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a very nice man Supreme Member Offline Posts: 705 England Gender:	Lo-Call 0870 A new category perhaps? Jan 16^th, 2007 at 8:59pm 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?
Reply #1 - Jan 17^th, 2007 at 2:10am

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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Tanllan Supreme Member Offline Posts: 797 Gender:	Re: Lo-Call 0870 A new category perhaps? Reply #2 - Jan 17^th, 2007 at 8:59am 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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NGMsGhost Supreme Member Offline The Forum Ghost of NonGeographicalMan<b r /> Posts: 2,720 Surrey, United Kingdom Gender:	Re: Lo-Call 0870 A new category perhaps? Reply #3 - Jan 17^th, 2007 at 9:20am Tanllan wrote on Jan 17^th, 2007 at 8:59am: 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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trubster Full Member Offline 10 Meg Broadband Rocks... Posts: 147 Sheffield Gender:	Re: Lo-Call 0870 A new category perhaps? Reply #4 - Jan 20^th, 2007 at 12:22am 0870 = LO-CALL???? Never heared that one before... another one for ofcon to "Pretend" to investigate.....
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