Do not call 0871 and 0870 numbers and waste your money

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Premium rate numbers provide various different services, such as call tracking hence they are also very expensive. Few examples of premium rate numbers are 0871 numbers and 0870 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 could cost upto 10p p/m. Peak time calls will costs 5 pence from BT, 4 pence from talk talk, 10 pence from Virgin and 5 pence from Sky.

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 for which call can costs upto 7 pence and 6 pence per minute respectively.

So even after these numbers being so expensive why do companies use them?

Because these numbers are money generatores for big brands. One phone call of over 5 minutes to these numbers can earn your business upto 4 pence per minute at peak rate, and within a whole year this can make upto £250,000 a year as big businesses atleast deal with approximately 2000 to 3000 calls per day.

Some individuals and companies have suffered badly through these charges. Here is an example of getting your money back, companies you have rang through these numbers in regards to any complaints, then you can ask them for a refund of your call.

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 a guaranteed money back solution but it is certainly worth a try.

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.

The best solution to avoid expensive phone bills is to stop calling these 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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