PainInTheArse
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1 edit | Why MJ sucks
I travel a lot and it would be nice to be able to use my iPhone to make calls from Europe or even Starbucks via a SIP client.
The problem is you have to bring:
The MJ Dongle
An Old Landline Telephone
An Extension Cord
A Silver Satin Phone Cord
And if needed, a place to plug in your phone to an electrical outlet.
I was one of the people who got suckered into the 5 year plan.
I am now looking into other alternatives. I hope the MagicJack company ends up Bankrupt due to all the negative publicity.
My issue is not really with the hacking of the product but the morons that work for the company.
I have had more downtime on my MACBOOK and it ended up costing me money.
I was in London and when the upgrade happened a few weeks ago They could not get my service back up and running for 4 days. I lost a $12,000.00 commission. Right now my legal team is looking into the possibility of a lawsuit.
After I got back to the states I was able to get the service back on but not because tech support was able to do it.
I figured it out myself and I had to use a PC to do it.
I have since forwarded my number to a SKYPE number and am sure I will never do business with MagicJack again.
I have already started notifying customers of the new number.
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focuspuller
join:2002-03-17
Macungie, PA | WOW!!!!!
Trusting a $20.00 a year phone service for a large commission type business.....
THAT TAKES GUTS!!!!!
DUMB GUTS AT THAT!!! |
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pandora
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For $12,000 I'd have made a call from my cell phone in Europe. The $5 would be worth it to get $12,000.
Your legal team may want to read the MJ terms of service which prohibit using anything but the MJ dongle.
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sabresfan
Sabresfan
join:2009-05-03
Hope Mills, NC | reply to PainInTheArse
Wow I'm glad I've had a few beers when I've read this. If you could get a $12,000 commission and you blame MJ for screwing it up I'm going to sleep better tonight knowing there's somebody dumber than me out there. |
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David
No,there is another.
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Granite City, IL
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·magicjack.com
 ·AT&T Midwest
| said by sabresfan  :Wow I'm glad I've had a few beers when I've read this. If you could get a $12,000 commission and you blame MJ for screwing it up I'm going to sleep better tonight knowing there's somebody dumber than me out there. You owe me a keyboard! and a Dr. pepper 12oz.
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meskinct
Mad Scientist at Work
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Danbury, CT
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They hurt puppies too....bastards!  |
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amigo_boy
join:2005-07-22
Tempe, AZ
·Cox HSI
·magicjack.com
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said by PainInTheArse :
I travel a lot and it would be nice to be able to use my iPhone to make calls from Europe or even Starbucks via a SIP client.
The problem is you have to bring:
The MJ Dongle
An Old Landline Telephone
An Extension Cord
A Silver Satin Phone Cord
And if needed, a place to plug in your phone to an electrical outlet.
I just use a headset. No dongle. No handset. No drama.
You're right that MJ isn't reliable enough for important uses like business calls, or on a resumè. They don't market it that way. But, $1.60 a month?
Mark |
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BlueMagic
join:2008-03-30 | reply to PainInTheArse
I can assure you that Dan's legal team is far more qualified than your legal team. |
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Pinan
Hypnotic Tweaker
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join:2000-09-02
Murrieta, CA
| reply to PainInTheArse
said by PainInTheArse :
The problem is you have to bring:
The MJ Dongle
An Old Landline Telephone
An Extension Cord
A Silver Satin Phone Cord
And if needed, a place to plug in your phone to an electrical outlet.
*Followed by more complaining......*
Did you not know/consider this before purchasing? "MJ sucks" because of your misunderstanding/wanting to hack it/whatever...?
Other than the occasional glitch, MJ works pretty much like they said it would. All for $20 year. No one forced you to buy the 5 year package either.
Yikes. |
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RockyBB
Premium
join:2005-01-31
Longmont, CO | reply to PainInTheArse
said by PainInTheArse :
Right now my legal team is looking into the possibility of a lawsuit.
They should probably insist on being paid in advance. |
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PX Eliezer
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New Jersey
·Callcentric
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·callwithus
·voip.ms
| If you are so cheap as to try to do serious business using a MJ phone that's 20 bucks a YEAR, then your legal team must be headed by Rufus T. Firefly.
Sheesh. Give us a break.
PS: If this is all true, I'd be embarrassed to tell it to a court, and I'd even be embarrassed to tell it to my own lawyer. |
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prestonlewis
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join:2003-04-13
Sacramento, CA
·VoiceStick
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Re: Why MJ sucks
said by PX Eliezer :PS: If this is all true, I'd be embarrassed to tell it to a court, and I'd even be embarrassed to tell it to my own lawyer. I'd be too embarassed to tell anyone even if I were posting anonymously. Oops. Guess he isn't that embarassed! |
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viafax999
join:2000-06-03
Westford, MA
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Re: Why MJ sucks
said by PainInTheArse :
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I am now looking into other alternatives.
You could load the Skype app onto your iphone, or ipod touch with os3 and a headset.
Seems to work OK for me, but then I don't do most of my business from Starbucks and am quite happy using a regular phone in a hotel. |
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avd706
insert annoying animated gif here
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join:2003-02-06
Union, NJ | most hotels have wifi
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odment
Alrighty Then
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join:2002-11-30
Warren, MI | reply to amigo_boy
How do you use it with no dongle? |
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jeffster1970
Whatta Ya Think About Dat?
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Kitchener, ON
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·magicjack.com
·Vonage
·Acanac
·Bell Sympatico
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said by focuspuller :WOW!!!!! Trusting a $20.00 a year phone service for a large commission type business..... THAT TAKES GUTS!!!!! DUMB GUTS AT THAT!!! I think it took guts to post that post about losing $20,000! LMAO
I'm not doing business with someone that doesn't have a 'real' line.
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amigo_boy
join:2005-07-22
Tempe, AZ
·Cox HSI
·magicjack.com
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said by odment :How do you use it with no dongle? See the MJ wiki: »en.wikibooks.org/wiki/MagicJack/···t_Dongle
Mark |
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Gork
Ou812ic
join:2001-10-06
Juneau, AK | reply to PainInTheArse
I learned my lesson about paying too much for VoIP service in advance. I am a SunRocket survivor...  |
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