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Reply #150 - Feb 27th, 2007 at 10:32pm
 
I will await my regular 'Moneysaver' email from Martin with baited breath to see if the petition is mentioned/recommended.  I'm still sceptical though.

However, I see a 'Martin Lewis' has signed the petition today....could it be??? Wink
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Reply #151 - Feb 28th, 2007 at 6:03am
 
Currently there are 19,990 signatures now.

MSE Martin has now mentioned this in his weekly email tips sent out today - see here, and I quote:-
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Saynoto0870. New petition, add your voice
This site's been campaigning against the opaque 0870 number charges for years. If you too want to see them done away with, I'm happy to support a petition for parliament that's been started. Of course to find out how to avoid the hideous expense of 0870 numbers you can read the full Saynoto0870 article.


Can I just say thanks Martin.
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Reply #152 - Feb 28th, 2007 at 7:51am
 
hear hear.
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Reply #153 - Feb 28th, 2007 at 8:14am
 
Not yet had that Moneysaver email, but I am now wearing sackcloth & ashes.
Apologies to Martin, and even to andy9 if I upset him with my scepticism.
I must have suffered too many disappointments as a small child!!
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Reply #154 - Feb 28th, 2007 at 10:00am
 
I have written to Martrin Lewis to express our appreciation for promoting the Petition on his website and in his Newsletter email to all his members.  His endorsement is a big help.

I suggest that what we can do now is to each email at least 10 friends urging them to sign the Petition and each pass on the message to 10 more friends.   

Also, can some people write or speak to the Press and TV/Radio.   I have written to the Mail and Express and have had no response.  Maybe others can do it better than me.   Or shear weight of numbers may cause them to take notice.

Lets keep this activity going!!
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Reply #155 - Feb 28th, 2007 at 10:52am
 
I have just e-mailed the editors of all the major national newspapers with a request to publicise the existance of the petition. Perhaps we could try our local newspapers and MPs?
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Reply #156 - Feb 28th, 2007 at 11:24am
 
I wonder if it is possible to extend the deadline of the Petition by ,say, another 2 or 3 months?   Extra time may allow us to increase the number of signatures.

Does anyone know if Mark Harrison, the originator of the Petition, is registered with this site or how he may be contacted?
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Reply #157 - Feb 28th, 2007 at 11:26am
 
Thank you Scatman -- just what is needed. 

It will be interesting to see if any Editors acknowledge or even reply to your email.
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Reply #158 - Feb 28th, 2007 at 1:20pm
 
loddon wrote on Feb 28th, 2007 at 11:24am:
Does anyone know if Mark Harrison, the originator of the Petition, is registered with this site or how he may be contacted?


I think I may possibly know a relative of Mark Harrison but I haven't yet put the question to them.  The person I know (not Mark Harrison but another Harrison) is very anti 0870 and knew all about this site quite independently when we happened to discuss the topic quite a while ago.  I will now ask the question and let you know.
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Reply #159 - Feb 28th, 2007 at 1:34pm
 
Martin Lewis has now mentioned the anti 0870 petition in his latest weekly Money Saving Expert email that I have just received.  However it is only over half way through the email so it won't really grab the attention of the lazy email reader who only reads his top few money saving items.

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Saynoto0870. New petition, add your voice  This site's been campaigning against the opaque 0870 number charges for years. If you too want to see them done away with, I'm happy to support a petition for parliament that's been started. Of course to find out how to avoid the hideous expense of 0870 numbers you can read the full Saynoto0870 article.


However the petition has added 200 signatures in just the last 20 minutes and now stands at 22,716 in 6th place with very few to go to overtake "recognise that music and dance should not be restricted by over burdensome licensing conditions" and having already re-overtaken "Save the Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford".  Even "repeal the Hunting Act 2004" with 33,850 is not far away.....

There are supposed to be 1 million recipients of Martin's email so let's see what happens...................................................
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Reply #160 - Feb 28th, 2007 at 7:37pm
 
I take your point, NGM, about the position within Martin Lewis' Newsletter.  However, I am grateful that he is showing it, considering some earlier opinions, and I did ask him this morning to keep showing it on the website and within his Newsletter until April 4th.  There is nothing to stop you or anyone else writing to him with your suggestions or opinions.

I now think we should try to get the idea of a chain letter going --  each person sending the message to 10 people and asking them to send it on to 10 other people.  The email should of course contain a direct link to the Petition.
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Reply #161 - Feb 28th, 2007 at 8:01pm
 
Well since my post at around 6.30am this morning, the petition has an extra 3,607 signatures.  So in just over 13hours it has gained over 3.5 thousand signatures just at the time it had started to decline new signatures.  It currently stands at 23,597 signatures.
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Reply #162 - Feb 28th, 2007 at 10:38pm
 
I have sent the following message to everyone on my personal email list.


"We, the British Public, are being ripped off by many Corporations, large and small, overcharging us on phone calls to them.

They are using high charge call numbers 0870, 0871, 0845 and 0844, calling them wrongly national or local rate.  The truth is they are much higher than current normal rates but more importantly they are excluded from all call packages.  Packages such as BT Together, Talk Talk, OneTel and most Mobile phones inclusive calls.  On a mobile these numbers can cost you 20-30p per minute instead of being free within your call package.

You might think this is small beer but if you are kept waiting for only 10 minutes, listening to irritating music and spurious messages, a call can cost you 1, 2 or 3pounds.  Multiply that by the number of times you phone a call centre for your broken washing machine, the Bank, Building Society, Insurance Company and countless other organisations and information or breakdown lines and you could be paying hundreds of pounds a year.  Even Government Departments and Agencies are are perpetrating this scam -- DVLA,  NHS Direct, Revenue & Customs, BBC, Police, Jobcentres, the Pension Service, even Doctors using 0844!!

This is a major scam on the British Public.

You can do something about it NOW by signing the Petition against 0870 numbers on the Prime Ministers website:-

                 http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/saynoto0870/ ;  

Cut and paste this URL into your browser to go straight to the Petition.  Read the Petition and the section giving "More details from the petition creator".    Then sign the petition -- follow the directions given on the website.   Simple.

This Petition deserves the support of all .  Please forward this message to at least 10 of your friends and contacts.  Many thanks. 

If you are fed up with being ripped off by these 0870, 0871, 0845, 0844 numbers you can very often find a normal geographic number by using the following excellent website:-

                http://www.saynoto0870.com/

Good Luck"
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Reply #163 - Mar 1st, 2007 at 10:10am
 
bbb_uk wrote on Feb 28th, 2007 at 8:01pm:
Well since my post at around 6.30am this morning, the petition has an extra 3,607 signatures.  So in just over 13hours it has gained over 3.5 thousand signatures just at the time it had started to decline new signatures.  It currently stands at 23,597 signatures.

Currently it is at 24,806, so the mention on Martin's email has definately worked.

Thanks loddon for the suggested email. I think it will be a good idea if we can get an email together so Daniel can send it to all members of the forums.
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Reply #164 - Mar 1st, 2007 at 12:23pm
 
Dave wrote on Mar 1st, 2007 at 10:10am:
Currently it is at 24,806, so the mention on Martin's email has definately worked.

Thanks loddon for the suggested email. I think it will be a good idea if we can get an email together so Daniel can send it to all members of the forums.


The anti 084/7 petition now stands at 25,036 signatures and is in sixth place overall, however I fear it will be overtaken soon by the petition to Posthumously Award Bob Paisley A Knighthood which is growing very fast in size.  And you can imagine what will happen if it gets mentioned in The Sun or the Daily Mirror's football section.........................................................................
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