(PENDING)Phonesafe, Beware!!!!!

[R8Steve]

Would be as well closing this thread, it's clear that nothing is ever going to change.

It's a good place for everyone that has fallen foul of it to vent i suppose (myself included).

[Unexpected Item In The Bagging Area]

amw said:

Ive just been charged £22 for enquiring about a car using this "phonesafe" rip off! Not happy at all about this - as it's completely free on Autotrader and is far from obvious you are going to charged when using the number. TOTAL SCAM VERY DISAPPOINTED PISTONHEADS

Contact http://www.psauthority.org.uk/ and see what they have to say about it. PH’s use of PhoneSafe may or may not be compliant but it has to be worth getting in touch with PSA to find out.

Also this is an interesting section of the T&Cs:

Will PhoneSafe affect the response to my advert? Sellers are not going to notice any difference in the amount of genuine interest in their car as only canvassers, not buyers, be filtered out.

Sellers may not notice a difference, but they’ll receive fewer calls as some potential callers will be put off by the extortionate rates.

Anyway roll on another 64 months of no one giving a toss!

[Vaud]

Unexpected Item In The Bagging Area said:

amw said:

Ive just been charged £22 for enquiring about a car using this "phonesafe" rip off! Not happy at all about this - as it's completely free on Autotrader and is far from obvious you are going to charged when using the number. TOTAL SCAM VERY DISAPPOINTED PISTONHEADS

Contact http://www.psauthority.org.uk/ and see what they have to say about it. PH’s use of PhoneSafe may or may not be compliant but it has to be worth getting in touch with PSA to find out.

Also this is an interesting section of the T&Cs:

Will PhoneSafe affect the response to my advert? Sellers are not going to notice any difference in the amount of genuine interest in their car as only canvassers, not buyers, be filtered out.

Sellers may not notice a difference, but they’ll receive fewer calls as some potential callers will be put off by the extortionate rates.

Anyway roll on another 64 months of no one giving a toss!

Last year:

KatieM said:

In terms of compliance, we are compliant. I've spoken with PRS directly and they have informed us that what we are doing is in guide with the acceptable use of 070 numbers. Whilst it is expensive, a 070 number is not deemed to be a premium rate number. Phonesafe is not an important revenue stream for us, the decision to not replace the service now, is simply down to the fact our resource is now spread incredibly thin.

(I think she meant PSA)

[thebraketester]

22 quid?..... not a premium number?..... come off it.

[Unexpected Item In The Bagging Area]

Vaud said:

(I think she meant PSA)

I remembered that post of hers, but I’m not sure I’d trust PH on this.

[Ultra Sound Guy]

I’m not sure I’d trust PH !

[silentbrown]

070 numbers aren't covered by PSA as they're "Personal Numbering Service" rather than a "phone-paid service".

They're regularly used for fraud,scams, etc... https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/00...

OFCOM (which is probably the correct org to complain to) is reviewing their use. https://www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations-and-stateme...

[FWIW]

Ultra Sound Guy said:

I’m not sure I’d trust PH !

Careful, you’ll be banned for talk like that...

[hadenough!]

Any change?

[johnwilliams77]

hadenough! said:

Any change?

[Dr Interceptor]

I've run a few ads recently, and I no longer see the option for Phonesafe.

[AlexRS2782]

Appears to have been dropped:

Jack Mansfield said:

We're not using Phonesafe anymore, no...

Snipped from this recent thread - https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=18...

[hadenough!]

Excellent, only took a decade... I wonder if they entered in to a ten year agreement...