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MagicJack's claim of free trial numbers is bogus

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BUSTED!

MJ is really turning out to have some sort of a corporate deceptive psychosis about them. They have no phone number, no street address, no email address, no fax number, no uninstall option on their software ... and today we find they are fudging their numbers and offering inconsistent reasons about the cause of a service outage.

Why do they hide and lie when the truth would do?

If the subject was your next door neighbor, you would suggest mental health therapy. Would you give your crazy neighbor your credit card info?

All of you MJ customers need to realize: they have your credit card info. It might be a good time to change your credit card number.

And one of you hackers might figure out and post the explicit instructions on removing the MJ software from PCs.

MJ is really turning out to have some sort of a corporate deceptive psychosis about them. They have no phone number, no street address, no email address, no fax number, no uninstall option on their software ... and today we find they are fudging their numbers and offering inconsistent reasons about the cause of a service outage.

It really looks like they want to make a quick exit if the company goes bust. I don't mean they will do anything illegal, but just get out with the least amount of irritation from irate customers who have lost their money.

reply to laserjobs
Very nice thread and find by that poster. Personally I think that is a fairly BS claim for them to make. Right now it says 22,811 new people.

It's almost as annoying as the video that plays when you navigate to the site.

reply to laserjobs
Hard to believe this thread was started by laser....... He's always been quite the fan of MJ.

reply to laserjobs
heh. My first thought looking at that counter was.. ooh, they placed this here to convince people "everyone is buying" so they should too. Had no doubt it was fake.

Kinda wonder about all the "news reports" and b/s they place on there too. Wonder how many are actually real.

Sounds to me like they'll be up for some months, get as much cash as they can, pay their managers/owners insane salaries, and then disappear or file for bankruptcy. There is no way they can keep giving service at $20/year consistently, and the advertising module will not work.

So when you buy a MagicJack, keep in mind that it might not survive the year or two you're paying for.

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said by nitzan:

So when you buy a MagicJack, keep in mind that it might not survive the year or two you're paying for.

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reply to laserjobs
The part that worries me about MJ is the fact they are their own CLEC. Should they go the way of SR, you don't have that "parachute" should you need to keep your number.

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reply to laserjobs
What is wrong with you people? MagicJack is simply showing the number of visitors to the web site, it is a counter!

Furthermore, magicJack does not install software, it creates a folder in the application directory which is easily removed.

Any residual registry entries are meaningless and completely innocuous. You do of course realize that removing a program via the Control panel, in many cases, leaves behind registry entries. They are totally harmless.

If you are paranoid, simply use a registry cleaner however either way the small registry residue will not affect your computer's operation.

Furthermore, magicJack does not contain sypware nor does in contain adware. They may insert ads in the left panel of the soft phone at a future date.

As far as other VoIP growing, I highly doubt that that statement is true. Most traditional VoIP operators will be out of business by the end of 2008.

reply to laserjobs
I had mine for months. $40.00 for the months of service, AND if they go under, my MJ box can be used as an audio device for Earthcaller (although you would have to use their outgoing number box).
If MJ goes under, I may be disappointed, but not devastated.
For the time being, I will use the service as if it is going to continue. If it happens to fail someday, I will put a few bucks into another provider.
At least no-one is paying $199.99 up front, only to lose that much money.
I saved communication money via MJ, and will continue to save.

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