SAYNOTO0870.COM - Weekday Landline to Mobile Calls for 3p a minute!

4PetesSake Junior Member Offline Why Pay More? Posts: 98 Northamptonshire Gender:	Weekday Landline to Mobile Calls for 3p a minute! Oct 4^th, 2006 at 3:07am Cheaptalk UK are offering landline to UK mobile calls for just 3p a minute via an 0844 number. This is a bargain price however I have not yet tried it. Has anyone had any experience of this company? Their webiste is http://www.cheapchatuk.co.uk/index.asp
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orsonkart Ex Member	Re: Weekday Landline to Mobile Calls for 3p a minu Reply #1 - Oct 4^th, 2006 at 10:05am See: http://www.saynoto0870.com/cgi-bin/forum/YaBB.cgi?num=1159513696
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4PetesSake Junior Member Offline Why Pay More? Posts: 98 Northamptonshire Gender:	Re: Weekday Landline to Mobile Calls for 3p a minu Reply #2 - Oct 4^th, 2006 at 12:13pm I have just used the 0844 5991 348 number to make a 3p per minute daytime call and the line quality was excellent with no interference.
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Reply #3 - Oct 4^th, 2006 at 5:31pm

You can always check the cheapest way to call any type of number at http://callchecker.moneysavingexpert.com/
It always seems to be right up to date.

If you are using an 0844 number, the worst that can happen is you won't get through to the desired number, or that the line is bad. You won't find you are being charged a fortune. You might like to check the cost of calls to the number with your phone provider, but calls to an 0844 599 number on BT, for example, always cost 3p/min (+3p set-up fee), so you never have to worry about paying more.

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Reply #4 - Oct 4^th, 2006 at 6:45pm

If this reads right, then if you run out of Xnet mins on O2, you could dial cheapchat, and use them to connect for a lower cost that dialling the mobile directly.
http://www.o2.co.uk/mobilestariffs/tariffs/specialnumbers

Non Geographical Numbers

O2 Pay Monthly    O2 Pay & Go
0500*    As per standard UK Fixed line calls    15p/min
055    As per standard UK Fixed line calls    15p/min
056    As per standard UK Fixed line calls 15p/min
070    50p/min       50p/min
07744    25p/min†    25p/min
07755    25p/min†    25p/min
0800*    As per standard UK Fixed line calls 15p/min
0808*    As per standard UK Fixed line calls 15p/min
0820    As per standard UK Fixed line calls 15p/min
0844    As per standard UK Fixed line calls 15p/min
0845    As per standard UK Fixed line calls 15p/min
0870    As per standard UK Fixed line calls 15p/min
0871    35p/min       35p/min
090 / 091    Click here for information on Premium voice
118 Numbers Click here for information on Directory enquiries

Standard minimum call charge applies unless otherwise stated.

† 1 minute minimum call charge applies.

*O2 Callers usually have to dial the number without the leading ‘0’. There are some 0800 numbers, normally Telephone Helplines, which are free to call, for example: 0800 1111 (ChildLine), 0800 441111 (Bullying Helpline), 0800 400222 (ChildLine – Textphone), 0800 555111 (Crimestopper) and 0800 7383773 (0800 Reverse).

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orsonkart Ex Member	Re: Weekday Landline to Mobile Calls for 3p a minu Reply #5 - Oct 6^th, 2006 at 6:36pm Probaly as a result of MSE blasting the number out to all his members,the number has been changed to a 20p a minute premium rate number.
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jrawle Supreme Member Offline Posts: 708 Didcot, Oxfordshire Gender:	Re: Weekday Landline to Mobile Calls for 3p a minu Reply #6 - Oct 6^th, 2006 at 10:01pm Does 08445991348 no longer work, or is it simply not advertised on their website any more?
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orsonkart Ex Member	Re: Weekday Landline to Mobile Calls for 3p a minu Reply #7 - Oct 6^th, 2006 at 11:25pm jrawle wrote on Oct 6^th, 2006 at 10:01pm: Does 08445991348 no longer work, or is it simply not advertised on their website any more? You can waste your money by calling it,and it will tell you to call the new premium number.
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Reply #8 - Oct 7^th, 2006 at 1:56am

I was just asking if you actually know as a fact that the number has stopped working. If you don't know, I don't expect you to call it especially.

These dial-though numbers don't always just stop working. The old ones keep going even if new ones are advertised. Also, the same numbers sometimes appear on different websites under different brand names.

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4PetesSake Junior Member Offline Why Pay More? Posts: 98 Northamptonshire Gender:	Re: Weekday Landline to Mobile Calls for 3p a minu Reply #9 - Oct 7^th, 2006 at 2:32am Cheapchatuk's website clearly states that calls to UK mobiles are now 20p per minute. Martin did say that he did not expect it to last long and he was spot on. I'm going back to using 18185 at 5p a minute (weekdays)
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Reply #10 - Oct 7^th, 2006 at 2:36am

jrawle wrote on Oct 7^th, 2006 at 1:56am:

I was just asking if you actually know as a fact that the number has stopped working. If you don't know, I don't expect you to call it especially.

These dial-though numbers don't always just stop working. The old ones keep going even if new ones are advertised. Also, the same numbers sometimes appear on different websites under different brand names.

I am fully aware of that thank you. The number still works and when you ring it and try to dial a UK Mobile it tells you to ring the premium number.

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jrawle Supreme Member Offline Posts: 708 Didcot, Oxfordshire Gender:	Re: Weekday Landline to Mobile Calls for 3p a minu Reply #11 - Oct 7^th, 2006 at 1:47pm I hope it says how much it costs! Who's going to use the premium rate number when it costs more than calling the mobile directly?
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Reply #12 - Oct 15^th, 2006 at 9:42pm

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Probaly as a result of MSE blasting the number out to all his members,the number has been changed to a 20p a minute premium rate number.

More likely it's because the initial promotional period is over, and they never intended to make a loss by letting you ring European mobiles for 3p a minute indefinitely

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4PetesSake Junior Member Offline Why Pay More? Posts: 98 Northamptonshire Gender:	Re: Weekday Landline to Mobile Calls for 3p a minu Reply #13 - Oct 16^th, 2006 at 10:34am To woo customers with 3p per minute calls to UK mobiles and then to up it to 20p per minutes makes Cheapchat a "Cowboy outfit" in my book.
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Reply #14 - Oct 16^th, 2006 at 11:03am

4PetesSake wrote on Oct 16^th, 2006 at 10:34am:

To woo customers with 3p per minute calls to UK mobiles and then to up it to 20p per minutes makes Cheapchat a "Cowboy outfit" in my book.

I agree with Andy9.

That's why I've been wary about using such providers as its impossible for them to sustain these prices as it costs them a lot more money to carry the call than they are charging us consumers hence why they generally are only short-term offers.

I'd personally stick with 18185 who have kept their prices stable.

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