kurtis5561 wrote on Sep 22^nd, 2008 at 2:37pm:


Ah, a prime example of why mis-formatting London phone numbers gives rise to numbers that just look plain wrong!  I dare you to try dialing that without the 0208...

London's area code is 020.  The subscriber's number in this case is 8080 2105.  London does not and never has had an area code of "0208".

Notwithstanding that, good on eBay for having a geographical number.  Mind you, they seem to do their absolute best to hide any 'phone numbers they have from their users..

Try as I might, I can't find eBay's number anywhere on their site (in fact, even the contact e-mail form doesn't work for me, and redirects me to a list of FAQs).

How do eBay themselves quote the number? 020 8 or 0208? That could be the source of the OP's confusion.