Customer Reviews
GE 29861GE2 Digital Answering System w/3 Mailboxes 
2008-06-19
Easy to set up and for people to start using right away.
Attractive, rounded design with gray-toned buttons arranged in a circle.
Flexible--use one mailbox or up to 3.
Works fine with phone/fax (in ths case Brother Personal Fax 275).
Also received several comments on how pleasant the female voice is that automatically answers calls until (or unless) you change it.
Versatile machine at a great price 2008-06-04
The digital answering machine this machine replaced was a piece of junk compared to it. This one has multiple voice mail boxes and two outgoing messages you can switch between. The quality of the recording is good too. You can set how long a message the caller can leave, number of rings before the machine picks up and a security code if you pick up messages from the answering machine on the road. Now let's see how long it lasts.
answering machine success 
2008-05-01
I have had numerous answering machines that I need for my business, but I specifically wanted one with 2-3 mailboxes for multiple users. Other ones I purchased were all inclusive with a phone and repeatedly they would all break after about one year. I have this one for only 2 months, but it works great, sound quality is good and if I have trouble with the cordless handsets I don't have to relace the whole unit and interrupt all my phone messages.
Good enough 2008-04-06
It does its job. The sound quality is not the very best, but it's good enough. For the price, it's a nice answering machine. What really surprised me is that if you make the outgoing message right, people WILL hit the number for the mailbox they want, so it's pretty much guaranteed that any messages in mailbox one (the default if the caller doesn't specify) will be junk.
Wonderful Answering Machine 2008-02-18
I debated between a three mailbox machine and a four mailbox machine but this one took my vote hands down. It's perfect for us, the set up is easy and we are able to retrieve messages from other locations at the touch of a button. The messages stay on the machine after we retrieve them in case we missed something. When we get home, there they are. It's perfect for families with 3 members, each can have their own security code to retrieve their messages. It works well with our caller id as well. I would recommend this GE Digital Answering Machine to everyone.
Hard to understand 
2007-12-26
The perfect compliment to your phone system, this line of digital answerers is the most advanced and simple to use answering system for your home. Digital answerers recording incoming messages while providing customized greetings to callers. Features include instant access to messages, and the ability to save and delete selective messages when you want.
GE Digital Answering Machine 2007-07-18
This is the one I have owned since the 90s..there was a model made in the early 90s which I still have to this day. At first I didnt like the 3 mailboxes. But if you just leave a regular message it will go into the mail mailbox...easy playback, easy to set the date/time.
The only feature I didnt like is that if the power goes off, which mine does you lose the messages so Im looking for an updated GE that has a power saver.
After all these years its been on 24 hours a day since the early 90s and now its 2007, thats about 15 years worth of no problems and anyone in the house can play it back. That is the great feature, easy to play, delete. GE always had good ideas for simple useage.
Great Product I love it 2007-01-11
The reason I bought this answering machine was so that I could delay for 6 rings before it would answer the phone. We need more time to get to the phone! It's great that it has multiple mailboxes also. There is one for me and one for my wife and one for people who don't know us (that's how we filter the junk messages!
If I could change two things I would:
1. I'd like a way to mount the machine on the wall. It is currently configured for desktop only.
2. The machines voice isn't always clear and understandable. I don't recommend this machine for those who have trouble hearing.
Other than those two things this is a great answering machine.
Voice mailboxes a bit confused 
2007-01-09
Like answering part of the machine, but don't like the voicemail boxes part. Seems too confusing to set up mailboxes, and everything seems to go through the first mailbox anyway. maybe I just didn't do it right...
