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George38

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Tiscali (and others, no doubt!)
Oct 2^nd, 2005 at 11:18pm

As a new member I used the site today to find an alternative geographic number for Tiscali, with success, or so I thought!! The geographic number I dialled contained only a recorded message directing me back to their 0870 number, which at 50p per minute was a blatant rip-off. No doubt other members have discovered this type of profiteering and said so already on previous posts (sorry if I'm raking over old ground!). It begs the question "why do they have a geographic number at all"???

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bigjohn Supreme Member Offline Posts: 2,316 Gender:	Re: Tiscali (and others, no doubt!) Reply #1 - Oct 3^rd, 2005 at 6:09am 50p a minute for 0870 surely not. 10p a minute peak is the dearest i have seen it.Still a rip off i know. If you really have to ring one at peak rate consider www.18185.co.uk 4p connection then 4p a minute.
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dorf Supreme Member Offline I hate Qs on Premium NGNs Posts: 575 UK Gender:	Re: Tiscali (and others, no doubt!) Reply #2 - Oct 3^rd, 2005 at 11:14am 18866 and 1899 were charging 15 p per minute at one stage for 0870s!
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Reply #3 - Oct 3^rd, 2005 at 12:19pm

I stand corrected!! When I dialled the geo number, I was directed back to the 0870 number which was one of about half a dozen numbers in the recorded message. One of these was a 0906 number for technical support, and it was this number that was being charged at 50p per minute, and I didn't pick this up first time around.

However, the fact remains that the geo number merely directs you back to a non-geo number and one wonders why they have it at all!!!

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DaveM Global Moderator Offline Du vin, du pain, du Ibuprofen ¡ Posts: 845 Peterborough Gender:	Re: Tiscali (and others, no doubt!) Reply #4 - Oct 3^rd, 2005 at 5:02pm Quote: . . . one wonders why they have it at all!!! So that you don't have to call & pay the 08xx rate to get exactly the same information from an Automated system or an Enquiries operator !!
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