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Im new here, but I was wondering if anyone else is concerned about giving out thier home address and phone # ? I worry about getting alot of junk mail through my home address and getting unwanted telemarketing phone calls. Has anyone had this problem yet?
If it wasnt for that I would feel so much more comfortable completing all these offers.
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To avoid telemarketing calls. Join at PrivatePhone.com - It's a free program that gives you your own private number to supply to these surveys and stuff. Everyone does that to avoid the calls.
as far as junk mail to your house, you won't get any. I never got any and I've been doing this for many months.
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To avoid telemarketing calls. Join at PrivatePhone.com - It's a free program that gives you your own private number to supply to these surveys and stuff. Everyone does that to avoid the calls.
as far as junk mail to your house, you won't get any. I never got any and I've been doing this for many months.
Thanks for the suggestion, I'll definetly check out that website!!
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thanks for the private phone info. that is a huge saver. I was getting 20 to 30 calls a day on my cell. i have gotted it down now to about 3.
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Im new here, but I was wondering if anyone else is concerned about giving out thier home address and phone # ? I worry about getting alot of junk mail through my home address and getting unwanted telemarketing phone calls. Has anyone had this problem yet?
If it wasnt for that I would feel so much more comfortable completing all these offers.
Nope, everyone is right about this.........privatephone is a lifesaver---havent gotten a solicitor call that I didnt want yet on my regular phone! As for the physical junk mail delivered to my door, nope, havent had a problem there either.
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I went to the privatephone website and it says it is going to be discontinued in December and they don't seem to be accepting any new clients. Any suggestions so I don't have to use my home or cell phone number to complete offers?
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I went to the privatephone website and it says it is going to be discontinued in December and they don't seem to be accepting any new clients. Any suggestions so I don't have to use my home or cell phone number to complete offers?
I also have a number set up with AIM. You can get one at www.aim.com, sometimes there is an issue getting a local area code. Another one I noticed in the forum is www.laservoicemail.com. Haven't tried that one yet, but probably will be. :wave:
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Man and I was loving the service too. let's petition it!!!
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Im new here, but I was wondering if anyone else is concerned about giving out thier home address and phone # ? I worry about getting alot of junk mail through my home address and getting unwanted telemarketing phone calls. Has anyone had this problem yet?
If it wasnt for that I would feel so much more comfortable completing all these offers.
do a google on private phones and voice mails. also get a gmail email account so your reg email don't get junked to death. as far as your home addy. nothing can do there. as you have to used your legit info.
also same as the others. i've been on this site and been doing gpt sites for about a year and have only ever gotton one thing in the mail. and can't say it was from any offer i did ether as it was one of those send a buck make millions things that i used to get a ton of years ago. so you should be good to go with the private phone and gmail :)
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Im new here, but I was wondering if anyone else is concerned about giving out thier home address and phone # ? I worry about getting alot of junk mail through my home address and getting unwanted telemarketing phone calls. Has anyone had this problem yet?
If it wasnt for that I would feel so much more comfortable completing all these offers.
do a google on private phones and voice mails. also get a gmail email account so your reg email don't get junked to death. as far as your home addy. nothing can do there. as you have to used your legit info.
also same as the others. i've been on this site and been doing gpt sites for about a year and have only ever gotton one thing in the mail. and can't say it was from any offer i did ether as it was one of those send a buck make millions things that i used to get a ton of years ago. so you should be good to go with the private phone and gmail :)
Im just being nosy here----but is that your real picture or is that some celebrity that I dont recognize?? I know a lot of people use celebrities as their photo, so I was just curious!
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Im new here, but I was wondering if anyone else is concerned about giving out thier home address and phone # ? I worry about getting alot of junk mail through my home address and getting unwanted telemarketing phone calls. Has anyone had this problem yet?
If it wasnt for that I would feel so much more comfortable completing all these offers.
do a google on private phones and voice mails. also get a gmail email account so your reg email don't get junked to death. as far as your home addy. nothing can do there. as you have to used your legit info.
also same as the others. i've been on this site and been doing gpt sites for about a year and have only ever gotton one thing in the mail. and can't say it was from any offer i did ether as it was one of those send a buck make millions things that i used to get a ton of years ago. so you should be good to go with the private phone and gmail :)
Im just being nosy here----but is that your real picture or is that some celebrity that I dont recognize?? I know a lot of people use celebrities as their photo, so I was just curious!
it's my real photo but i'm about to replace it with one of the kids as i do not like any picture i have of me lol.
