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Would I have waited this long before promoting them if I was?

If holding their data, to transmit to others is punishable under Data Protection, where does that put Google etc?

Surely the main problem with the site is the failure to post the costs of calling the numbers.

Shiggaddi wrote on Mar 14^th, 2006 at 5:53pm:

Assurances from Orange are that 0871 on their service are 10p per min.  Still cheaper than 118***

It would appear, without digging into the site too much that each restaurant does have it's own number.

Great idea Rob, I'll start the ball rolling.

OK folks next time your house is on fire, call 0909 999 999.
Dialing this easy to remember number is all you to help save you and your possessions.
Just call this number and a group of trained professionals will speeding their to save YOU!


You have to imagine 20 pages of pure crap info.

And it will only cost you an average of £30 per call (I know it's £30, but what is your house worth to you?) as it is diverted to our slave labour script readers camp in Outer OuterIndia, who'se lack of knowledge and understanding of the home language might make things diffficult. But please do not panic as you talk to them, as it might put them off their cup of tea. And don't bother calling from a mobile because it won't work!!

Or if you're having problems with thugs, thieves, joyriders, arsonists, or the odd murderer, use our Police Call Out Service on 0999 1739412548547663890589 at £10 per min
But why waste time remembering it as they won't do anything anyway.
But keep this number handy, 999, as the next time you see some granny doing 31 mph in a 30 limit at 3am on a Sunday morning, call it and we'll send out, FOR FREE,  helicopters and squad cars to pull the evil and foul wrongdoer.

Anyone looking for a job as salesman for my new service?

We contacted BT, Ofcom and the web host (Rackspace) regarding the site. We also spoke to the Mobile Food Guide on the telephone a couple of times. In the end they removed all of our restaurants after we sent them an ultimatum threatening a court injunction.

Unfortunately the rest of the site still remains so people are still unknowingly getting ripped off by them  

Another site which appears to be doing the same thing is Fancy a Pint?

I agree with Jrawle.  At least they admit how much the call costs (well from a BT landline anyhow) and the fact they do make money from the call.

All other companies don't bother with either, or just say that it is 'national' rate.

This use of 0871 to forward to an unknowing business has been used by the (London) Evening Standard in its pubs section. A local near me was reviewed (positively) but didn't know what phone number the ES had printed alongside. They called it and their own phone rang. You get the drift: the ES or allied company/ies had set up a 0871 forward. They might get some measurements of the impact of their review but the result would be callers thinking the pub was profiting - luckily hardly noone actually phones pubs as the publican told me he'd got 0 calls via that review.

Without enforcement, dodgy practices inspire dodgy characters, some of which get elected or put on quangoes!

ClickAJob takes advantage of those looking for a job by using its own 0870 numbers.

I'm working my way through the database clearing out rubbish, and the number of these entries where the NGN is provided by a third party is unbelievable!