Why do you have to own a mobile phone to join CC?

We are officially new members again and booked in at Bridlington for the end of April.

It is not that I do not have a mobile, on the contrary I have an all singing all dancing thing that does just about everything and would run my life if I let it. But from experience I have found that when you hand out your number to large companies you start to get calls and messages from people and places you have never heard of, then when you are in the middle of something important like pouring a whisky over the ice whilst watching the sun set, you have to stop and explain why you do not want to have a new boiler fitted. GOM.

I am sure the CC would talk to my voicemail if I did not answer. We tend to ignore any numbers that are not recognised by the phone, or come up withheld. 

Welcome back alwayswright! Its great you navigated the mobile phone hurdle and rejoined regardless.

As DavidKlyne quite rightly posts we only use mobiles in emergencies such as those also mentioned. We found having them extremely useful for those wanting to go to Rowntree Park over the Christmas and New Year period when it was completely flooded.

But you are also quite right in noting you do not have to provide a mobile phone number. Our online joining system, as well as the whole website is being updated and I have forwarded on your valuable feedback about there being a glitch when trying "not" to enter this as a field when joining.

All feedback and comments are great and so useful to us when doing upgrades of our system. Thanks for your input (and humour) on this issue.

Hi Helen, Thank you, it is good to be back!

We have just booked most of our summer get aways mainly around Yorkshire, wales and Cornwall. well impressed with the new booking system very fast and efficient. It would be better if the affiliated sites could be incorporated in the payment system some how?

You have caught me with the mention of York (My all time favourite site) I have still got to book this one for after June when the river fishing season begins.

Alwayswright, great stuff. My mobile is for my use, business, and convenience, not anyone else's. I never give out my mobile number to anyone. If the online form insists on the mobile number field to be filled in, can I suggest that a selection of suitable numbers to submit can be found in the classified ads section of poor quality newspapers.

"I'd just put a row of 0000s and see if that works."

If it was a good computer system then the programmer will have thought of that and tell you that the format was incorrect.

But like I said, if it was a good system.......

Nice to know the dinosaur is alive and well.

Yes I must agree, I cannot see why people are so anti. It is after all for your benifit if there is a problem with the next site while you are on route, or staying on a non CC whilst touring. Wardens will also ring you if there is a problem with your van while on site. If you are worried about folk getting your number, you would never be able to call anyone other than a friend, or withhold your identity as any large firm or organisations are going to have call loggers to collect numbers for future use.

Yes I must agree, I cannot see why people are so anti. It is after all for your benifit if there is a problem with the next site while you are on route, or staying on a non CC whilst touring. Wardens will also ring you if there is a problem with your van while on site. If you are worried about folk getting your number, you would never be able to call anyone other than a friend, or withhold your identity as any large firm or organisations are going to have call loggers to collect numbers for future use.

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Yes I must agree, I cannot see why people are so anti. It is after all for your benifit if there is a problem with the next site while you are on route, or staying on a non CC whilst touring. Wardens will also ring you if there is a problem with your van while on site. If you are worried about folk getting your number, you would never be able to call anyone other than a friend, or withhold your identity as any large firm or organisations are going to have call loggers to collect numbers for future use.

As I stated earlier my mobile is for speaking to friends, familly and business associates. I only call these people on my mobile that way do not get nuisance calls and texts. If I do get unknown callers (Cold callers) I contact O2 and report them. It has worked for me so far  and I in tend to keep it this way. I have no problem with giving my number to wardens when booking a site such as York where problems can and inevitably do occur.