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Discount Dial now want 4p a min Landline to Mobile
Feb 10th, 2006 at 3:41pm
 
www.discountdial.co.uk now charge 4p a minute to call mobiles from landline. Its gone from 1p to 4p in two stages in last few days.
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Re: Discount Dial now want 4p a min Landline to Mo
Reply #1 - Feb 10th, 2006 at 7:44pm
 
Standard strategy, I'm afraid, 'suck you in then begin price rises'.
I agree the rises have been more rapid than usual though (even though it was a low base to start from).  Will only be using during 'peak' times!
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Reply #2 - Feb 11th, 2006 at 3:36pm
 
bigjohn wrote on Feb 10th, 2006 at 3:41pm:
www.discountdial.co.uk now charge 4p a minute to call mobiles from landline. Its gone from 1p to 4p in two stages in last few days.

And they have the temerity to brand it a
Discount!
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But is this actually still the cheapest rate available?

In my view, it's a toss-up between:
- DiscountDial - with a 5p min BT charge even if there is no answer or no connection, and
- 18185 - with no charge if there is no answer, but 4p connection + 5p/min if there is an answer.
And, of course, with mobiles, there is a high chance of an answer even if it's only the Voice Mail!

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Reply #3 - Feb 13th, 2006 at 8:12am
 
Giving up on discountdial - no notification of price increase and the contact number changes (from 0844 462 2323 to 0844 428 9090).
I found I was dialling and then being told it was the wrong number, very confusing.  This is now the 3rd different number to call in as many weeks!
There has to be a better way!
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Reply #4 - Feb 13th, 2006 at 11:12am
 
omy wrote on Feb 13th, 2006 at 8:12am:
I found I was dialling and then being told it was the wrong number, very confusing. 

And presumably you were charged 5p by BT to ring the wrong number before being told it was the wrong number!  Sad
But we always knew that the very low charges couldn't last - and that Finarea usually start with low rates and then increase them without notice.
(Altho' to be fair to them, I'm not sure how they could notify you before you dialled the number, except by e-mail (which they seem not to use) and web-site (which they have done).)
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Reply #5 - Feb 14th, 2006 at 3:59pm
 
soon be going up again I think
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Reply #6 - Feb 19th, 2006 at 8:39pm
 
Hey Big John,  What's with the Ex ?    I'm sure you'll 've explained all somewhere else, but    
I'm tooo darn lazy to search for it.   Give it to us Agairn, Please !  
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