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Category: Technology Author : Steven Hodson Posted: April 9, 2009
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Unemployed Virgin Mobile users get some help


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Being unemployed can be an hell of a stressful time for anyone except maybe for the CEOs with their millions of dollars cushions to rest their fat asses on. For the rest of us though life in general gets a lot harder. With having to figure out just how you are going to be able to pay all those bills and still have a home to live in is enough to drive anyone off the deep end.

So it was interesting to read that Virgin Mobile has instituted a new service for their customers. The service is called the Pink Slip Protection and customers on Virgin’s $49.95 monthly unlimited plan you can use the service to help pay your phone bill with Virgin while you are laid off. The only other stipulation is that you must be receiving unemployment benefits.

[hat tip Technologizer]











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2 Archived Responses to “ Unemployed Virgin Mobile users get some help ”

  1. James
    Apr 10, 2009

    Be careful with this gimmick, set to stop people from leaving Virgin Mobile to Boost. Virgin Mobile has been losing customers to Boost Mobile hand over fist and they are trying to create ways to stop that, but it will be hard to beat Boost's $50 offering for unlimited calling, messaging, internet and GPS all for just $50 a month. Best of all even though Virgin Mobile and Boost are on the Sprint network, Boost is actually owned by Sprint versus Virgin Mobile is just a reseller. Work with the parent not the child.

  2. joseph12
    Jul 29, 2009

    I have been with virgin mobile for a couple years and I am now entering my third year of college. I have thousands dollars of loans, books to buy, food, water and a lot of other expenses that I need to pay off. I think it is quite unfair to offer a break to only unemployed people, especially when loyal customers are getting hosed. My part time job doesnt pay me much but that doest seem to matter, nor the expenses I have. These are hard times for everyone and it angers me to see them give breaks to certain people but not others. Its not right.