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billsavings

iliko wrote: »

My queries are not answered as well.

Post your questions here and someone will try and help you, thats the idea of this thread.;)

OldGreyFox

saver20088 wrote: »

I think MO-Dial should be included on the CallChecker Page. Their rates seem pretty cheap.

Your having a larf. Whats your interest in them ?

ginga-ninga

I wasn't wanting to ask questions - rather trying to advise whoever maintains the callchecker that the advice provided regarding 1280 for "non-BT Landlines" is incorrect...

The advice given is that "Those using a Carrier Pre-Select provider (ie you still pay BT for your landline) can dial 1280 as a prefix to a call, which re-routes them through BT and means you will be charged at BT prices."

Whether someone pays BT for their landline does not dictate whether 1280 will work or not...

I believe the correct differentiator is CPS vs WCLI - altho how anyone is supposed to have any idea how to determine that is beyond me! :mad:

Heinz

ginga-ninga wrote: »

Whether someone pays BT for their landline does not dictate whether 1280 will work or not...

I believe the correct differentiator is CPS vs WCLI - altho how anyone is supposed to have any idea how to determine that is beyond me! :mad:

Unfortunately (IMHO, disgracefully - Ofcom has let the citizen consumer down again), it appears to be by learning the hard way!

ginga-ninga

100's of pounds of calls and charges that I wasn't expecting and somehow according to everyone including Ofcom it is my fault :mad:

If I hadn't found a discussion re 1280, WCLI etc on this forum I would still be running around in circles trying to get some sort of "fault" fixed - days on the phone to Customer Service Reps of both providers, with each of them blaming the other for having a fault - and of course being given the runaround, transferred all over the organisations and having calls dropped all over the place, with no one having the vaguest clue what they were talking about

How it is even legal to randomly ignore dialled digits (ie 1280) without warning? ...and then blame the customer for trying to use a disabled service! If it's disabled then:
1. it shouldn't work - 1280 should result in "number unobtainable" like any other unrecognised telephone number
2. we should be told that it won't work (rather than the goodbye letter from BT encouraging us to use it!)
3. BT Customer Service should know that it doesn't work - it's apparently been disabled for about 2 years, but I still didn't find a single BT agent who didn't believe it was a fault

...oh and BT should also know better than to constantly advertise 1280 to me when they know that it won't work - the endless letters and unsolicited calls from them are just flagrant mis-selling!

...and of course Ofcom have heard all this before and just keep yawning when I'm telling them about it, sleepily provide me a case reference number and then can never find it when I call again - they've heard it all before and (something like) "don't deal with individual customer cases"

pennyshahin_2

Hi we are on virgin for our phone ,virgin line as well I want to ring up the DVLA it's an 0870 number could someone tell me which is the cheapest way of doing this please, (best over rider to use) thanks

Heinz

DVLA now use 0300 numbers (same cost as an 01 or 02 number).

Check for the number you need on www.saynoto0870.com

However, it may still be cheaper for you to use the 0870 number if you have a 18185 account. Calling an 0870 number via 18185's 08081703703 freephone gateway number (which you'd have to use as you have a Virgin line) would cost 5p connection + 3p/minute on a weekday - which, unless you have anytime inclusive calls, is cheaper than calling an 0300 number from a Virgin line.

Heinz

sporty_han26 wrote: »

I think that you should look at all the information avalaible to hand before you get involved in these. And when you are signing up to them double check everything out before you sign on the line.

No need to bother with a search engine.

http://callchecker.moneysavingexpert.com/intcallchecker/

albula

I use 0844 8616262 and get the cheapest call to Switzerland.
1d. per minute. But, Talktalk charge me 12p (g8) connection fee even if I do not get through .Am now looking at 18866.co.uk which will not connect with Talktalk and I pay by direct debit for my calls.
Seem to be quite cheap and there is only a 5p connection fee only if you get through.

ginga-ninga

On the topic of 0844, are there any plans to put them in the UK callchecker? Many of the bypass operators don't seem to support them?