"Them were the days when calling someone meant effort and thinking and remembering 20 phone numbers these days i forget how old i am every year and that goes up in 1s ffs"
They used to ask if they would accept the charges. My dad picked once anx told them no ( for fun)  |
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"Yes, I remember reverse charge calls - usually my brother ringing from Uni in Scotland.
And platform tickets cost 2p, so we could go on the platform to wave him off at the train station! "
Oh yes, loved those platgorm tickets. Whenever I went away there were 10 friends and family on the platform |
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"Yes, I remember calling the operator from a coin phone box and asking for a reverse charge call to home, you could hear them asking the other number if they would accept a reverse charge call. "
Did they always accept? |
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"Everyone has a mobile now, lots of calling apps etc. But how many of you remember calling home reverse charges, most probably from one of the hundreds of phone boxes.  "
I never reversed charges because my mother would have bodily killed me. I was given a phone card that I could use in dire emergencies but the preferred solution was just to solve your own problem, even if it meant walking 8 miles home from a festival because you missed the bus. |
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"When I was young and poor I used to reverse charge call an ex and he’d reject it. But I only used it to alert him that he could call me and pay for the phone call 😬😂"
Use the reverse call to say who you were and give them the exact number to call you back. As some phones, like the one in my corner shop was 60p a minute, reverse calls were typically 3 times the normal amount, so receiving a call at the standard rate turned out to be the cheaper option. |
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"There’s no way my dad would have accepted the charges 
He always said if there’s an emergency 999 is free "
Sounds like my old man and if I needed picking up late after school I'd have to call and let it ring 3 times lol |
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"Yes, I remember calling the operator from a coin phone box and asking for a reverse charge call to home, you could hear them asking the other number if they would accept a reverse charge call.
Did they always accept? "
Yeah, they new the number of the coin phone I used to ring from |
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By *ags73Man 3 weeks ago
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"Everyone has a mobile now, lots of calling apps etc. But how many of you remember calling home reverse charges, most probably from one of the hundreds of phone boxes.
I never reversed charges because my mother would have bodily killed me. I was given a phone card that I could use in dire emergencies but the preferred solution was just to solve your own problem, even if it meant walking 8 miles home from a festival because you missed the bus. "
Yeah I never did it for fear of my mum doing me in.
A couple of long walks back from nights out didn’t do me any harm and sobered up with the time and distance too |
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Back in the day when we were out for the night, whichever one of us was driving, rang the others and let it ring three times before hanging up. That way they knew we were on our way and it didn't cost the phone call!
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