Why cant you use a landline for radio competitions?

Comping_Rich

There are a number of radio competitions at the moment whereby you can win cash: -

• https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6134240/e-01-05-win-cash-each-weekday-with-kiss-6-entries#latest
• https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6123164/e-30-04-magic-pays-your-bills-6-entries-daily
• https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6134820/e-01-05-hits-radios-pay-your-bills-8-entries#latest
• https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6135807/e-29-05-planet-rock-legends-win-thousands-of-pounds-every-day-5pm-6-entries#latest
• https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6130948/e-01-05-5-00pm-win-60-000-12-entries

Have you noticed that the free entry route only allows mobile numbers? Surely this is not fair to those that dont have or want to own a mobile phone as you can't enter a landline number, also it could be a better option for some to give a landline especially if you live in an area with patchy mobile phone signal that keeps dropping, or worse still no signal at all.

mjm3346

The simple answer is they want a mobile number and it's up to them (pretty much has always been a mobile number for these as far as I remember).

As the paid for option requires a mobile number there is no reason why the free entry route should not also require it.

jonesMUFCforever

I have always been able to enter the Bauer ones with a landline. They have never phoned me to tell me I have won and since upgrading my old brick to a smart phone I do enter a mobile number now.
I was unaware that you could not put in a landline number.

thingamaBob

jonesMUFCforever said:

I have always been able to enter the Bauer ones with a landline. They have never phoned me to tell me I have won and since upgrading my old brick to a smart phone I do enter a mobile number now.
I was unaware that you could not put in a landline number.

The entry forms specifically state Mobile Number

jonesMUFCforever

thingamaBob said:

jonesMUFCforever said:

I have always been able to enter the Bauer ones with a landline. They have never phoned me to tell me I have won and since upgrading my old brick to a smart phone I do enter a mobile number now.
I was unaware that you could not put in a landline number.

The entry forms specifically state Mobile Number

...But it accepts a landline number. You would think that if it didn't it would not accept any number not starting 07 - but it does.

mjm3346

jonesMUFCforever said:

thingamaBob said:

jonesMUFCforever said:

I have always been able to enter the Bauer ones with a landline. They have never phoned me to tell me I have won and since upgrading my old brick to a smart phone I do enter a mobile number now.
I was unaware that you could not put in a landline number.

The entry forms specifically state Mobile Number

...But it accepts a landline number. You would think that if it didn't it would not accept any number not starting 07 - but it does.

Whether it's accidentally a wrong number or not a mobile one it doesn't really matter to them if someone is making free invalid entries

Scorpioangel

I think the main reasoning is that most people have mobile phones nowadays but a lot of people have ditched landlines. My mobile is cheaper than the landline for calls, I am payg but even if I took out a contract it would still work out cheaper than a landline.

pate-ci0

jonesMUFCforever said:

thingamaBob said:

jonesMUFCforever said:

I have always been able to enter the Bauer ones with a landline. They have never phoned me to tell me I have won and since upgrading my old brick to a smart phone I do enter a mobile number now.
I was unaware that you could not put in a landline number.

The entry forms specifically state Mobile Number

...But it accepts a landline number. You would think that if it didn't it would not accept any number not starting 07 - but it does.

I have never been able to put in a landline number, always get an error message saying not a valid mobile number. Very annoying; there are still a lot of us out here who do not use mobiles (I only use one for competitions and that’s it!)