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Do you get charged when on hold?
fayraz
Posts: 625 Forumite
in Phones & TV
Hi,
I just wondered about the above question or do you get charged when you get connected to a person?
I just wondered about the above question or do you get charged when you get connected to a person?
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You are charged from the secomf the call is answered, be it by a man or machine you are still charged.0
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As soon as the call is connected by the person you have called you start to get charged weather you are answered by a person, answer M/C or automatated system, press 1 for ?, press 2 for ??
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be carefull if ever dialing 0870 numbers and being put on hold can cost a small fortune0
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£4.50 if you get stuck in one of Sky's hour-long 'press this, press that' queues for example.lee634 wrote:be carefull if ever dialing 0870 numbers and being put on hold can cost a small fortuneTime has moved on (much quicker than it used to - or so it seems at my age) and my previous advice on residential telephony has been or is now gradually being overtaken by changes in the retail market. Hence, I have now deleted links to my previous 'pearls of wisdom'. I sincerely hope they helped save some of you money.0 -
Even more on 0871 numbers with a queuing system (like savastore.com).
10p a minute (BT rate).0
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