[MartyWoodcock]

This sucks, big time! Canadians cannot use it!

[deepsand]

MartyWoodcock, on 12 July 2012 - 11:10 AM, said:

This sucks, big time! Canadians cannot use it!

Can you elaborate?

[WillyWonka]

deepsand, on 29 May 2011 - 12:19 AM, said:

Unpublished numbers are just that; no tool is going to get them.

WRONG, there are plenty of tools that will list them.. they get their info from bills and other accounts.

[WillyWonka]

deepsand is WRONG Numberguru is NOT free..

[deepsand]

WillyWonka, on 17 July 2012 - 07:41 PM, said:

deepsand, on 29 May 2011 - 12:19 AM, said:

Unpublished numbers are just that; no tool is going to get them.

WRONG, there are plenty of tools that will list them.. they get their info from bills and other accounts.

Such data are neither gathered and published legally nor part of directories of the sort here under discussion.

[deepsand]

WillyWonka, on 17 July 2012 - 07:44 PM, said:

deepsand is WRONG Numberguru is NOT free..

That you may have a problem with it is immaterial to the fact that it works fine for others, including myself.

[bondsare]

deepsand, on 29 August 2011 - 12:40 AM, said:

StephanieMarkovitcht2ee, on 28 August 2011 - 11:44 PM, said:

The service is no longer free.

Odd; I just now used it for free.

Please check 954-627-2771. IT says it's a land line and does not say it's blocked or unlisted but it does requre a $10 charge for the detalis and I JUST tried it. Thanks.

[nonseq]

[Update: Since the time this article was originally written, the pricing and policies of Number Guru have changed. Obtaining useful information with the service is no longer free. BeenVerified.com (the parent organization of Number Guru) has not responded to requests for an explanation of the changes or current pricing policies.]

From the top of Tony's aritcle.

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[evalentine]

This may have been free at some point, but it's not now. I can't find a single site that offers the service for free anymore. I guess they only did it in the beginning to get us hooked on the ease of doing so.

[evalentine]

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bmeyers747 said
Just tried it. Number guru verified that the number I keyed in was a land line and they displayed the town that the call originated in. To get anything else it would cost. So, free? Sort of but the information provided is useless. To obtain any useful info you have to pay. I have no objection for paying for a service but to advertise that service as free is unethical at best. A telephone directory contains but three data elements, telephone no., name, and address, of which all, some or none may be published. NumberGuru makes no promise beyond providing for free that data which are published. To expect more than that is wholly unrealistic.

That response is disingenuous at best. It's a bit like arguing what the meaning of 'is' is. When people try a reverse phone lookup, they want to know who it is that's calling. PC World should post a follow-up to this story noting that the service does not identify who called to be scrupulously honest.

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[deepsand]

evalentine, on 29 October 2012 - 07:04 PM, said:

This may have been free at some point, but it's not now. I can't find a single site that offers the service for free anymore. I guess they only did it in the beginning to get us hooked on the ease of doing so.

More likely that they were unable to monetize it via advertising so as to cover operational costs.

[deepsand]

evalentine, on 29 October 2012 - 07:07 PM, said:

That response is disingenuous at best. It's a bit like arguing what the meaning of 'is' is. When people try a reverse phone lookup, they want to know who it is that's calling. PC World should post a follow-up to this story noting that the service does not identify who called to be scrupulously honest.

Is it reasonable to expect that unlisted/unpublished data, i.e. that which is not public data, should be universally available? And, at no cost?

Did not the article make it clear that it was public data that were being made available at no charge?

[magicyes]

I have to completely disagree with "deepsand" who must be the owner of this service. Number Guru is completely useless unless you spend money and give out credit card information. Nothing should be advertised as "free" unless it really is.

[deepsand]

magicyes, on 31 October 2012 - 11:11 AM, said:

Number Guru is completely useless unless you spend money and give out credit card information.

So, the only things worthwhile are those that are free?

magicyes, on 31 October 2012 - 11:11 AM, said:

Nothing should be advertised as "free" unless it really is.

Did you carefully read the article?

How did you miss the lead paragraph that reads "[Update: Since the time this article was originally written, the pricing and policies of Number Guru have changed. Obtaining useful information with the service is no longer free. BeenVerified.com (the parent organization of Number Guru) has not responded to requests for an explanation of the changes or current pricing policies.]"?

This post has been edited by deepsand: 01 November 2012 - 12:48 AM