Since GrandCentral is not opened for the public, and you will have to need an invitation to get a virtual phone number. I needed a one badly for my previously installed MagicJack which only had a non-local phone number. I asked for the invitation on a couple of website including DSLReports forum, but nobody replied. I was glad that I registered on GC website, since today I got an email from GC which invited me to experience its wonderful feature. Happily I went to its website by clicking the URL in the email, and spent a couple minutes on selecting a very good local phone number. Then I ported this lovely phone number to my MagicJack phone number and my cellular phone. Tested, and both of them ring when I dial this GC phone number. Great!
What is a GrandCentral phone number, anyway?
What is GrandCentral? GC is an advanced VOIP technology which can give a virtual phone number to port incoming calls to your regular phones. The following is the excerpt from its website.
GrandCentral doesn’t replace your phones; we just link them together and help them do more. How do we do that? We give people One Number…for LifeTM - a number that’s not tied to a phone or a location - but tied to you.
With GrandCentral, you can be reached with a single number, answer a call at any phone you want, seamlessly switch phones in the middle of a call, and even know whether a call is important before you take it.
What are advantages for users like me
First of all, it is very good for some non-local phones used in the city. Like me, I have installed MagicJack as a cheap telecommunication method. But unfortunately MagicJack does not provide local area codes for my city at this moment. Since I do not want my local friends and clients to reach me with long distance phone number, the GC phone number is very helpful.Secondly, a GC phone number is very good for a guy with multiple-tasks like me. I used to carry on two cell phones to separate personal and business affairs. Now I can use GC to forward all business calls to the same phone but with different phone number. And the cellular phone can show me which number the callers are using before I accept calls, sweet!
Third, you can use the GC phone number as a portable phone number for your life, no matter how many times you will move.
Last but not least, this wonderful service is FREE (at least at this moment)!
Interested too? well, to help you, I have set up a way for people to help each other: as long as you indicate your interests and leave your email/name in the comment section, I or somebody else will send you an invitation. Just like I did on my Chinese blog which has generated tens responses already. When you get an invitation, then go ahead to enjoy this service from Google.
and you can post the link on your website for people to call you like the below (do not expect I will talk to you long on the phone if you just want to test this button
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[Updated on 2008-02-09] Since there will be more visitors who read this post ask an invitation, I think I need make something more clear to keep this invitation offer rolling.
- Please DO NOT EVEN BOTHER TO ASK AN INVITATION here if you are not willing, or do not plan to help next person who needs an invitation as well. What you will need to do is just to spare one of ten invitations you have after you signed up with GC.
- If you are so less sensitive about your email privacy, I strong suggest you leave your email address along with your name in the comment content below. Since the email address field box you fill out will not display to everybody even some of them might want to send an invitation to you. Of course, I care about your privacy very much, that is why I mask out some one’s email addresses after they indicate they have received the invitations.
- Even you forget to leave your email in your comment, I still have a good way for you guys to communicate. Please use the Reply link under each comment. With the Reply function, your comments will NOT ONLY show here under this post, but also will a system generated email be sent to the author of that comment you replied to. Is not that great?(And, if you worry about any spams, please let me know and I will take your email from the system then no more reply email will be sent to you. Just please let me know.)

I would love to have an invite, if you can spare one. gdepaolo@*.*
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thank you
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TO G.DePaolo: your invitation has been sent out and your email address has been edited for your privacy.
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To youssef: did you want an invitation? Please indicate clearly so that someone or myself can send one to you. Thanks for your interest.
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Maybe i am too late? GC is great,Please sent me an invite if you can,Thankyou
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I have ordered a MagicJack; if a GC invitation is available, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you so much!
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To Ben: invitation has been sent to you. And if you can, please come back to help others for their GC invitations.
To Allen: The GC number only works in USA and need validation with USA phone, please comment back if you are living in USA (due to your 163.com mail box).
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I would like an invite as well to GC.
Thank you
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I would love an invite if you still have any to spare. Thank you so much!
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I very much need this service. I would be happy to propogate the goodness (after all, it IS Christmas!) and invite others as well. Thank you in advance for your consideration.
Steve
From WebGuru: Hi, Steve, your invitation has been sent out. And hope the others can get one from you after you set up your GC account. Happy holiday to all of you!
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A GC invitation would be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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That is why I think this blog is such a good resource..
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Hi, Dov, I already asked other visitors to send one to you. Good luck!
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I also would really love a gc number. benn waiting for an invite for a while. Thank you in advance. j
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I would like an invitation to Grand Central
Thank you
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Thanks for sharing
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Still hoping someone can send me an invite!
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@Jan: I have asked someone to send an invitation to you, please let me know after you received it.
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I would love an invitation to GC. I’m just starting on my VoIP adventure personally, plus this service would be immensely valuable for my family’s business as we deal with way too many numbers and phone services.
It would be greatly appreciated…
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Hope someone could send me an invitation, thanks,
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i have a vonage number, a skpye in, an alltel cell, an iphone, and a magicJack coming in. I just started a wikipedia stub on magicJack.
hmm, i wonder if it’s peer to peer like skpye. the more people online using it, the more efficient it is?
i very much enjoyed reading the article about the gentlman communicating from China.
