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We received this e-mail from one of our website users asking if we could find a geographical alternative for Sky. We don’t have one, but wonder does anyone else out there have one. Here’s the e-mail we received.

My query is I’m wondering if there is any other phone no. for us to ring Sky T.V besides the 0818 one that they advertise with. They do not give any other alternative. It would be great if you could get hold of another phone no. for the public and post it on your website. Thank you.

You can e-mail us at the contact details above, or post a comment here if you have an alternative for them.

Do you work for Sky? E-mail us in confidence - we won’t say where we got the number from.

We don’t use Sky TV here, but if anyone is speaking to them in the next few days, maybe ask them if they can provide you with the alternative, and then come let us know.

Last week, we asked if anyone knew of a geographical alternative for the eFlow number belowing to the NRA.

Following an e-mail from a reader, we should clarify that we do make efforts to find numbers first prior to making an appeal via the site.

In this situation, we did contact the company themselves, twice, but without success. The first call got absolutely nowhere - we don’t think the customer service agent even knew what we was talking about - they didn’t even know what the number was that we were calling on.

On the second occasion, we were told there was no geographical equivalent. What we were able to ascertain was that the call centre for eFlow is actually in Northern Ireland so a 1890 number might actually be cheaper rather than calling NI directly via a geographical alternative number – unless people have an “All Ireland” phone tariff.

We recently received a couple of e-mails from readers who were wondering if we had geographical alternative numbers for a few 1890 and 0818 numbers.

We don’t immediately have geographical alternatives for the numbers concerned - but we’re still looking.

Does anyone else know what the alternate numbers might be for these particular numbers? Please post a comment in response below if you do.

• Halifax - 1890 882 701
• CheapCalls.ie - 1890990707
• CheapCalls.ie - 0818998787
• CheapCalls.ie - 0818998484

Following a request from a reader of the site, we were able to track down a geographical alternative for the PayPal customer service number 1890 943 220. As of this week, the number has been confirmed to work perfectly.

• PayPal Customer Service 1890 943 220 - Call 01 436 9001

The Other page above has been updated with this new number.

If there’s a 1890, 1850 or 0818 number that you’re looking for a geographical alternative for, just drop us an e-mail and we’ll see if we can track it down for you.

In 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.

We’ve had a number of e-mails from different people who have provided us with the geographical phone number alternative for 1890, 1850 and 0818 numbers for the companies that they work for.

While this kind of insider information might be as dangerous as the tagline of the movie “The Insider” - Warning: Exposing the Truth May Be Hazardous - it is however useful for the rest of us to get these numbers.

If you’re working for a company who’s main contact number is an 1890, 1850 or 0818 number, you can mail us here to let us know the geographical alternative. We’ll publish the number for everyone else while guaranteeing your animosity.

I received an e-mail today asking for alternative landline numbers for a few companies. Unfortunately these companies have proved most difficult for us to find such alternatives. Are you able to help?

• Aer Lingus - 0818 365000
• Ryanair - 0818 303030
• Sky TV - 0818 719852
• Quinn Insurance - 1890 89 1890

If you can shed any light on alternative landline numbers for these companies? Post a comment below, or e-mail us here.

Post your comments if you have any regular telephone numbers that you know can be used instead of 1890, 1850 or 0818 LoCall or CallSave numbers.

We’ll keep our listing maintained for the use of all consumers and help avoid unnecessary costs - particularly if you have minutes bundles with your phone package (mobile or landline).

Our current listing of numbers is available on www.saynoto1890.com.