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8 Reasons Why GrandCentral.com is a Must-Have Tool

10 points by adammichaelc 19y ago

swdesignguy 19y ago
I use Grand Central and it's great.
PStamatiou 19y ago
I hate to say it but I have to disagree. In the 6 or so months that we had an active GC number, we would just receive endless wrong-number messages. Perhaps there are some settings or options I neglected to set that would cut down on this?
- adammichaelc 19y ago
  It has a spam folder that allows you to spam out certain numbers... hope this helps. It obviously is not a perfect tool -- there's no such thing. But the value that it has coupled with the fact that it's free make it a very strong alternative to GotVmail.com and other options for storing and tracking voicemail's. It's also pretty new. It will be even cooler this time next year.
  - PStamatiou 19y ago
    thanks for the reply. IIRC, the problem for us was that the messages came from different numbers every time.. it's like GC yanked the phone number from someone that didn't pay their bills. but yeah, nothing is perfect.
    - adammichaelc 19y ago
      So you inherited somebody else's debt collector problem. That's hilarious! I'm actually laughing as I write this because I know exactly what it feels like to have debt collectors calling. In fact, I just got a nice, shiny new letter from my friendly local attorney. My 1st startup didn't go so well, nor was it structured well. So this summer I'm doing door-to-door sales to get out of debt. Kind of lame. I'd much rather work on my next startup, but I want my wife to stay sane....
      - russw 19y ago
        At least you still have the desire to start a new co, the experience didn't kill your spirit!
        adammichaelc 19y ago
        It took a while to get to this point. I ended up taking a (sort of) normal job after the experience. I had quasi-ownership in the company, but I wouldn't say it was a startup. It helped me to get back my confidence.
mattmaroon 19y ago
I thought Grand Central was great. One number for life. Awesome. Then they sent me an email informing me that they had to switch my number (which I printed onto business cards). I never went back.
johns 19y ago
GrandCentral is great, but I frequently have issues with the sound quality when I retrieve voicemails over the phone. There will be frequent segments of garbled sound and I have to replay the messages repeatedly to get all the info.
ajbatac 19y ago
GrandCentral has been down for almost 8 hours now.

10 points by adammichaelc 19y ago

I use Grand Central and it's great.

I hate to say it but I have to disagree. In the 6 or so months that we had an active GC number, we would just receive endless wrong-number messages. Perhaps there are some settings or options I neglected to set that would cut down on this?

adammichaelc 19y ago
It has a spam folder that allows you to spam out certain numbers... hope this helps. It obviously is not a perfect tool -- there's no such thing. But the value that it has coupled with the fact that it's free make it a very strong alternative to GotVmail.com and other options for storing and tracking voicemail's. It's also pretty new. It will be even cooler this time next year.
- PStamatiou 19y ago
  thanks for the reply. IIRC, the problem for us was that the messages came from different numbers every time.. it's like GC yanked the phone number from someone that didn't pay their bills. but yeah, nothing is perfect.
  - adammichaelc 19y ago
    So you inherited somebody else's debt collector problem. That's hilarious! I'm actually laughing as I write this because I know exactly what it feels like to have debt collectors calling. In fact, I just got a nice, shiny new letter from my friendly local attorney. My 1st startup didn't go so well, nor was it structured well. So this summer I'm doing door-to-door sales to get out of debt. Kind of lame. I'd much rather work on my next startup, but I want my wife to stay sane....
    - russw 19y ago
      At least you still have the desire to start a new co, the experience didn't kill your spirit!
      - adammichaelc 19y ago
        It took a while to get to this point. I ended up taking a (sort of) normal job after the experience. I had quasi-ownership in the company, but I wouldn't say it was a startup. It helped me to get back my confidence.

mattmaroon 19y ago

I thought Grand Central was great. One number for life. Awesome. Then they sent me an email informing me that they had to switch my number (which I printed onto business cards). I never went back.

johns 19y ago

GrandCentral is great, but I frequently have issues with the sound quality when I retrieve voicemails over the phone. There will be frequent segments of garbled sound and I have to replay the messages repeatedly to get all the info.

ajbatac 19y ago

GrandCentral has been down for almost 8 hours now.