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Lo-Call 0870 A new category perhaps?
Jan 16
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http://www.otbeach.com/
Title page, says "Call now: 0870 6 06 07 08 Lo-call rate"
As this company is selling holidays, could you really trust them?
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Re: Lo-Call 0870 A new category perhaps?
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Jan 17
th
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And here was my email to them.
-----Original Message-----
Sent: 16 January 2007 23:56
To: admin@onthebeachholidays.com; sales@onthebeachholidays.com; Johnny@onthebeachholidays.com
Cc: abta@abta.co.uk
Subject: 0870 - Not LoCall Rate & Never Has Been
Dear On The Beach,
I refer to your website at
www.otbeach.com
and the claim that your 0870 phone number is Lo-Call rate
Your 0870 number is not Lo-Call Rate and never has been. It is covert premium rate on which you earn a revenue share of 3p a minute or so.
Please remove this claim before I have to report your firm to Trading Standards and the Advertising Standards Authority.
The following references show why 0870 numbers are not Lo-Call rate. I am very disappointed that your firm should try to make this claim while pocketing money on the calls.
The view of a county council trading standards department
Para 1.3 Page 1 of
www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/oftel_0845/responses/leicester_cc.pdf
and
the view of the CEO of BT Retail, Ian Livingston
http://business.scotsman.com/banking.cfm?id=764772005
and
two recent guidances from the Advertising Standards Authority
www.asa.org.uk/cap/news_events/news/2005/Hanging+on+the+telephone+on+and+on+and+
on.htm
www.asa.org.uk/cap/news_events/news/2005/Stop+the+call+confusion.htm
and
the current Parliamentary Early Day motion deploring the use of 0870 telephone numbers by government departments
http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=28872%09%09%09%09%09%09%09&...
; amp;SESSION=875
and
Another guidance from the Committee of Advertising Practice of the Advertising Standards Authority
www.cap.org.uk/cap/news_events/news/2005/CAP+rings+the+changes+for+telecoms+prov...
and Pages 5 and 6 of the below minutes from my own district council where we agreed policy to stop the future use of 0845 and 0870 numbers.
www.molevalley.gov.uk/media/pdf/1/s/Council_Minutes_190705.pdf
And the most recent ASA guidance saying that Inclusive call packages must not fail to disclose that 084/7 calls are excluded from them.
www.cap.org.uk/cap/news_events/news/2006/Ringing+the+Changes.htm
Regards,
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Jan 17
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But their website gives 0800 and 0845 numbers. Might they be encouraged to use those, together with a geographic number(s)?
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Tanllan wrote
on Jan 17
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But their website gives 0800 and 0845 numbers. Might they be encouraged to use those, together with a geographic number(s)?
The opportunity to write such an email awaits you Tanllan.
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Jan 20
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0870 = LO-CALL????
Never heared that one before... another one for ofcon to "Pretend" to investigate.....
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