How does virgin mobile Beyond Talk iphone plan work?

On the website it wants me to buy an iphone for $550. Could I buy a virgin mobile iphone lets say on ebay and then go online and activate it that way so it'll be cheaper?

Yes but you got to be careful when you buy used Virgin Mobile cell phones (like the iphones) on ebay. Most of the items people sell are bad cell phones that are stolen and so when you activate that cell phone on virgin mobile they will tell you that they can't activate it. Make sure before you buy any cell phone from a seller to get the ESN number or IMEI number. The IMEI number is found behind the battery on every Virgin Mobile cell phone. Then contact Virgin Mobile and tell them you need to check the status of IEMI number or ESN number. Virgin Mobile will tell you if it is a good ESN number or bad ESN number. A bad ESN number means that Virgin Mobile will not activate that cell phone ever again because it was stolen or something was wrong with the account of the previous owner tied to that cell phone. If Virgin Mobile says it is a Good ESN number then yes you can activate that cell phone.