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bily the taxi
PostPosted: Sun May 17, 2009 8:03 pm 
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hi,thinking of setting up my own firm after 12 years in the game,can anyone tell us how to go about buying a good number off bt,spoke to a couple of people at bt and was told they cant guarantee a number when you commit to a purchase!
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PostPosted: Sun May 17, 2009 8:52 pm 
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bily the taxi wrote:
hi,thinking of setting up my own firm after 12 years in the game,can anyone tell us how to go about buying a good number off bt,spoke to a couple of people at bt and was told they cant guarantee a number when you commit to a purchase!

If you are going to start up afresh, I would advise getting a good freephone number. :wink:

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PostPosted: Sun May 17, 2009 11:40 pm 
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Sussex wrote:
bily the taxi wrote:
hi,thinking of setting up my own firm after 12 years in the game,can anyone tell us how to go about buying a good number off bt,spoke to a couple of people at bt and was told they cant guarantee a number when you commit to a purchase!

If you are going to start up afresh, I would advise getting a good freephone number. :wink:


Sussex most folk call using a mobile so they don't get the benefit
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PostPosted: Sun May 17, 2009 11:41 pm 
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One company up here phoned a number (202020)and when the person answered the phone offered to give them money for it.As some who know the situation in Dundee the number is similar to another firm (203020).The firm who bought the number have not advertised it but they have had some jobs of people who mistakenly thinking they have called 203020.

Maybe you could think of a good number then phone it and ask to buy it.
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PostPosted: Mon May 18, 2009 9:33 am 
bily the taxi wrote:
hi,thinking of setting up my own firm after 12 years in the game,can anyone tell us how to go about buying a good number off bt,spoke to a couple of people at bt and was told they cant guarantee a number when you commit to a purchase!



Good luck with it, concentrate on service rather than price, you'll get a better class of customer and recruit drivers easier that way, don't be to over the top on price, but 50p - £1 more will ensure you aren't running around all night doing drug runs.
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Sussex wrote:
bily the taxi wrote:
hi,thinking of setting up my own firm after 12 years in the game,can anyone tell us how to go about buying a good number off bt,spoke to a couple of people at bt and was told they cant guarantee a number when you commit to a purchase!

If you are going to start up afresh, I would advise getting a good freephone number. :wink:


Sussex most folk call using a mobile so they don't get the benefit


most of em are ON benfits..........

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PostPosted: Mon May 18, 2009 10:10 pm 
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cheers lads,but nobody gave me any info!
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Try this Billy http://www.heart-telecom.com/index.shtml I havn't used it though, but it looks interesting.
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Sussex
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bily the taxi wrote:
hi,thinking of setting up my own firm after 12 years in the game,can anyone tell us how to go about buying a good number off bt,spoke to a couple of people at bt and was told they cant guarantee a number when you commit to a purchase!

If I was setting up a firm I would buy a number that repeats i.e. 856856.

Then I would name the firm 856 cabs.

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PostPosted: Thu May 21, 2009 8:50 pm 
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cheers lads,il av at a look that website.
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Sussex wrote:
bily the taxi wrote:
hi,thinking of setting up my own firm after 12 years in the game,can anyone tell us how to go about buying a good number off bt,spoke to a couple of people at bt and was told they cant guarantee a number when you commit to a purchase!

If I was setting up a firm I would buy a number that repeats i.e. 856856.

Then I would name the firm 856 cabs.
.. Not Ac.. Dc

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