...And what is the number for...Lloyds TSB is a big company? Do you expect someone to ring it to find out? 

Johnny Debt wrote on Feb 20^th, 2006 at 4:21pm:

Well, I suppose that someone who will know will probably work at Lloyds TSB. 

Please read the instructions, we do not have crystal balls that tells us what department this number goes to. There is no mathematical formula that comes up with the geographical number this NGN goes to. It is a case of plain old detective work based on information found usually on the internet. You provide no information, so how can/why would anyone help you if you can't help them?

Johnny Debt wrote on Feb 20^th, 2006 at 9:41pm:
Will try, so please read the red bit and tell us what the number is for, department and so on and then one of the site readers may be able to suggest a geo alternative.
Often numbers are advertised as specific, but turn out to cover different departments and someone may have found that department through another route.
Now, was that nice enough?  

So far I can't find the number offered by Johnny debt, but then if he can't offer any info, why should I be bothered?

However, Lloyds have this little page that would help us all. They offer their own geo numbers for those ringing from abroad alongside the UK based ripoff numbers.
So whoever is in charge of updating the database, please check here for any possible extra numbers.

http://www.lloydstsb.com/contact_us/useful_phone_numbers.asp

Hey what a fantastic response! If I had any other information I would have given it.

"a very nice man", how clever you are, you rang the number and then assumed that I am in debt because you linked it with Johnny Debt.  I wonder if it even crossed your mind that I may be helping people who are in debt?

Wow at this rate I will have 5 stars like the rest, and still no answer to my question.

Johnny Debt wrote on Feb 21^st, 2006 at 6:24am:

You clearly DID have some other information - where the number came from; why you were needing to ring it; etc..  Such as this information:
Johnny Debt wrote on Feb 21^st, 2006 at 6:24am:

You could have told us that.  You could have rung it briefly, like a very nice man nicely did for you.

We are not clairvoyants.  If you can't be bothered to help us, why should we help you.  We don't have access to any special information or lists that you don't have access to - maybe just experience of where to look.  People do this in their own time at their own expense - so stop being so belligerent and try co-operating if you want some help and advice.

Johnny Debt wrote on Feb 21^st, 2006 at 6:24am:

Well a very nice man has given you some clues:
a very nice man wrote on Feb 21^st, 2006 at 12:26am:

Why don't you try that instead of expecting everything on a plate.
... And if you asked nicely, instead of belligerently, people might be more inclined to help you.

As someone else said:
a very nice man wrote on Feb 21^st, 2006 at 12:26am:
 

We ask for as much information as possible because it helps us to help you.

Remember none of us get paid and we all do this in our own free time and of our own free will.

When you create a post or respond to a post, in red it reads, "Please click here to read the 'Guide to finding geographical numbers'....

What we do with all the information we get is do a google search amongst other things.  From just the 0870 on its own, it is not always possible to determine which dept or even company that use that 0870.  For example, providing an address means we can do a more indepth search which may increase the odds of finding the geographical number linked to the 0870.

Your post is by no means the only post we get which has very limited information on it.  In fact there have been occasions that we just get the 0870 with no other information.  All this lack of information doesn't help us and I'm sure you can appreciate that if we only got one or two posts with hardly any information on it then it would be different but we actually get a lot of posts without any information as well so after a while we get fed up of trying to help people who cant read the red text, not to mention the sticky threads, or even respond to our posts for more information, as is the case here.

As mentioned in an earlier post, there is no connection between a 0870 and a geographical like a database or something we could use.  Its all done via google, 192.com and a few other searches.  These searches we do often can take a lot of time hence reason why we ask for as much info as possible.

Trust me when I say that if you helped other forum members out with searching for geographicals like other forum members here do, then you would also (after a while) feel the same about people posting and in some cases asking for a miracle from just a 0870 (or other non-geographical number) without as much info as possible like addresses/website, etc.