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Beat the Banks! Don't call their Premium Numbers, "Call from Abroad" and pay only your standard rate!
£0.03Santander Deals
Before you dial that Premium Number to speak to you bank, take a look at their "Contact Us" on their website and see if they have a number to dial from abroad.
This number should be a standard UK Landline number starting with +44 (which for those who don't know, you actually dial *0044* followed by the rest of the number)
I've used 3 Mobile Networks "1 2 3" Tariff to demonstrate calling your bank no longer needs to cost more than 3p a Minute, though a lot of people have inclusive minutes and these numbers *Should* fall into those!
Here are afew examples of lists provided by the banks:
Santander: +44 1908 237 963 (Current Account En quires)
santander.co.uk/csg…eA2
Nationwide +44 1793 65 67 89 (Current Account En quires)
nationwide.co.uk/con…htm
Barclays +44 24 7684 2100 (Current Account En quires)
barclays.co.uk/Con…824
First Direct +44 113 234 5678 (Current Account En quires)
www1.firstdirect.com/1/2…-us
Lloyds TSB
lloydstsb.com/con…asp
Natwest:
offers.natwest.com/nat…D=3
HSBC: +44 1226 261 010 (Current Account En quires)
hsbc.co.uk/1/2…-us
I understand this isn't *strictly* a deal, but overall it could save a lot of people a chunk of their phone bill!
- Nbaker
I've called Santander, nationwide and first direct on their existing customer numbers and they route the exactly the same place. They don't even ask what country.
I said 'banks' not HMRC who probably take additional measures for security.
Personally I use these numbers to call from my mobile as 08 numbers cost a fortune!
This number should be a standard UK Landline number starting with +44 (which for those who don't know, you actually dial *0044* followed by the rest of the number)
I've used 3 Mobile Networks "1 2 3" Tariff to demonstrate calling your bank no longer needs to cost more than 3p a Minute, though a lot of people have inclusive minutes and these numbers *Should* fall into those!
Here are afew examples of lists provided by the banks:
Santander: +44 1908 237 963 (Current Account En quires)
santander.co.uk/csg…eA2
Nationwide +44 1793 65 67 89 (Current Account En quires)
nationwide.co.uk/con…htm
Barclays +44 24 7684 2100 (Current Account En quires)
barclays.co.uk/Con…824
First Direct +44 113 234 5678 (Current Account En quires)
www1.firstdirect.com/1/2…-us
Lloyds TSB
lloydstsb.com/con…asp
Natwest:
offers.natwest.com/nat…D=3
HSBC: +44 1226 261 010 (Current Account En quires)
hsbc.co.uk/1/2…-us
I understand this isn't *strictly* a deal, but overall it could save a lot of people a chunk of their phone bill!
- Nbaker
I've called Santander, nationwide and first direct on their existing customer numbers and they route the exactly the same place. They don't even ask what country.
I said 'banks' not HMRC who probably take additional measures for security.
Personally I use these numbers to call from my mobile as 08 numbers cost a fortune!
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EliTom
I said 'banks' not HMRC who probably take additional measures for security.
Personally I use these numbers to call from my mobile as 08 numbers cost a fortune!
Like I say, it's more of a tip than a deal, but still saving money, so heat added.
Now that is support.
Nice to see the sneerers voting cold - but they'll use your idea
HOT.
But 0845 numbers are charged extra on a mobile, while geographical numbers are in my calling plan, i.e. free (really free, as my 24 month contract has 22 months free under a redemption deal with the other two months covered by cashback when I signed up). And I use 1899 on my landline, which has free or 1 pence a minute charges, but won't work with 08** numbers.
That's a useful application, thanks. Presumably then it does work if you input 0044 from abroad? Or maybe you don't need that?
The government is promising to limit the cost of calling telephone numbers for customer inquiries and complaints from next summer.
Under new legislation, companies will be prevented from charging more than the rate for a call to a mobile or local landline number.
The rules, set out in a European Union directive, are due to come into force on 13 June 2014.
Inquiry and complaint calls cost up to 41p a minute for mobile phone users.
David Hickson, of the Fair Telecoms Campaign, welcomed the government's decision, telling the BBC: "We've seen the words in the draft legislation. There's no get-outs. There's no cop-outs."
bbc.co.uk/new…778
Considering that calls to geographical numbers (01, 02, 03) are free on my landline contract, the 2p per minute appear infinitely more expensive ( 2p / 0p = Infinite)
If, as they claim, using a non-geo number gives them more flexibility to "serve us better", why don't they switch to a 03 number which is just as flexible? Could it be because that gets some more money out of us?
just added, thanks for the tip :-)
Saynoto
+100
There are even apps on android to automatically search for the number
I don't work for Lloyds but have a mortgage with them and a few months back when I had to ring them to clarify what a letter they'd sent me was saying the message I got was "all our staff are busy at the moment but if you hang up we will call you when someone is available" .... and that is exactly what happened - I got a call from them 20-30 mins later. Only slight problem was by then I'd worked out myself what the letter meant so actually no longer needed to talk to them!
Given use of caller-id I'm sure this sort of system could be used much more widely to avoid people hanging on the line waiting to speak to someone.