towards the end: Virgin Mobile $25 Top Up pin for $24.01 - Page 2 of 2

 

[davidh44]

There is also no tax from callingmart.

But by far the cheapest ways to get top-ups is with Target's refillable top up card. You get $10 free for every 5 top ups, plus they have promotions where top ups are 10% off with your red card.

5 top ups at $20 each - 10% = $90 +tax
And you end up with $110 worth of top ups.

Can you recharge these over the phone with a credit card, or do you have to go to Target to recharge? If it's the latter and you're not a Target shopper, can you just do 5 $20 refills back-to-back to get the $10 credit to end up with a $110 card?

 

[zires]

I am interested to know how this works as well.

 

[mmarz]

I think you have to do this in store, but there is nothing stopping you from doing 5 $20 charges back to back. Well, nothing besides shame and your dignity.

 

[jobu22]

Thanks for the link to callingmart and the coupon code. I want to buy a bunch of them to prepay my VM plan for a few months, but I'm not sure if that's possible. Can I enter, say, 6 card pins all at once on the VM site and be set up for the next 6 months? Or does the monkey still need to log on to the site the day before the month ends just to push the "pay" button?

- Jobu

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[java007]

Thanks for the link to callingmart and the coupon code. I want to buy a bunch of them to prepay my VM plan for a few months, but I'm not sure if that's possible. Can I enter, say, 6 card pins all at once on the VM site and be set up for the next 6 months? Or does the monkey still need to log on to the site the day before the month ends just to push the "pay" button?

- Jobu

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That's what I do. VM pulls from the balance automatically - this has worked fine for the past two months on two different accounts.

 

[jobu22]

Excellent. I'm hoping the payment process stays painless (and the price stays low) so that I can convince my family to switch from an AT&T plan and its pound-me-in-the-ass pricing. Thanks for the input.

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[denshigomi]

Thanks for the link to callingmart and the coupon code. I want to buy a bunch of them to prepay my VM plan for a few months, but I'm not sure if that's possible. Can I enter, say, 6 card pins all at once on the VM site and be set up for the next 6 months? Or does the monkey still need to log on to the site the day before the month ends just to push the "pay" button?

- Jobu

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If memory serves me correctly, you must add funds to your Virgin Mobile account at least every 90 days, or your account will be deactivated, even if you still have a balance in your account.

 

[jobu22]

Really? I guess I'd better look at the terms more closely before I bring everyone on board. I'm trying to understand the purpose of making you add to an account every quarter, even if you have a positive balance. In my case, I just want to be able to set it and forget it for 6 mos. If I have to check in after 3 months anyway, I'm not going to put in all 6 months at the beginning. You'd think Virgin would be on board with having people prepay as far as they want to, since that would essentially give VM a larger interest-free loan.

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[mmarz]

You can load up with top-ups and use them through out the year. That's what I'm doing. I haven't bought it top up for months now.

The regular plan where you pay per minute, those minutes expire after 90 days. I think that is what denshigomi is thinking of.