Those Big White Pages Directories.

[icyfroth]

Do you use them?

We always have a big stack of them delivered to our units. 15 Units, so 30 white pages directories. Only one tenant uses them. the rest go in the recycling bin. What a waste of paper and ink.

"All but 2 per cent of the heavy White Pages phone books that used to be delivered around Melbourne and Sydney went straight to the recycling bin, it has been revealed."

"Many Australians have ditched their fixed phone line, preferring to use the White Pages online, store all the contact numbers they need in a mobile phone, or communicate through social media and email."

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/business/optin-scheme-for-print-white-pages-makes-sensis-20140113-30qly.html#i...

[imastawka]

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@purple_haize wrote:

We dont get the white pages now here in Vic.

Those stupid yellow pages, we get them but need a magnifying glass to read them.......they are as good as useless.

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Story in paper this morning.  Yellow pages to be cancelled in Victoria too.

I miss the white pages.  I really do.

No point in having white pages on-line if your electricity goes off and

you need an electrician!!  And no, my technology does not extend to

a smart phone.

[purple_haize]

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@imastawka wrote:

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@purple_haize wrote:

We dont get the white pages now here in Vic.

Those stupid yellow pages, we get them but need a magnifying glass to read them.......they are as good as useless.

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Story in paper this morning.  Yellow pages to be cancelled in Victoria too.

I miss the white pages.  I really do.

No point in having white pages on-line if your electricity goes off and

you need an electrician!!  And no, my technology does not extend to

a smart phone.

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I dont care if they cancel the yellow pages as no one can read it,

I would prefer to have the white pages..........looking up online is a pain as well, and I agree with what you say if elect. goes off and it does here quite often, with trees coming down.

[cherry*135]

You don't need to be without the white pages imastawka, they are still available on request.

Which is better than paying a printer to print 100 000's of them, the cost of the paper, the cost of delivering them to every household whether they want one or not.

If people have portable landline  phones only and their electricity goes off, they can't use that either.

[purple_haize]

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@am*3 wrote:

There are three simple ways you can choose to order a copy of the book:

- Call 1800 008 292,

- Register at www.directoryselect.com.au, or

- Collect a copy from your local Australia Post outlet.

There is also no change to the way that the White Pages® Business and Government Book is distributed.

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Our little post office doesnt keep copies of the white pages, even the one they have to look up #'s is years old.

They havent printed any in Vic for a few yrs.

[imastawka]

Thanks guys.  I have been using a 2010 issue.  I'll update now

[purple_haize]

You are lucky you can update...

[imastawka]

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@purple_haize wrote:

You are lucky you can update...

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???  We are both in Vic.   Are you telling me we can't update?

[purple_haize]

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@imastawka wrote:

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@purple_haize wrote:

You are lucky you can update...

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???  We are both in Vic.   Are you telling me we can't update?

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Oh, didnt realize you were in Vic........I dont know, will be in the post office tomorrow and I will ask them.

[imastawka]

Thanks, but it's not looking good.  That link is for Business/Government which

is kinda ok, but I'd still like a residential one.  Guess this old dinosaur is gunna

have to get with the times.

You'd have to be pretty keen to go out in this heat, purps.  I'm expending all

my energy just typing.   Hahahaha

[cherry*135]

There are three simple ways you can choose to order a copy of the book:

- Call 1800 008 292,

- Register at www.directoryselect.com.au, or

- Collect a copy from your local Australia Post outlet.\

What about the phone number ima? I am sure you can still get them sent out to you on request no matter what part of Aust you live in.