My phone calls are free for a year
I'm not getting paid to say this - wish I were! - but I am very happy with my Magicjack phone service. It's a little plug that goes into my computer's USB port and you plug an ordinary phone into the MagicJack. It cost me $40 plus tax or shipping - you can get it now for $30 - and I pay no fees for the 12 months. Next year I pay only $20 for services. I have my cordless phone attached to it so I can carry the phone through the house and not miss any interview requests or client calls.
I can call anywhere in Canada or US; voicemail, directory assistance, 9-1-1, caller ID and call waiting are all provided for free. There is a desktop notifier on which the caller's phone number appears and when the call is over the duration of the call in minutes and seconds appears. You can even store your contacts' names and numbers on it.
Yes, it's the same one advertised on TV. I'm telling everyone about it so they can save enough money on their phone bill so they can retain my services. (Big grin).
They even provide a phone number. The only drawback for me is that they could only give me a number in the 412 area code (Pittsburgh) and I'm in 814. Local people - like on Freecycle - don't want to call me because it's long distance. But if you have a long distance calling plan or you use a cell phone to call me, there will likely be no charges. But I can just tell people: "Email me your number and I'll call you." If they had MagicJack they wouldn't have any charges for calls.
Tell me if you have it. Tell me if you get it.
Andrea
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Yesterday I realized I needed 7 envelopes to send invoices. (Keep in mind I just sold my home and am "between homes" as I look for something tranquil and affordable.) I have some envelopes in storage, but they are in a box under several other big boxes including an air conditioner. I decided that if I could find a small box of #10 envelopes for under $2, without going out of my way, I would buy them. I found them at my local grocery store for $1.59. At the check-out I was charged $1.69 and with 13% taxes the bill was $1.91. I remarked to the cashier that the price was incorrect and when she checked she agreed. Mind you, it was only a ten-cent error, (eleven cents with taxes), but the store's policy is to give a full refund where the scanned price is higher than the shelf label price. So I got the envelopes for free.
PS I thought about using the $2 in my hand to buy a lottery ticket, but that's gambling. I just received $1.91 worth of envelopes; I consider that enough of a windfall. Small windfalls like that add up. I've also found 3 pennies this week, so I'm up $1.94. You may think I'm cheap, but it all adds up. I appreciate all income that I receive. When I value the small amounts of money that appear, larger amounts want to show up.
"When you don't take care of your money, it will leave you to find someone else who will." - Andrea Reynolds
