Thread: The price of TV

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Well Mike - that was figuratively speakin' not literally

glenn i put my shoes on so i could rush to the store to get one. guess i will just have to settle with my hubby for the evening.

You know I'm blushin' right Barb??

Originally Posted by cffisher

Can we get an AMEN

AaaaaMEN !

We watch TCM, TVland and RFDTV except for the local news channels. RFDTV has even started rerunnin old Roy Rogers "Happy Trails Theater" shows with George "Gabby" Hayes, Pat Brady, Dale, Trigger and members of the Sons of the Pioneers.

I do like the Encore Western (Audy Murphy, Roy Rogers and up through the John Wayne 1960's stuff) and my wife likes all the Hallmark movies (mostly girlie stuff and sappy love stories!) and reruns of Murder She Wrote and Matlock..

I must admit - I've gotten hooked on "Blue Bloods" - I really like Tom Selleck (NRA Board member!) and the new "Hawaii Five O" - but neither are (in my opinion) appropriate for under 13 as they both show some gore and violence..

I also like the History Channel as there is some great WWII documentary stuff there.

I have a bundled package for phone, Internet and TV with DVR (with HBO, Blazer Basketball in HD, Encore, etc. as a promo) for 89.99 a month plus tax of course. With a pay for view once in a while we usually pay about $100 a month..

When Joanie and I do go to a movie, it's $31.00 with a drink to share and a medium popcorn so the Comcast package isn't too bad..

Do you realize that, if the cable "basic" plus a few channels cost $90 a month that you are paying $3 a DAY for that junk? The cable services are always whining that they need to raise rates.....whoooo, if I could only be as profitable. I realize that it costs them to buy the feeds from the channels, hang the cable on the pole or bury it, hire a bunch of gum chewing "service" ladies to snub you when you go to pick up a converter box, etc...but if you multiply the number of households subscribing to cable by $100, you get a fairly large number..... for that money, I can almost go to the local bar and watch there....naw, I used to do that.

mike

Originally Posted by glennsexton

You know I'm blushin' right Barb??

so is he when i read him the thread

Hey, is this thread "pushing the envelope towards X?"


Probably shouldn't admit this, but our satelite system allows up to 5 receivers on a contract to allow you to have TVs in 5 different rooms. We have found that the system does not know where the additional receivers are, so we have spread the cost among several family members living in different homes. You just have to remember that only the primary member can use pay-per-view and has to be the one to contact the provider if there is a problem with the system.
I know, this isn't ethical, but when you have to subscribe to 200 channels to get a dozen that are actually something you can watch, it seems justified (at least to me.)

Originally Posted by RestoRod

....We have found that the system does not know where the additional receivers are, so we have spread the cost among several family members living in different homes.

I would never have thought of that! Got to have the dish feed at each house, but it can't tell if the receivers are together or seperated by miles. That's one to remember!!

Very interesting thread chaps & Barb,and I hate ads to but would like to see the mop one. It sounds like your TV is as Crappy as ours over here and what I would really like to know is ...... Modern Family really America's top TV show as they keep tell us over here ??????? An what is Glee all about?????? We have a Tivo system here and have it record what programmes we want to watch and give the rest the big turn-off. As for ads,thank-you to whoever invented the mute button.

My wife is the TV addict in this house. Guess where she is right now? Yep- watching the tube.
We have satellite & every HD & pay programming they offer. We have TV's & DVR's in nearly every room in the house. I hate it when the bill comes. It's a whopping $163.00 per month!
I probably watch 5 hours a week!
I got pissed off last week & called. I complained about all the discount & free perks to new customers while they bend me over after being with them for 8 years.
I threatened to switch providers & they reduced my package from $163.00 per month to $118.00 per month. Quite a difference!

good job steve.

There is a guy I do work for up in the next town . he has a home there that he brings his "BOX" from Chicago so he can watch his local chanels 160 miles away. Not to sure how that works but it dosen't cost him for TV here.

Like Oct'81 we live away from town so cable is not an option, so we have Dish Network and Netflix. Talking to friends last night they have a HD ready TV and they educated us that they get a bunch of over the air channels just with rabbit ears, but most interesting was that there are multiples of several channels! Like our local PBS is 19, but over the air they get 19-1, 2 and 3 each with a different program mix! I had no idea that many of the UHF channels broadcast multiple channels within their authorized band, but the cable/satelite providers give us one.

Originally Posted by jyardgirl

good job steve.

Thanks but I shouldn't have to threaten to get a discount. It baffles my mind how their marketing works. They could care less about loyalty & offer the world to new subscribers. I have a few friends who routinely switch back & forth between the 2 satellite providers & cable every year so they can take advantage of new subcsriber discounts.
It shouldn't be that way. There should be discounts & perks for loyal customers w/o having to ask for them.