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Mastercard ATM problems: Warning!
S Viemeister wrote: Madonna wrote: Miguel Cruz wrote: Madonna wrote: Since when do 800 numbers work in Turkey? Why wouldn't it? They work pretty much everywhere else in Europe. Just dial 001 first. "800 numbers can only be used in the United States and Canada" http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/cc/20020513e.asp In most cases, they CAN be used outside North America - but you will be charged at standard rates. It won't be a free call. That's probably why my Amex travel medical policy tells its policy-holders to call collect from overseas, although they have an 800 number for the U.S. (However, with the urgent problem the OP encountered, I'm sure whether or not he'd have to pay for the call was not uppermost in his mind!) |
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Mastercard ATM problems: Warning!
Spehro Pefhany wrote:
Interesting. I can't call US-only 1-800 numbers from Canada, for free or otherwise, there's just no way to do it that I know of. A bit of a PITA if they don't list their local number. Canada is a special case. Because 800-number subscribers can choose where in the NANPA (country code 1) to accept and fund calls from, if they opt not to pay for calls from Canada then you'll have to dial them a different way (possibly substituting 880 for 800?). miguel |
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Mastercard ATM problems: Warning!
Miguel Cruz wrote in message ...
wrote: Miguel Cruz wrote: Madonna wrote: Tom Bellhouse wrote: My card was blocked in Turkey. I was able to call the 800 number on the back of the card, identify myself, explain that it was "really me" in Turkey, and get the block lifted. Much easier to d it before leaving home, tho. Since when do 800 numbers work in Turkey? Why wouldn't it? They work pretty much everywhere else in Europe. Just dial 001 first. Turkey is an Asian country. Like Russia? Unlike Russia. Demographically Russia is mostly European. Actually Russia "proper" is entirely European. Later lots of foreign territories have annexed to Russia: vast regions of Central Asia (now mostly - at least formally - independent); Siberia (what is that Europe, Asia or something else, if everything east from the Ural mountains is considered "Asian" then the identification is easy); vast tundra areas along the Arctic Sea; the far east areas facing China and Japan, which essentially are Asian. Some people say that the tiny western most strip of Turkey on the western side of the Bosphorus strait would be "European". Whole of the country resides in Asia and is Asian and all the peoples living there are Asian. Culturally most Asian. Naturally one could argue about this and remind that Turkey regularly attend the annual Eurovision song contest. Honestly, Turkey is as much European as Guinea Bissau and Nepal are American. |
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"Frank F. Matthews" wrote in message ...
wrote: Miguel Cruz wrote in message ... Madonna wrote: Tom Bellhouse wrote: My card was blocked in Turkey. I was able to call the 800 number on the back of the card, identify myself, explain that it was "really me" in Turkey, and get the block lifted. Much easier to d it before leaving home, tho. Since when do 800 numbers work in Turkey? Why wouldn't it? They work pretty much everywhere else in Europe. Just dial 001 first. Turkey is an Asian country. Wrong! Turkey is as much European as Asian. Much like Russia. Much like Russia?! Which party do you insult: Russians or Turks? |
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"Frank F. Matthews" wrote in message ...
wrote: "Frank F. Matthews" wrote in message ... wrote: Wrong! Turkey is as much European as Asian. Much like Russia. Much like Russia?! Which party do you insult: Russians or Turks? Since I didn't try to equate the two simply point out that they have, in common, the feature of inhabiting two worlds I doubt that either would be insulted. Now, if I had implied that either was entirely European or Asian I suspect that there would be many in each who would be insulted. I don`t know about that. However, Turkey is not "as much European as Asian". It may be partly African or American but European it is not. Oddly enough there are plenty of Americans who consider Canada non-American. Markku Gronroos |
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Miguel Cruz wrote : wrote: Miguel Cruz wrote: Why wouldn't it? They work pretty much everywhere else in Europe. Just dial 001 first. Turkey is an Asian country. Like Russia? Some people say that the tiny western most strip of Turkey on the western side of the Bosphorus strait would be "European". Whole of the country resides in Asia and is Asian and all the peoples living there are Asian. Culturally most Asian. Naturally one could argue about this and remind that Turkey regularly attend the annual Eurovision song contest. Honestly, Turkey is as much European as Guinea Bissau and Nepal are American. Have you been to Turkey? miguel -- Hit The Road! Photos and tales from around the world: http://travel.u.nu |
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JohnT wrote:
