GREAT SCAM CALL BLOCKING PHONE SOLUTION
My old Uniden answering machine died in 2015 and they discontinued their telephone products. So I bought my first Panasonic phone system and it was great. But after 8 year I started having problems with batteries and a couple other small things. So I decided that it was time to research newer phones and enjoy some technological advances.
Since the phone industry today is dominated by iPhones and Androids which are in fierce competition there are constant enhancements and updates. Landlines on the other hand usually update every 4 to 5 years with small incremental changes.
I began my focus on a Panasonic model that was in the same base + 4 satellite configuration like my current system. And I remember I originally paid around $100 at Costco. But now I found it on Amazon for $160. There was also a model with3 satellites for $130. But after additional research I found the same thing for $90 on Ebay and it I would take a model with open or damaged box I could get the price down to $60. I decided on the exact model and found a new one with no box on Ebay auction for $52 (Base + 3 satellites), played the bidding game and won.
SETUP
The phones today align in families and the new one operated just like the old one so there were no major setup issues. However, the memory and capabilities had grown dramatically. The new phone comes with a 14,000 scam call database that you can enable and that is a ton of scammers that cannot bother me any longer. On top of that there is a CALL BLOCK button on every handset so I can press a button and add the last caller to a 2000 number block database on my phone system. I totally filled my old base but this on is dramatically larger. There is also a 3000 telephone number capacity personal telephone book with support for 2 mobile phones, and 8 more telephone groups. So I setup HEALTH, FINANCIAL SRV, WORK, and others and fully organized my telephone directory after easily uploading my contacts from my mobile phone directly to the new system.
Because my house is very large I save my old phone system and a few of the satellite phones so I have more than enough coverage for my entire house.
The bottom line is that scammers can no longer bother me and this is a real blessing.