GE Cordless 5.8 GHz Digital 28031EE3 Phone with 3 Handsets, Caller ID and Digital Answering System
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Manufacturer: GEModel: 28031EE3
Color: Black
Product features:
- Call-Waiting Caller ID with 40 name and number memory
- Digital answering system with 3 mailboxes allows callers to leave separate messages for individuals
- Triple handset system - only one phone jack needed
- Handset speakerphone provides convenient hands-free communication
- Expandable up to 4 handsets
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Customer Review: Nothing outstanding about this phone
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this phone thinking the GE name would mean a superior product, but after a brief usage, I put it back in the box and returned it.
THE FORGETTING CLOCK
My biggest problem for me is that I live in Orlando, the lightning capital of America. During hurricane season, our power goes out--even for 5 seconds--several times a week. On this phone that means the clock resets to midnight Sunday. Setting the clock is a time consuming and annoying process where you have to hold the hour button while it cycles, hour by hour, from Sunday midnight until the hour you are. If it's Saturday at 10pm, you'll be waiting a while. Then you do the same with the minute button. (In fact, it was so time consuming to set the clock that I wasn't willing to get the time right the first time; why would I want to do it over and over again knowing my efforts would be in vain?)
THE TALKING PHONE. How do I say "Stop talking! I got it!"?
Another frustrating thing is that the phone assumes your power never goes out, so you will plug it in only once. Once you plug it in, the phone says--loudly--"Press Review to hear setup instructions." Problem is, with 50+ power outages a year, I can assure you I do not want to hear that a foot from my head at 3am after a power outage!
I do not know if the phone also loses it's outgoing message after a power outage.
WHAT HANDSET?
I was willing to overlook those problems if the phone was of good phone quality, but that was not the case either. The first phone call I took I could not get the remote handset to work. Probably my own fault, but I could be forgiven because after several readings of the instructions, I could not find the one that told me how to do that.
OH, YOU WANTED TO "TALK" TO THE PERSON?
Since I could not get the remote handset to work, I raced to the base handset. But alas, I could hardly hear the caller. So I picked up my emergency phone--the non-cordless one--and could hear the caller perfectly.
ONE SIZE FITS ALL
Finally, as if the technical issues were not enough to sink this whole phone set, the instructions were very long. There was no "First things first" other than plugging in for 16 hours. For example, the first thing I would want to do after charging would be to teach the base to recognize the two remote handsets, but after a long review of the instructions, I could not find that. It's in there I'm sure, but where? There were lots of instructions for advanced features I'll never use, but the basics were buried.
Overall, I can't find one positive thing about this phone set, and have already spent far more time on it than I ever wanted to.
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