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Talk Talk's new FREE service!
Heinz
Posts: 11,191 Forumite
in Phones & TV
OK, you probably didn't believe the thread title but it's true - it was announced on BBC TV's Breakfast programme this morning that Talk Talk are going to offer an opt-in service to receive weekly calls from an individual (always the same person) from the company 'for a chat'.
They allege it's not going to be any type of sales call but is genuinely just for a chat and they will not cold call anyone - their customers have to opt in (and select a 'chat password' to avoid scammers latching on).
Sounds like a nice move to get free advertising on the BBC to me!
They allege it's not going to be any type of sales call but is genuinely just for a chat and they will not cold call anyone - their customers have to opt in (and select a 'chat password' to avoid scammers latching on).
Sounds like a nice move to get free advertising on the BBC to me!
Time 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.
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I heard that to on BBC 5 live,(?), it was for over 65s living alone.
http://www.ispreview.co.uk/story/2010/02/18/uk-isp-talktalk-launches-free-weekly-chats-for-older-people-living-alone.htmlDon`t steal - the Government doesn`t like the competition0 -
Why would they talk to somebody for free when they will not hold a conversation with their customers, when they are paying.:rotfl:sanfly0
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I have run the use of Free™ by the Department of Trading Words Regulation and an ASDA carpark trolley collection employee and they have both confirmed this is definitely Free™.
It's may also breach the Protection from Harassment Act 1997, the Privacy and Electronic (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 and the Telecommunications (Data Protection and Privacy) (Direct Marketing) Regulations 1998.
You can run but you can't hide. From TalkTalk :money:0 -
will it be someone from the India call centre"Do not regret growing older, it's a privilege denied to many"0
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Talk talk call centres are in wimbledon i thought? maybe they have india too that i didn't know about (I was doing some work for the company they outsource their call centre to)Excuse any mis-spelt replies, there's probably a cat sat on the keyboard0
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Talk talk call centres are in wimbledon i thought? maybe they have india too that i didn't know about (I was doing some work for the company they outsource their call centre to)
They have call centres scattered all other the place, including some in South Africa.;)
http://www.callcentres.net/CALLCENTRES/LIVE/me.get?site.SectionShow&CALL17950
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