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i am receiving junk in the mail and phone calls as late as 10 p.m. they even call on Sundays, the other day i was so mad. my 6 mo. old had been sick for a week and hadn't slept well in days, then i finally got her to sleep (which means i can sleep too) then a telemarketer called and woke her up, i asked her to remove me from her calling list, she was soooo rude she said i could at least listen to why she called, what i am saying is if you use your real phone it will ring off the hook, and i think they're psychic because they always call at the worst time
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i am receiving junk in the mail and phone calls as late as 10 p.m. they even call on Sundays, the other day i was so mad. my 6 mo. old had been sick for a week and hadn't slept well in days, then i finally got her to sleep (which means i can sleep too) then a telemarketer called and woke her up, i asked her to remove me from her calling list, she was soooo rude she said i could at least listen to why she called, what i am saying is if you use your real phone it will ring off the hook, and i think they're psychic because they always call at the worst time
Well, first off, it is ILLEGAL in any state for creditors & telemarketers to call after 9pm!
Below is a link for anyone who wants on the DO NOT CALL Registry. You enter your phone # and it puts you in the registry to where Telemarketers CANNOT call you, ANYTIME whatsoever! If they do, they have broken the law and will be penalized & or jail time! Serious stuff as we all are tired of these people invading our homes with their ridiculous and rude calls!
https://www.donotcall.gov/
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Im new here, but I was wondering if anyone else is concerned about giving out thier home address and phone # ? I worry about getting alot of junk mail through my home address and getting unwanted telemarketing phone calls. Has anyone had this problem yet?
If it wasnt for that I would feel so much more comfortable completing all these offers.
do a google on private phones and voice mails. also get a gmail email account so your reg email don't get junked to death. as far as your home addy. nothing can do there. as you have to used your legit info.
also same as the others. i've been on this site and been doing gpt sites for about a year and have only ever gotton one thing in the mail. and can't say it was from any offer i did ether as it was one of those send a buck make millions things that i used to get a ton of years ago. so you should be good to go with the private phone and gmail :)
Im just being nosy here----but is that your real picture or is that some celebrity that I dont recognize?? I know a lot of people use celebrities as their photo, so I was just curious!
My photo is a celebrity of.................ME!!!
HeeHee, sorry, couldn't resist. :wave:
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i am receiving junk in the mail and phone calls as late as 10 p.m. they even call on Sundays, the other day i was so mad. my 6 mo. old had been sick for a week and hadn't slept well in days, then i finally got her to sleep (which means i can sleep too) then a telemarketer called and woke her up, i asked her to remove me from her calling list, she was soooo rude she said i could at least listen to why she called, what i am saying is if you use your real phone it will ring off the hook, and i think they're psychic because they always call at the worst time
This is why it sickens me that PrivatePhone is terminating its free service! When I go to listen to my messages on PrivatePhone it tells me what time these solicitors call me. I have had some call me at like 5:30am!! And then I have had call after call like every 10 minutes some days!! Imagine if that were my regular home phone! I would have gone mad!
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What about using Grand Central? It's good!
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What about using Grand Central? It's good!
I checked out GrandCentral and signed up. Unfortunately, they are not accepting new members at this time. Here is the message I received:
Your Reservation Has Been Confirmed
Thank you for your interest in GrandCentral. We will let you know as soon as we open up our service to more users. At that time you will be able to choose the specific phone number that you would like to use. We will make all possible efforts to ensure there are numbers in the area code or city you have selected, but there may be some areas where we won't have coverage. We'll do our best.
