Normally I am a very staid, conservative, unadventurous type of chap who wouldn't try anything new in a hundred years but, I must confess that every so often I throw caution under the wheels and take a giant leap for mankind, er, well, for me, at any rate. So, I think I have decided to change my broadband and telephone provider. Desperately searching my memory I think the last time I did that the internet had not yet been invented! However, what I do remember, because it seared my soul, was that it took for ever and involved hundreds of hours screaming abuse at some poor Indian chap who was, I am sure, a truly pukka sahib but also a total prat! I keep shuddering at the memory so it is entirely possible that at the last moment I will chicken out and opt for the soft, if expensive, option of staying with the provider I already have. Anyway, the point of this meandering twaddle is to warn you that I may go 'off air' sometime this week (but hopefully not next week, as well!) but, like Gen. MacArthur, "I shall return!"
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Monday, 18 November 2013
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My technique is to throw my daughter at the problem. She is an ace negotiator and can usually get me money off from a current provider.
Posted by: dearieme | Monday, 18 November 2013 at 14:05
I'm OK to do the negotiating bit, DM, it's all that 'techie-router-mega-giga-wotsits' bit that does me in. Anyway I'm switching from 'TalkTalk' to some outfit called 'Primus' and saving a bit over £6 a month. Not much, true, but it will buy me a decent bottle wine for Xmas lunch '14!
Posted by: David Duff | Monday, 18 November 2013 at 14:17
You buy your wine early, Duffers. Are you ageing a red?
Posted by: dearieme | Monday, 18 November 2013 at 17:28
Nah! Went through all that wine snobbery lark years ago. Now I just drink it rather than look at it!
Posted by: David Duff | Monday, 18 November 2013 at 18:18
Well, I don't envy you the negotiating business. Get the memsahib to prepare a thermos of tea and a cut lunch .... it could take days.
Don't forget to go to the lav. before commencing.
Better still, crack open one of last year's reds before you even dial and fortify yourself for the ordeal.
Posted by: Andra | Monday, 18 November 2013 at 18:46
No, it was easy-peasy, one 'phone call to a very pleasant man who offered me a quote to a new supplier, answered my questions, and so, like a girl on her first date, all I had to do was say 'yes'! Done and dusted, as they say,and I have saved my self the magnificent sum of £6.50 a month! What a Captain of Industry I am!
Posted by: David Duff | Monday, 18 November 2013 at 21:28
I hope that you will write a piece on this because I am thinking of changing my ISP after Christmas.
Posted by: backofanenvelope | Tuesday, 19 November 2013 at 08:14
BOE, There was a full page ad in The Mail last week under the general heading of 'MailFinance Switching Service'. I rang them up and told them that I was with 'TalkTalk' for broadband and telephone. The salesmen were quick and efficient and followed up instantly with a detailed quote by e-mail: 0800 090 1351 which I think is a free call line.
They also have a tel number for more or less instantly offering you comparisons with other energy suppliers - 0800 953 3628 - and I am definitely going to ring them later this morning to see if I can get a better deal.
Both these numbers are independent but they are run under the auspice of the Daily Mail Finance section.
Posted by: David Duff | Tuesday, 19 November 2013 at 09:19