I deeply would appreciate a Grand Central Invite!!
Take Care
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please send me an invite so I can invite more people thanks! magicjboy@gmail.com
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An invitation chain…great idea.
I’ve applied at GrandCentral, but no telling how long that could take. I’m in the same boat with MagicJack….great product, no local numbers. I’d appreciate an invite to mwooldrage@gmail.com
I’ll bookmark this blog so I can keep the invites rolling. Thanks!
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I would like to request an invite to GC
Thanks
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would love to have an invite, please
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Hello, I am so glad I found this form. I work as a remote aquatics technician. For a long time now I’ve wanted to get a Grand Central number to ease the stress of the constant phone calls I receive. Please help me out and I will do the same.
Thanks,
Kenyon
kenyon@ciems.net
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This is amazing….would gladly appreciate an invite….need to try this out!
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I want to try out GrandCentral. If anyone can send me an invite, it will be very much appreciated. I will try to help out as many as I can.
Thanks,
-Adm
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I would like to receive an invite to Grand Central and will gladly share a couple of my invitation with others who reply to this blog. Thanks! jimpofic@gmail.com
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Please help me receive an invite to Grand Central. I also have a Magic Jack with an alien area code and a local one is not available. I will be glad to help others. Thanking you in advance for your thoughtfulness.
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I would appreciate the invite and I am willing to share half on my invitation contact me at rlterry@gmail.com
Thanks,
Ron
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I would like to receive a GC invite and will definitely pass it on! chmyna88@gmail.com
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Really want to see GrandCentral on the inside. If I get an invite I’ll gladly share the better portion of them here.
lvlint67@gmail.com
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I would like to recive a GC invite.Thanks in advance!!
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I would appreciate the invite and I am willing to share half on my invitation. Thanks in advance
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I would like to recive a GC invite.Thank you so much !!
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Please send me an invitation..thanks
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Would really like to have an invitation for a non-profit org. Thx.
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Thank you in advance. Will keep the thread alive.
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You’re such a kind soul. Thanks in advance.
Please send me an invite, if possible.
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well, i’m kind of late on this bandwagon. From what i’ve seen grandcentral seems to have disabled invites for its users. But if anyone out there has an invite available, i’d greatly appreciate one. My email address is mountaintigger@gmail.com. Thanks in advance!
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Will appreciate a Grand Central invite
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I’d love an invite. Will definitey return the favor.
Thanks,
dach818 “at” gmail.com
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Would like a grandcentral invite
haselr@gmail.com
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Sorry for the late reply, since I just came back to the State recently and I will send out some invitations soon!
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I would appreciate an invite and will definitely return the favor.
My email address is in the link
http://mailhide.recaptcha.net/d?k=01KvprWELOsDaKei64U6-zgg==&c=invLl9-_a_Wxjc5B_tcllC2vky1PKbdJHys5rjP7Oow=
Thanks
and thanks to http://www.recaptcha.net for protecting my email address from spammers’ auto searchers.
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pls…. anyone send me a grandcentral invitation.
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I need an invitation to try out GC. rayn888#gmail.com, please!
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I’d much appreciate a grandcentral invitation… unripemango#gmail.com
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I need a invite badly .
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I would greatly appreciate an invite if anyone has one. dkuja2000 “at” yahoo dot com
Thanks!
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Would greatly appreciate an invite. Please send to artgolden@gmail.com. Am more than happy to propagate any additional invites I may recieve. Thanks!
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Hi there! What wonderful, WONDERFUL service! I’ll be more than happy to reciprocate by initiating invitations to others in need:) Would very much appreciate an invite:) Thanks much!
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Please please send me an invite to GC. Ive been trying to get an account for months. Thank you! LouisGleason (at) AdvancedPhase.com
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Please, and thank you! Would love and invitation to Grand Central. My email address is saramorrissette@yahoo.com
THANK YOU!
I will be sure to also return the favor.
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Please send me an invite to GrandCentral. My e-mail address is jakeleeli8@gmail.com. I really appreciate it.
I will share my invites with others once I received my invite. Thanks.
Looking forward to using GrandCentral.
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If you could send me an invite that would be great, you can have all but 2 of my invites
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invite pls. brianpkennedy at google’s mail service (gmail dot com)
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Please somebody send me an invite to GC thanks I’ll return the favor please.
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I would love to have an invite to GC! I will keep i will return the favor! coulter.daniel+GC@gmail.com
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Requesting invite. will pay it forward:
miklb3 * gmail.com
Thank you.
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Would love to get a GrandCentral invitation, you can have all my invites after that.
Thanks a million…
E-mail: mobain@yahoo.com
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Hello. I will gladly donate several invites if I can have one.
Thanks
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Would love an invite and am willing to share.
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I would love an invite.
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Hi there! Will certainly keep the invites flowing if I could just be invited myself.
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I have ordered a MagicJack; if a GC invitation is available, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you so much!
bookie1959@yahoo.com
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Would love to get a GrandCentral invitation, you can have all my invites. elistawicki*gmail.com
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Grand Central invitation please. I am happy to share invites here once I am on the service.
