Chris and Paul's "Bang Tidy" thread.

[Robert_S]

You would think for £300k they could get the spec right.

[Orchard gm]

Do all the 0800 calls get diverted to your mobile chris?

[chrisgilltreesurgery]

0800 number gets connected in 7 days time, all numbers threw to my mobile at the moment but its a nightmare. I spend so much time on the pho e during g the day but I have now employed Louise who will be my secretary/book keeper etc...

She will be in the office during office hours and will be taking care if all incoming 0800 calls

 

 

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[Orchard gm]

That sounds really useful, tried to get the wife to do it for me for a bit but she didn't have the patience with me or the customers!! Back to me doing it all the time now! It's a right pain though when your busy!!

[skyhuck]

What made you go for the 0800 number Chris??

 

I contemplated it years ago, but then decided that if a punter does not even want to pay for the cost of a call, their not really my kind of customer.

[chrisgilltreesurgery]

I agree with that totally, the only reason I went for it was since I set the business up 19 years ago I have moved house quite a few times into different exchanges. That means having to get the old house number on a remote forwarding service to my new number, gets quite pricy and complicated. With an 0800 number I can move anywhere in the uk and the 0800 number with shadow any uk number. So I can move house as many times as Iike

 

 

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[chrisgilltreesurgery]

That was meant to read 10 years ago

 

 

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[skyhuck]

Makes sense.

[mendiplogs]

0800 number gets connected in 7 days time, all numbers threw to my mobile at the moment but its a nightmare. I spend so much time on the pho e during g the day but I have now employed Louise who will be my secretary/book keeper etc...

She will be in the office during office hours and will be taking care if all incoming 0800 calls

 

 

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HI CHRIS will have to give louise ring ask here to come down to the cider weekend mate :thumbup1:nice jon

[Gnome]

That's a good idea Chris. It also will give your company the perception that you are nationwide. Good on the motorways etc. when people might see the Bang Tidy and say

"Wow look how shiny that is, I bet you they know what they are doing.....

Oh but it's a Newcastle number etc. they might not want to travel to Liverpool "

 

With the 0800 number they will at least give you a ring

 

Just a thought