Avoid Paying For Vodafone Voicemail Retrieval In Uk

svincent2000 · 31 October 2005 at 9:26AM

Hello all,

I've found a way of avoiding paying for voicemail retrieval for Vodafone contract customers while in the UK.

1. Go to https://www.vodafone.net and sign up for free to get Vodafone Mail (an enhanced voicemail service).

2. Once registered and logged in, you will see what's called your "Fax/Mailbox number" in the top right corner.

3. Instead of dialling 121 for voicemail, set your voicemail number to this "Fax/Mailbox" number. This number is unique for you.

4. Call this mailbox number. It will initially go through to your voicemail message. Press "9". Then enter your PIN (if you don't have one, call Vodafone on 191 to get one set up for free). This will then take you through to the familiar voicemail options.

5. Since this is a mailbox number 07 number, it is included in X-network contract minutes, and so is free!

6. Not only is it free, because you have to enter your PIN, its also secure! And for absolute discretion, you can give people your mailbox number so they can only ever leave voicemail for you, and then you can call them back at your leisure!

Let me know your experiences.

2ax · 31 October 2005 at 1:48PM

Is that a totally separate number, or related to the main one?

On some networks, the VM number is similar, with extra digits inserted - Vodafone Germany has 55 added in the middle, or you call 5500 from the phone itself.

Mr_Skint_2 · 31 October 2005 at 1:50PM

I always thought that voicemail was free for Contract but chargeable for PAYG.

fonefather · 31 October 2005 at 2:53PM

^^^looking at my bills it appears to be taken off your allocated minutes

pricefighter · 1 November 2005 at 9:58AM

fonefather wrote:

^^^looking at my bills it appears to be taken off your allocated minutes

Yes the Op does say this see Item 5.

svincent2000 · 23 November 2005 at 11:06AM

Yes, calls to this number will come off your allocated inclusive minutes, but this is better than paying additional pence per minute for voicemail retrieval.

Best of all is to take full advantage of https://www.vodafone.net, which provides free ability to listen to and download voicemail messages.

ianonline · 23 November 2005 at 3:22PM

pricefighter wrote:

Yes the Op does say this see Item 5.

I think fonefather's point was that he is being charged for calls to 121 (in response to Mr Skint's comment).

Given that contract customers are being charged for calls to 121 (and 242 which is the equivalent number for Vodafone Mail), the whole point of using the OP's method is that you can dial an 07.. number to retrieve voicemail which means you can use up your free minutes rather than being charged on top. Presumably, this would only work for PAYG customers if you have bought a "voice pack" and you want to use up your minutes that you have already paid for.

In any event, whether you're on contract or PAYG you can still retrieve your voicemail messages for free via email (either pop3 or webmail) whenever you are at your computer, which means you can save your messages (in wav format) for future reference. Your mailbox number also doubles up as a fax number so that people can send you faxes which are also delivered to your email box (in tiff format) so you can save them and print them off at your leisure.

I can't believe that anyone who is a Vodafone customer would not have a Vodafone mail account as it's free and has many advantages (including the ability to send and receive emails via WAP/GPRS on your mobile phone).:D

kai666 · 24 November 2005 at 6:02PM

dialling 121 comes out of my inclusive minutes, I thought it did for everyone? In which case what is the difference between dialling 121 and the 07.... number?

jassi_9 · 25 November 2005 at 2:50PM

OOOOOOK.....THIS ISNT ROCKET SCIENCE PEOPLE!!??

VINCENT IS TRYING TO TELL U THAT...OUTSIDE YOUR INCLUSIVE MINUTES U WILL GET CHARGED 10p FOR VOICEMAIL RETRIEVAL, BY DIALING 121

IF YOU SET UP, LIKE HE SUGGESTED, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DIAL A NORMAL MOBILE NUMBER (07...ETC).....AND AVOID THE 10 PENCE COST...AND RETRIEVE YOUR VOICEMAIL AT A CHEAPER RATE

ONCE YOUVE USED UP YOUR INCLUSIVE MINUTES, THIS METHOD WILL SAVE YOU PAYING 10p EVERYTIME YOU LISTEN TO A MSG!!!!!!

I BEEN DOING THIS FOR 3 YEARS ON VODA PAY AS YOU GO.....AND HAVENT TOPPED UP ONCE IN THAT TIME, EVERYTIME I GET A VOICEMAIL, I JUST USE MY "3" CONTRACT......DIAL THE "07..." NUMBER.......AND ACCESS MY VODA VOICEMAIL FOR FREE

hoyin · 2 January 2006 at 1:46PM

svincent2000 wrote:

Yes, calls to this number will come off your allocated inclusive minutes, but this is better than paying additional pence per minute for voicemail retrieval.

Best of all is to take full advantage of https://www.vodafone.net, which provides free ability to listen to and download voicemail messages.

I am registered on vodafone.net

But I can't seem to find out how to download my voicemail messages?

Can someone help?

Thanks

ianonline · 2 January 2006 at 2:21PM

hoyin wrote:

I am registered on vodafone.net

But I can't seem to find out how to download my voicemail messages?

Can someone help?

Thanks

Once you've logged on to your vodafone.net account you should just be able to click on the voice message and save it as you would any other attachment. If your computer won't let you do this, it may be something to do with your security settings / antivirus / firewall.

If what you're saying is that your voicemial messages aren't being forwarded to your Vodafone Mail account in the first place, then you'll have to take it up with Vodafone to check that they have linked your mobile number to your Vodafone Mail account correctly.

Sorry I can't be any more help

Avoid Paying For Vodafone Voicemail Retrieval In Uk

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