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Reply #90 - Oct 19^th, 2011 at 6:48pm

@ Reserved,

Glad to see PlusNet have finally moved over to 03 numbers.

They used to publish their Sheffield Geographic numbers but for emergency cover measures, they stopped. Then then said they had planned to replace the costly 0845 contact numbers.

I am glad they finally have.

I wonder if Madasafish (who they own) will follow suit?

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reserved Junior Member Offline Posts: 92 East Sussex Gender:	Re: Hall of Fame (including Hall of Shame) Reply #91 - Oct 19^th, 2011 at 7:18pm CJT-80 wrote on Oct 19^th, 2011 at 6:48pm: I wonder if Madasafish (who they own) will follow suit? In the future perhaps, see in this post
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CJT-80 Global Moderator Offline Posts: 1,714 Manchester Gender:	Re: Hall of Fame (including Hall of Shame) Reply #92 - Oct 19^th, 2011 at 7:50pm @ reserved, see my reply to BPullen's comment. Regards,
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reserved Junior Member Offline Posts: 92 East Sussex Gender:	Re: Hall of Fame (including Hall of Shame) Reply #93 - Oct 19^th, 2011 at 8:32pm @ CJT-80 Await his answer
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CJT-80 Global Moderator Offline Posts: 1,714 Manchester Gender:	Re: Hall of Fame (including Hall of Shame) Reply #94 - Oct 19^th, 2011 at 8:41pm Oh so UR the TBB member called reserved I remember they DID have it answering in SA at one point Funny story, I used to work for a Mobile Phone network, and my colleague was helping a customer, she asked me if we supported e-mails from MAAF, but she called them... Madasa Fish!
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reserved Junior Member Offline Posts: 92 East Sussex Gender:	Re: Hall of Fame (including Hall of Shame) Reply #95 - Oct 20^th, 2011 at 8:16am CJT-80 wrote on Oct 19^th, 2011 at 8:41pm: Oh so UR the TBB member called reserved 'Tis me CJT-80 wrote on Oct 19^th, 2011 at 8:41pm: I remember they DID have it answering in SA at one point They did but it moved back to UK a while ago.
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Reply #96 - Oct 20^th, 2011 at 9:12am

reserved wrote on Oct 19^th, 2011 at 4:00pm:

Plusnet have just released details of a 03 number for support: 0345 140 0200 - see here

The reason this was done is because I submitted a complaint to the ASA on 27th August when the thread,(can't find it now), about Plusnet was posted, the ASA told them not to use the "Lo-call" claim and Plusnet have obviously responded by removing the 0845 number altogether.

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Reply #97 - Nov 11^th, 2011 at 10:51pm

Shelter has now joined the Hall of Fame. It has migrated its 0844 numbers to 0344 ones. It also has 0300 330 1234 for donations.

But Shelter Cymru continues to sport its own Business Rate number, 0845 075 5005. And Shelter England's contact page still gives its reception number as 0844 515 2000, despite the fact that it can be reached on 0344 515 2000 and 020 7505 2000.

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Reply #98 - Nov 14^th, 2011 at 3:33pm

Dave wrote on Nov 11^th, 2011 at 10:51pm:

… And Shelter England's contact page still gives its reception number as 0844 515 2000, despite the fact that it can be reached on 0344 515 2000 and 020 7505 2000.

Shelter has now updated the contact page with the 0344 number. Well done.

It's just Shelter Cymru that needs to catch up....

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CJT-80 Global Moderator Offline Posts: 1,714 Manchester Gender:	Re: Hall of Fame (including Hall of Shame) Reply #99 - Nov 14^th, 2011 at 9:51pm Maybe worth complaining here
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allegro Senior Member Offline Posts: 335	Re: Hall of Fame (including Hall of Shame) Reply #100 - Jun 29^th, 2012 at 9:54pm Credit due to Npower who have just written to a friend: ...call us on 0800 316 9329 (free from most landlines) or 0330 100 8629 ( included in any inclusive minutes on mobiles)."
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Reply #101 - Aug 15^th, 2012 at 2:16pm

Southern Rail
now have an alternative geographic number listed for people on call plans and mobile phone users.

