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A Rare Positive Magic Jack Review

Team — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:19:38 +0000

A reader writes in with a very positive Magic Jack review. Well at least there’s one happy customer!

I bought a Magic Jack from Wal-Mart, and hooked it up when I returned home. It installed its software in less than 1(one) minute, and then the setup screen popped up and asked me for the normal info that all companies ask for. I filled it out, entered my credit card number into my Magic Jack account, and then another screen popped up. This time they gave me the option to auto pick a number, choose one from a list, or pay a one time $10 fee to make a personalized number. I chose to choose mine from the list. I put in my area code, and it took me to another list. This second list allowed me to choose the first 3 digits of my number. I made my choice and it offered something really cool, it gave me the option to pick the last 4(four) digits myself for a one time fee of $3!

Thats a good deal to be able to have a simple easy to remember number for only $3 so I did it. Now I have a number that will be mine for the rest of my life that is easy to remember (my last 4 digit pattern is like this but this is only an example 6226)

I have been using my Magic Jack for a few months now and I have not had any problems with it. It has a convenient software that looks similar to a cell phone that has a caller ID and a programmable phone book. The coolest feature though is that you don’t even need to have a phone plugged into the jack, if you have a laptop that has speakers and a Mic you can talk through that just as if you were using a speaker phone.

$43 bought me 1(one) whole year of coast to coast service and an easy to remember number that will always belong to me. and all of my contacts are automatically backed up on the net. So if I really wanted to I could take my Magic Jack to a friends house and use it on their computer and i wouldn’t need to worry because my numbers would show up on any computer that I plug the device into.

This is just my honest opinion but anyone that does not think this is an amazing product after hearing about all the features has to be a complete moron.

Magic Jack RULES!

Magic Jack Review

Team — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 22:02:51 +0000

Reader Marc provides the following Magic Jack observations… none of which are positive!

I purchased a MagicJack at Wal-Mart, knowing I would have absolutely no problem returning it there, which is exactly what I intend to do first thing tomorrow.

The advertising for Magicjack is EXTREMELY misleading. It never mentions that you must compromise your computer’s and/or network’s security for the softphone program to install properly — this presents an easy entryway for many kinds of malicious software (viruses, spyware, etc.)

The ads also don’t mention that you have to leave your computer on whenever you want to send a call, and that you’ll pay a hell of a lot more than $20/year if you want to be able to receive calls at your current number.

Furthermore, the Magicjack ads completely skip over the inconvenience of having to use the computer to dial out instead of using the keypad on the phone itself. For those of us who prefer portable and mobile phones and don’t like to carry extra junk around (e.g., a computer!) just to use the phone, Magicjack is completely pathetic.

Given the complete lack of toll free customer support or even a functional real-time support forum, and the many allegations that Magicjack customers who were foolish enough to provide credit card numbers have had charges applied to their cards without their approval, I would strongly agree that Magicjack is a SCAM!

Tracfone Success Story

Team — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 14:05:47 +0000

Here’s a cool comment from one of our readers. If you have had a great (or poor) experience with Tracfone, write and let us know about it.

77578 promo code still working!

Just purchased the 200 minute card online using the 77578 promo code. I have a DMFL phone. My online purchase/payment confirmation did, in fact, show the 500 minute addition of minutes and 90 day addition of time, and all for a total charge of $44.09 TT&L. My time now runs through mid September and my phone has already been updated. We’re still using a land line with unlimited long distance for only 30 bucks a month [ed: us too! Vonage], and we live very close to work, so our cell phones aren’t a big necessity, just nice to have.

This is just awesome. Got tired of paying in excess of $2,000. annually for iPhones/service! We’re very happy with the Tracfone deals we have, oh, and we’re extremely glad we found tracfoneclub! Thanks guys!

The TV programming is probably the next thing we’ll see about cutting. Tired of paying that, too. Gonna see what we can get OTA with an antenna I saw a video on how to make on youtube. Keep your fingers crossed! ;-)

Sounds like a great plan. I personally only subscribe to basic cable in order to keep my cable modem going. If I could completely get rid of the cable TV monthly expense, I would.

Get a cell phone for only 7 cents per minute

Team — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:28:54 +0000

Reader Adam reports the following:

I paid $199 for 1500 minutes and 1 year service from tracfone website (web special)… I got 3000 minutes because my phone has double minutes. Thats just less than 7 cents per minute….more than twice as good as any other deal or promo I’ve found. I also keep my calls short!

Way to go! This is why I advocate Tracfone. If you can stand to live without a fancy phone with unnecessary features, you can’t get a better deal than Tracfone.