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Dublin City Council incorrectly advertising 0818 numbers as LoCall

I’ve written about this before, and will be following up directly with Dublin City Council, but here’s photo of one of their parking ticket machines where they’re describing the 0818 customer support number for “Park & Pay” as being “locall”. If you check out the “Call Costs” page, you can see this would have significant cost implications for mobile users (likely the only people calling this number).

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Calling 1890, 1850 and 0818 numbers from mobiles

HelpIn an earlier post, I wrote about calling 1890, 1850 and 0818 numbers from Skype – basically the outcome was that you couldn’t and that you’d have to make use of the geographical alternatives provided here on SayNoTo1890.com.

When it comes to calling 1890, 1850 and 0818 numbers from your mobile phone, the story is a little different. You’re perfectly free to call these numbers from your mobile, however, based on the information on the Call Costs page linked above, calling these numbers will cost you more than normal calls.

The first thing to note is that mobile calls to 1890, 1850 and 0818 numbers do not get deducted from your inclusive minutes on your mobile contract package.

So, when you’re forced to pay for those minutes, you could end up paying between 3 and 6 times the cost of calling the same numbers from a landling. Check out the Call Costs page to see what it will cost you for the mobile package that you have.

However, if you use the geographical alternative numbers presented on this website instead of the 1890, 1850 and 0818 numbers advertised by many companies, then you won’t have to pay any extra to make those calls. The minutes, because they’re to geographical numbers, will be deducted from your minutes in your phone contract package.

So, if you know geographical alternatives to 1890, 1850 or 0818 numbers that you personally use, and you’d like to share them with everyone, you can mail us here to let us know.

Calling 1890, 1850 or 0818 numbers from abroad

HelpIf for any reason you’re in the United Kingdom, or anywhere else outside Ireland, and you need to call an 1890, 1850, 1800 or 0818 number, then this is the site for you.

Many of the numbers on this site are provided under the “calling from abroad” section of companies websites anyway – though maybe not made all that easily available in many cases.

Don’t forget to put the +353 before the numbers we’ve published here.

T

  • Tesco
    • Arthur’s Quay, Limerick 1890928403 Call Instead – 061412399
    • Carrick-on-Shannon 1890928418 Call Instead – 0719671551
    • Clondalkin 1890928440 Call Instead – 014593393
    • Crumlin Shopping Centre 1890928433 Call Instead – 014531263
    • Merrion Centre 1890928471 Call Instead – 012838274
    • Head Office 0080000225533 Call Instead – 012808441
    • Rathfarnham Shopping Centre 1890928464 – Call Instead 014931903
    • Dundalk Shopping Centre 1890928496 – Call Instead 0429332353
    • Dooradoyle Shopping Centre 1890928411 – Call Instead 061229933
    • Poleberry Waterford – Call Instead 051878000
    • Dundrum 1890928479 – Call Instead 012991030
  • Tesco Personal Finance
    • Personal Loans 1850520520 Call Instead – 012808441
    • Car Insurance 1890812123 Call Instead – 012901000 or 091501640
    • Insurance (RSA) – Call Instead 012901978
  • The Physio Company
    • 1890749746 Call Instead – 016799685
  • Thornton Recycling
    • 1850623623 Call Instead – 016202202
  • Three Money
    • 1800812102 – Call Instead 061203357
  • TicketMaster
    • 0818719300 Call Instead – 014569569
    • 0818903001 Call Instead – 016486000
  • A Tint Ireland
    • 0818919600 – Call Instead:
      • Dublin 019020300
      • Cork 0212355801
      • Wexford 0539382852
  • Tipperary Energy Agency
    • 0818222924 – Call Instead 0527443090
  • TippFM
    0818464464 – Call Instead 0526126222 / 0526127364 / 0526125441
  • TodayFM
    • 1850715100 Call Instead – 018049000
  • TollTag.ie
    • 0818220108 Call Instead – 061311422
  • Top Quote Direct
    • 0818222555 Call Instead – 0749128628 or 0749102397
  • Topaz Fuel Card Services
    • 1890323232 Call Instead – 091482900
  • Tesco Home Insurance
    • 1890812123 – Call Instead 012901000
  • TNT
    • 0818400600 – Call Instead 014635470
  • TNT Express (Shannon)
    • 0818400600 – Call Instead 061433900
  • Threshold.ie Dublin Advice Centre
    • 1890334334 – Call Instead 016353600
  • Taxi Meter Verification (SGS Ireland)
    • 1890886228 – Call Instead 012950654
  • Traffic Watch
    • 1890205805 – Call Instead 0949049400
  • travelfox.ie
    • 1890989802 – Call Instead 0214976293
  • Treoir
    • 1890252084 – Call Instead 016700120
  • Two Men and a Truck.
    • 1890812106 – Call Instead 016426460
  • TAS Software
    • 1890882060 – Call Instead 014805207
  • Tropical Medical Bureau
    • 1850487674 – Call Instead 012804996
  •  TSG
    • 1890 987766 – Call Instead 0212355930

