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Tegan Thu 11-Dec-14 12:52:26

Phoned the bank the other night to get a balance and the voice on the other end said to redial using an 03 number as the 0845 one would cost me a lot of money. Have just dialled the Post Office about another account and, again have been told to dial 0345. Has this happened recently?? Said that 0845 numbers now cost 5 pence per minute.

MiniMouse Thu 11-Dec-14 14:04:08

Not sure about the change, other than I've noticed that more companies seem to be switching.

I usually look numbers up on Saynoto0870 to get alternative 'normal landline' numbers.

Tegan Thu 11-Dec-14 14:23:29

I'll check that out Mini; thanks.

Lapwing Thu 11-Dec-14 15:57:36

Tegan I read somewhere recently that the large companies have been told not to use the premium numbers so that might explain the change.

KatyK Thu 11-Dec-14 16:24:55

We always used the saynoto0870 as minimouse suggested above when we are given an 0845 number.