Oh, Vonage. We are never, ever getting back together.
Ever since we left you for Ooma, you've gotten so clingy. The letters full of low-prices-for-a-year promises, the twice-daily phone calls...it's a bit out of hand.
(I don't mean to be rude, but you seem desperate.)
See, here's the thing, Vonage. Even your $10/month for a year promise doesn't tempt me. Averaged out over a year, our $99 Ooma box and $39.99 porting fee comes to a mere $11.66 a month.
And after those two purchases, Ooma asks for $0.00 of our money.
But you! After that first year of seductively low prices, you'll start billing me $35/month.
So, thanks, but no thanks. You're gonna have to find yourself a new girl.
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Based on the book I was listening to this AM, Vonage has some serious attachment issues. They should get counseling...
You think they're bad, try buying a car with SiriusXM preinstalled and then canceling the free trial. I keep getting calls, mail etc. begging me to resubscribe. I'm good with my MP3 player, thank you - though I do miss the Canadian rock stations (particularly the French Canadian one.)
Oh yeah, it came free with our van for a year, and boy, they sent us letters for a long time after that, trying to get us to come back.
I cancelled SiriusXM in a car that I sold and they gave me a free house radio, free activation, free this and that. I took it because we have HORRIBLE reception where I live and I like to leave the radio on for my dogs. We bought another car( used) and it had the radio too and the previous owners have NOT cancelled it yet so basically its a wash for me. We had the new car since April. I wonder when they will figure it out.
Heh, well, yay for free Sirius for now!
We went with net talk and pay about$50 a year, no monthly fee. Although the price does go up every year it is still cheaper than anything else we found.
$50 a year is more expensive than Ooma, but WAY cheaper than what we had with Vonage. I really am kicking myself for not switching sooner!
"It's not me...it's you."
Basically.
How do you save on Internet? We don't have a home phone or a TV plan but the price for Internet is still very high.
Yeah, that's our most expensive area too...we have Ooma for home phone, Ting for wireless, Netflix and Roku for TV, but we do still have to pay for the high speed internet.
There just are only so many options for internet service, and I'm just making peace with the fact that it's going to be on the expensive side. But at least we don't have a big cable, home phone, and smartphone bill on top of that!
These are the most helpful posts for me. You research products/services and give your honest feedback on your experiences. AND you follow up several months later --that information is great!
Hehe, I giggled quite a lot at this Dear John to Vonage.
I haven't tried Vonage, but I get constant mail from Geico - so much paper waste, it makes me sad. How do you get these offers to stop, since a restraining order isn't really an option? 😉
direcTV and Sirius XM have the same issue 😛
You know, I feel like I might have complained about DirecTV here on the blog before. And the funny thing is...we've never even HAD DirecTV.
Such a needy ex. Hopefully someone new will come along soon!
When a company just doesn't want to let you go it can get so annoying! Years later I will still probably never subscribe to a newspaper again because I had such a bad experience when I cancelled (or allowed a special offer to expire without renewing at full price). Frustrating especially when you really don't like dealing with telemarketers.