Remanufactured Vtech VT-2463 2.4 GHz Cordless Phone with Caller ID/Call Waiting and Answering Machine

Received my phone in decent enough shape, but when it was all together, charged and ready to go, that's when the trouble started. The first few calls went fine, but after that the parties I was talking to would, once in awhile, say "speak up". Well, at first I thought it was me, but the "speak up" became more frequent. It was not every call, but the frequency increased. Over time, it became almost every call. Whoever I was talking to could not hear a heard I was saying, or it was very faint and garbled. It didn't matter if I changed chanels, stood right next to the base unit.....nothing changed. It eventually just became an answering machine......no sense talking on the phone when the other end can't hear you!!!

Needed a cheap phone with two criteria: 1) cordless, 2) answering machine. This was it. When I received it, the built immediately looked cheap and flimsy and I was right. The screen that protects the digital screen on the handset fell off. I sticked it back on, waiting for it to fall back any minute so I can superglue it. No problem with phone so far...but I know if it falls on the floor - I'll be looking for a new phone. The manual is a joke - but nothing common sense and time can't solve. What I do like is 3 mailboxes to leave messages, but didn't have time to figure how that works.
This time, I got what I paid for...a $20 corldess phone.