Cash Register - Questions/Answers/Comments

mjm3346

Bridger12 said:

Elbison, It might be great to shave a few seconds off each time ringing the number by pressing an option, but I would hate to get the call, give the correct amount and they listen to my entry and say I did not listen to all the stuff before pressing 1 to confirm my number and could not win.  

 "Entrants can also enter the Competition by calling #### from a valid UK mobile and following the instructions via the phoneline"
I suppose skipping part of the message is not "following the instructions" whether they would dq someone for that I doubt but I certainly wouldn't risk it for saving a few seconds if I did enter them.

Chyna-s

The only instruction is to stay on the line until they have read out your number, then press 1.

Bridger12

Chyna-s said:

The only instruction is to stay on the line until they have read out your number, then press 1.

I always listen to all the spiel, press option 1, let them read out my number and wait till I hear the  think they say you are entered the competition and definitely do not wait for the good luck. It does take time but I definitely never do that tip here to ring the number twice and take half the time, they could use some excuse that the winning entry was twice at the same time as another of your entry and not pay out if they ever called. 

elbison

Bridger12 said:

Elbison, It might be great to shave a few seconds off each time ringing the number by pressing an option, but I would hate to get the call, give the correct amount and they listen to my entry and say I did not listen to all the stuff before pressing 1 to confirm my number and could not win.  

To be fair I am wondering if they'd disqualify you for pressing a key by mistake...
I somehow managed to call the number twice at the same time, put one on hold and dialled again, and I could swap between calls. 
I had to put it on hold, as I didn't want the whole office hearing the phone. Ha ha. 

Bridger12

elbison said:

Bridger12 said:

Elbison, It might be great to shave a few seconds off each time ringing the number by pressing an option, but I would hate to get the call, give the correct amount and they listen to my entry and say I did not listen to all the stuff before pressing 1 to confirm my number and could not win.  

To be fair I am wondering if they'd disqualify you for pressing a key by mistake...
I somehow managed to call the number twice at the same time, put one on hold and dialled again, and I could swap between calls. 
I had to put it on hold, as I didn't want the whole office hearing the phone. Ha ha. 

Just getting the call and winning all this cash to me is probably a once in a lifetime thing, get something wrong and not win is not worth the risk. 

LizB62

elbison said:

LizB62 said:

pate-ci0 said:

LizB62 said:

I'm pretty sure the call is connecting ok and that the automated system is working, you just can't hear it.
If you press 1 after about 32 seconds, then the call should drop about 8-10 seconds later and you'll have been entered into the competition, just like it does when the audio works.
I've sent you a message.

Slightly longer than 32 seconds now...

But, if you press 1 it will skip the message, except the one where it reads out your number.

Ah they've changed the audtio since I entered yesterday - it's more like 38 seconds now (I'm not skipping the first message as I'm doing two calls at once) I'll edit my other post
You can press 1 to confirm your number as soon as it starts saying "please press 1...." as  it's listening for the tone as soon as that bit of audio starts.

One thing to watch out for if you're doing two calls at once (which  makes it a LOT faster to enter):
If you get the "You have reached the maximum number of entries" message then don't press 1 on the other call you've got going.
I'd guess that this would give an extra entry which they might notice, depending on what sort of reporting they've got set up on this.

elbison

If you do two calls at once you might as well skip the messages.
And you are skipping the one telling you to press 1 to confirm the entry/phone number.

mjm3346

Bridger12 said:

elbison said:

Bridger12 said:

Elbison, It might be great to shave a few seconds off each time ringing the number by pressing an option, but I would hate to get the call, give the correct amount and they listen to my entry and say I did not listen to all the stuff before pressing 1 to confirm my number and could not win.  

To be fair I am wondering if they'd disqualify you for pressing a key by mistake...
I somehow managed to call the number twice at the same time, put one on hold and dialled again, and I could swap between calls. 
I had to put it on hold, as I didn't want the whole office hearing the phone. Ha ha. 

Just getting the call and winning all this cash to me is probably a once in a lifetime thing, get something wrong and not win is not worth the risk. 

Unlikely, if an entry was deemed invalid the number probably wouldn't be in the pool to be selected in the first place

pate-ci0

Just to let anyone else who is having problems getting silence from 0330 numbers, LizB62 has found that if your phone uses 4G or 2G then there should not be a problem, but if it connects over 3G then you may well connect to the number but may not hear the far end. I can confirm that from a location which has 2G coverage, and setting my phone to use 2G only (not Auto), then I can call the 0330 numbers and enter with no issues. My problem now is that EE do not support 2G in my home location so I will need to travel a distance to be able to enter for free using my Samsung phone. Always something....but kudos to LizB62 for getting a result!

LizB62

elbison said:

If you do two calls at once you might as well skip the messages.
And you are skipping the one telling you to press 1 to confirm the entry/phone number.

It's probably me, but I tried that for a few calls and it got a bit fast so ended up not skipping the first one to give myself more time to keep track