Comments for Say No To Phonebooks blog

Comment on Councils wage war on pointless phonebooks by C Taylor

C Taylor — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:40:12 +0000

Have you ever thought about the many small businesses that rely on yellow pages for their custom?
Not everyone has a computer, especially not the elderly.
My business would close down without the directory , as 90% of my clients find me from it.

Comment on Going, going, gone by dawn boyd

dawn boyd — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:57 +0000

the yellow pages are such a waste of time energy and our money trying to dispose of them

Comment on Save Money and the Planet this Christmas by Alfred Carrington

Alfred Carrington — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:32:54 +0000

You keep asking me to endorse your “Say no to phonebooks” campaign.
Do you not take into consideration pensioners, people on benefits, and other very low income recipients. I am on the basic pension. Do you really believe that I can afford Telecom’s or any body elses’ punitive charges for telephone numbers? We need telephone books. Please add this to your comments pages and see what other low paid people have to say before you condemn telephone books.

Comment on International Momentum Grows by James

James — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:44:45 +0000

I disagree, the Yellow Pages is very useful in my life. As someone previously mentioned I’d rather make the choice of company I call myself rather than choosing the one that pays Google the most to be at the top of their listing. Anyone who believes there is a significant environmental issue here should check out
http://www.yellgroup.com/english/governanceandresponsibility-responsibilityatyell-sustainability
and
http://www.yellgroup.com/files/7TAKKH/yellow+pages+sustainability+factsheet.pdf
Found on Yells website. They seems to be a very environmentally aware company more so than every takeaway that constantly put menus through my door added together!

Comment on International Momentum Grows by Janice McHale

Janice McHale — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:24:03 +0000

It is possible to opt out of receiving yellow pages and “Thomson Local” here in England, but you have to contact them individually. I won’t be signing the petition though. I agree with other posters that to ring 192 should be free

Comment on International Momentum Grows by polly bateman

polly bateman — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:30:48 +0000

ive stumbled on this website,after only looking for friends reunited….. yellow pages, do we need them, no not realy it would save an awful lot of trees, old people, im not that far off me self, to being a pensior, and yes as a country we should have looked after them, wrapped up in yellow pages, but we never… lets look at the Earth, coal, oil, diamonds, they have all gonr in thier innocents, so why stop chopping down trees, for goodness sake people have been doing iit for years.

Comment on International Momentum Grows by Alex Rich

Alex Rich — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:30:03 +0000

On an environmental basis I agree with your campaign . I also have little use for phone books -certainly not with an annual update. However it seems pretty obvious you have a vested interest the campaign. It would be less obvious if your charges for the occasional (maybe 4 or 5 times a year )user like my self were reduced or validity of the credits did not expire so early .That is why I no longer use your service . When I did use it I found it excellent. -Regards -Alex

Comment on International Momentum Grows by Peter Blocksidge

Peter Blocksidge — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:10:57 +0000

Not everyone has access to a computer and 118XXX numbers are very expensive. The lack of a computer will tend to be among that section of the community least able to afford these costs. I think that your campaign is misguided and I wonder whether your only motive is waste.

Comment on Going, going, gone by Mal Goode

Mal Goode — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:56:44 +0000

There is no need to reduce the size of phonebooks to allow them to go thrrough a letter box. They already fit into my recycle bin with ease. Thats where they go same day as delivered. The bin is by the front door so I wonder if I can request the delivery person to put them in there for me? Utter lunacy of waste in a green minded era.

Comment on International Momentum Grows by Kay Durrant

Kay Durrant — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:17:36 +0000

I would happily sign this petition if not having a book was any advantage to me – to get a number from any of the requst places it costs a lot of money, and as a pensioner and a widow with all my bills to pay myself, all those 50+ pences that I save by looking in the books can mount up tp quite a lot if you are looking for a service, so make the requests cheaper – they used to be free! – and then people like myself might sign