£99 one off for 0800 number, then 1000 free incoming minutes a month for free????

[OM2]

£99 one off for 0800 number, then 1000 free incoming minutes a month for free????

AND you get FREE diverts to your mobile phone if you want!!

Sounds a fantastic offer!!?
Well, I've been pestered by a company selling this.
They've said the above plainly as can be said: no difference in the facts.

The company: gcsgroupltd.com

The company say they make their money on th sale of the 0800 numbers + they say that you don't realise how cheap phone calls are and that BT still make a lot of money from the deal.

I've blatantly said to them: it's a scam!! It's too good to be true! They've phoned backa few times and have said that it's genuine, they said I can call their published customers who have bought 0800 numbers and ask them for their opinions.

If I pay by credit card: will I be covered if this turns out to be a scam?

I've said to them: I'll call my credit card company and if they tell me that I'll be covered, then I'll purchase.
They said: fine, please do this ASAP!

Any views would be really appreciated.
I can't see where I can go wrong if I purchase by credit card.

Thanks.


OM

[Tony]

Hi OM,

Welcome to the forum. How long does the free offer last? It does sound too good to be true. A benchmark service that I can personally recommend is UK2numbers - 0800 Number Prices - Order 0800 Numbers

Kind regards,

Tony

[Tony]

Just had a look at the website - the incoming calls might be free, but they are charging for routing the calls to your designated number, also there is no mention of this offer:

Call Routing Charges
These are the Charges for Routing (diverting or forwarding) the Calls made to your 0800 Number to other Numbers or Services. Call Charges are billed by the Second and there is no Connection or Minimum Call Charge. Prices are in Pence per Minute and exclude VAT.

UK Landline UK Mobile* Fax to Email Voice to Email VoIP
3.5 p 18.0 p 3.5 p 3.5 p 3.5 p
* Add 5 Pence per Minute for 3 Network.

Equal liability will not apply if you enter into a contract with these people in full agreement - so if you do read the T&Cs very carefully.

Tony

[OM2]

thanks for the reply
they seem to be very confident
i told them: your offer is NOT on your website!
they said it was a special offer only available over the phone
they said that i had had details given from an employee of the company
i said: that email was from a hotmail account!
they said: if we send u an email from the company domain, will u sign up within 60 minutes?
i said no: i would want to clear it with my credit card company first
they said: in that case, the deal wouldnot be available after the next 60 minutes
oh well... i suppose u win some and lose some

[Tony]

I think you probably made a lucky escape - it is a common ploy to say that the offer is time limited or last few remaining. I would want to see detailed T&Cs - rather than making a commitment over the phone.

[gas247]

I was contacted by the same company regarding this service and asked the rep to call me back in a couple of days. This gave me chance to look into the service and the offer. I also couldn't find the 'offer' online so started calling random numbers off there sister website . Everyone I spoke to say's exactly the same thing that they didn't believe it could provide free incoming calls for life but it has so far. One contact has been on the service for 18 months and assures me he has never had a bill. Needless to say when the rep called back I signed up and my work leads have increased substantially!!

I've been with them for 6 months now and can't fault them.

I'm happy for you to call me if you need to 07910 999 246

[Tony]

The incoming calls may be free, but you have to pay for the calls to be terminated:

UK Landline 3.5 p
UK Mobile* 18.0 p

* Add 5 Pence per Minute for 3 Network.

[James@Global]

Hi i work for global, i can see there is some confusion about our numbers, this offer is only applicable to certain trades. As the likelyhood of reciveing more than 1000 minutes worth of incomning calls is slim.

Feel free to visit look4a.co.uk (our online directory) where we have 4910 of our customers that use this service and all have paid once and not recieved another bill but here's the deal we offer

We can provide you with a 0800/0808 FREE phone number for LIFE, all for just a once off fee. Please see below some additional information you will need to know about your 0800/0808 number:



· Global Communication Solutions Ltd will provide you with a 0800/0808 free phone number for LIFE

· Each month for life 1000 minutes of inbound call costs shall be covered to reassure that you never receive a bill

· No monthly line rental charges

· No annual service charges

· No additional charge to be diverted to a UK mobile phone

· Your 0800/0808 number will be connected and live within 15 minutes of purchase

· Your 1000 minutes per month is based on per second

· FREE ‘On Line Call Checker Facility’

· You can re-divert your 0800/0808 number to any UK landline or mobile phone as many times as you wish at NO additional costs

· You have the option to select your own 0800/0808 number from over 7 million numbers.

· All of your documents are sent to you via post within 24 hours of purchase.

· You will own the number for LIFE


Hope this helps

James

[James@Global]

However you cannot get a number for £99 + Vat with 1000minutes anymore maximum would be 500 minutes a month, simply because this deal de-values the product.

If you wanted the 1000minutes it is £149 + vat

[Jinx]

I signed up for this 2 years ago. Seemed to be ok.

However, as I haven't used the number for a while I rang up to find out what it was as I forgot it. I left a few messages and no answer, I did get through to someone and they said that they would get back to me, but no call yet.

Any chance of some feedback on this James? Or could you give me a direct number so we can sort it out.

Cheers
Jon