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118866 rip off
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timandjo
Posts: 2 Newbie
in Phones & TV
I dialled this by mistake - easily done. Result £1.54 added to my bill for 7 secs before I cut off the call. Who can I complain to?
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God perhaps?To infinity and beyond!0
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timandjo wrote:I dialled this by mistake - easily done. Result £1.54 added to my bill for 7 secs before I cut off the call. Who can I complain to?
Not a lot.Ofcom are not interested.You might consider getting a autodialer.See this thread here which discusses the matter.
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=65395PF.0 -
I have dialled this a few times normally a few seconds on got billed almost a £1. Easily done too. Or frequent number I have set in an address book on phone its the irregular number I make the mistake occasionally.
No longer a user, goodbye folks. PLEASE delete my account. Thank you0 -
timandjo wrote:I dialled this by mistake - easily done. Result £1.54 added to my bill for 7 secs before I cut off the call. Who can I complain to?
I did this once, that was enough and always check the number carefully before pressing the ring button.
I find a yellow stick-it note on the phone handy during school holidays for daytime calls made by my daughter
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I would have thought you would have a dialler especially with having a daughter. lol :rotfl:Edinburghlass wrote:...I find a yellow stick-it note on the phone handy during school holidays for daytime calls made by my daughter0 -
Is there anyway to get your line provider to block access to certain numbers?
Not just prefixes but actual numbers.
I also think the people who set up that number should be hung drawn and quartered.0 -
I don't think so but, of course, you could configure an Orchid V4 dialler to do that (e.g. to digit translate 118866 to the correct 18866).Phonix wrote:Is there anyway to get your line provider to block access to certain numbers?Their - possessive pronoun (owned by them e.g. "They locked their car").
They're - colloquial/abbreviated version of 'They are'
There - noun (location other than here e.g. "You can buy groceries there") OR adverb (in or at that place e.g. "They have lived there for years") OR adverb (to or towards that place e.g. "Go there at noon") OR adverb (in that matter e.g. " I agree with you there").0 -
April2 wrote:I don't think so but, of course, you could configure an Orchid V4 dialler to do that (e.g. to digit translate 118866 to the correct 18866).
Or just block all 118 DQ numbers at all - they're all a rip off anyway
There are 10 types of people in the world, those that understand binary and those that don't
In many cases it helps if you say where you are - someone with local knowledge might be able to give local specifics rather than general advice0 -
Except 118111 (which is free if you're a OneTel customer).Hunnymonster wrote:Or just block all 118 DQ numbers at all - they're all a rip off anywayTheir - possessive pronoun (owned by them e.g. "They locked their car").
They're - colloquial/abbreviated version of 'They are'
There - noun (location other than here e.g. "You can buy groceries there") OR adverb (in or at that place e.g. "They have lived there for years") OR adverb (to or towards that place e.g. "Go there at noon") OR adverb (in that matter e.g. " I agree with you there").0 -
Phonix wrote:I also think the people who set up that number should be hung drawn and quartered.
Surely Ofcom shold face this fate for allowing them to get away with it.!!!!PF.0
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