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    • DustinB3403D
      DustinB3403 @JaredBusch
      last edited by

      @JaredBusch said in Skyetel is a scam:

      @DustinB3403 said in Skyetel is a scam:

      I haven't checked in a while from home (on a proper computer) but do the ads show up here when using PiHole?

      Yes, because they host them locally on ML itself.

      Never knew that, interesting and incredibly sneaky. . .

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      • JaredBuschJ
        JaredBusch @DustinB3403
        last edited by

        @DustinB3403 said in Skyetel is a scam:

        @JaredBusch said in Skyetel is a scam:

        @DustinB3403 said in Skyetel is a scam:

        I haven't checked in a while from home (on a proper computer) but do the ads show up here when using PiHole?

        Yes, because they host them locally on ML itself.

        Never knew that, interesting and incredibly sneaky. . .

        974db4c5-6317-4b92-b88e-9821a30a5b94-image.png

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
          last edited by

          @JaredBusch said in Skyetel is a scam:

          Somehow, @scottalanmiller claims it isn't hidden

          Where did I claim that? I agree that I don't like hidden pricing. I said that the pricing was good if you talked to @Skyetel - not that it wasn't hidden.

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
            last edited by

            @DustinB3403 said in Skyetel is a scam:

            I haven't checked in a while from home (on a proper computer) but do the ads show up here when using PiHole?

            Yes, they aren't actually ads. Just images.

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
              last edited by

              @DustinB3403 said in Skyetel is a scam:

              @JaredBusch said in Skyetel is a scam:

              @DustinB3403 said in Skyetel is a scam:

              I haven't checked in a while from home (on a proper computer) but do the ads show up here when using PiHole?

              Yes, because they host them locally on ML itself.

              Never knew that, interesting and incredibly sneaky. . .

              Not sneaky at all. PiHole only blocks ad hosting services, not pictures. Using ad hosting services is sketchy, not having pictures.

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              • JaredBuschJ
                JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
                last edited by

                @scottalanmiller said in Skyetel is a scam:

                @JaredBusch said in Skyetel is a scam:

                Somehow, @scottalanmiller claims it isn't hidden

                Where did I claim that? I agree that I don't like hidden pricing. I said that the pricing was good if you talked to @Skyetel - not that it wasn't hidden.

                Then tell us about it. Because you also never posted any information on pricing in the previous threads.

                If they made you sign something not allowing that, then fuck this company.
                https://mangolassi.it/topic/18265/voip-provider-skyetel/32

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller
                  last edited by

                  @JaredBusch

                  What do you have in this...

                  Screenshot from 2019-04-29 14-41-28.png

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                  • JaredBuschJ
                    JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
                    last edited by

                    @scottalanmiller said in Skyetel is a scam:

                    @JaredBusch

                    What do you have in this...

                    Screenshot from 2019-04-29 14-41-28.png

                    That is a drop down menu. I see the same menu.

                    Obviously, my CC is listed in payment methods and auto renew is disabled. Because I never let phone services auto-bill.

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                    • DustinB3403D
                      DustinB3403 @JaredBusch
                      last edited by

                      @JaredBusch said in Skyetel is a scam:

                      Obviously, my CC is listed in payment methods

                      Can you share that screenshot? 🙂

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
                        last edited by

                        @JaredBusch said in Skyetel is a scam:

                        If they made you sign something not allowing that, then fuck this company.

                        Their cost is private, you can hate it as much as you want, but you have to ask the @Skyetel account for info on the pricing. It's hidden, I've always said it was hidden, but the pricing is good if you are willing to ask and if you didn't ask, then you are creating your own problems just to get to complain. The hidden pricing is what it is, but once you've been told it is hidden, which you have been several times, then complaints beyond that make no sense. You know the good pricing is open to you, you just have to talk to them, if you don't want to, don't, but it makes no sense to complain that you don't know the hidden prices just because you aren't willing to find out what it is.

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
                          last edited by

                          @JaredBusch said in Skyetel is a scam:

                          @scottalanmiller said in Skyetel is a scam:

                          @JaredBusch

                          What do you have in this...

                          Screenshot from 2019-04-29 14-41-28.png

                          That is a drop down menu. I see the same menu.

                          Obviously, my CC is listed in payment methods and auto renew is disabled. Because I never let phone services auto-bill.

                          Nothing under statements?

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                          • JaredBuschJ
                            JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
                            last edited by

                            @scottalanmiller said in Skyetel is a scam:

                            @JaredBusch said in Skyetel is a scam:

                            If they made you sign something not allowing that, then fuck this company.

