jedi76 said:You all make me lol do any of you even care what you do to the stocks of a company when you take advantage of the offers the company makes for a retention offer by threat of disconnecting if you do not get the offer you hear from non official website such as this one? When you know you have no real intentions of disconnecting cause you know you already have the best service there is for you out there.
Do you even know how much it cost to provide the technology and how much the company has to pay for the contractors that do the installs for the equipment that most of you should never even have qualified for, In the first place.
If i was directv i would let each and almost every one of you disconnect your accounts and loose any offers they do make you. and then when you call back to get the services because you realize that it was the best services you could possibly have. that you do not get squat.
They make those offers for a reason and it is to reward Long term customers with a special offer that no one else qualifies for.
Do any of you even know how much it probaly cost the company to get one new customer?
They pay for the advertiments, the technology (satellites, launching the satellites) Equipment, Labor to install it, Negotiate with the television providers people like viacom, espn to provide tv for thier customers at the best lowest rate.
heck directv has only had 4 price adjustments in 11 years. Thats pretty damn good.
So when you all see your prices sky rocket for programing just remember you only have your selfs to blame for taking advantage of a companies kindness.
heck when a company gives you an offer that you do not qualify for I hope you all take that to heart when you see the changes the company has to make to make up the loss in cost.
: Can you really be serious with this quote?
If D* couldn't offer these prices, they WOULDN'T! If it were something that D couldn't afford, they would never let it happen more than once! Let's face it, with the volume of recievers that D* orders from it's suppliers, they are probably getting them for a dirt cheap deal anyway... Not to mention that anytime one of these things is activated, they will recieve additional subscription $$$ and that is what they are really after anyway. Yea, we're really taking advantage of D*.... Do the math... $5/month DVR fee. $10.99/month HD fee, and $5/month additional reciever fee.
No, they won't get this out of everyone, but there are plenty of folks who just promised D* an extra twenty bucks monthly. That's what the game is all about, my friend.... Subscriptions. Ever bought a cell phone? Did you pay the $300-$500 retail price for it? Probably not. Cell phones and D* recievers are both subsidised purchases.
Get real, and take the deal.
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