knightmb
Everybody Lies
join:2003-12-01
Franklin, TN
 ·AT&T DSL Service
2 edits | Phewww!
I'm glad I saw this here first. I looked at the website and thought *scam*, so I tried a bunch of fake usernames to see if I could login with them. They didn't work, so I wasn't sure if it was a phishing site for passwords or something. Glad to know it's really "real", LOL. Guess I'll login now and see what info they have.  |
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TAKUNDA
join:2005-06-09
Plano, TX | I am very excited about this. I think I'm already sold. I hesitated on Google and ended up with nothing. This time I'm going in head first and hopefully Vonage will deliver. |
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knightmb
Everybody Lies
join:2003-12-01
Franklin, TN
·AT&T DSL Service
| I've just now signed up, the website actually does a lot of effort to make this as easy as possible for the average Joe Blow, so I was really impressed. I did my initial offer to buy 100 shares just to see what happens. I'm going to see if some family and friends want to pool some money together to raise that. It's all risky and it's possible to lose everything, but I expect this to be another google like stock race. It may not hit numbers as high as google, but I do expect us early investors to be able to turn an effortless profit from this.
And to keep on topic, my Vonage service (all 6 lines) have been great, never any problems |
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rachelsfx
join:2004-09-27
Pensacola, FL | reply to knightmb
The lose as much as they "make." How is it a good investment? Hoping someone with competence will buy them?
Yahoo!'s voice is a better product and backed by a company with MONEY not hope! |
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shashinka
join:2000-09-16
West Boylston, MA
1 edit | Let me see you get wire your house with a yahoo appliance. I was trying to use an Softphone through skype and had too many issues. Not many people like being tied to a PC anyway. I myself have been a vonage customer for several years and know a dozen friends/family on it. Especially now that they have given free calls to Europe, hope more coutnries coming soon, need Japan. I like how sunrocket bundles in their LD. I just signed up for 100 and was thinking of doing more. I myself had about $500 in ebay when it IPO'd but my wife and I were bringing in about $20 an hour combined so I said we need the money, damn i could have scraped by and had 10x that now i think. damnit.
Oh and don't forget how they are putting this into wireless phones, i think nokia is building into cellular handsets and eventually the PSP/Nintendo! |
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knightmb
Everybody Lies
join:2003-12-01
Franklin, TN
·AT&T DSL Service
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said by rachelsfx  :The lose as much as they "make." How is it a good investment? Hoping someone with competence will buy them? Yahoo!'s voice is a better product and backed by a company with MONEY not hope! It's all about numbers and name really. Vonage is lumped into VoIP service, people just refer to their voip service as Vonage service instead of what is really is. That's a very powerful tool for a company to be synonymous with a service. When people want to “google” you, all they are referring to is doing a web search, but the culture and brand behind it has kind of meshed into one. In my opinion, that's the strong point of Vonage. It may not be the best or the cheapest, but even my mom who knows nothing about computers knows what vonage is and she knows she can save money over the local telco for phone service. Given that, not all heavy stock investors are tech heads like us, but do they do know the name Vonage and what it does and that's what gives it the same power that Google had when it starting selling stock. Everyone calls Google a fluke and it will never be repeated, but I think they are wrong. It's the same people that said Google stock would be worthless after everyone bought some after they starting selling. There is a lot of experience to consider in this and the opinions I read here are very valid and realistic. But we all have to remember that playing the stock game is never a win, win for all. It could turn to crap or it could turn to gold. I'm only going in with the minimum 100 shares just to gamble a little and hope for some gold alchemy returns later on.  |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
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said by TAKUNDA :I am very excited about this. I think I'm already sold. I hesitated on Google and ended up with nothing. This time I'm going in head first and hopefully Vonage will deliver. Google(GOOG) was by invitation only on their IPO. unless you were somebody who was somebody you didn't get in on the IPO.
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rachelsfx
join:2004-09-27
Pensacola, FL
| reply to knightmb
Why selling to customers?
Well, because maybe they are the only ones stupid enough to buy it? ...and hold it?
This company spends about $250 per customer to acquire them. No wonder they lose double what they make.
Unlike Google, the IPO is desperation knowing they are facing bankruptcy unless they get a cash infusion.
I smell a "pump and dump" scheme on the "IPO"! |
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MeanPeepsSuk
Premium
join:2004-11-21
Muddy Field
clubs:
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Re: Phewww!
Hmmmm......
»video.google.com/videoplay?docid···05&q=snl
p.s. A large number of my friends and family use VoIP phones and none of them refer to the service as "vonage service" as you say. They all just say "VoIP phone". |
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King P
Don't blame me. I voted for Ron Paul
Premium
join:2004-11-17
Inman, SC
·Windstream
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| said by MeanPeepsSuk :Hmmmm...... »video.google.com/videoplay?docid···05&q=snlp.s. A large number of my friends and family use VoIP phones and none of them refer to the service as "vonage service" as you say. They all just say "VoIP phone". By contrast, a lot of my friends and family do refer to Voip service as "Vonage"...
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knightmb
Everybody Lies
join:2003-12-01
Franklin, TN
·AT&T DSL Service
| reply to MeanPeepsSuk
said by MeanPeepsSuk :Hmmmm...... »video.google.com/videoplay?docid···05&q=snlp.s. A large number of my friends and family use VoIP phones and none of them refer to the service as "vonage service" as you say. They all just say "VoIP phone". Ah, got such a good laugh out of that one, great link. |
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MeanPeepsSuk
Premium
join:2004-11-21
Muddy Field
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| said by knightmb :said by MeanPeepsSuk :Hmmmm...... »video.google.com/videoplay?docid···05&q=snlp.s. A large number of my friends and family use VoIP phones and none of them refer to the service as "vonage service" as you say. They all just say "VoIP phone". Ah, got such a good laugh out of that one, great link. Yeah, that one cracks me up too. (It puts my portfolio in perspective, lol). Glad you liked it. 
GL with your investments.
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Yearight
@mindspring.com | reply to rachelsfx
Re: Why selling to customers?
"Pump and dump?" You are truly enlightened!  |
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