Virgin Mobile Canada offering subscribers a 30-day trial

The problem with wireless service is that if you don’t like it for whatever reason, you’re basically stuck. With postpaid you’re tied down to a contract of either two or three years. Even with prepaid, unless you paid $30 for your handset and are willing to swallow the cost, the cost of the phone can tie you to the carrier. We’ve seen some carriers implement 30-day trials in the past, but they’re either nonexistent or not hyped as they once were. Virgin Mobile Canada is trying to bring back the 30-day trial with their “You’ll Love Us Guarantee,” which officially launches today.

If after 30 days you are not satisfied with Virgin’s service you can return the phone for a full refund. The only cost to the user is the airtime used in those 30 days, plus the original activation fee (which is not refunded). While this deal is nice, it seems that every postpaid carrier should provide this kind of guarantee for customers.

Mobile Syrup, the lovely fellows from whom we got this information, also has a tidbit on some new Virgin plans. From them:

myPLAN $15 includes: 50 Anytime minutes

myPLAN $20 includes: 50 Anytime minutes; Unlimited Evenings & Weekends (starts at 7pm); 50 Text Messages

myPLAN $25 includes: 100 Anytime minutes; Unlimited Evenings & Weekends (starts at 7pm); Unlimited TEXT & Picture Messaging or Voicemail & Call Display

myPLAN $35 includes: 350 Anytime minutes; Unlimited Evenings & Weekends (starts at 7pm); Unlimited TEXT & Picture Messaging or Voicemail & Call Display

myPLAN $50 includes: 600 Anytime minutes; Unlimited Evenings & Weekends (starts at 7pm); Unlimited TEXT & Picture Messaging or Voicemail & Call Display

myPLAN $70 includes: 2000 Anytime minutes; Unlimited Evenings & Weekends (starts at 7pm); Unlimited TEXT & Picture Messaging or Voicemail & Call Display

There should also be new data plans available as well:

$15 will get you Unlimited Email + Unlimited IM
$25 will get you 500MB BlackBerry Usage (Personal Email + IM + Data)
$30 will get you 1GB BlackBerry Usage (Personal Email + IM + Data)
$60 will get you 3GB BlackBerry Usage (Personal Email + IM + Data)

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