Anyone got any good deals through Comcast?

[JayStil]

Comcast had a full page ad in the Boston Herald offering Digital Starter, HD DVR, and HBO for $39.95 a month (for 1 year). They ran a similar ad on TV awhile ago. I've got a thread here somewhere when I called and tried to get the deal. Of course the CSR knew nothing about it.

I was tempted to bring the Herald AD down to the local Comcast office and tell them I wanted to sign up for that offer. There's so much fine print on the bottom that I'm sure they would've found a way to deny me. Ended up upgrading my DISH instead.

Just to show how full of crap they are, part of the ad was 2 grocery bags touting Comcast's HD offerings vs. DirecTV's. They claimed Comcast offered 233 HD channels vs. 70 for Direct.

[brewc]

What is the best offers Direct and Dish are offering? Iwould like to call retention as well and see if I can get my bill lowered about $30 and HBO for year if that's what the SAT's are offering. $49 a month for 12 months with HD and DVR 6 months of HBO,Starz,Cinemax, and Showtime Think retention will match this?

[ahegedus]

I just signed up with Comcast. I was shopping around and mentioned that I have Dish and was considering changing if the deal was good. She asked me a few questions about what I was paying now and next thing I knew she offered me Standard Cable + Digital Start, HBO, Starz and DVR all for $39.99 for 12 months.

I took the deal then had to call back because I felt like it was too good of an offer. Sure enough a second customer service rep confirmed the deal. So I hope I made the right choice. I figured for that price, I'll try it for a year and re-evaluate my situation next year.

[Marcus Carr]

I told Comcast I was thinking about getting a different (cheaper) internet provider. They are going to check to see if I can get digital voice. If so, I can get Triple Play. Would add HBO, Showtime, Starz, upgrade to 8 MBPS for internet. Plus one free HD DVR for a year (currently paying for two). Would save me $4 plus I wouldn't have to pay for Verizon phone service (usually about $28).

Meanwhile they've temporarily given me $18 off internet and an upgrade to 8 MBPS.