SugarMama: earn Virgin Mobile minutes by watching ads

Yeah, we've seen this system before. It didn't work for Gizmondo's Tiger Telematics when it was called Smart Adds, we didn't think it was going to work for the company's unofficial spinoff, Xero Mobile (started by the CEO of Tiger's Smart Adds division), but now Richy Branson wants you to to stop paying for (some of) your minutes by watching youth-oriented ads. Welcome to SugarMama, Virgin Mobile's ads-for-minutes system which gives you airtime in exchange for viewing a video ad or interacting with text ad, and then providing feedback to the advertisers (presumably to make sure you actually performed the act of watching or reading said ad). We don't yet know exactly how many ads it'll take to reach the monthly ceiling of 75 minutes "earned," but what would really impress us is if you could earn your whole minute plan this way.

[(Unverified) Posted May 30th 2006 11:37AM]

Well, assuming they are 30 second adverts you'll have to watch 37 and a half of them!

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[(Unverified) Posted May 30th 2006 11:39AM]

Just before you start blaming dear old Richard, Virgin Mobile has merged with NTL a few months back. NTL do mad things liek this and thei customer service is apalling. Its a shame as Virgin were great for people who don't use their mobile much like me. Pretty cheap phones and not bad prices. I'm going to have to switch before NTL start mucking about with it next year.

[wxrman Posted May 30th 2006 1:31PM]

hmmm... guess the Virgin Webplayer didn't teach 'em enough...

[(Unverified) Posted May 30th 2006 1:45PM]

even if you could earn unlimited minutes Virgin still requires you to put $20 on your account every 90 days to keep the account active. of course, that $20 could be used to buy ringtones and wallpaper if you didn't need it to pay for your minutes.

[mgrochowalski Posted May 30th 2006 2:36PM]

"Adding to Virgin Mobile's challenge is the fact that airtime is cheap and getting cheaper, said Ed Snyder, an analyst with Charter Equity Research. He said a minute of airtime typically cost from 3.5 cents to 10 cents, down from more than 25 cents a decade ago."

Of course, they still charge 25 cents.

[(Unverified) Posted May 30th 2006 3:23PM]

To #5: depending on the plan you pick it's only 25 cents for the first 10/day, then 10 cents. If you use it more there's a 35 cent/day deal that gets you 10 cent minutes.

I've dealt with a lot of cell phone carriers and they suck the least by far. They're one of the few prepaids that clearly explain all their charges. The $20/90 days is way better than average.

For most folks this an insanely better deal than the normal contract scams the more popular carriers sell.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 2nd 2008 12:57PM]

I NEED AAL THE MINUTES I CAN GET

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 16th 2006 4:00PM]

I trufully agree that it sounds like a good deal, but something tells me there are more requirements needed.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 21st 2007 10:42PM]

i do agree with u on that one think thir are some hidden charges

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[(Unverified) Posted Jun 16th 2006 4:13PM]

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[(Unverified) Posted Jun 16th 2006 7:31PM]

i need a gree minutes

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 21st 2007 10:30PM]

I WAS ALWAY TOLD IF ITS TO GOOD TO BE TRUE THEN ITS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 8th 2007 1:18PM]

thanks for free min

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[(Unverified) Posted Jun 22nd 2007 8:30PM]

HOW DO I DOWNLOAD MIN TO MY PHONE