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GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 15 Sep 2014 20:03

What a rip off that service is.

Just got my phone bill and I have been charged £7.02 for a call that lasted just 1 minute and 5 seconds to that number.

Would not have minded so much if the person had spoken English and had given me the correct number

Researching:
PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 15 Sep 2014 20:05

I stopped using 118118 ages ago, because of the connection charge... prefer to use the online bt phone book service

Researching:
me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 15 Sep 2014 20:10

I did not ask to be connected and just took the number.

Mum wanted to phone a hospital and I was not using the computer at the time

Will not be using them again at that cost

Researching:
PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 15 Sep 2014 23:00

My story.........

I was in a churchyard, and the access was through a farmers field and on the way out, I got bogged down in some soft stuff,

having a friend that lived nearby, that had a 4x4, I used 118 to get his number, and agreed the connection.....however it was diverted to his mobile, and guess what.........he was on holiday.........in America.......

so that was that!!
eventually I got myself out..........of the mire, so to speak.......

but the cost of the connection was over the top , I thought......

Bob

Researching:
me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960