08080000133 Bloody Vodafone!

Hello everyone!!!... This is the most viewed part of my blog, please stay and look at some of my other boring stuff... but also try this...

You are NOT alone

I had a Vodafone mobile phone when I was living in Spalding, but when I moved to Wales, I found it had hardly any signal here. I asked Vodafone if this was going to remain that way, and presumed it would...
I kept the mobile for a couple of reasons, 1. they conned me into an 18th month contract and 2. It was actually the only company that had a signal in the care home, so it had had some uses.
Recently, I have been leaving my ancient Nokia, plugged into the charger, as it no longer holds much charge, in my kitchen, where it never moves.
Now I decided to cancel the contract... I phoned, I wrote to them.. I explained.. I had a phonecall from them, asking why...
I explained again... but cancelled.
While I was away in Spain I got 34 missed calls on the phone... the few that left a number were 0808 numbers..
Today I got a silent call from 08080000133. no sound.. nothing. So I googled it, and boy! I am not alone.
I will never ever have another contract with Vodafone if this is the way they treat us.
http://www.jamieclague.co.uk/blog/2007/04/30/mobile-scammers/
http://davidcarrington.co.uk/2007/10/08/08080000133-vodafone-want-me-back/
http://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/08080000133
http://www.whatmobile.net/forumvb/showthread.php?t=21527

How can a company think they will win customers that way?
It almost, but not quite, makes BT seem civilised.

It is now January 2009, I have been amazed at the global interest in just this tiny bit of my blog. I get people from all over the world googling this vodafone number and I have been curious as to why? Then it came to me. Vodafone are making money out of all you guys that move to other companies yet take the number with you. You call them back, maybe?
Also, the people who move away to countries far and wide and get UK 0800 numbers ringing them.. at their expense...
I guess the key is to NOT take a Vodafone number to another company. I hope the suggestion in the comments works, can someone let me know? My number has long gone, so I can't test that.

Zaragosa again

We got back from Zaragosa a few days ago. Its still a wonderful city, even for a second visit. I will post more when I get time, but I was shocked/amazed/pleased/embarrassed to find we were already on a Spanish web site. So here you are, a preview..
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www.zaragozadenoche.es - > disco's and pubs - > Flaherty's
More information later...

another Portuguese Photo

Another sign, from Ian... taken in Portugal recently. But I will say, they speak English better than I can speak Portuguese, but I wonder about Cymraeg?

As Time Goes by...

Just to let you know, I have returned from a brief but much needed escape. I had a few days back in Zaragoza, and will be back in Wales in a few days. I have some pictures, but actually spent more time just 'chilling out' and trying to calm down for a while. I hope it worked.

Ian and Gill sent me a picture taken somewhere in Portugal, they thought it might amuse people...
Let's see...

See you either Wednesday or Thursday, Ian & Gill
xx

The Appeal of The Lincolnshire Poacher

I find the Poacher is an OK pub...The company is friendly, the beer is good. But my other half seems to spend a lot more of his time there...
Can you see the appeal?

Update and resolved Dry Cleaning and dissolving BT

Just to let anyone know that has been following the Dry Cleaning saga. It is now sorted... finished..
Johnson's Customer Care people... or one in particular have replied to my letter and sent me a cheque for £150.80 to cover not just Mike's suit, but also the cost of the cleaning, and they enclosed £15 of dry cleaning vouchers.
I am happy, I might not have a new suit, and I might still feel reluctant about using the Bangor Johnson's shop... but I will be happy to try another branch.
Well done!

I now have to do battle with BT once again. My parents house had 2 phone lines. One for my brother and one for my parents. I am now trying to reduce that and disconnect my brother's line. Unfortunately, after my first short call of about 30mins, the young lady that I spoke to has disconnected the other line :(
After my next call, to India and to another line that never actually got an answer...

I had to try a third time, and got India again and spent 31 mins in a queueing system before getting a jolly young man who I could almost understand.
He has told me that it will be sorted in 48 hrs... but that there will be a disconnection charge... then I saw red... which phone line? do they disconnect and charge me for both?
Maybe it was wasting over 2 hours in total to BT by this time..
I think this story will continue...