Today ONLY (8/8/8) Activations are just $8.88

Toll Free Numbers are just $8.88 to celebrate 888 day today only.

Today only from 12:01am till 11:59pm on August 8th, 2008 (aka 888) all regular activations are just $8.88, instead of $49.95. Yes, we’ve probably gone crazy and are definitely losing money on this. This is the only time we’ve ever done anything like this before and we’re definitely NOT going to do this again. There’s a strict limit of 8 numbers per customer and this ONLY applies to standard activations that say they’re Currently Available in the Instant 800 Lookup.

Just use the regular activation form on our website at TollFreeNumbers.com and there’s no codes or tricks necessary. We’ve just changed the price (to less than our cost!) for one day. There won’t be another toll free day like 8-8-8 in our lifetimes so we figured it’s OK to be a little crazy. And it’s a Friday so we can work all weekend if we have to, to catch up. But at midnight the prices goes back to $49.95 so don’t delay!

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    Bill Quimby (678 comments.) says:
    August 8, 2008 at 12:28 am

    PS. Please don’t ask us to extend this sale or to change the price on any numbers that you ordered recently. That’s not how sales work. I gave everyone notice that we were having a huge sale on 8/8/8 in a post exactly one month ago.

    We figured we try to set a record for number of regular activations within one day. Also please don’t try to use do more than 8 by using different names. That would just be taking advantage of us. If you get 8, you’re saving almost $350 already!

    Bill

      chip says:
      August 8, 2008 at 7:11 am

      Your marketing to me worked… however, the activation webpage… for your promotion day… is not able to allow for address entry ! have a number that shows ‘available’.. but can’t finalize the transaction ONLINE! u gadabe bummed… lmk what to do… -Chip

        Wayne Carter (1 comments.) says:
        August 8, 2008 at 8:29 pm

        Trying to activate 3 numbers…
        I may have invertedly hit the activation button but then tried to go back and activate three numbers and it wont let me…

          Patrick A. Daniels says:
          August 8, 2008 at 11:50 pm

          What a great sale idea.

          I have no present need for a number, but I forwarded your sale info to a friend.

          Thank you kindly.

          Pat and Alexis Daniels
          Long Beach, CA

            Dan Pueppke says:
            August 9, 2008 at 12:20 am

            Hey Bill,
            I have four or so numbers that I got from you about a year ago and was excited about your promo email that you sent. I too tried to activate 877 mygword and 888-4ecoist and although they showed available they would not activate. It said they were recently available but taken. Did they get “grabbed” by your system when I searched and that is why I couldn’t get it? Disappointed that I didn’t even get one number on your promo. Drat!
            Best Regards,
            Dan Pueppke

              Dan Pueppke says:
              August 9, 2008 at 12:41 am

              Amazing, now one # shows as available. I wonder what happened, some system reset?

              Dan Pueppke

                Bill Quimby (678 comments.) says:
                August 9, 2008 at 1:21 am

                When you do a search it puts a temporary hold on the numbers that it finds available. If you search again within two minutes or so they will show as unavailable. It sounds like that’s what caused tt one to pop back.

                You may also be running into issues with the Cached database. See http://www.tollfreenumbers.com/cached if you’re looking at the 800 watch results versus the Instant 800 Lookup.

                Correction, the system is down for about 25 minutes around midnight (EST) from 11:55pm until 12:20am. That is to preserve bandwidth for backorders that we’re going after and because most queries right after midnight time out and even if you got something our signup process isn’t fast enough to actually get it if another resporg is trying to get it. This caused problems for some people in the past. So we disable the Instant 800 Lookup for a few minutes. It used to say that it was disabled. But if the system doesn’t get a positive response to a number that was available in the monthly database it’ll say it was available but was taken recently (meaning since the beginning of the month). I think that’s whay you were actually running into.

                Bill

                  Ken Post (2 comments.) says:
                  August 9, 2008 at 2:10 am

                  I tried to activate 800 980-8004, before 11:59 PM PST, I clicked the instant activation after the search said it is available, then I clicked the larger red text that mentions the special $8.88 deal but could not find anywhere on the website to do the activation. Now that is past 11:59 PM PST, I figured out the the button was on the previous web page, but off the screen. I kept clicking the larger RED TEXT that was boldly sticking in my face. That got me nowhere. Finally, after midnight, I found the button to register.

                    Ken Post (2 comments.) says:
                    August 9, 2008 at 2:14 am

                    I also tried to reserve 9808004, but just get an error when I try to reserve it.

                    I used you service a couple of years ago and was very happy with the whole process.

                      Bill Quimby (678 comments.) says:
                      August 9, 2008 at 11:16 am

                      Ken,

                      We’re in NY so the time was in Eastern Time. I didn’t mention that here but that’s what we always use. I’m sorry you didn’t realize that.

                      I started to write out an answer to the people that were asking to be let in afterwards and decided to post it seperately so it wouldn’t get lost in the comments down here. It’s link above as well as in blog above this post.

                      The bottom line is that we run this business very straight. We don’t haggle over prices or bend the rules. It’s not because we don’t like you, but because we do like you. I hope that makes sense.

                      Bill

                        James Cordeiro (1 comments.) says:
                        August 10, 2008 at 9:00 pm

                        This is the best 800 number service on the internet. Bill and Rita have always been of GREAT SERVICE to me. Bill
                        always answers the phone when you need him.
                        There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t refer 800 MARKETER to everyone.

                        Jim Cordeiro
                        Sedona, Arizona

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