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Choosing a number

How to search the Probiz catalogue for the digits you actually want

How to use Includes, Starts with and Ends with without losing the number you wanted.

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Choose Includes, Starts with or Ends with

Use the real catalogue efficiently. Choose Includes, Starts with or Ends with is a check you do with the current written offer, the operator account and, where it applies, the official e& or TDRA page. It is not a Probiz price and it does not reserve a number.

The patterns article explains labels; this is a task-based site walkthrough. New screenshots of the current interface, with examples clearly labelled and inventory checked at capture time.

Change one filter at a time

Use the real catalogue efficiently. Change one filter at a time is a check you do with the current written offer, the operator account and, where it applies, the official e& or TDRA page. It is not a Probiz price and it does not reserve a number.

The patterns article explains labels; this is a task-based site walkthrough. Write down what you were told, who said it, and which plan version it referred to.

Compare complete results

Use the real catalogue efficiently. Compare complete results is a check you do with the current written offer, the operator account and, where it applies, the official e& or TDRA page. It is not a Probiz price and it does not reserve a number.

The patterns article explains labels; this is a task-based site walkthrough. Write down what you were told, who said it, and which plan version it referred to.

Use Details and shortlist deliberately

Use the real catalogue efficiently. Use Details and shortlist deliberately is a check you do with the current written offer, the operator account and, where it applies, the official e& or TDRA page. It is not a Probiz price and it does not reserve a number.

The patterns article explains labels; this is a task-based site walkthrough. Write down what you were told, who said it, and which plan version it referred to.

  • Keep the exact number or address and the plan name.
  • Save the accepted quote and any reference number.
  • Ask in website chat if a fact is not on the current listing. Do not treat a shortlist as a hold.

Send an exact-listing enquiry

Use the real catalogue efficiently. Send an exact-listing enquiry is a check you do with the current written offer, the operator account and, where it applies, the official e& or TDRA page. It is not a Probiz price and it does not reserve a number.

The patterns article explains labels; this is a task-based site walkthrough. Write down what you were told, who said it, and which plan version it referred to.

  • Keep the exact number or address and the plan name.
  • Save the accepted quote and any reference number.
  • Ask in website chat if a fact is not on the current listing. Do not treat a shortlist as a hold.

Key takeaway

Use the real catalogue efficiently. Confirm figures on the written offer. An enquiry does not reserve a number.

Official sources

  • This content audit did not write inventory or exercise an authenticated customer flow.

  • From Probiz Original editorial checklist Checked

    Advice and examples are not operator guarantees, inventory or merchant policy.

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