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Virgin Mobile waiving the $35 Activation Fee “until further notice”

By on September 20, 2011 at 8:50pm in Mobile News, Virgin Mobile News


Can you believe that screensot above? Those Virgin Angels slightly opened up the heavens. Effective tomorrow, September 21st, Virgin Mobile is axing the dreaded $35 Activation Fee “until further notice”. The internal doc says that the fee will be waived on all plans, phones, smartphones, tablets and data sticks for those new members who sign up on a 3-year contract, SuperTab or month to month. In addition, Virgin will also waive the fee when you bring your phone over from another carrier and just get a SIM. They just want you as a new “member”. Call it competition, call it a positive step forward or a possibly an end of Summer gift… bottom line is that the 35 bucks is better in your pocket. Hopefully parent-company Bell follows and does the same.

(Thanks tipster!)

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29 comments for “Virgin Mobile waiving the $35 Activation Fee “until further notice””

  1. Hey guys, just to clarify the document it states that Virgin is now waiving the activation fee on all terms: 3 year, Supertab, and 30 day(month to month). So whether you commit to a tab or contract, or neither, there’s no activation fee. Thanks!

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    Posted by Will | September 20, 2011, 8:59 pm
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    Posted by Dale | September 20, 2011, 9:02 pm
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  3. There shouldn’t even be an activation fee.

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    Posted by Mobilicity FTW | September 20, 2011, 9:07 pm
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    • A typical conversation at a —— store:

      - “Hello, I would like to be your client and pay you money monthly, please.”
      - “Great! How about you start paying us right away, even before you get any service?”
      - “Umm… that doesn’t sound right.”
      - “Sure it does! We offer you the PRIVILEGE to be our client.”
      - “You’re an i***t. Good bye.”
      - “You get a free phone if you sign up for 3 years! Hello? Hello? Awww.. :( “

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      Posted by Bob Bobinski | September 20, 2011, 9:29 pm

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      Posted by Ivan | September 21, 2011, 12:06 am

  4. @Dale

    idk about wind or mobilicity, but koodo doesn’t have an activation charge. eat THAT

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    Posted by asdfasl;d | September 20, 2011, 9:10 pm
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    • Koodo DOES, but only if you activate by phone. Not if it’s at a kiosk or online.

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      Posted by Ryan | September 20, 2011, 9:14 pm

  5. Replace “until further notice” with “when the other carriers stop.”

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    Posted by Lance W | September 20, 2011, 9:16 pm
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  6. I am SHOCKED! SHOCKED, I tells ya!
    Who could have seen this coming?

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    Posted by Betty Crueger | September 20, 2011, 9:23 pm
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  7. Pathetic that they even do it for limited time only. They should have done it long time ago and forever.

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    Posted by Dr. Andrade | September 20, 2011, 9:24 pm
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  8. For all the people hating that Virgin is just following other companies; IT ISN’T. Virgin hasn’t had an activation fee on 3-year terms or Supertab for over a year now. The only new thing now is that they also waive it on month to month and bring your own phone…kthxbye

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    Posted by Hugh Jass | September 20, 2011, 9:30 pm
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  9. lol and yet they still have horrible plans that dont even remotely compete to kodoo let alone wind/mobilicity/public mobile. No thanks virgin, let me know when you have city wide unlimited for 25$ /month free caller id $5 voice mail and 10$ unlimited data

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    Posted by Jdude | September 20, 2011, 9:54 pm
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    • Obviously you haven’t been following Mobile Syrup enough to see that Virgin offers a 5$ add on now to make any of their talk and text plans canada wide which means it comes out to the same price as koodo because koodo doesnt offer unl text and that add on for them is 5$…

      and this wind/mobilicity/public story…please, once they actually have a reliable network, come tell me their plans are still 15-25/month…then ill say yea, the big 3 suck…but until then, ill stick to my unlimited canada talk and internation text for 45/month.

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      Posted by John Jackson | September 20, 2011, 10:38 pm

    • international*

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      Posted by John Jackson | September 20, 2011, 10:39 pm

  10. Confirmed that Bell will also waive their $35 activation fee, only if you ask them to.

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    Posted by SLee | September 20, 2011, 10:01 pm
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    • On new three year terms its waived automticlly, just takes two bill cycles to arrive.

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      Posted by Matt | September 20, 2011, 11:00 pm

  11. LOL I guess somebody is “Eating their lunch”

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    Posted by slapnuts2k5 | September 20, 2011, 10:21 pm
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  12. Bell is waiving the Activation fee only on 36 months agreement. until september 30th. Not on month to month plan.

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    Posted by Demonte21 | September 20, 2011, 10:55 pm
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  13. Hugh Jass is correct, Virgin hasnt had an act fee on supertab or three year terms in a long, long time. This just further expands it to everything else they offer.

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    Posted by Matt | September 20, 2011, 11:03 pm
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  14. Activation Fee, Government Regulation Fee, System Access Fee, 911 Fee, last but not least, LTE (Long Term Evolution) networks Fee. Thanks to Robelus and CRTC. It’s only in Canada folks.

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    Posted by Dave | September 20, 2011, 11:03 pm
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    • If you don’t like it, don’t give them your business. I’m getting quite annoyed with people always bitching about paying fees. Everything costs money in this world. Nothing is free without a catch. Get over it because that is how the world works. It sucks I know but there is nothing anybody can do about it. The point of being in business is to make money off of people.

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      Posted by Jerrik | September 21, 2011, 3:01 am

  15. @Jdude- let me know when the new 3 have reliable service, decently fast upload and download speeds and cross country coverage on their own towers kthx

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    Posted by anona | September 20, 2011, 11:18 pm
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  16. Holy hell I am sick of this bitching about the activation fee. The activation fee is covering the cost of other people getting your account active for you. When you walk into a mechanics shop, do you complain about them charging you for the labour? No? That’s what I thought, cause even if you did he would probably laugh and tell you to fix your own damn car.
    Most companies don’t charge you the activation fee when you do it online, so if its that big of a deal then do it yourself and stop complaining.

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    Posted by Blekdar | September 20, 2011, 11:36 pm
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  17. @Blekdar, this is true. Virgin prepaid phones, if bought in a store give you a $30 credit when activated online. However, if you call it in, you don’t get that credit. I find it awesome to see the connection fee waived on everything.. Finally.

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    Posted by Brayden | September 21, 2011, 12:33 am
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    Posted by Jerrik | September 21, 2011, 1:26 am
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  19. Pros to being in Canada: everything minus the wireless industry
    Cons to being in Canada: the wireless industry

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    Posted by Adam | September 21, 2011, 7:26 am
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  20. Since Virgin hasn’t had an activation fee on 3yr or Supertab plans, let me point out the people who will benefit from this promo:
    - prepaid Virgin customers switching to 30day plan with their own phones
    - customers from other companies switching to Virgin on a 30day plan
    - customers activating a tablet plan.

    Note: 30day plan means no commitment contract, ie get out when you want without any fees.

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    Posted by zar | September 21, 2011, 10:28 am
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  21. parent company bell has been doing this for more then a month now, only in western Canada though to counter act rogers doing the same in Ontario.

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    Posted by daniel ippolito | September 22, 2011, 11:02 pm
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