GE 29875GE1 Digital Messaging System with Voice Time and Day Stamp - White
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Customer Review: Brand new piece of garbage
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this answering machine today at Walmart. I didn't like it the second I plugged it in.
1. Set up is annoying, for example to set up the time you must listen to a recording say "1 am, 2 am, 3 am, 4 am ...", same for the minutes, etc. You must go through this tedious process each time the power goes out.
2. I recorded my outgoing memo, and it sounded horrible. Sounded like I was talking into a tin can.
3. I set the recording time for three minutes, I called myself to leave the "test message," the message I left was under 45 seconds, and it seemed like the answering machine got the whole message. When I previewed the message, the machine cut off after 10 seconds!
4. The 10 seconds the machine actually recorded, had horrible sound quality. Very tinny sounding.
I noticed on the reviews for the AT&T answering machine, many people complained about sound quality, a reviewer said the reason for the sound quality issues was they were not using a DSL filter, I assure you I am using a DSL filter and this is not the issue. This GE answering machine is simply a terrible product.
I got this machine for $15, and wasn't expecting anything amazing, but this is really horrible quality. GE should be embarrassed to be selling this product. Do not buy this product, if you do I assure you, you too will be returning it.
Customer Review: Piece of junk!
Summary: 1 Stars
Our AT&T 1718 started to have sound drop out issues after 5 years of use. I did some research and did not find any available machines on the market that were rated much better than average. In the meantime, my better half decided that we needed to get a new machine right away and she purchased this GE 29875 from W-mart for 15 bucks. Hooked it up and tried it out. This thing would only record a message when it felt like it and when it did record the message the volume dropped in and out so bad that you were lucky to catch every third word. Needless to say we returned it for a refund. I decided to dig up my 25 year old Panasonic cassette phone recorder from the basement and it still works fine, although clumsier to use. So much for product advancement! Don't buy that piece of junk from GE.Customer Review: Really disappointing.
Summary: 1 Stars
I think I purchased this machine less than a year ago, mostly because of the GE Brand, which has meant quality to me and my family for generations. It was fairly easy to use, but a pain to re-set the date/time stamp all the time as I live in a rural area where it's not unusual to lose power. The biggest problems I had were a) poor recording quality -- Messages were very difficult to understand, and B) messages are regularly cut off during recording if the person speaking wasn't talking VERY LOUDLY. I'm talking dropped calls when people were speaking in a normal tone of voice. I buy products to last, and to do their job well. I'm unimpressed with this one and will be avoiding GE in the future.Customer Review: Crashes after every power glitch.
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this answering machine from Walmart and threw out the box soon thereafter. This was a big mistake! This machine is unreliable.
Despite the fact the unit is hooked up to a surge protector, every time there is a power glitch such as momentary power dropout or outage the unit freezes up in an inoperable condition with the display reading "8". I have to leave the unit unplugged for a day before it will work again.
This unit also has no option of muting the announcement message. I don't like listening to my announcement for every telemarketer hangup call I recieve.
Skip this machine and purchase an AT&T unit instead.
Customer Review: Cheap isn't good if it doesn't do the job
Summary: 1 Stars
I have the same problem other reviewers mentioned... almost EVERYONE who leaves a message gets cut off halfway through. The worst part is that the caller has no idea they have been cut off... I just get half the message and the caller thinks I'm an idiot. Great.
Not sure what the one reviewer meant about customizing the message... you can do it, it isn't very intuitive but it can be done. That being said, who cares if the message is customized since the machine is just going to record half of the caller's message anyway.