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re: DirecTV / AT&T customers - might lose ESPN this weekend

Posted on 9/13/19 at 4:50 pm to
Posted by Lonnie Utah
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Member since Jul 2012
24112 posts
Posted on 9/13/19 at 4:50 pm to
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If you call AT&T and bitch because they lose Disney/ESPN channels then you have zero right to bitch once your bill rises. AT&T will absorb the cost for a little while, but eventually they have to pass it on.



I called to complain and they dropped my bill by $20 a month.

I'm currently paying $54 a month for one of their 2nd highest tier packages.
This post was edited on 9/13/19 at 4:51 pm
Posted by Hailstate15
ForeverGator's mom's
Member since Nov 2018
21466 posts
Posted on 9/13/19 at 4:53 pm to
someone is about to get a fcking earful from me. im pissed
Posted by BleedOrangeBlue
Member since Nov 2018
148 posts
Posted on 9/13/19 at 5:14 pm to
And I pay 32 a month for the DirectTV XTRA package AND got a $200 gift card. So what? It doesn't invalidate the point I was making. Go read AT&T's recent financial reporting that discusses their subscription TV units. They're losing customers like crazy and had to resort to giving people like you and me crazy deals to get us to stick around. However, supposedly one of their latest efforts is to stop chasing the overall subscriber number and focus more on revenue per customer. That means they're eventually going to let negotiators like us leave without getting some killer deal meant to retain us.

Everyone should play hardball and negotiate with their TV provider. I'm pro-consumer, so I want consumers to get as much for their dollar as they can. But, Disney/ESPN is the MOST expensive set of channels that providers feel mandated to carry. Their channels actually make up a substantial part of your monthly bill.

ESPN charges a ridiculous amount per month per subscriber.

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