Plaxo

I have used the free version of Plaxo for years. I have even paid for it a time or two. Recently I decided to try the PRO version for 30 days. What a horrible experience! There was trouble from the beginning with installing the tool bar on Outlook so tech support changed settings that caused my contacts from iCloud disappear among other things. I have spent two weeks trying to resolve this with support. You cannot reach anyone directly and have to wait for a call back. With so much time passing, I decided to just end my trial. What happened next was UNBELIEVABLE! I called 800-​GOPLAXO & 866-​GOPLAXO and was sent to some other place saying as a lucky customer I was to get a $ 100 shopping voucher with no catch. Of course it meant having to provide a credit card number & a $ 4.95 activation. When declined I was harassed for about 30 minutes and when being adamant that I be transferred to PLAXO I was told the system was down and he couldn’t then hung up on me!

I signed up for Plaxo 6 months ago. They had no trouble billing my account, however, they have never responded to my multitude of pleas for assistance and I have never been able to log into the account. I have sent emails, made phone calls all of which seemly have fallen on deaf ears. No representative has ever contacted me. I will say if they consider billing me again, they will not find it so easy, had that card number changed after I was scammed by this company, What is it they say fool me once shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me… not this time! I would not tell my worst enemy, if I had one, to sign up for this company.

plaxo has been spammed and is failing to warn users of invasion of every contact in their list
Dear plaxo User,
Due to the recent upgrade in plaxo you have to upgrade your account to keep using plaxo or your account will be terminated.
In order to receive this messages Click here to login and wait for responds from plaxo.
We apologies for any inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.
Regards,
plaxo.

I have just noticed my bank account for a charge from Plaxo. I have never really used it. The only reason why I have the account is because my friend invited me to it to keep in touch (like any other site i.e. Google+, Facebook, Linked-​in). Now they charged $ 19.95 without warning or confirmation. I did not even receive a receipt of the transaction. I even tried to contact them to discuss the matter, and still no response. I feel they are not getting enough business so they are forcing it on us. If Plaxo mentioned a service fee. I would have closed my account or paid for it if I wanted it. Due to they’re methods, I would never pay for any of they’re services.

I’ve had a Plaxo account for about 3 – 4 years. I don’t use it that much but I do remember when it was used quite a bit by a lot of people I know, which I’m sure is still used by many folks.
For social networking I think its great that people have options.

I’ve registered with Plaxo since 2006 and seldom utilize their features in my account as I’m addicted to FB and
sites. However, Plaxo does connect me as a social networking level to remind me of upcoming friends’ birthdays.

great company to work for! ghdfhgdfghdfghdfgh

The food is fantastic, the ambience is delightful, and the service is impeccable. Redgee, the chef, makes the best cappuccino and omelets you will ever taste.

I may be biased, since I’ve worked at Plaxo since the very beginning (I started working in Sequoia’s offices on Sand Hill before the first fund-​raising round was complete), but as a user Plaxo has really changed my life for the better. Since the Plaxo members in my address book maintain their own contact info, and since it syncs with the tools I use (like Outlook), I just «know» when I need to contact someone that I can find their latest mobile number or address or whatever by using Plaxo. And I can use it anywhere from my mobile phone at
. And it tells me when their birthdays are coming up, and even lets me send nice looking eCard emails that arrive on their birthday. So for all the cool tech involved, at the end of the day I’m more connected to the people I care about. And that makes my life better.
PS: Since Unilocal is such a great restaurant review site, I can’t resist saying that Plaxo also had great food in our pantry and brings in lunch on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Let me know if you want to stop by some time! ;)

I signed up for Plaxo in 2003, but only recently have started using it for more than storing contact info. It really is convenient to be able to access your rolodex and calendar from anywhere you have Internet service, even if you are not carrying your own laptop. And with Silicon Valley’s style of changing jobs every couple of years, the automatic updates are very handy for keeping track of your network.
Yes, you can even send Thanksgiving e-​cards through Plaxo! I highly recommend the service.

DISCLAIMER: I used to do some contract work for Plaxo.
Plaxo offers extremely useful services — many of which you don’t realize you need or at least really want until after you already experience ‘em!
In particular, the company optionally stores a backup of all the stuff you’d normally store in Outlook — your contacts, calendar, notes, tasks, etc. — so when your hard drive dies (and believe me, it will eventually!), you won’t have lost any of this important info ’cause Plaxo’ll still have it and you can «sync» it back to another computer or your newly-hard-drive’d computer in minutes. And did I mention that this is absomalutely free?!
One of the other main services the company offers hasn’t been without controversy but at its core is just as useful as the backup feature. When your friends join Plaxo and — assuming they’ve set their «card» permissions appropriately — you’ll be informed whenever their personal or work info changes AND your addressbook’ll be automatically updated. Extremely handy and often fascinating; «Wow, Tattoo Fred moved to Utah? And he just got a job as an exotic go-​go dancer?!» Seriously, though… this is also a useful way for to make sure that the e-​mail addresses and phone numbers you have for your friends don’t get stale.
So where’s the controversy? Well, particularly in Plaxo’s early days, they made it easy (TOO easy, IMHO) for you to click a button and have the service ask everyone in your addressbook (on your behalf) to update their info and/​or join Plaxo. This unsurprisingly pissed off a lot of people.
Thankfully, the company finally figured out that — despite having the best of intentions — this was too easily abused by people who added every person they ever talked to or thought of talking to into their e-​rolodex and then proceeded to dumbly hit the «request updates from all» button (and «Do you really want to do this?» button). So Plaxo wisely buried this capability and is now focused on more targeted updates and update requests.
Whew. The company also offers lots of other cool stuff… snazzy e-​cards (I was a skeptic but I have to admit that they really ARE sharp!), access to all your info on your mobile phone, and the ability to sync your info on your desktop, laptop, and even work computer.
Lastly, I have to say that I was extremely impressed with the people I worked with at Plaxo. Very smart, very passionate folks!
Give the service a try at
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