at first I was a bit put off by the all male staff huddled talking amongst themselves, and the atmosphere of (all) mobile shops. pretty bleak feeling with the walls scattered with various mobiles.
I was asked within a minute if i was looking for anything in particular, i explained my want to buy outright a sim free mobile phone ( a new very expensive one ). They explained that they couldn't do this and it needed to be locked to virgin even if i bought it in full.
Most mobile stores require this so i wasn't shocked but didn't want that.
The guy that helped me did explain that I would have credit on my moby due to being on contract with them already that could be put towards another mobile bought in there store. This was very helpful as I didn't know about this earned virgin credit and was due to buy a mobile as a gift soon after that and was happy for that one to be locked to virgin. The store may been a tad ominous at first as in all mobile stores and the pressure is on you when all sales teams eyes are on you as soon as you walk in, but the staff seem friendly enough and I'll be back for the gift mobile closer to the time of the birthday in question :-) read more