0845 Telephone numbers
18 March 2007, 08:02 PM
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0845 Telephone numbers
Can anybody recommend a good 0845 telephone number provider.
I have searched on-line and it seems the terms and conditions of most (cheaper) providers are very tieing...
Any Infor gratefully received.
Cheers
Zip
I have searched on-line and it seems the terms and conditions of most (cheaper) providers are very tieing...
Any Infor gratefully received.
Cheers
Zip
18 March 2007, 08:12 PM
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Dunno - but *IF* you were thinking of getting one for a business of yours then, as a customer, I hate the damn things. What's wrong with a geographic number? Most landline and mobile tariffs give you free calls to geographic numbers but NOT to non-geographic numbers such as 0845.
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18 March 2007, 08:18 PM
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It is for business and are address is right on the edge of a geographoc area.
Yell.com has worked great in our geographic area but rubbish in the area where our code is different, our code covers a very big area as well.
Hence the 0845 number to try and get some additional work in our adjacent geographical area.
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Yell.com has worked great in our geographic area but rubbish in the area where our code is different, our code covers a very big area as well.
Hence the 0845 number to try and get some additional work in our adjacent geographical area.
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18 March 2007, 08:23 PM
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Cant BT route a number from the appropriate dialing code area to you? They certainly used to be able to.
18 March 2007, 10:08 PM
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18 March 2007, 10:26 PM
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we get ours from Business Phone Numbers - Call Management - Windsor Telecom , nice people to deal with
18 March 2007, 11:05 PM
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Personally I tend to favour calling a company with a non '08' number when you have a few listed in Yellow Pages, and are deciding who to call; and if its an 0870 number forget it!
Its not an 0845 based company's fault that that Vodafone [in my case] make me pay more for calling an 0845 number, as they exclude it from my inclusive minutes, but when I have 1000 minutes rolled over I need to use 'em up and not pay more!
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Its not an 0845 based company's fault that that Vodafone [in my case] make me pay more for calling an 0845 number, as they exclude it from my inclusive minutes, but when I have 1000 minutes rolled over I need to use 'em up and not pay more!
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19 March 2007, 09:26 AM
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If the company offers a a service/product I need want at a good price, I'd not think twice abbout an 08 number. I find it hard to believe people are that short sighted and would rather pay more or get a lower service level to save a few pence.
At the weekend isn't 0845 somthing likp 1p a minute?
At the weekend isn't 0845 somthing likp 1p a minute?
19 March 2007, 12:20 PM
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19 March 2007, 03:51 PM
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[quote=MattN;6760102]If the company offers a a service/product I need want at a good price, I'd not think twice abbout an 08 number. I find it hard to believe people are that short sighted and would rather pay more or get a lower service level to save a few pence.
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I WOULD call an 0845 number, but if I am choosing between 10 similar listings in Yellow Pages why not elect to call those companies first that will cost me no more money to call? I hardly think that is 'short sighted'
or equates to getting 'lower service' somehow
The best companies think of things a bit more from a cutomer/potential client perspective; people do actively avoid a grabby company that wants to take a cut from their phone bill before even getting the gig...
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I WOULD call an 0845 number, but if I am choosing between 10 similar listings in Yellow Pages why not elect to call those companies first that will cost me no more money to call? I hardly think that is 'short sighted'
or equates to getting 'lower service' somehow The best companies think of things a bit more from a cutomer/potential client perspective; people do actively avoid a grabby company that wants to take a cut from their phone bill before even getting the gig...
D
21 March 2007, 07:12 PM
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21 March 2007, 10:56 PM
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And the company that the 0845 number is directed too gets NO income from it. In fact most pay an annual charge to receive the calls.
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0870 numbers are different and I do belive the recipient of the calls can get an income from incoming calls.
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0870 numbers are different and I do belive the recipient of the calls can get an income from incoming calls.
21 March 2007, 11:40 PM
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To contact ITV :
Tel: 0870 600 6766
Fax: 0121 634 4898
The 0870 number says it all doesnt it...especially if you are phoning in to complain about being ripped off by ITV Play/Richard & Judy phonelines etc
At least they are paying the price now for ripping people off by phone...
Wouldnt touch an '08' with a bargepole for my business anymore...
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Tel: 0870 600 6766
Fax: 0121 634 4898
The 0870 number says it all doesnt it...especially if you are phoning in to complain about being ripped off by ITV Play/Richard & Judy phonelines etc
At least they are paying the price now for ripping people off by phone... Wouldnt touch an '08' with a bargepole for my business anymore...
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22 March 2007, 09:30 AM
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[QUOTE=Diesel;6761343]
I didn't say you'd get a lower service. I said by not calling the 0845 numbers you'd limit the number of companies you call. Stands to reason if you only call 1 compnay you may not get the best deal.
If the company offers a a service/product I need want at a good price, I'd not think twice abbout an 08 number. I find it hard to believe people are that short sighted and would rather pay more or get a lower service level to save a few pence.
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I WOULD call an 0845 number, but if I am choosing between 10 similar listings in Yellow Pages why not elect to call those companies first that will cost me no more money to call? I hardly think that is 'short sighted' or equates to getting 'lower service' somehow
The best companies think of things a bit more from a cutomer/potential client perspective; people do actively avoid a grabby company that wants to take a cut from their phone bill before even getting the gig...
D
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I WOULD call an 0845 number, but if I am choosing between 10 similar listings in Yellow Pages why not elect to call those companies first that will cost me no more money to call? I hardly think that is 'short sighted'
or equates to getting 'lower service' somehow The best companies think of things a bit more from a cutomer/potential client perspective; people do actively avoid a grabby company that wants to take a cut from their phone bill before even getting the gig...
D
I didn't say you'd get a lower service. I said by not calling the 0845 numbers you'd limit the number of companies you call. Stands to reason if you only call 1 compnay you may not get the best deal.
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