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118118 v 11850

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  • 24-12-2013 10:44pm
    #1
    Hootanany
    Registered Users Posts: 5,477 ✭✭✭


    Why is this still on our tellies blatant rip off and realy crap as well is the guy that sanctioned this still on a job.
    Why is it acceptable to rip of a Shoite English ad and recycle it to a an irish ones do how much is he paid


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    gcgirl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,044 ✭✭✭gcgirl


    Same company run both


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    #3
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users Posts: 26,558 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    what is 118118 vs 11850?


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    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,176 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Is this some weird scenario where people look at television to find out what number to dial with their landlines in order to find out the number of a person who is for some reason non ex-directory?

    How can a service like this make money in this day and age?


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    #5
    Hootanany
    Registered Users Posts: 5,477 ✭✭✭Hootanany


    gcgirl wrote: »
    Same company run both

    The plot thickens do one ejet doing both campaigns


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    wretcheddomain
    Registered Users Posts: 3,094 ✭✭✭wretcheddomain


    Blonde women would have interpreted the thread title as an unsolvable maths equation...


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    patrickbrophy18
    Registered Users Posts: 1,303 ✭✭✭patrickbrophy18


    pickarooney wrote: »
    How can a service like this make money in this day and age?

    They're easy numbers to remember and are dead handy when you need to call a shop/company on the move!

    I've often been out and needed a number without a phone book. That's where the nifty number comes in!:D


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    Fr_Dougal
    Registered Users Posts: 9,167 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    patrickbrophy18 wrote: »
    They're easy numbers to remember and are dead handy when you need to call a shop/company on the move!

    I've often been out and needed a number without a phone book. That's where the nifty number comes in!:D

    Next time use 11890, they're irish and are cheaper!


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    Hande hoche!
    Registered Users Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭Hande hoche!


    They provide an easy Halloween costume idea.


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    patrickbrophy18
    Registered Users Posts: 1,303 ✭✭✭patrickbrophy18


    Fr_Dougal wrote: »
    Next time use 11890, they're irish and are cheaper!

    While I do appreciate that they are cheaper and all, I don't see why I should take a nationalist approach to the services I avail of. That comment just comes across as xenophobic!


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    Filibuster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 361 ✭✭Filibuster


    patrickbrophy18 wrote: »
    While I do appreciate that they are cheaper and all, I don't see why I should take a nationalist approach to the services I avail of. That comment just comes across as xenophobic!

    Your comment comes across as racist & homophobic.


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    Fr_Dougal
    Registered Users Posts: 9,167 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    patrickbrophy18 wrote: »
    While I do appreciate that they are cheaper and all, I don't see why I should take a nationalist approach to the services I avail of. That comment just comes across as xenophobic!

    I meant they have an Irish base/call centre. 11850's call centre is in Mumbai, they moved it over there about 5 years ago.


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    patrickbrophy18 wrote: »
    While I do appreciate that they are cheaper and all, I don't see why I should take a nationalist approach to the services I avail of. That comment just comes across as xenophobic!

    You obviously don't rely on an Irish company for your living, or need money kept in your local community, or taxes paid into the Irish exchequer. It's just another company we can support as guaranteed Irish.


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    patrickbrophy18
    Registered Users Posts: 1,303 ✭✭✭patrickbrophy18


    Filibuster wrote: »
    Your comment comes across as racist & homophobic.

    Explain the logic of that statement! And where exactly does homophobic come into the equation?


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    MadsL
    Registered Users Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭MadsL


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0usJCEUgWyM


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    Gee_G
    Registered Users Posts: 2,208 ✭✭✭Gee_G


    Fr_Dougal wrote: »
    Next time use 11890, they're irish and are cheaper!

    I must keep that in mind if i need to use it again! I called 11850 or 11811(can't remember which one!!) a few weeks ago to get the number for doctor on call for my little boy who was sick and I got connected to them. I thought no more about it until I got my phone bill last week, I was on the phone to them for just over a minute and it cost me €4.50!!!


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    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,827 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Directory Enquiries used to be free from a payphone.

    Anyway http://www.goldenpages.ie/ http://www.goldenpages.ie/ free if you have internet on your phone.

    or if you have free minutes / texts get someone at home to look the number


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    Banjo String
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    patrickbrophy18 wrote: »
    They're easy numbers to remember and are dead handy when you need to call a shop/company on the move!

    I've often been out and needed a number without a phone book. That's where the nifty number comes in!:D

    That's where having Google on my phone comes in handy.

    Haven't used those services in close to 10 years


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    Judgement Day
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,549 ✭✭✭✭Judgement Day


    I've never understood how these directory companies make any money but then again when many people come onto Boards enquiring on how to travel by train or bus to x and y rather than going onto the relevant website....It seems to me that it's all a matter of having a modicum of organisation - possibly even a notebook with relevant numbers, or putting them into your phone before leaving home.


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    J_E
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,734 ✭✭✭J_E


    Most numbers for businesses you can find online for free and in a fraction of the time.


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    #21
    Hootanany
    Registered Users Posts: 5,477 ✭✭✭Hootanany


    Exactly


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    donutheadhomer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,658 ✭✭✭donutheadhomer


    Creamy Goodness wrote: »
    what is 118118 vs 11850?

    a game on the ps4?


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    wendell borton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,336 ✭✭✭wendell borton


    patrickbrophy18 wrote: »
    Explain the logic of that statement! And where exactly does homophobic come into the equation?

    Your post was laced with latent insinuations.


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    #24
    Hootanany
    Registered Users Posts: 5,477 ✭✭✭Hootanany


    Why because the actors look like 1970's Porn Stars


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    #25
    wampyrus77
    Registered Users Posts: 1,763 ✭✭✭wampyrus77


    even worse their phone call cost €8 per phone call imagine what your phone bill will be


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    #26
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    Is that the ads that feature those two hairy ginger hipsters?

    I'd love to kick their bollixes in.


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    AlanS181824
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,575 ✭✭✭AlanS181824


    Is 11811 not owned by Eircom cos didn't there used to be an ad years ago that had a song in it that ended with...."Eircom's 11811."


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