Dave wrote on Apr 16^th, 2008 at 2:22pm:

Those who have abandoned 084x/087x numbers in favour of 01/02 or freephone

Discussion threads contain links to minutes of meetings and other relevant pages showing the change of telephone number.

Alan Boswell Group
Asda - Used to use 0844 numbers for Asda Direct, Home Shopping as well as its "Service Team" and these all now have 0800 numbers.
Aston Villa Football Club - Ticket office and some other departments are freephone numbers; all others are 0121 numbers. It used to use 0871 (see entries in our database).
Bennetts Retail Ltd (Bennetts Electrical) Head office, online orders and stores all have freephone numbers.
Bradford City FC [Discussion here]
Caravan Guard publishes both 0800 and 01422 numbers
FindMyPast.com [Discussion here] Message posted on Say No To 0870 from Head of Marketing.
Nutrition Assocates [Discussion here] Reverted to 01 after being made aware that 0845 is not "local rate".
Oldham Community Leisure [Discussion here]changed from 0161 to 0844 and described them as "local rate". Following my email pointing out that this is incorrect, they have now said that they are going to change back to 0161 numbers.
Philips Consumer Electronics Support is now 0800 or 020 (depending on product type).
Quiet PC UK
Reel Cinemas has changed its central automated booking line for use across all its branches from 0870 801 0870 to 01509 221155.
Wintercorn Internet Consulting [Discussion here] Switched from 0870 to freephone, including support.

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sherbert Supreme Member Offline Posts: 2,011 Gender:	Re: Hall of fame Reply #102 - Aug 15^th, 2012 at 2:35pm coe114c wrote on Aug 15^th, 2012 at 2:16pm: Southern Rail now have an alternative geographic number listed for people on call plans and mobile phone users. ...and are you going to share it with us?
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Reply #103 - Aug 15^th, 2012 at 4:19pm

coe114c wrote on Aug 15^th, 2012 at 2:16pm:

Southern Rail
now have an alternative geographic number listed for people on call plans and mobile phone users.

Dave wrote on Apr 16^th, 2008 at 2:22pm:

Those who have abandoned 084x/087x numbers in favour of 01/02 or freephone

Discussion threads contain links to minutes of meetings and other relevant pages showing the change of telephone number.

Alan Boswell Group
Asda - Used to use 0844 numbers for Asda Direct, Home Shopping as well as its "Service Team" and these all now have 0800 numbers.
Aston Villa Football Club - Ticket office and some other departments are freephone numbers; all others are 0121 numbers. It used to use 0871 (see entries in our database).
Bennetts Retail Ltd (Bennetts Electrical) Head office, online orders and stores all have freephone numbers.
Bradford City FC [Discussion here]
Caravan Guard publishes both 0800 and 01422 numbers
FindMyPast.com [Discussion here] Message posted on Say No To 0870 from Head of Marketing.
Nutrition Assocates [Discussion here] Reverted to 01 after being made aware that 0845 is not "local rate".
Oldham Community Leisure [Discussion here]changed from 0161 to 0844 and described them as "local rate". Following my email pointing out that this is incorrect, they have now said that they are going to change back to 0161 numbers.
Philips Consumer Electronics Support is now 0800 or 020 (depending on product type).
Quiet PC UK
Reel Cinemas has changed its central automated booking line for use across all its branches from 0870 801 0870 to 01509 221155.
Wintercorn Internet Consulting [Discussion here] Switched from 0870 to freephone, including support.

Hello and welcome to SayNoTo0870.com.

Whilst an alternative does allow those who are aware of them the opportunity to avoid paying premium charges, they don't mean that all will, and so such companies don't have any place in the Hall of Fame.

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Reply #104 - Aug 16^th, 2012 at 8:59am

sherbert wrote on Aug 15^th, 2012 at 2:35pm:

coe114c wrote on Aug 15^th, 2012 at 2:16pm:

Southern Rail
now have an alternative geographic number listed for people on call plans and mobile phone users.

...and are you going to share it with us? Roll Eyes

From the website: "Depending on your call plan, especially for mobile phone users, you may find the following number cheaper: 0208 185 0778 (sic)" (This number is already in the database)

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