I'm so glad !!    It could be anything from same day to 3 weeks depending on lots of things !

If you want to check a number there's nothing stopping YOU looking in the Unchecked Numbers list if you're that desperate to see it in print !

You wouldn't believe the DROSS I have to get thru in the unchecked list before they get to the Live database . . . . .
# Blank entries.
# Phone Numbers with NO data.
# Names with 0870/45 numbers ONLY.
# WRONG names with numbers.
# REPEATED entries because I haven't verified it quickly enough.
# Numbers that are TOO long & don't work.
# People posting requested numbers, adding them to the list, for me to discover it's been dead for ages !
# More BLANK entries !
# 8 hours in the working day when people are at work & will talk to you.
# 5 days in a working week . . . .
# asking questions that have to be replied to instead of checking numbers are VALID !  



Anyway, why can't I have a day off now & again ??

Just in case you're interested (which you're probably NOT !) I happen to have a business to run as well, & this is end of quarter for VAT, plus end of month (wages, etc.) so when I get a ROUND TUIT it will be put in the Verified List ().  

 

Dave M you're a hero. Thank you for setting up this site and for all the work you do for all of us.I must say that it's extremely satisfying to find the geographic number and dial it on 18866 especially when you can put the phone on speakerphone and let them keep you hanging on for up to 15 minutes until you get through to the right department .Keep up the good work and if it helps to blow off steam once in a while just do it.

Reggie.

We are all grateful for the website and info, and the moderators who give time to 'run the show' - and we all need to 'blow off steam' from time to time.

BUT - need the moderator be so vindictive towards a member who asked a perfectly reasonable question?  Please look at the original post I made,  does it not ask the question politely, realises the work the moderators do and specifically says that it IS NOT a criticism?

Why should I be called a pratt?  Who will be next in line? Why should members risk contributing if they may be harangued by a MODERATOR/

DaveM - You really do seem to have a problem, warped mind or not!
However I still reckon people will think twice about adding to this site discussions if they never know when you are going to 'sound off'.
Also very neat to amend the previous post so that nobody coming on the discussion now will realise what ACTUALLY went before.  I know now that I am not alone in thinking you are unfit for the Moderator position until you can curb your anger.

bgezine -  just to clarify for you - I had found an alternative number to an 0870 which I wanted to share with the other members by adding to the list.
I went thru the procedure, but after a few days it had not come onto the list, so I posted the question that started this link - being then totally shattered at the reply from the Moderator.
I was only asking for a reply such as "about a week" or similar, so that I could know for future reference (it was my first 'adding to the list').
Instead I am called a stupid pratt, and subjected to the railings of a 'disturbed?' mind.
It will be the last time I attempt to help others through this site if that is the way you are treated, when you ask a perfectly reasonable question!!!

Yes, exmodel, I can assure you he did say that!
His original 'rant' to me was at 1-53am.
This was edited at 2-37pm (nearly 12 hours later), so all the members who posted (and others, I presume) BEFORE that time would also have seen it - Reggie, Heinz & Dave posted replies, so must have  - so I'm not imagining it.
DaveM himself also accepts he edited to "massage my wounded pride" in his #7 post.

On your other point about advertising, I also mentioned this in my post labelled "Gamekeeper turned Poacher  ", on this site, so we must think along the same lines??
Cheers.

I think enough has been said regarding this.

If you were offended, then an apology has been made - accept it and move on.

The whole point of this site is to help each other by providing an alternative to 0870 numbers and the like.

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Why are you still contributing to this site if you feel the way you do.  At the end of the day, this is a free site for the exchange of information, from which we all gain from.

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  From what I can see #1 has NOT been modified!  As for thinking 'a serious lobbying effort should be made....' .....Why?  It's quite ironic really that this thread is called 'How long to verify a number?', and there are people calling for one of the (very few) people who verifies the numbers to be given the push.  And what  does this achieve?  Do you think that numbers are going to be verified quicker, with less people verifying?

A lot of effort is put in by very many contributors on this site and I'm sure it will continue to succeed.  But please remember nobody is forced to use this site.  Like any other adventure, if you are not pleased with the service offered, you are welcome to seek elsewhere.  Or yes, I almost forgot, there is no 'elsewhere' that I know of!  This is the only site of it's kind, that I've been able to find.

One last word on this, I think enough has been said about DaveM, to lobby for his removal, what a joke!  This isn't Election '04 - he's not accountable to any of us.  He does a good job, so let him consentrate at what he does best here - tracking down alternatives to rip off numbers.

As to the adverts - what's the problem?  You are not forced to follow any link.  And be thankful that they are not pop-ups!!

Too much time has been wasted on this now, let's get back to what this site does best - find the alternatives.