SayNoTo1890.com

Many thanks to the SayNoTo1890.com readers who’ve sent in some new numbers over the past month or six weeks. The numbers updated to the A-Z page are as follows:

ESB

• New Connections 1850 372 757 – Call 021 494 7260

Bord Gais Energy Supply

• Customer Service 1850 22 22 55 – Call 01 602 1550
• Business Customers 1850 42 77 00 – Call 01 6021398

Autoglass

• 1850 363655 – Call 01 4606900

Clean Ireland

• 1890 361 800 – Call 061 361 800

Bank of Ireland

• Phone Banking 1890 365 365 – Call 01 404 4000

Citizens Information

• 1890 777 121 – Call 021 452 1600

Axa Insurance

• Insurance Quotes and Claims – Call 01 872 9888

An Post

• Track & Trace Registered Mail  1850 57 58 59  – 01 705 7600

This e-mail came through from a SayNoTo1890.com reader recently with strange statement from an ESB employee included:

The ESB have a listed 1890 no to call in readings but I rang the landline on ‘our’ site.  They left me holding ages and finally when I got through they told me that there was some problem in that section and would I mind ringing another 1890 no.

I said I would mind as I did not wish to incur such charges  for a 1890 no. but then he replied, but you did ring a 1890 no. and I advised no that I had phoned a land line no. They cannot tell what no. the customer calls.  Then he told me that after the first three minutes, ESB take up the charges???

Could this be true or a fantasy of his mind.

He’s not right, but he’s not completely wrong either.

A LOCALL number is where the customer is charged a reduced rate per minute (see the Call Costs page ) with the company who provides the number being charged the balance.

There is no time limit on when the company kicks in and pays for the call – they effectively subsidise the call from the very beginning.