Thanks for that.

Let's hope that even more people respond now.

Has MSE Martin pointed to the information pages on this site?

I can't currently access their website or forum at this moment in time.  I'm assuming they're down!

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Did you get "Error: Invalid start/end news items."

I noticed that the last part of the writing is not highlighted as part of the link. I had this problem elsewhere the other day; maybe the comma truncates the address.

Perhaps they were similar where you saw them first.

If you highlight the whole address, then copy and paste it in the browser address bar, it seems to work

What a wasted opportunity. If there was ever a consumer resource that could solicit a huge response to the Ofcom consultation then it is the money saving site. Instead, it sends out a bland statement congratulating Ofcom simply reproducing its proposals, and making no reference, at least not one that I can see, to submitting comments and responses to Ofcom. With a mailing list of tens, if not hundreds of thousands, this could have been the publicity that is so needed, yet there is not one reference or link to either the Ofcom consultation or indeed this sayno web site. What a shocker!

I am referring to what I believe to be the 'weekly email' from the money expert.

This was received today with a timestamp of 1:46pm EST (ie 6:46pm UK time):

"£100s in free cash, 20 quid DVD player, Travelodge Tennertastic rooms again, 0% overdraft, 5p/min to call mobiles, cheapest loan for poorer credit scorers, Lidl and Aldi hunt, new top savings account, sad fart rights, special teachers note and much, much more MoneySaving...."

including

"The Ones Not To Miss"

which further includes

"The end is near for disgraceful 0870 numbers
0870 numbers hideously cost as much as eight times normal calls, even though they're called National Rate. Thankfully, communications industry regulator Ofcom revised original proposals to address consumers' concerns, and they look good. More Info Article: Say No to 0870" and the associated links I posted earlier.

Are you saying that this is not the 'weekly email'?

Note I am only an occasional reader of money expert so I'm more than happy to be corrected if necessary, but I am on the mailing list!

It appears my reference to the weekly email was, in fact, correct.

As I said earlier, and assuming nothing else is forthcoming, this is a wasted opportunity. Clearly the money saving site has been taken in by the Ofcom spin. Once a vehement opponent of the rip-off, the surrender has been swift.

This mass email could have galvanized many hundreds of people to make their viewpoints known to Ofcom. Now, the masses will simply believe that Ofcom has sorted out the 0870 mess.

Unless another journo can promote this consultation (Mr Derbyshire, perhaps?), the number of responses will probably be insufficient to make much of a difference.

I stand corrected, idb.

Like you, idb, I too received a MSE weekly email today and very dissappointingly it simply contains links to what are two previous articles.  Neither article encourages the reader to have their say nor does it state the 6 Dec 05 deadline  ???  A minor consolation is that the article 'Say No To 0870! Don't pay to complain' does contain a link to this site's homepage which in turn highlights the deadline and contains a link to the information pages.

For what its worth I'll send another pm to MSE and see if anything becomes of it...