Contact details for R. Somerville Playing Cards:		N.B. Our contact form is not working - please use the e-mail address given for Mr Somerville below
	Roderick Somerville (Proprietor) Head office, orders & enquiries and despatch department. Pictured during his term of office (Nov. 2002-03) as Master of the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards	Chris Perring (Website maintenance) Technical website related problems and/or suggestions only. (Limited capacity to deal with questions to do with items in stock and order progress.)
Email:
Phone:	++ 33 (0)5 61 98 76 61*
SKYPE:	roddy.somerville
Fax:
Address:	R. Somerville (Playing Cards) 12 Place du Palais des Evêques F-31420 ALAN France
* N.B. The bracketed zero is not required when dialling from outside France. If you are calling from within France, please dial 05 61 98 7. If you are calling from outside France, please dial the international access code (e.g. 00 from Britain, check your telephone directory for other countries), then 33, then leave out the zero (that's why it's in brackets) and then dial 5 61 98 7. N.B. The French ringing (i.e. not engaged) tone is one long tone (lasting about 2 seconds) followed by a pause of similar length. If you telephone during office hours, the phone will usually be answered by someone who speaks both French and English. If the office is temporarily unstaffed, you will get the answering service. The answering service currently uses the French Telecom standard messages. Don't panic if you don't speak French!! First of all, what the lady is telling you is that you have got through to: zero-cinq (05) - soixante-et-un (61) - quatre-vingt-dix-huit (98) - soixante-seize (76) - soixante-et-un (61), then she rattles on a bit being charming and invites you to speak after the beep. So wait for the beep, and then leave your message - our English is pretty good, so we won't insist that you speak in French!! (We can understand English, French and slow and clear Spanish or Italian). When you have finished, the lady will come back as she has a little more to say. If you say nothing and hang up once she has started, your message will be saved. The options she gives you are as follows (wait until she pauses after telling you the options and then say the word given here in brackets): you can hear the message you have left (ecouter - pronounced eh-coot-tay ), you can add some more to your message (completer - pronounced com-play-tay) or or you can delete your message (effacer - pronounced ef-fass-say) . If you choose to delete the message, you will be asked to confirm (oui - pronounced wee), or cancel the deletion (non - pronounced noh - like nonsense without the 'nsense' bit!) Then you get the option to re-record your message (enregistrer - pronounced on-rej-eas-tray) or go back to the beginning and hear the first announcement again (annonce - pronounced an-nonse - like nonsense again , but this time without the 'ense' bit).
R. Somerville Playing Cards

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