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  • janE1956
    janE1956 Posts: 2,274 Forumite
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    JamboDP said:
    answered after 4 rings and said Hello, no winner today

    £97,000 tomorrow
    I don't listen to that radio that much during work; when the person answers with hello, do the presenters converse with them much? Whilst I would assume they would offer them some kind of condolences off air, how much do they speak 'on-air'?

    Would be intriguing to hear their reaction to being told.....
    you don't hear if they do, they just tend to say nooo thats not what I wanted to hear, but could have put phone down by that time.
  • JamboDP
    JamboDP Posts: 41,664 Forumite
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    JamboDP said:
    answered after 4 rings and said Hello, no winner today

    £97,000 tomorrow
    I don't listen to that radio that much during work; when the person answers with hello, do the presenters converse with them much? Whilst I would assume they would offer them some kind of condolences off air, how much do they speak 'on-air'?

    Would be intriguing to hear their reaction to being told.....
    They do not speak to them at all the call is ended as soon as they say hello.
    I do it just for fun and whatever I win is a bonus
  • pallyman
    pallyman Posts: 363 Forumite
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    I am not getting notifications for this or the amounts threads despite them being bookmarked,anybody else the same,thanks.
  • mjm3346
    mjm3346 Posts: 47,364 Forumite
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    pallyman said:
    I am not getting notifications for this or the amounts threads despite them being bookmarked,anybody else the same,thanks.
    Notifications mentioned numerous times in the feedback section and elsewhere
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/categories/site-feedback

  • cinders59
    cinders59 Posts: 7,787 Forumite
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    edited 25 July 2023 at 11:44AM
    anyone else having issues, it starts the usual thanks for calling then cuts off with call failed .

    It took me 64 goes to get full 42 entries in
    Thanks to all who post comps :)
    ITV winners membersclub#2
  • Ash_AFC
    Ash_AFC Posts: 12 Forumite
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    It’s crazy how many rollovers there has been!

    Do they only call from an unknown/private number?
  • Abbafan1972
    Abbafan1972 Posts: 7,189 Forumite
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    Ash_AFC said:
    It’s crazy how many rollovers there has been!

    Do they only call from an unknown/private number?
    Yes I believe they do. 
    Striving to clear the mortgage before it finishes in Dec 2028 - amount currently owed - £18,886.27
  • pixiebel81
    pixiebel81 Posts: 58 Forumite
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    edited 25 July 2023 at 12:46PM
    They used to play the "hello" calls but haven't for some time now
  • sully1311
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    cinders59 said:
    anyone else having issues, it starts the usual thanks for calling then cuts off with call failed .

    It took me 64 goes to get full 42 entries in
    Just finished my entries for today and every call was fine. 
  • I'm guessing if you've already answered the maximum number of times since it first started rolling over, you can't enter again until it's won? I entered the maximum the day after it was won (10th) and therefore haven't entered since.

    Sometimes I think they don't always ring someone every day, I think they play a prerecorded failed/"hello" call just to deliberately roll it over to get more entries and more money. Strange that if someone won £96k, the next day it's £97k, but if it rolled over it's still only £1k more...

    Who enters and doesn't glue themselves to their phone between 1500 and 1510??!
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