Fees increasing?
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Kind of. dare2be has it correct. The whole-home fee will increase by $4, and each additional Hopper after the first one will be $14.
Looks like it was "hey, we have all these folks with multiple Hoppers now who need the tuners, lets make some extra money"...
So, my DVR increase will be to $11, and my 2nd Hopper will now be $14, but the first is still $7?
So, my DVR increase will be to $11, and my 2nd Hopper will now be $14, but the first is still $7?
It was free for a bit, so I left it alone. Will be gone for sure now. My bill will increase by $11, but I will be reducing it by $14. +$3 to the good.
Anyone with a little bit of thought should have seen this coming. Today order a second Hopper and it costs the same as a Joey. Tomorrow that second Hopper will cost the same as 2 Joeys. All the folks who thought "why should I have a Joey when I can get a second Hopper for the same monthly cost" now have reality coming into view....
I think they finally caught the error of their ways. I have always wondered why a second Hopper cost the same as a Joey when you got so much more then the Joey.
With that said, I got to admit I am not happy with another price increase.
With that said, I got to admit I am not happy with another price increase.
I never imagined a reality where they would double the monthly cost just for the sake of collecting money on equipment we paid an upfront upgrade fee. Especially after having just raised rates.
Extra hopper for same price as a joey always seamed to good to be true, based on their vip pricing. Just too bad they sucked so many people in and THEN hit them with the increase. Bait and switch. Still milking my 6+ year old 622 for now.
That's a fair assessment Bobby but,still doesn't justify such a huge increase on top of another recent increase.
Considering I paid $215 and added another 24 months recently to add my 2nd Hopper... In reality, you have a DVR fee, and then a box fee. DVR fee could be increase slightly, but Joey does not need to be $7, it could be lower. Its a crap move anyway you spin it.
I certainly saw it coming, from a logical standpoint. But I always thought that the Joey fee was too high to begin with, since it didn't have a tuner. A more reasonable rate to me would have been $10 for each Hopper and $3-$4 for each Joey.
Jeez, paying $10 more to go from 1HD/1SD (722K) to go to 2HD (H/J) feeds was bad enough. Now that is going to be a $14 increase! What kind of logic is that? My second tv looks mighty fine in SD at that kind of an increase. I'm sure some H/J owners have already dropped down a tier to save some money in Feb. Now they're getting hit again!
Exactly, a client box that costs the same per month as a box with a tuner. And like what was said when prices were first announced, the first Joey should be free with the Hopper.
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