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>
> Its not worth putting the lot of them on contract, but we could save a
> few quid by simply moving to an alternative PAYG provider, but top-ups
> are a pain in the bum. Are there any magic solutions? Id even happily
> direct debit a fiver a month to the phones if that was possible.

>Gyp wrote:
>
>> Its not worth putting the lot of them on contract, but we could
>>save a few quid by simply moving to an alternative PAYG provider, but
>>top-ups are a pain in the bum. Are there any magic solutions? Id even
>>happily direct debit a fiver a month to the phones if that was possible.
>
>Virgin PAYG by direct debit?

> Ive got rather used to the convenience of my oyster card topping itself=

> up whenever I go below Ł5 credit, and wondered if any of the networks d=
o
> something similar?
>
> With the exception of myself, the rest of the family are very light
> users and rely on me to use my minutes to call them (using a combination=

> of 1100 mins on 3 and ED50-line 2 on Orange). The missus is still on
> OVP-Virgin, but the cost of x-net and daytime minutes is adding up so
> her 20 mins of calls cost about Ł6 this month; not huge in itself but=

> the trend is upwards.
>
> Its not worth putting the lot of them on contract, but we could save a=

> few quid by simply moving to an alternative PAYG provider, but top-ups
> are a pain in the bum. Are there any magic solutions? Id even happily
> direct debit a fiver a month to the phones if that was possible.

> Ive got rather used to the convenience of my oyster card topping itself
> up whenever I go below Ł5 credit, and wondered if any of the networks do
> something similar?

>
>Orange offer direct debit for PAYG customers and give a 10% bonus,
>however the minimum amount is Ł10 per month.
>Regards
>Jon
>

> Ive got rather used to the convenience of my oyster card topping itself
> up whenever I go below Ł5 credit, and wondered if any of the networks do
> something similar?

> In message , BC
> writes
>>Gyp wrote:
>>
>>> Its not worth putting the lot of them on contract, but we could save a
>>> few quid by simply moving to an alternative PAYG provider, but top-ups
>>> are a pain in the bum. Are there any magic solutions? Id even happily
>>> direct debit a fiver a month to the phones if that was possible.
>>
>>Virgin PAYG by direct debit?
>
> Weve got that already via Orange. Im after the same but with a more
> sensible charging structure - that was fine 8 years ago (or whenever), but
> not now