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| Jonny:
Ring HMRC and its an 0845 number. 13 mins later you might just might get to where you want after being forced to listen to the time consuming garbage recorded messages between extentions. 7 calls total 152 mins £6.46 and got no where plus audacity to charge VAT on it. If a landline number was available it wouldnt have cost a thing apart from the 86 minute one! |
| AdeV:
The main use of non-geographical numbers is so the company concerned can direct your call to the cheapest call centre, err, I mean the next available representative... With distributed phone systems, a geographical number might not even be relevant or remotely correct.... e.g. I have an 01268 VOIP number. If you look up that code you'll find it's Southend-on-Sea & environs, in fact it rings a phone in Birkenhead.... What p**ses me off, even more than the 0845/0870/0800 thing (all chargeable on most mobiles) is this new "personal number" scam. Until recently, all mobiles have been 07xxxxx numbers; but now, personal numbers are "070". and they cost getting on for £1/minute. I bought a part for my car recently & the garage number was 070. I thought it was a mobile. The 8 minute call added £5.11 (ex VAT) to my phone bill. In the words of The Shamen - Naughty naughty, very naughty. saynoto0870.com is a brilliant website, I use it all the time. Must admit, I think OfCom are largely to blame here, with their ridiculous assigning of cost codes. I think they deliberately make it confusing to allow unscrupulous companies rip-off unsuspecting punters. |
| HS93:
6AM trying to get through to Blueyonder to try and find why my broadband was not working an 0845 no it says there is up to 10 min wait so as its early I waited and waited and waited listening to dreadful music blasting my ears 31 min later I got someone in India who then after giving my details for the third time that my broadband was off due to a modem failure in there system so I asked when will it be fixed to be told although they had it in the system till someone reports it they do not put it forward for repair, so a bill and a headache and a few hours later its fixed I don't know why when they advertise free repair and help line I have to pay for an expensive call peter |
| Jonny:
Thats how they make some dosh, keep you hanging on make believe they are busy. Add to that call centres in foreign places that dont speaka d lingo reading from scripts = worthless. Thats why its cheap. Current ISP uses an 0870 number in Manchester, one reason i will ask for MAC next month. |
| ieezitin:
Hi peoples Don't you Europeans have POI ( Phone Over Internet) there?. Here in the states if you have a high speed service (DSL AND UP ) its worth get the service provided around $30 a month. now there is a new one for $1.95 a month POI, i have not used it but my friend is and its not let him down yet its called Magic Jack. Hell saying that you can buy phone cards here ( Pay as you go ) International cards that you purchase and phone a international number and get connected to a line anywhere in the world for pennies a minuet. Whats stopping you purchasing USA phone cards over the net get the code numbers sent to your email and use the card from the UK, i have a Sim card that i purchased here and is only used for Europe for when i go there. ( I am an ex Patriot ) Anthony |
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