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Lara

Thanks Heinz - thought you would come up trumps. Uni son sent me wrong number :rolleyes: .

theloft

Can anyone (perhaps Heinz) tell me how much it costs to phone an 0871 number UK daytime ? Have tried the UK call checker and it only shows 0870. Could not find an alternative on "say no to 0870" or 118118.com. so I am stuck as I need to call this company. Thought I would chance it and used 18185 but got a message saying "this is a special tariff number which we do offer"

mary

I believe 0871 and 0870 are the same rate, but not 100% sure

DonnyDave

theloft wrote:

Can anyone (perhaps Heinz) tell me how much it costs to phone an 0871 number UK daytime ? ...

0871 numbers are not the same as 0870 ones. Similarly 0844 are not the same as 0845 ones.

0871 cost a variety of rates upto 10p/min at all times. To tell how much it will cost, the next three or four digits must be known. Unsuprisingly, alot of companies opt for 10p/min numbers, probably because there's no requirement for call prices to be displayed.

The prices are from BT landlines and I would be suprised if you will find other cheaper providers. If you do, they will most probably be making a lost, so such a rate wouldn't last.

Heinz

Whatever you do, don't call from a mobile - the cost is likely to be into rip-off city.

The BT prices can be worked out from the below PDF file (find the first few digits - 0871 numbers start at the bottom of page 12 and continue to the middle of page 16 [you sometimes need up to 8 to be sure you have the right one] - and then scroll down to page 28 to find out the cost).

http://www.downloads.bt.com/pricing/SpecialisedNos.pdf+

mary wrote:

I believe 0871 and 0870 are the same rate

That's exactly what companies now using 0871 numbers hope the public will think - so spread the word!

theloft

Thanks everyone. I was able to work out from the download provided by Heinz, that my call would cost me 10p per minute, absolute rip-off! It is cheaper to call the USA or NZ than that.

DonnyDave

theloft wrote:

Thanks everyone. I was able to work out from the download provided by Heinz, that my call would cost me 10p per minute, absolute rip-off! It is cheaper to call the USA or NZ than that.

If you still need/want to call the company, it may be listed on Say no to 0870!.

theloft

DonnyDave wrote:

If you still need/want to call the company, it may be listed on Say no to 0870!.

Dave - you obviously did not read my post - plus if you look at the bottom of all my posts, you will see I am a firm believer in the "say no to 0870" website and this is the first place I look.

woodshak

What great advice. I used it for the first time this morning ringing the Hotpoint service centre. A long wait was much more bearable knowing I wasn't paying a fortune.
Thank you do much

bbb_uk

Daniel, Site Admin over on SayNoTo0870 has improved the Alternative Number Search screen.

The search results will now display results from both the verified and unverified database.