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re: Other than the paycheck why do people do the SEC thing?
Posted on 4/6/14 at 10:04 pm to Prof
Posted on 4/6/14 at 10:04 pm to Prof
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I have to have BBC America.
I only really want about 10 channels, but they are always in the top end and you have to pay for all the crap to get them.
I would like to have BTN and PTN just for when they play SEC teams and that is the only way to watch, but have no desire to watch their conference stuff (okay, maybe PAC softball) or their filler shows.
So you are saying the DVR charge is in addition to the 100 bucks per month? 1,200 a year to watch TV (especially with so many ads) seems like highway robbery. Channels filled with reality shows, shopping, and infomercials should pay me to take them. There was a time when the history channel actually showed history stuff. Now it is male soap operas about truckers and lumberjacks. Lordy, they nancied up wrasslin 20 years ago and now it has spread to all kinds of stuff.
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Posted on 4/6/14 at 10:41 pm to Cheese Grits
No the DVR service is included in that price as is tax and extra for blockbuster@home. The reason I mention DVR service is because the way they break down the pricing is by programming package so you'll see a package at say $50 bucks and people think that will be their bill but you gotta add DVR costs to that so $50 bucks can become $65 bucks when DVR plus tax is added in.
The only reason mine is high is because of the package I have that keeps everyone in the house happy but if it were just me no way it would be that high. I don't even watch that much tv (once in a blue moon).
TBH, all of the cable and sat companies are committing highway robbery right now even at the low end. And I'm convinced they intentionally single out certain channels to force people to buy higher. Most people only care about a handful of channels and so they intentionally leave one out to make you 'bump up' your service. It's infuriating.
I haven't met a single TV provider or ISP that hasn't utterly fricked their customers as both services operate as virtual monopolies with little to no competition.
The only reason mine is high is because of the package I have that keeps everyone in the house happy but if it were just me no way it would be that high. I don't even watch that much tv (once in a blue moon).
TBH, all of the cable and sat companies are committing highway robbery right now even at the low end. And I'm convinced they intentionally single out certain channels to force people to buy higher. Most people only care about a handful of channels and so they intentionally leave one out to make you 'bump up' your service. It's infuriating.
I haven't met a single TV provider or ISP that hasn't utterly fricked their customers as both services operate as virtual monopolies with little to no competition.
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