Thread: Getting paid to receive calls

I remember when i saw the ad on TV about getting money into your Virgin mobile account if you receive calls!

To what extent was this true, anyone tried or got Virgin Mobile?

I never tried virgin mobile but people say that it adds balance in your account when get a incoming call, it sounds true coz virgin cannot afford to play such a prank while stepping into market.

Virgin is offering some good deals if you want can check here Virgin India

Its true,
i just remembered that one of my friends used to call his virgin mobile from his Aircel phone and kept two open indefinitely. ( he had a scheme for unlimited outgoing in aircel ). He didnt really need the free balance from Virgin but he still did this for fun. He made real calls from his Airtel or Voda cells.
He got more than 500 rupees worth balance that month alone from Virgin.
What a boy !!! :lol:

lol... smart guy... but I heard that Virgin's service isn't upto standards... Atleast in my area...

in kolkata its pretty good, hope it will be better at ur place soon.

virgin services are not upto the mark in delhi too
i checked it in banglore too and same in banglore city too

Well least we all know that you do actually receive credit for getting incoming calls!

yup, per minute 10p , as far as I can recall.

Long back some service provider came up with similar idea but it was rejected by Govt. Because many people would give miss calls with the hope that they would call back to find out whose number it is and they would get money to receive call.
Dont know how long this would be !

do you know what service provider that was?

Originally Posted by Preeti_20

Well least we all know that you do actually receive credit for getting incoming calls!

if this is true......i need to definately shift from vodafone to virgin mobile than.....!!! need to check of the coverage.....coz vodafone is supposedly having networks in even alien placces.....like small villages n stuff.....

Although this is a good service or add on by virgin, but i have not heard anything about their service, so it would be good to find out what their service is like. As there are always down sides to something as well as there being good things!

Virgin is using bandwidth/network from Tata Indicom to provide the service, i.e., they are leasing TI resources. So their service will be as good or bad as Tata Indicom.

I believe that "paid to receive calls" was an introductory offer and it has now been withdrawn but I am not sure.

Virgin Mobile does credit your account balance with the money they say that they will give.
But, one friend of mine using it said that it was not as good as our dear old other service providers.:euro:

Originally Posted by just4kix

Virgin is using bandwidth/network from Tata Indicom to provide the service, i.e., they are leasing TI resources. So their service will be as good or bad as Tata Indicom.

I believe that "paid to receive calls" was an introductory offer and it has now been withdrawn but I am not sure.

Thats a point, as i don't even see any ads, on that now! Maybe it was a promotional offer!

the offer is still on .
Virgin Mobile (India) Prepaid Mobile Phone Service, Get Paid for Incoming
10p/min . check the flash add in the given link.

Would anyone like to know how Virgin is able to offer money for receiving calls?

I will tell you regardless

When you make a call from say for instance an airtel mobile phone to a vodafone mobile phone then airtel will charge you for an outgoing call and vodafone will charge airtel company for call termination and that money as far as I know is more then 10 paisa per min so virgin still makes a lot of money and by offering this money for reciving calls they are actually adding so many youngsters to their network.

So in my opinion its a very smart move and is sustainable as well as opposed to come and go offers offered by other operators.

Virgin mobile doesnt have a very big share in UK (Virgin is a UK company) due to the fact that virgin started very late in UK. In India I can say for sure that Virgin as a company is going to do very well.

Richard Branson is a very very smart businessman ... I have worked for one of his companies called Virgin holidays in UK and it was THE best places I had ever worked at.. Virgin is now a massive brand in UK and has a lot of sister companies... Virgin mobile, Virgin media, Virgin megastore (music), there is also a Virgin lingerie chain cant remember the name, virging holidays, Virgin this and virgin that.... they are every where. Virgin cola and what not.

I liked the plan where they said call rated to any mobile 50pflat......

Well the catch is that the first threee min of the day will be charged as Rs.1/min
which bluntly comes down to 3 per day and which is fair enough

I would love to get one of those for my mom ....she keeps calling all her friends here and there

I personally would have loved to use it ..but given that i keep moving around a lot i have to stick with BSNL/MTNL and Airtel Sim cards

Well bluntly speaking Bsnl has only one rival in network coverage..and that is Airtel

Yeh i recently saw that plan advertisement on tv, 50p to any network, but was this in anywhere in India, or just local?

All calls to any mobile local or std and any mobile
50p
to good to be true ???

Virgin Mobile provides a credit of 1p per 6 seconds of incoming call. Max credit per single call restricted to 30p. No credit for calls originating in TATA Indicom No. with unlimited on-net call activated.

First 3 Min. of local o/g calls per day are charged @ Re.1/min. Balance O/g local calls charged @ 50p/min.

First 3 Min. of STD o/g calls per day charged @ Rs.1.50/min. Next 30 min STD per day charged @ 50p/min. STD calls per day beyond 33 min (3+30) again charged @ Rs.1.50/min

Originally Posted by Evander Leopold

Its true,
i just remembered that one of my friends used to call his virgin mobile from his Aircel phone and kept two open indefinitely. ( he had a scheme for unlimited outgoing in aircel )

how he got the unlimited outgoing in airtel it was only can possible in 1 condition when u have a fake SIM on someone others name...........

Originally Posted by amitkool21

how he got the unlimited outgoing in airtel it was only can possible in 1 condition when u have a fake SIM on someone others name...........

Maybe company phone or CUG or sth else , perhaphs ?

Originally Posted by panchabhut

Virgin Mobile provides a credit of 1p per 6 seconds of incoming call. Max credit per single call restricted to 30p. No credit for calls originating in TATA Indicom No. with unlimited on-net call activated.

6 seconds or 60 seconds?

Originally Posted by amitkool21

BTW what was a CUG phone..........???

CUG- I guess it means Closed User Group... some mobile operators offer this facility.. like u take 5 nos. with ur friends... and u can call on other 4 nos. for free...