                            Their cost is private,

                            Hypocrite <cough> Nutanix</cough>

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                            • DustinB3403D
                              DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
                              last edited by

                              @scottalanmiller said in Skyetel is a scam:

                              @JaredBusch said in Skyetel is a scam:

                              If they made you sign something not allowing that, then fuck this company.

                              Their cost is private, you can hate it as much as you want, but you have to ask the @Skyetel account for info on the pricing. It's hidden, I've always said it was hidden, but the pricing is good if you are willing to ask and if you didn't ask, then you are creating your own problems just to get to complain. The hidden pricing is what it is, but once you've been told it is hidden, which you have been several times, then complaints beyond that make no sense. You know the good pricing is open to you, you just have to talk to them, if you don't want to, don't, but it makes no sense to complain that you don't know the hidden prices just because you aren't willing to find out what it is.

                              The problem that I have even with this, is @JaredBusch is being charged for calls received, when he has nothing setup.

                              That's a bit ridiculous.

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
                                last edited by

                                @JaredBusch said in Skyetel is a scam:

                                @scottalanmiller said in Skyetel is a scam:

                                @JaredBusch said in Skyetel is a scam:

                                If they made you sign something not allowing that, then fuck this company.

                                Their cost is private,

                                Hypocrite <cough> Nutanix</cough>

                                Nutanix pricing is public, their PERFORMANCE is private. Totally different. I can report my Skyetel experience.

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                                • SkyetelS
                                  Skyetel
                                  last edited by Skyetel

                                  @JaredBusch your are being billed for service because you ported in a phone number (1618654****) and it is receiving inbound calls. Additionally, you are being billed for the Caller ID and Spam Prevention lookups that you have enabled on your phone number.
                                  Lastly - you were billed when you ported in the number

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
                                    last edited by scottalanmiller

                                    @DustinB3403 said in Skyetel is a scam:

                                    The problem that I have even with this, is @JaredBusch is being charged for calls received, when he has nothing setup.
                                    That's a bit ridiculous.

                                    "Nothing set up" and "has a phone number" can't go together. Either he has a number that can take calls and has something set up, or he has nothing set up. Can't be both. That a PBX is tied to the number later in the process is, well, later in the process.

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                                    • JaredBuschJ
                                      JaredBusch
                                      last edited by JaredBusch

                                      Delete those images at once you just spilled PII.

                                      and @scottalanmiller delete them from your imgur account.

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                                      • JaredBuschJ
                                        JaredBusch @Skyetel
                                        last edited by JaredBusch

                                        @Skyetel said in Skyetel is a scam:

                                        @JaredBusch your are being billed for service because you ported in a phone number (1618654****) and it is receiving inbound calls. Additionally, you are being billed for the Caller ID and Spam Prevention lookups that you have enabled on your phone number.
                                        Lastly - you were billed when you ported in the number

                                        I never turned on those services. The sign up information never said anything about those services.

                                        I did not knowingly agree to those services.

                                        Great work.

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                                        • JaredBuschJ
                                          JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
                                          last edited by

                                          @scottalanmiller said in Skyetel is a scam:

                                          @DustinB3403 said in Skyetel is a scam:

                                          The problem that I have even with this, is @JaredBusch is being charged for calls received, when he has nothing setup.
                                          That's a bit ridiculous.

                                          "Nothing set up" and "has a phone number" can't go together. Either he has a number that can take calls and has something set up, or he has nothing set up. Can't be both. That a PBX is tied to the number later in the process is, well, later in the process.

                                          They most certainly can. Skyetel chose to automatically point the number to multiple services that cost money.

                                          They also chose not to make that known during the sign up process.

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
                                            last edited by

                                            @JaredBusch said in Skyetel is a scam:

                                            @scottalanmiller said in Skyetel is a scam:

                                            @DustinB3403 said in Skyetel is a scam:

                                            The problem that I have even with this, is @JaredBusch is being charged for calls received, when he has nothing setup.
                                            That's a bit ridiculous.

                                            "Nothing set up" and "has a phone number" can't go together. Either he has a number that can take calls and has something set up, or he has nothing set up. Can't be both. That a PBX is tied to the number later in the process is, well, later in the process.

                                            They most certainly can. Skyetel chose to automatically point the number to multiple services that cost money.

                                            They also chose not to make that known during the sign up process.

                                            Their may be additional services, but just having the number and accepting inbound traffic is "something set up."

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