"Miguel Cruz" wrote in message ... Madonna wrote: Miguel Cruz wrote: Why wouldn't it? They work pretty much everywhere else in Europe. Just dial 001 first. Europeans have country-specific 800 numbers, not multi-national like North America. In Europe you usually dial 0 before not 001. For example to reach Creative Labs in Germany you dial 0 800 101 3796 http://uk.europe.creative.com/recall/welcome.asp "800 numbers can only be used in the United States and Canada" http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/cc/20020513e.asp Congratulations, you've discovered the 1,000,000th piece of false information on the web. Well maybe you can come up with a better site or provide a little bit more information. miguel (who has dialed 800 numbers from Germany and the Netherlands within the past 6 weeks, and from dozens of other countries over the years) Well this service has not always been available. At least not with Bell Canada. Whilst agreeing totally with Miguel that US 800 numbers can be dialled from Europe, he didn't mention that the call is not free. It is always a chargeable Transatlantic call unless it is one of the very rare breed of International free numbers. So how does it work? You use AT&T access number first or use straight Deutsche Telekom 0-800 prefix? Or you dial long-distance as if you were calling a number like NYC zzz-212-xxx-yyyy but use zzz-800-aaa-bbbb instead? And, btw, whilst the "800" concept originated in North America, using 800 (and 500 in the UK) as a dialling prefix is common in Europe too. For country-specifc 800 service. If you watch ads on satellite tv like SKY they list a dozen toll-free phone numbers, one for each country. And what about Asia/Australia/... can you dial US or Canadian 800 numbers from Nepal or Japan? |
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On Mon, 24 May 2004 11:03:03 -0400, Madonna wrote:
JohnT wrote: "Miguel Cruz" wrote in message ... Madonna wrote: Miguel Cruz wrote: Why wouldn't it? They work pretty much everywhere else in Europe. Just dial 001 first. Europeans have country-specific 800 numbers, not multi-national like North America. In Europe you usually dial 0 before not 001. For example to reach Creative Labs in Germany you dial 0 800 101 3796 http://uk.europe.creative.com/recall/welcome.asp There are basically two systems used in most places in the world. One is a national system, just like the US, where you dial 0-800, or some variant of that. That usually connects you to a company located in the same country, although sometimes the call will be routed internationally to a call centre elsewhere in the world. Then there is the international toll-free service, where you dial the number in the same format as you would an international call, but using 800 as the country code. That will route your call anywhere in the world at no cost to the caller. "800 numbers can only be used in the United States and Canada" http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/cc/20020513e.asp Congratulations, you've discovered the 1,000,000th piece of false information on the web. Well maybe you can come up with a better site or provide a little bit more information. Most people have learned from personal experience that the statement you quoted above is incorrect. Reality learned from experience is better than any web site you might come up with. miguel (who has dialed 800 numbers from Germany and the Netherlands within the past 6 weeks, and from dozens of other countries over the years) Well this service has not always been available. At least not with Bell Canada. Whilst agreeing totally with Miguel that US 800 numbers can be dialled from Europe, he didn't mention that the call is not free. It is always a chargeable Transatlantic call unless it is one of the very rare breed of International free numbers. So how does it work? You use AT&T access number first or use straight Deutsche Telekom 0-800 prefix? Or you dial long-distance as if you were calling a number like NYC zzz-212-xxx-yyyy but use zzz-800-aaa-bbbb instead? And, btw, whilst the "800" concept originated in North America, using 800 (and 500 in the UK) as a dialling prefix is common in Europe too. For country-specifc 800 service. If you watch ads on satellite tv like SKY they list a dozen toll-free phone numbers, one for each country. And what about Asia/Australia/... can you dial US or Canadian 800 numbers from Nepal or Japan? Normally yes. I've lived in various countries in Asia and can't remember one I could not dial US 800 numbers from (at the cost of a normal call to the US). |
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Mastercard ATM problems: Warning!
"Madonna" wrote in message news JohnT wrote: "Miguel Cruz" wrote in message ... Madonna wrote: Miguel Cruz wrote: Why wouldn't it? They work pretty much everywhere else in Europe. Just dial 001 first. Europeans have country-specific 800 numbers, not multi-national like North America. In Europe you usually dial 0 before not 001. For example to reach Creative Labs in Germany you dial 0 800 101 3796 http://uk.europe.creative.com/recall/welcome.asp "800 numbers can only be used in the United States and Canada" http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/cc/20020513e.asp Congratulations, you've discovered the 1,000,000th piece of false information on the web. Well maybe you can come up with a better site or provide a little bit more information. miguel (who has dialed 800 numbers from Germany and the Netherlands within the past 6 weeks, and from dozens of other countries over the years) Well this service has not always been available. At least not with Bell Canada. Whilst agreeing totally with Miguel that US 800 numbers can be dialled from Europe, he didn't mention that the call is not free. It is always a chargeable Transatlantic call unless it is one of the very rare breed of International free numbers. So how does it work? You use AT&T access number first or use straight Deutsche Telekom 0-800 prefix? Or you dial long-distance as if you were calling a number like NYC zzz-212-xxx-yyyy but use zzz-800-aaa-bbbb instead? And, btw, whilst the "800" concept originated in North America, using 800 (and 500 in the UK) as a dialling prefix is common in Europe too. For country-specifc 800 service. If you watch ads on satellite tv like SKY they list a dozen toll-free phone numbers, one for each country. And what about Asia/Australia/... can you dial US or Canadian 800 numbers from Nepal or Japan? If the US 800 number is, for example, 1-800-123-4567 then from the UK one would dial the international access code 00 then the Country code 1 then the number excluding the US long-distance access code. Thus I would dial 00 1 800 123 4567. Often there will be a recorded announcemebt saying that the call is chargeable, and then it is connected. JohnT |
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