The 2 keys that almost always put you on to a REAL person

[Mistletoo]

anyone see this article? cheat codes for major companies.

It was in the Mail though so I don't know whether I should share

eh? What is a cheat code?

I heard about this on TV, some chap who was thoughroughly pissed off with the way he was treated by customer services did his research and found the cheat keys or some such and he also has the names of heads of dept for the huge companies if you want to complain. I think he has a website somewhere.

I got through to tescos clubcard right away today by pretending not to have a touch tone phone

I got through to tescos clubcard right away today by pretending not to have a touch tone phone

I always pretend not to have a touchtone phone. Much quicker.

my parents realy don't havea touchtone. There's is some antique thing that has been adapted for modern lines. Used to drive me nuts.

sorry about that - disappeared for a bit.

Anyway what it says is

press 0# in quick succession for
Alliance & Leicester
American Express
Bank of Scotland
Barclays
Bupa
capital One
Comet
Dell
DHL
DVLA
Egg
Goldfish
Halifax
HSBC
Lloyds TSB
Natwest
NHS Direct
O2
PC World
Royal Mail
Sainsbury Bank
Sky
Tesco
3Mobile

Press *0 each time you hear an automated voice
BT

Press 0 3 times slowly for
T-Mobile

Enter wrong mobile number 3 times
Orange

Don't press anything
Carphone Warehouse
P&O
Southern Electric
Southern Water
Virgin Holidays

But I guess you can try them anywhere!