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???

hear hear.

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!!

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?

loddon wrote on Feb 28^th, 2007 at 11:24am:


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.

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.

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"

Dave wrote on Mar 1^st, 2007 at 10:10am:


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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