Every day is Payday - general chat

Blulu

So it now takes about two and half hours a week to get through them. I had decided not to do them. Not necessarily never, but not this week. But then, thanks to One-Eye's post, that makes a difference. If we don't have to listen to the calls to press 1, it means they can be done while watching TV or doing other stuff. Thanks One-Eye - bet they change that some time though. They clearly want to make it as much of a PITA as possible, to encourage people to pay to enter instead.

CloWithTheFlow23

One-Eye said:

Note that you don't have to press "1" at the beep.
As long as you don't press any key, after 4 seconds it accepts your entry anyway.

Please could someone explain? Is this for after you've entered your phone number??

Many thanks!

Sylar82

This is annoying as I struggle to do calls earlier in the week and end up doing the majority on Friday. I'll have to get stricter about starting earlier.

Blulu

CloWithTheFlow23 said:

One-Eye said:

Note that you don't have to press "1" at the beep.
As long as you don't press any key, after 4 seconds it accepts your entry anyway.

Please could someone explain? Is this for after you've entered your phone number??

Many thanks!

It means all you have to do now is dial the number and let the call end. It takes 51 seconds. Even though it's a lot longer, it's so much easier. I'm trying to do 30 a day (with 20 on the last day.) I did all today's entries while working, because you click to dial and then just leave it until it ends the call. It tells you thanks you have entered and then closes the call. HTH

Sylar82

One-Eye said:

Note that you don't have to press "1" at the beep.
As long as you don't press any key, after 4 seconds it accepts your entry anyway.

Has anyone confirmed if it definitely counts as an entry? Much easier to leave it if so! 

Abbafan1972

Sylar82 said:

One-Eye said:

Note that you don't have to press "1" at the beep.
As long as you don't press any key, after 4 seconds it accepts your entry anyway.

Has anyone confirmed if it definitely counts as an entry? Much easier to leave it if so! 

This is what I’m wondering. I’ve still been pressing 1 to be sure. 

mclarkie

Abbafan1972 said:

Sylar82 said:

One-Eye said:

Note that you don't have to press "1" at the beep.
As long as you don't press any key, after 4 seconds it accepts your entry anyway.

Has anyone confirmed if it definitely counts as an entry? Much easier to leave it if so! 

This is what I’m wondering. I’ve still been pressing 1 to be sure. 

Yup I will continue to obey the Scottish lady and press 1. 

janE1956

well she says "you have been entered into the competition, good luck so surely it must be an entry?

One-Eye

Sylar82 said:

One-Eye said:

Note that you don't have to press "1" at the beep.
As long as you don't press any key, after 4 seconds it accepts your entry anyway.

Has anyone confirmed if it definitely counts as an entry? Much easier to leave it if so! 

1. You get the "thanks for entering" about 3-4 seconds after the beep and it closes the call.

2. To test it I did 190 calls while pressing "1", then did 10 calls without pressing "1". On the 201st call I got the "You have reached the maximum number of entries" message.

Together, this has satisfied me that not pressing "1" definitely counts as an entry.

CloWithTheFlow23

One-Eye said:

Sylar82 said:

One-Eye said:

Note that you don't have to press "1" at the beep.
As long as you don't press any key, after 4 seconds it accepts your entry anyway.

Has anyone confirmed if it definitely counts as an entry? Much easier to leave it if so! 

1. You get the "thanks for entering" about 3-4 seconds after the beep and it closes the call.

2. To test it I did 190 calls while pressing "1", then did 10 calls without pressing "1". On the 201st call I got the "You have reached the maximum number of entries" message.

Together, this has satisfied me that not pressing "1" definitely counts as an entry.

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