Do not call 0871 and 0870 numbers and waste your money
Premium rate numbers are numbers which provide certain services that any other normal numbers and also are very expensive. Few examples of premium rate numbers are 0870, 0871 numbers. Cost to these numbers can be upto 10p p/min.
Below are few examples of the cost to these numbers from various telephone networks.
Calling 0870 numbers can cost upto 10p per minute. Normal peak time costs from BT is 5 p p/m, virgin 10p p/m and talk talk 4p p/m.
Peak time calls to 0871 numbers could cost upto 11pence p/min. Peak time costs to this number costs 10 pence from BT, 10 pence from Virgin, talk talk and Sky per minute.
There are other premium rate numbers such as 0845 and 0844 numbers call can costs upto 7 pence p/min.
Why do companies use these numbers?
Because these numbers are money generatores for big brands. 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.
People have been hit by massive bills through these numbers. 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.
After that you contact your phone provider and request them to hold the payment of that part of the bill, till this situation is sorted. This is not guaranteed but there is nothing wrong with trying.
There are also consumer complaint companies such as Otelo and Cisas who can certainly provide you with any help you require in regards to phone billing.
Calling other companies or individuals for help and advice will cost you money and time, the best solution is to 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.