0-9

  • 123.ie Insurance
    • 1890231123 – Call Instead 015181434
  • 25plus.ie (MCL Insurance Ltd)
    • 1890927334 – Call Instead 04870325100
    • As of September 2015 – The 048 number shown for 25plus.ie is a Northern Ireland number. If you ring that number, you are told to ring the 1890 number and request a call back. I did that and it took over 3 minutes to reach the point where I could leave a call back number.
  • 7Up Christmas on Ice
    • 0818717200 – Call Instead – 012698940

Y / Z

  • Zurich Insurance
    • 1850447799 Call Instead – 016670666
    • 1850444500 Call Instead – 016670666
    • 1890400300 – Call Instead 016670666
  • Zurich Car & Van Insurance
    • 1890400300 – Call Instead 016670666
  • Zurich Claims Helpline
    • 1890208408 – Call Instead 016670666
  • Zurich Windscreen Claims
    • 1890201212 – Call Instead 016670666
  • Zurich Life Assurance
    • 1850202102 – Call Instead 012831301

X

  • XS Direct
    • Quotations 0818224433 – Call Instead 0429359051
  • XS Direct Insurance Brokers
    • 0818222888 Call Instead – 016610999

W

  • WastePal

    • 1890323226 – Call Instead 0214971295
    • Automated Payments and Balance queries – 0539128687
  • Wrights Insurance Brokers
    • 0818223000 – Call Instead 0539155600
  • Mr. Windscreen
  • Water2Buy
    • 1890786737 Call Instead – 091762061
  • The Waterboys Window Cleaning
    • 1890878787 – Call Instead 0719310183
  • Waterford Stanley
    • 1850302502 – Call Instead 051302300
  • The Wealth Shop Alliance
    • 1890904590 – Call Instead 018493000
  • wefoundit.ie
    • 1890368634 – Call Instead 014265441
  • Wexford Insurances
    • 0818313030 – Call Instead 0539122466
  • Whoops.ie Insurance
    • 0818946677 – Call Instead 0719142499

V

  • Virgin Media – UPC / Chorus / NTL
    • Customer Care 1890940070 and 1890940251 and 1890940624 – Call Instead – 012458000
    • General Sales / Billing Call Instead – 1800234234
  • VHI Healthcare
    • Claims 1850444444 Call Instead – 0567753200 or 018724499
    • VHI Health Check (Harcourt Street) 1890444444 – Call Instead  018871709
    • Swiftcare Clinics 1890866966 Call Instead – 017994192
    • Call Centre 1890444444 – Call Instead 0567753000
    • Existing Members 1890866855 – Call Instead 0567753000
    • Corporate Plans 1850211558 – Call Instead 0567753000 and ask to be put through
    • 1890866822 – Call Instead 0567753000 or 0567753200
    • Nurseline 24/7 1850247724 – Call Instead 0469077375
  • Viking Direct Dublin
    • 1890818120 Call Instead – 018150600
    • Or try Freephone 1800709004
  • Vodafone
    • Business 1800308020 Call Instead – 012038232
    • Personal Pay as You Go Customer Care 1850208787 Call Instead – 012038232
    • Personal Pay Monthly Customer Care 1907 Call Instead – 012038232
    • Personal Sales Support 1800225588 Call Instead – 012038232
    • Vodafone At Home 1850995133 Call Instead – 012038232
    • Technical Support 1850995133 – Call Instead 012038445
  • VRT
    • 1890927787 – Call Instead 014135975 (as of 12/01/2016, previously 014135982)
  • St. Vincent’s University Hospital
    • Blood Test 1890253184 – Call Instead 012003928

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