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as seen on TV...what a scam........
there's a infomercial on TV for "Magic Jack", you hook your phone up to your computer. instead of using a land line, you use your Internet. you get "free local and long distance to anywhere in the USA & Canada"...for only $19.95 a year....
HELLO...is $19.95 a year REALLY FREE??????  
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| June 5, 2008, 08:52 |
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funlovingpair
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Re: as seen on TV...what a scam........
Well ya know, there's always sucker out there.
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| June 5, 2008, 11:16 |
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Re: as seen on TV...what a scam........
QUOTE (lonelyandhorny @ June 5, 2008, 08:52)there's a infomercial on TV for "Magic Jack", you hook your phone up to your computer. instead of using a land line, you use your Internet. you get " free local and long distance to anywhere in the USA & Canada"...for only $19.95 a year....
HELLO...is $19.95 a year REALLY FREE??????
But wait! Call in the next 3 minutes and we'll DOUBLE your order! Thats right! If you act now, you'll get TWO years of service for only $19.95. AND, if you're one of the first 100 callers, we'll also include this handy digital recorder, a $29.95 value for FREE (just pay additional shipping and handling) You can record 10 seconds of important information at the push of a button. Are you constantly forgetting where you left your kid? Just push the button. "Pick up Johnny from detention".
Thats right, TWO years of service AND the 10 second digital recorder, a $50 value, all for just $19.95.
But remember, this is a limited time exclusive TV offer. Not available in stores! Call toll free 1-800 Get Screwed. Hurry, call now!
Sorry Folks, I couldnt resist.
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| June 5, 2008, 13:26 |
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funlovingpair
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Re: as seen on TV...what a scam........
LMAO How true that is. 
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| June 5, 2008, 14:48 |
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Re: as seen on TV...what a scam........
I was thinkin' about this type of thing today. WE've gone from a society that values quality and service to society that seems to fall for everything. 
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| June 5, 2008, 16:52 |
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Re: Re: as seen on TV...what a scam........
QUOTE (freensleazy @ June 5, 2008, 13:26) QUOTE (lonelyandhorny @ June 5, 2008, 08:52)there's a infomercial on TV for "Magic Jack", you hook your phone up to your computer. instead of using a land line, you use your Internet. you get " free local and long distance to anywhere in the USA & Canada"...for only $19.95 a year....
HELLO...is $19.95 a year REALLY FREE??????
But wait! Call in the next 3 minutes and we'll DOUBLE your order! Thats right! If you act now, you'll get TWO years of service for only $19.95. AND, if you're one of the first 100 callers, we'll also include this handy digital recorder, a $29.95 value for FREE (just pay additional shipping and handling) You can record 10 seconds of important information at the push of a button. Are you constantly forgetting where you left your kid? Just push the button. "Pick up Johnny from detention".
Thats right, TWO years of service AND the 10 second digital recorder, a $50 value, all for just $19.95.
But remember, this is a limited time exclusive TV offer. Not available in stores! Call toll free 1-800 Get Screwed. Hurry, call now!
Sorry Folks, I couldnt resist.
Get the book by Dummies "Don't get screwed by assholes".  Oh.. btw...there is a website for this... "Magic Jack", I watched it twice, and laughed my ass off!
tica... 
xox
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| June 5, 2008, 17:37 |
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Re: as seen on TV...what a scam........
yeah, i get the point of you are not paying per minute...but...it's still not free.
i'm amazed that there seem to be people out there that will prolly buy it...
another thing? like Freensleazy said....if these products are so great, and worth so much more? then why are they giving you two??
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| June 6, 2008, 00:35 |
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Re: Re: as seen on TV...what a scam........
QUOTE (lonelyandhorny @ June 6, 2008, 00:35)yeah, i get the point of you are not paying per minute...but...it's still not free.
i'm amazed that there seem to be people out there that will prolly buy it...
another thing? like Freensleazy said....if these products are so great, and worth so much more? then why are they giving you two??
LH... don't they two are better than one? 
tica...
xox
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| June 6, 2008, 14:43 |
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Re: as seen on TV...what a scam........
QUOTE (lonelyandhorny @ June 5, 2008, 08:52)there's a infomercial on TV for "Magic Jack", you hook your phone up to your computer. instead of using a land line, you use your Internet. you get " free local and long distance to anywhere in the USA & Canada"...for only $19.95 a year....
HELLO...is $19.95 a year REALLY FREE??????
I did research this online last week, you pay a one time price for the device, and the $19.95 a year. The reviews I read were from messages boards of people who have bought and used it, and reviews from several electronic/gadget magazines. From these I gathered this... and that some just found it a little inconvenient to boot up their computer whenever they wanted to make a call, but the reviews were very good on call clarity, as good if not better than cell phones or landlines, and no dropped calls.
Of course, maybe given more time for more consumers to use and review this item, then maybe there will be more cons than pros to it...but so far...the reviews are pretty good.
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| June 6, 2008, 20:17 |
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svedishchef
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Re: Re: as seen on TV...what a scam........
QUOTE (Chazzy @ June 6, 2008, 20:17) QUOTE (lonelyandhorny @ June 5, 2008, 08:52)there's a infomercial on TV for "Magic Jack", you hook your phone up to your computer. instead of using a land line, you use your Internet. you get " free local and long distance to anywhere in the USA & Canada"...for only $19.95 a year....
HELLO...is $19.95 a year REALLY FREE??????
I did research this online last week, you pay a one time price for the device, and the $19.95 a year. The reviews I read were from messages boards of people who have bought and used it, and reviews from several electronic/gadget magazines. From these I gathered this... and that some just found it a little inconvenient to boot up their computer whenever they wanted to make a call, but the reviews were very good on call clarity, as good if not better than cell phones or landlines, and no dropped calls.
Of course, maybe given more time for more consumers to use and review this item, then maybe there will be more cons than pros to it...but so far...the reviews are pretty good.
Its called VoIP, or if youi want to get tricky use Skype, so long as they have it... free worldwide for only 5 bucks a month.
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| June 6, 2008, 23:13 |
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Re: as seen on TV...what a scam........
Most of the Voips I've used, have expired their free offers, skype was free for over a year I think, but still have some pretty good deals, I know a few that use webcalldirect, but it's like the others, it's only free for a time, then a low rate applies...there totally free deal is usually an introductory "free trial" type of thing...right now I'm using a totally free voip, a newer one...later down the road it may also end the free calls and only offer packaged discount rates too.
As far as a gadget goes, the majicjack from what I've read up on it so far, it does work quite well and for many may be very well worth the price, but may not be a practical choice for others. As long as I can find free temporary voip deals online, I'll use 'em. Some of the free voips do however, once the word spreads, get so overloaded, your calls get cut off and you may at times have to redial through your computer several times on one call.
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