The GrandCentral Team
I would suggest that anyone that has private phone at this time, might want to at least reserve a spot at GrandCentral. :thumbsup:
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yeah...i definitely agree with everyone else..i signed up for privatephone and i haven't received more junk mail at home than usual...so just use privatephone.com and set up a seperate email for the junk email cuz there will be a lot of that..and even using privatephone i dont have that many messages so if you use your own phone and just screen them, you should be fine but if not use privatephone, its 100% free..just dont use it for somethin that requires a confirmation number, then you will need a real number so you can input the confirmation - with those i havent receive any extra calls....its just the schools and insurance ones that call back a lot so use privatephone for those...i dont know...i never answer my phone anyways unless i know the number so i dont really care
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We get a boat load of direct mail regardless so I'm not concerned about giving out our home address. Just my two cents. :thumbsup:
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i am receiving junk in the mail and phone calls as late as 10 p.m. they even call on Sundays, the other day i was so mad. my 6 mo. old had been sick for a week and hadn't slept well in days, then i finally got her to sleep (which means i can sleep too) then a telemarketer called and woke her up, i asked her to remove me from her calling list, she was soooo rude she said i could at least listen to why she called, what i am saying is if you use your real phone it will ring off the hook, and i think they're psychic because they always call at the worst time
This is why it sickens me that PrivatePhone is terminating its free service! When I go to listen to my messages on PrivatePhone it tells me what time these solicitors call me. I have had some call me at like 5:30am!! And then I have had call after call like every 10 minutes some days!! Imagine if that were my regular home phone! I would have gone mad!
Wife flipped on me after the 13th call one day... so I HAD to get a private phone and it has been a lifesaver.
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anyone looking for an easy to set up free phone number can go to k7.net it is really easy to sign up and free to use. I got that for the offers I am doing on other GPT sites and I have not had any problems.
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anyone looking for an easy to set up free phone number can go to k7.net it is really easy to sign up and free to use. I got that for the offers I am doing on other GPT sites and I have not had any problems.
Thanks tai_renee...I'm gonna check this one out :thumbsup:
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Yup - thanks here as well for the tip Tai. :thumbsup:
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I love telemarketers. My Husband and I play with em a little. We will act interested in what they are selling and in the dead of the convo pass the phone back and forth between each other and ask them to repeat them selves LOL My dad and I did that once to one person and they never called back. Also since I have gotten Vonage I Never really get any calls to mess with them any more. The only calls I get now are from people I actually want to hear from. some marketers but the ones I want. I know that was bad to mess with them but hey they called several times before I did.
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i made an email account on aol just for this and use the aimphone that comes with it free and some times i will reroute calls through numbr.com
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I've yet to have my phone solicited and i've been giving out my cell a lot to many places (not just this site), i'll look into a private phone but what about those websites where you have to get a text message confirmation.
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I've yet to have my phone solicited and i've been giving out my cell a lot to many places (not just this site), i'll look into a private phone but what about those websites where you have to get a text message confirmation.
those offers you have to use your real cell or u just can't do the offer
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YES! they are SO annoying sometimes! but I am going to sign up for that Private Phone I think that someone mentioned. Good Luck! ;D
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YES! they are SO annoying sometimes! but I am going to sign up for that Private Phone I think that someone mentioned. Good Luck! ;D
PrivatePhone is being discontinued Dec. 2007. :(
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Yea, I was just reading that. Do you know of anything else like that? I hope they have something else but if not, that's fine too because I love this site! lol. I only trust 2 of them. This one and Prize Book. Have you ever heard of it? I hope I don't get in trouble for talking about it! :(
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YES! they are SO annoying sometimes! but I am going to sign up for that Private Phone I think that someone mentioned. Good Luck! ;D
PrivatePhone is being discontinued Dec. 2007. :(
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A little update on the PrivatePhone issue. Yes, it is being discontinued as of December 15th.
I would suggest everyone now try one of the following:
www.aimphoneline.com - (problem there is local area codes)
www.k7.net - I signed up for this one but unfortunately you don't get to choose an area code, it just assigned me a number.
www.laserphone.com - I signed up for this one too, but it seems to be just a "call forwarding" service, which doesn't help with using my cell phone, nor will it help with the DoNotCall Registry.
Some offers will kick back when you use a number with an area code that is different from your address area. It happened to me with the AIMPhone - just an FYI.
