Comments on: 3 problems with the Dark Side of Shared Use http://www.tollfreenumbers.com/blogs/the-dark-side-of-shared-use.html 1-800 Toll free number search program to locate vanity 800 numbers Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:09:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Bill Quimby http://www.tollfreenumbers.com/blogs/the-dark-side-of-shared-use.html#comment-529 Bill Quimby Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:14:22 +0000 http://www.tollfreenumbers.com/blogs/the-dark-side-of-shared-use.html#comment-529 Sandy was upset or annoyed that some numbers which were available previously said they were available aren’t any more. I’ve changed her name and removed her message with the numbers in order to prevent the people who reserved them from realizing what numbers we’re referring to. Sandy, I’m going to guess that you talked to Dial800 on the 21st. Because they are the ones that grabbed all of them from the spare pool at the same time. It looks like you may be an example of the first point about shared use companies acting like phone companies to get numbers from the spare pool based on customer requests and then turning around and pretending that they were shared use numbers just so they can charge astronomical monthly fees and rates. Right now they are all reserved and will drop out of reserve on 3/6/08. I really want to help customers in this situation and stick it to anyone doing this type of crap. So if you still want them we can get them for you when they drop if you contact us around 3/4 or 3/5. They would only be $49, but we can’t get them until they are released. .Bill Quimby.<ul></ul> Sandy was upset or annoyed that some numbers which were available previously said they were available aren’t any more. I’ve changed her name and removed her message with the numbers in order to prevent the people who reserved them from realizing what numbers we’re referring to.

Sandy,

I’m going to guess that you talked to Dial800 on the 21st. Because they are the ones that grabbed all of them from the spare pool at the same time.

It looks like you may be an example of the first point about shared use companies acting like phone companies to get numbers from the spare pool based on customer requests and then turning around and pretending that they were shared use numbers just so they can charge astronomical monthly fees and rates. Right now they are all reserved and will drop out of reserve on 3/6/08.

I really want to help customers in this situation and stick it to anyone doing this type of crap. So if you still want them we can get them for you when they drop if you contact us around 3/4 or 3/5. They would only be $49, but we can’t get them until they are released.

.Bill Quimby.

    ]]>         By: Bill Quimby http://www.tollfreenumbers.com/blogs/the-dark-side-of-shared-use.html#comment-530 Bill Quimby Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:35:34 +0000 http://www.tollfreenumbers.com/blogs/the-dark-side-of-shared-use.html#comment-530 Bill, Chalk it up to my naivety. I did call them based upon their GOOGLE listing. There wasn’t a heck of a lot of info on pricing. But geez, when they came back to me it was something like $99/month PLUS 9 cents per call! It just seems like they are not playing fair. I even GAVE them the phone number because I didn’t know how to reserve it! Is there any way to get it before March? Or am I opening up a can of worms…you know, let sleeping dogs lie? Sandy<ul></ul> Bill,

    Chalk it up to my naivety. I did call them based upon their GOOGLE listing. There wasn’t a heck of a lot of info on pricing. But geez, when they came back to me it was something like $99/month PLUS 9 cents per call! It just seems like they are not playing fair. I even GAVE them the phone number because I didn’t know how to reserve it!

    Is there any way to get it before March? Or am I opening up a can of worms…you know, let sleeping dogs lie?

    Sandy

      ]]>             By: Bill Quimby http://www.tollfreenumbers.com/blogs/the-dark-side-of-shared-use.html#comment-531 Bill Quimby Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:26:24 +0000 http://www.tollfreenumbers.com/blogs/the-dark-side-of-shared-use.html#comment-531 Sandy, Unfortunately there’s no good way to get numbers that someone else has reserved like that before the reservation expires. Because if you call them, they will probably just activate it so it won’t drop back into the spare pool at all. The only way to get a number like that is to pretend you don’t want it and quietly ignore them. Even calling them and telling them you don’t want it will only make them think you want it. Unless you don't mind paying $1200 a year and three times as much per minute just because you told them about the number you wanted. The sad part is that they do this because they make SO MUCH money just ripping people off. So yes, let those sleeping dogs/wolves? lie and I'll try to get it for you for a one time $49 fee. And I'll be glad that they hate me for shining the light on this extremely shady practice! They should honestly be ashamed of themselves and this type of thing is why they give the whole industry such a bad name. .Bill Quimby. PS. Their obnoxious comments will continue to be removed from this and any other part of our website!<ul></ul> Sandy,

      Unfortunately there’s no good way to get numbers that someone else has reserved like that before the reservation expires. Because if you call them, they will probably just activate it so it won’t drop back into the spare pool at all. The only way to get a number like that is to pretend you don’t want it and quietly ignore them. Even calling them and telling them you don’t want it will only make them think you want it. Unless you don’t mind paying $1200 a year and three times as much per minute just because you told them about the number you wanted.

