Tips - Deal with call centres queues

cheerygun

To jump the queue when calling the companies below simply;


PRESS the '0' or '#' keys repeatedly in quick succession and you should get straight through to the next available operator!



Alliance & Leicester 0870 901 1001

American Express 01273 576 576

Bank of Scotland 0845 721 3141

Barclays 0845 755 5555

BUPA 0845 609 0111

Capital One 0800 952 5150

Comet 0870 542 5425

Dell 0870 152 4699

DHL 0870 110 0300

DVLA 0870 240 009

Egg 0845 123 3233

Goldfish 0141 204 9005

Halifax 0845 720 3040

HSBC 0845 740 4404

Lloyds TSB 0800 096 9779

NatWest 0870 333 1993

NHS Direct 0845 4647

O2 0870 241 0202

PC World 0870 242 0444

Royal Mail 0845 774 0740

Sainsbury's Bank 0845 305 5888

Sky 0870 240 4040

Tesco 0845 604 0409

3Mobile 07782 333 333



To jump the queue when calling the companies below simply;

Do not press any keys. Just wait and do nothing after hearing the options!


Carphone Warehouse 0870 111 7400

Onetel 0800 957 0523

P&O 08705 212 121

Southern Electric 0845 744 4555

Southern Water 0845 272 0845

Virgin Holidays 0870 220 2707




To jump the queue when calling any other companies, simply try the above tactics and you should find they work for other companies also. Remember, most major companies use the same technology and IT equipment!

JJ_Egan

Method failed when i phoned Comet and Alliance and Leicester .

Paully232000

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-1605285/How-to-cheat-call-centre-queues.html

Is this where you got it from, if so it is from 2009 and a lot will have changed since then.

tomtontom

Tip - don't ring 0870 numbers in the first place!

enfield_freddy

Comet don,t seem to answer there phones


and to back up tomtontom , say no to 0870 http://www.saynoto0870.com/

Paully232000

enfield_freddy wrote: »

Comet don,t seem to answer there phones


and to back up tomtontom , say no to 0870 http://www.saynoto0870.com/

neither do Egg, or goldfish, or NHS direct, or orange, or Lloyds TSB,

enfield_freddy

Paully232000 wrote: »

neither do Egg, or goldfish, or NHS direct, or orange, or Lloyds TSB,

harsh , but true

LilElvis

Barclays bank - get a Premier account and you speak to a UK based human immediately.

mufi

LilElvis wrote: »

Barclays bank - get a Premier account and you speak to a UK based human immediately.

... on a Freephone number, too. Trouble is, from memory one has to earn pretty substantial amounts, paid into the account, to qualify.
Keeps out the plebs, what?


I get regular phone calls after speaking to them, asking for feedback. Trouble is, imagine my good feedback goes into the general Barclays pot and makes their customer service look better than it is - gather it's a bit mixed for normal account holders.

System

When I used to bank with Halifax, I rang a number found on saynoto0870. It was an 0113 number, which is Leeds and in their huge call centre to the north of the city centre. Went to the switchboard and asked for the product (credit cards etc) customer service and went straight to an advisor.