Geoff
geoff.gc@geoffstaples.com
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An invitation please? I promise to share too. carsmash@gmail.com
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Please!
Give me invite too.
I promise to share too.
lokus(a)mosinter(d0t)net
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I’d like an invitation. I’ll pay back the site immediately.
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Oh, I forgot: ben.redfield@gmail.com
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If someone has a spare invite, I’d like one. I’ll pass the invite chain along.
M8R-1sr1u1@mailinator.com
Thanks
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I’d like an invite. I’ll pass on my invites once i’m in. adriantheauctioneer@gmail.com
Thanks
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If there are any invites out there, I’d appreciate it if someone could spare one. I’m all about sharing the love, so once I’m in, I’ll pass it on.
Many thanks
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Hmm, thought my email address would be displayed, here it is giveapoem@gmail.com
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I would love to receive an invitation if at all possible.
coloado.carlsons@gmail.com
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Hi, All!
If anyone has an invitation available, I would appreciate an invite. I would gladly return an invite to you and more to the thread.
jason.lee ?at? sirengl.com
Thx,
JL
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Please send me an invite to sreekarkmuddu@gmail.com.
I can happily send out more invites.
Thx in advance!
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I would be most thankful for an invite. bjardis@gmail.com -
And will send all 10 of mine to users of this site!
Bradley
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I would like an invite and I am ready to share.
Adihey
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I would love to have a Grandcentral invite and would be *very*happy to share my invitations. TIA
Mary
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I would love an invite please…
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I would love an invitation to grandcentral, and I’ll be sure to hook up the next few people. mike4123(at)gmail.com
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I would love an invite to GC and would be delighted to share with others. jmaynard5@aol.com
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Any consideration for an invitation would be greatly appreciated. And I’ll be happy to ‘pay it forward’ if a few become available to me.
Thanks in advance,
Larry
ellthree@gmail.com
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I’d be eternally grateful for an invite and would gladly return the favor for others. Please let me know if you can help.
Thanks,
Howard
muchtoobusy@gmail.com
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Hi,
I need a gran central phone invite - my email-id is duggal.anshuman@gmail.com
Thnaks
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I would be very grateful to anyone that could provide an invite. I’d be more than happy to pay the favor forward.
My email address is bpm.323 at gmail dot com.
Thank you kindly,
Brian
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I could use an invite please….
plmk2007@gmail.com
I will share to others too…
Thanks
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I would love a Grand Central number, and will pass on at least half (and probably all) of the invitations I get. I can be reached at davidkeithflowers@gmail.com. Thank you.
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I would love one as well…I will give all but one invite to everyone on this list that needs one..
mantia at gmail dot com
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Any chance anyone further up the list who has received an invitation might be able to let those of us way down here know? I’m trying to gauge whether we’re making progress! If are you are on this list and have recently received an invitation could you reply and let us know that everything is still in play?
That would be awesome. Thank you!
David Flowers
davidkeithflowers@gmail.com
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Goes without saying………. pass it forward!! I was a google mail beta tester and sent out many invites as I promise to do with this opportunity if someone would invite me.
Kindly,
Mack
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hi
can yopu send me a GC phone invite
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I enjoyed reading your site. I run a recording/voiceover studio in Florida and am a radio talkshow host. I think this is a great idea; having a central number to reach all of your phones is ingenious!
Dave Elliott
studio@voxnow.com
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is the invitation still available? Can you please send me one?
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please send an invitation to lukeahale@gmail.com I am willing to share at least 90% of my invitations if I receive one.
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Send me a GrandCentral invite and I will share all invites I might receive. My email address is jay@jayharrison.info
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Please send me a Grand Central Invite. I will share most of the invites I receive. stevetumpkin@yahoo.com
Thank you.
Steve
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Hello, I’m not sure if you are still giving away GC invites. However, if you are, I would greatly appreciate if you could send me one.
agentzchango@gmail.com
Thank you,
Ty
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I would love an invite please…
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I would love an invite please…
euro_pol@yahoo.com
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My name is David Flowers and I requested an invitation on June 5 (i.e., I’m up the list a little ways). A few weeks ago I wrote inquiring to those further up whether invitations were being actively sent out. I wanted to get back to you guys below me and let you know I never heard anything back. I think somehow this thing may have ground to a halt way further up the list than where I am at. I hope I’m wrong, but I’m going every place I can find to get an invitation and have turned up nothing. I hope if any of you find a place you might consider coming back to share it here. Happy hunting!
Dave Flowers
davidkeithflowers@gmail.com
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I am interested in a grand central invitation. Thanks.
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Would really appreciate an invite as I’ve been waiting for one from Grandcentral themselves now for a while…Will gladly spread the love if I get my own account.
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I very much need this service.
Please send me a Grand Central Invite.
I will happily share the invites.
Many thanks from,
Rich
rchrdjsphgrx@yahoo.com
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Can you please send an invitation to me. I’ll certainly share it with others. lab.konkurs@gmail.com
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I would really love to get an invite to join GrandCentral. I would totally pass on the love to the next man/woman.
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Can I have one invitation please?
Thanks
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