If anyone has found any other ones, please update us!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Thanks Madd! You are just full of helpful knowledge. I still say you should get that bonus! LOL ;D
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Thanks Madd! You are just full of helpful knowledge. I still say you should get that bonus! LOL ;D
Thanks Kitty. I'd even accept Admin going into my thread and giving me a ^5 - that would be nice too :thumbsup:
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I agree. A little acknowledgement of all of your time spent helping others (which saves Admin alot of time) would be nice. I'm not Admin, but, I still give ya a big ^5!!! :thumbsup:
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Hi Everyone, I am new on the board. Looks like a busy forum. I can also recommend AIM as a replacement for PrivatePhone. I was searching for a replacement and got that lead. It was very easy to set up, I got a local number, and was able to check my voice mail right through e-mail. You can't record a personal greeting, but that's okay. It is free, free, free! http://www.aim.com/download.adp (http://www.aim.com/download.adp) Click on the link for Free AIM Phoneline.
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Hi Everyone, I am new on the board. Looks like a busy forum. I can also recommend AIM as a replacement for PrivatePhone. I was searching for a replacement and got that lead. It was very easy to set up, I got a local number, and was able to check my voice mail right through e-mail. You can't record a personal greeting, but that's okay. It is free, free, free! http://www.aim.com/download.adp (http://www.aim.com/download.adp) Click on the link for Free AIM Phoneline.
When I go to the link it wants me to pick a dollar amount I want to add. Maybe I am looking in the wrong area
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A little update on the PrivatePhone issue. Yes, it is being discontinued as of December 15th.
I would suggest everyone now try one of the following:
www.aimphoneline.com - (problem there is local area codes)
www.k7.net - I signed up for this one but unfortunately you don't get to choose an area code, it just assigned me a number.
www.laserphone.com - I signed up for this one too, but it seems to be just a "call forwarding" service, which doesn't help with using my cell phone, nor will it help with the DoNotCall Registry.
Some offers will kick back when you use a number with an area code that is different from your address area. It happened to me with the AIMPhone - just an FYI.
If anyone has found any other ones, please update us!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
It's odd you say that cuz I use k7 for all my offers. I wonder if that is why some of them have not credited?? I used my cell phone here in the begining and that is a different areacode then mine too lol. But in fairness a lot of people have cell phones with a different area code from where they actually live.
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I am not worried at all about junk mail and telemarketing its called thrrowing junk mail away and not answering phone when telemarketers call
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awesome everyone should check it out. you get a free voice mail number and dont have to worry about people calling. definitely check it out.
david
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also check out brring.com it does ring to your home phone but........ you get paid for the calls! lol also. anyone who calls has to listen to a 10 seconds message before being connected to you, then to your ringtone before you pick up. so most people other then your friends n wahtnot you give the number to hang up since they don't know if you will answer or not. :) you get a 1.00 for each new caller who calls you and then .05 per call from them after that. also you get 1.00 per referrals. so hey. if your gonna have alot of people calling you check this out. i got mine about a month ago, give the number to all my friends and family. i have it linked to my cell, so you don't even have to use your house phone. but in about 4-5 weeks i'm up to 123.10 that i just cashed out tonight to get my check in time for christmas :) if not for christmas i think i would of let it keep adding up to see just how high it would get lol. well goodluck guys hope this helps at all :0
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I use my regular home phone, which I only use for my DSL. The ringer is turned off all the time, but I can't imagine giving out my cell phone number or a phone that I actually use. Telemarketers are relentless.
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I'm not concerned at all. None of my friends have had any problems with this site, and so far, neither have I. Just smile and move on.
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I have recieved alot of phone calls. i just figured i dont answer for now and later they will go away. and if i get junk mail i will just throw it away or delete ir from my inbox.
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nope. not concerned. :]
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I just started. I have a fax line and caller ID so if I don't know the number I don't answer.
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Im concerned also about giving my address away and house number also, i got a call on the first day about applying to schools such a pain. thanks for the private number site
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yes, when isining up for stuff you are bound to recieve calls. not concered though.
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I have found that even though my home number is on the donot call registry, I still get a lot of telemarketing calls even after 9 pm. These telemarketers are treacherous.
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thanks! i was curious about that as well! I will try the private phone site...Thanks
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thanks for the tip on the private phone thing.
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no need to worry :P This site is trustworth and great!
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Yeah, we do tend to get a lot of telemarketers now. =[
Good thing we can shut off the ringer.