How to beat 0845 Numbers
How to beat premium-rate telephone numbers
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the next time you need to phone a
company or service think before you dial
numbers that start oh eight double 408
four five oh eight 700 or ra seven one
will cost you more than geographical
numbers that begin Oh 102 or oh three
calls to these numbers will cost up to
ten PM innit
so you could see your phone bill shoot
up if you have a complicated inquiry or
more likely have to hold for awhile well
Oh eight seven Oh calls must be included
in all call bundles or inclusive minutes
phone providers can get out of this by
making the exclusion clear in their
advertising or promotional info plus
other Oh 8 numbers are likely to pour
outside any bundle you enjoy from your
home phone provider and will almost
definitely be excluded from any free
minutes you receive from your mobile
phone operator you may also not know
that the vast majority of mobile phone
packages will charge for calls to free
phone numbers starting a 800 or 808
companies which use are 871 are allowed
to revenue share with the phone service
provider
so the longer you stay on the phone the
more money it'll make from you some
phone operators are starting to include
a 8:45 and Oh 8 700 on some packages so
if you call these numbers often it might
be worth switching your provider however
the easiest way to avoid shelling out
for premium rate numbers is to avoid
them altogether the website say no 208 7
Oh calm is one of the best resources
there is it lists countless companies
and provides their geographical and even
free phone numbers which can be dialed
as an alternative to the o8 number
advertised the website also has a free
iPhone app so you can find alternative
numbers on the go if you can't find a
company on this site don't despair most
companies will provide a calling from
overseas number on their websites which
should begin with the format +4 4 this
is a normal rate telephone number and
can be used even when calling from
within the UK meaning you pay nothing if
you have inclusive minutes provided by
your landline
mobile phone provider alternatively if
there's a geographic number of the head
office listed on the website then pull
this and ask to be transferred to
customer services another option is to
use a telephone discounters such as 180
185 KO dot uk' all you do is dial the
prefix before the telephone number of
the company you want to reach and you
should pay a cheaper rate prices do vary
however so it pays to do your sums first
