What stopped stickers in London phone boxes ?

[wombat42]

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[James999]

The Law.

[Moby Dick]

What's a phone box?

[Corus Boy]

As James said the law was changed to make it illegal, but they haven't completely gone.

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In London tart cards are placed in phone boxes by professional "carders", who tour the phone boxes, replacing cards which have been removed by the telephone companies' cleaners. Carders often remove cards placed by rival carders.

Placing tart cards in phone boxes was made illegal by the passing of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 which made carding punishable by up to six months imprisonment or a fine of up to £5000. By 2002 most convicted carders were receiving fines of £200–£1000, although persistent offenders were receiving jail terms of 28 days.

An estimated 13 million tart cards per year were being distributed across Britain at that time; the telephone company British Telecom was removing 150,000 tart cards per week from central London telephone boxes and it had call-barred 500 of the telephone numbers used on tart cards. However, despite police operations against carders the practice of carding still continues. In North West England the cards are known as slag tags.

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[Stevensmiles]

I was in a box just off Baker Street years ago and this bloke opened the door while I was on the phone and started ripping off the cards from the glass. Before I realised what was happening another bloke jumped on him and they started fighting.

Apparently it was a never ending job for these guys. As if they were on rival teams drumming up business for the girls or pimps they worked for.

The good old days of phone boxes eh !!!

I used to ring the operator and tell them I had been cut off from a call and nine times out of ten they put you through for nowt.   Free calls to WG’s 

[imtheman]

Probably mobile phones.

[Bassman]

We used to collect them and then store them above the passenger side sun visor in my mates car. Without him realising.

His mum had the shock of her life when he was giving her a lift and went to use it lol. He had a hard time explaining it 

[Stevensmiles]

We used to collect them and then store them above the passenger side sun visor in my mates car. Without him realising.

His mum had the shock of her life when he was giving her a lift and went to use it lol. He had a hard time explaining it 

Ahhhhhh yeh I forgot that.
A mate of mine had a whole wall in his bedsit plastered with those cards.
Good talking point I can tell you.