Why you should not call premium rate numbers and waste your money
Premium rate numbers provide various different services, such as call tracking hence they are also very expensive. Examples of premium rate numbers are 0870, 0871 numbers. Calling these numbers can cost upto 10pence per minute.
Below I have listed, how much it costs to call these numbers through various networks.
Calling 0870 numbers can cost upto 10p per minute. Peak time calls will costs 5 pence from BT, 4 pence from talk talk, 10 pence from Virgin and 5 pence from Sky.
0871 numbers can cost upto 11 pence per minute. Costs to this number during peak time costs 10 pence from BT, Virgin, Sky and talk talk.
For numbers such as 0845 and 0844 numbers call costs upto 6p per/min.
And the reason for companies to use these numbers is?
Simply because they are money makers for businesses. One phone call of few minutes every day means 4 to 7 pence to these numbers. Big companies deal with 2000 phone calls every day, which means these numbers generate around £250,000 per year for businesses.
Some individuals and companies have suffered badly through these charges. Here is one example of getting your money back, if you ring any company through premium rate numbers then you can ask them for a refund, only if you have called in regards to any product fault or any complaints.
In the mean time you can also contact your phone provider and ask them to temporarily suspend the part of your bill till this problem is sorted. This is certainly worth a try.
You can also visit Otelo and Cisas’s Website to seek advice and help in regards to your situation.
Other than going into all this hassle of calling different people for help and advice will cost you more, you should just avoid calling premium rate numbers.
Then after few months you will see the difference in your phone bills, that how it has decreased from over the top graph to the low level where it should have been in the first place.
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