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    • JaredBuschJ
      JaredBusch @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, because they host them locally on ML itself.

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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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