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Thanks to the reader who provided us with the geographical alternative number for Perlico. The number is as follows:

• Perlico Customer Service 1890 35 35 35  -  Call 01 2933500

The Others listing page above has been updated with this new number.

Thanks to the users who have contacted us in the past week or so with some number updates. These have been reflected in the relevant pages, but here’s the summary:

• Panda Recycling 1850 62 62 62 - Call 046 9024111

• Department of Social & Family Affairs - main switch changed from 01 874 8444 to 01 704 3000

• The Call Costs page has been updated for Perlico.

• DELL General Sales Enquiries and Printer Supplies 1850 333 200 – Call 01 279 5000

Many thanks to those that have e-mailed us. If you have any geographical alternative numbers for 1890, 1850 or 0818 numbers, please contact us by clicking here.

Thanks to the SayNoTo1890.com readers who provided these alternative geographical phone numbers for the companies referred to below. We have updated the respective pages with these new numbers also. These are not yet confirmed, so let us know if there’s any issues with the numbers.

• Perlico 1890 35 35 35 - Call 01 2933500
• Smart Telecom 1890 945 300 - Call 01 4699300
• Anglo Irish Bank (Personal Savings) 1850 44 22 22 - Call 01 6162494
• Tesco Direct Car Insurance 1850640640 - Call 0214527465

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I was pleased to read the article re “say no to 1890″ in the back of the Tribune Business section yesterday as this is something that has irritated me for some time. The issue does not only apply to mobile packages, but also to landline tariff packages. I’m on an all-in package for landline calls from Perlico, where all local and national landline calls under an hour are not charged separately from the monthly amount. However, this does not include the increasing no of 1890 no’s and to a lesser extent, the 1850 no’s. The same packages from Eircom, O2, Smart and probably others also apply the same rules, procedures and landline charges for 1890.

I have sometimes tried to get the landline no from some telephonists of the various 1890 places, to no avail, and I am highly surprised that this issue has not been taken up by the Consumer Assoc of Ireland. I also would have expected that some journalists would have written a few articles at this stage to publicise the issue - similarly to the periodic articles on petrol prices at different garages. 1890 is fine with me as long as people are given a choice. However, not only are people not given a choice, but it would appear that some organisations conceal their main landline no’s by ommission from phonebooks and also headed notepaper.

To be fair, the first journalist to write about this was Paul Kelly in the Irish Examiner. And today, Conor Pope in the Irish Times Pricewatch has printed a readers letter about the same issue. I believe also there was a letter written to the Consumer Association of Ireland Consumer Choice magazine in the last number of months also.