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Tesco overcharge UK customers
Mar 16^th, 2006 at 6:30pm

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“.... If your e-mail relates to an urgent Grocery Home Shopping query e.g. Late delivery or missing items please call us on the following number.

For our customers in the United Kingdom: 08457 22 55 33
For our customers in the Republic of Ireland: 00 800 00 22 55 33 .... "

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Tesco must think we don’t mind being overcharged, here in the UK

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trevord Full Member Offline Posts: 248 West Sussex, UK Gender:	Re: Tesco overcharge UK customers Reply #1 - Mar 16^th, 2006 at 6:39pm kk wrote on Mar 16^th, 2006 at 6:30pm: For our customers in the Republic of Ireland: 00 800 00 225533 .... " Isn't that an international freephone number? So where does the call go to?
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andy9 Supreme Member Offline Posts: 505	Re: Tesco overcharge UK customers Reply #2 - Mar 16^th, 2006 at 7:51pm probably the same place - worth trying from UK as well?
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trevord Full Member Offline Posts: 248 West Sussex, UK Gender:	Re: Tesco overcharge UK customers Reply #3 - Mar 16^th, 2006 at 11:52pm kk wrote on Mar 16^th, 2006 at 6:30pm: For our customers in the Republic of Ireland: 00 800 00 22 55 33 " Have just dialled the number from the UK (exactly as shown, including the 00 prefix) - answered by a recorded message from Tesco (saying it's now out of hours)!
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trevord Full Member Offline Posts: 248 West Sussex, UK Gender:	Re: Tesco overcharge UK customers Reply #4 - Mar 17^th, 2006 at 10:58am Wicked wrote on Mar 17^th, 2006 at 10:24am: I've just tried (BT line, from the UK) and get the recorded BT female: Have just tried it again (also BT line from UK) I got a regular ringing tone - didn't bother waiting for an answer. Did you include the double-0 prefix?
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Reply #5 - Mar 17^th, 2006 at 11:21am

trevord wrote on Mar 17^th, 2006 at 10:58am:

Wicked wrote on Mar 17^th, 2006 at 10:24am:

I've just tried (BT line, from the UK) and get the recorded BT female:

Have just tried it again (also BT line from UK) I got a regular ringing tone - didn't bother waiting for an answer.
Did you include the double-0 prefix?

Yes, but I've just realised I was dialling out on Primus. With the 1280 prefix, I got the ring tone - but it rang and rang and rang .........

Which appears to indicate that Primus don't carry 00800 calls. One to bear in mind.

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Reply #6 - Mar 17^th, 2006 at 1:04pm

Wicked wrote on Mar 17^th, 2006 at 11:21am:

I got the ring tone - but it rang and rang and rang .........

Well, if they answer it too soon, they're paying for the call cost. Grin

Be interesting to see whether the 0845 number is answered quickly but then put on hold for ages - so that you're paying them for the privilege of waiting to be answered! Angry

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Reply #7 - Mar 18^th, 2006 at 3:40pm

The database has 01382 812026 for internet shopping support, and 01382 822568 for Tesco Music Downloads (same 0845 number).

If the international freephone number works, and if they will deal with UK queries, this should be listed in the "Freephone" column. At present it has the number under "Other info" as a number to call from Ireland.

Tesco have over 90 stores in Ireland, so why on earth would they use an international freephone number? Surely they could set up some sort of number in Ireland?

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Smasher Senior Member Offline Posts: 346 UK	Re: Tesco overcharge UK customers Reply #8 - Mar 22^nd, 2006 at 11:54pm I have tried many times (and failed) to obtain from BT or any other telephone provider whether 00800 is actually freephone. According to them the only way to find out is if I dial it and wait for the bill. Is it free through TalkTalk or must people use 1280?
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JoePublic Ex Member	Re: Tesco overcharge UK customers Reply #9 - Mar 23^rd, 2006 at 2:40am Calls to Universal International Freephone Numbers should be free.Read about them here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_international_freephone_number http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/universalnumbers/uifn/
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