      The sad part is that they do this because they make SO MUCH money just ripping people off.

      So yes, let those sleeping dogs/wolves? lie and I’ll try to get it for you for a one time $49 fee. And I’ll be glad that they hate me for shining the light on this extremely shady practice! They should honestly be ashamed of themselves and this type of thing is why they give the whole industry such a bad name.

      .Bill Quimby.

      PS. Their obnoxious comments will continue to be removed from this and any other part of our website!

        ]]>                 By: Bill Quimby http://www.tollfreenumbers.com/blogs/the-dark-side-of-shared-use.html#comment-585 Bill Quimby Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:22:00 +0000 http://www.tollfreenumbers.com/blogs/the-dark-side-of-shared-use.html#comment-585 Here's a good analogy. Imagine if you went to a website that looked like a domain name registrar that allowing visitors to search for domain names. But instead of registering domain names in your name, they registered every domain name in THEIR name and offered to rent it to you for $1000 a year. Oh and by the way, you have to use their over priced hosting too. That's what several companies are doing to people. I guess they don't need to get very many numbers to make the same money that the people doing it for $10 a year do.... <ul></ul> Here’s a good analogy. Imagine if you went to a website that looked like a domain name registrar that allowing visitors to search for domain names. But instead of registering domain names in your name, they registered every domain name in THEIR name and offered to rent it to you for $1000 a year. Oh and by the way, you have to use their over priced hosting too. That’s what several companies are doing to people.

        I guess they don’t need to get very many numbers to make the same money that the people doing it for $10 a year do….

          ]]>                     By: Buyers Beware! http://www.tollfreenumbers.com/blogs/the-dark-side-of-shared-use.html#comment-699 Buyers Beware! Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:33:28 +0000 http://www.tollfreenumbers.com/blogs/the-dark-side-of-shared-use.html#comment-699 DO NOT USE customtollfree.com! This company is a scam - if you enter a number to search for its availability, they will automatically reserve it, effectively making it UNAVAILABLE to all other toll free number service providers (Responsible Organizations, a.k.a., "RespOrgs"). If you are suckered into paying them for a number, you will be charged OUTRAGEOUS fees, and THE NUMBER WILL NOT BELONG TO YOU! You will only be RENTING it from them. Of course customtollfree.com does not explain most of this to you on their web site. How do I know? A telephone company I was considering using went to customtollfree's web site to see if the number I wanted was available, without my permission. How do I know the rest of this stuff? I called tollfreenumbers.com and spoke directly with the company's founder, Bill Quimby. Unlike most business nowadays, I got right through, was not put on hold, and did not have to navigate through 29 menu selections to speak to a live person. Bill is extremely knowledgable about the toll free number business - he took the time to explain my options, made some suggestions, and strikes me an honest and sincere businessperson - a rarity these days. If you're looking for a toll-free number, don't waste your time shopping around anywhere else (I regret that I did) - this is the place to go: tollfreenumbers.com<ul></ul> DO NOT USE customtollfree.com! This company is a scam - if you enter a number to search for its availability, they will automatically reserve it, effectively making it UNAVAILABLE to all other toll free number service providers (Responsible Organizations, a.k.a., “RespOrgs”). If you are suckered into paying them for a number, you will be charged OUTRAGEOUS fees, and THE NUMBER WILL NOT BELONG TO YOU! You will only be RENTING it from them. Of course customtollfree.com does not explain most of this to you on their web site. How do I know? A telephone company I was considering using went to customtollfree’s web site to see if the number I wanted was available, without my permission.

          How do I know the rest of this stuff? I called tollfreenumbers.com and spoke directly with the company’s founder, Bill Quimby. Unlike most business nowadays, I got right through, was not put on hold, and did not have to navigate through 29 menu selections to speak to a live person. Bill is extremely knowledgable about the toll free number business - he took the time to explain my options, made some suggestions, and strikes me an honest and sincere businessperson - a rarity these days. If you’re looking for a toll-free number, don’t waste your time shopping around anywhere else (I regret that I did) - this is the place to go: tollfreenumbers.com

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              ]]>                             By: Using Multiple Websites at TollFreeNumbers.com http://www.tollfreenumbers.com/blogs/the-dark-side-of-shared-use.html#comment-967 Using Multiple Websites at TollFreeNumbers.com Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:24:21 +0000 http://www.tollfreenumbers.com/blogs/the-dark-side-of-shared-use.html#comment-967 [...] someone else already owns and is squatting on and wants to sell you for big bucks or worse yet to “rent” numbers that they own. We don’t play those games. We just do a better job of helping you find the best possible number [...]<ul></ul> […] someone else already owns and is squatting on and wants to sell you for big bucks or worse yet to “rent” numbers that they own. We don’t play those games. We just do a better job of helping you find the best possible number […]
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