The Seagull Line

[Cheeky Monkey]

Classic thread about a byegone and very expensive institution. You young ones don't know how good you've got it these days.

 

[supaseagull]

You've dialled 8049 the seagull line!


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[mune ni kamome]

Anyone with any noddle of course would phone it from work. We used to do this constantly until it got banned on account of the massive phone bill.

 

[Blackadder]

Was it always a premium rate line? I used to ring it a lot from home. I used the Brighton code (91 I believe) then 8049. I wasn't aware that it was a premium line at the time. (Sorry mum, if it was). I never dialled 0849 or whatever it was.

 

[Peter Grummit]

My missus tells a story of ringing the Seagull Line around 1980 to get the score, from a hotel in San Diego. What with the overseas call rate, the premium phone line and the hotel's outrageous mark-up, I think the call cost her Dad more than the return flight to the States!

I got hammered for roaming internet charges a few years ago while in Madrid. I didn't realise every time I refreshed it whacked up the Bill. Fortunately it was on my work Blackberry and I got away with it.

PG

 

[gripper stebson]

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