Now this is a seriously useful website:
It lists non-geographical alternative telephone numbers ... 0870, 0845 etc ... and gives the wherewithall to find the original 01 numbers to call instead ... thus avoiding, in many instances, incurring national rate call charges. You can search by name or number. Not exhaustive, the site owners ask for contributions by way of additions and updates.
Anyone who has a package with their telephone company for free calls to numbers beginning with 01 or 02 will find this especially invaluable, particularly if having to use an 0870 number to speak to a local store about availability of a product, on top of which you get "Please listen to the following options ..." as happened to me just today[:@] The phone companies seemingly rake it in by way of "commission".
Holistic
RE: AVOIDING 0870 TELEPHONE CHARGES
handy. the companies who own the 0870 number also make a bit of money too IIRC.
RE: AVOIDING 0870 TELEPHONE CHARGES
I had to do a bit of guesswork here, Darren! If IIRC is short for If I Read Correctly, then you did read correctly, only I didn't phrase it too well in the first place [&o]
Yes, the phone companies make money, and also the owners of the numbers get commission when the numbers are called.
Now for another rider to my first post:
Some of the 01 numbers quoted by www.saynoto0870.com may now be defunct, as I discovered this morning. Having to use an 0845 number because I only got a recorded message on the 01 one, I asked why and was told that this organisation who previously were a local office ... not local to me, so I missed out ... is now a call centre for a wider geographical area, so they've done away with the 01 number. I could have called that for free on my phone company deal. Pity that [&:] Ah, well, can't win 'em all. It's still very useful 😉
Holistic
RE: AVOIDING 0870 TELEPHONE CHARGES
with regard to this, i did listen to the interview with a great supporter of this,
His name is Martin Lewis and is a regular interviewee on Radio 2 jeremy Vine show, thsi is what he says on the site.......
Many companies advertise a separate number that can be used when calling from abroad - This usually begins in the format +44 - There is nothing to stop you using this number from the UK (as it is a normal rate telephone call), and will be included in any inclusive minutes provided by your landline or mobile phone provider. Many others will give you a standard number if you ask.
Love & Light
Mark
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RE: AVOIDING 0870 TELEPHONE CHARGES
Quite right, Mark, and thanks for pointing out the bit you put in the quote box. Of course, one has to ignore the +44 at the front (sometimes given as 0044) and then dial the missing 0 (zero) before the 1.
IME, some will give you a standard number, some won't. Still, if you don't ask ......
Laura.