Again its not costing him anything over providing 200 channels or 50.
And there's the Flip.
I'm guessing Flex packs are far less profitable, since bunches of folks are now sending him $20-$40 less per month, and he's still got to supply a bundle and pay for all the channels.And there's the Flip.
So you do admit Flex is far more Profitable business for Charlie...
Clearly it is.
Just look at the numbers.
You pay less, but he makes more money per channel.
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Again its not costing him anything over providing 200 channels or 50.
Its costing you more money to have less , and making him more money in the process.
But you keep thinking that Charlie is actually cutting you a break, and he's taking less profit.
I'll stick with he's a Gambler and a Billionaire Business man.
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I doubt the Flex pack even has many subscribers to begin with.
He's just trying to support an unsupportable position. The cost per channel is a red herring. The cost of each channel makes no difference, it's the choice of the cost the consumer must pay per month and still get what they want. Either it's a value to them or it's not. The Donut comparison is right on, do I pay $9.00 for a dozen @75 cents each, always eat five or six of them and throw away the rest, or pay $5 or $6 @ $1.00 each. Actual prices at donut shop here. Or are the Donut shops and most any business ripping off all the consumers too. Even worse for Pay TV you can't pick which 12 donuts it's a pre packaged assortment, the same everytime and you only like five or six of them. And on top of that the baker (DISH) can't just do what they want they need contracts signed by the people who make the ingredients to allow the baker to make the different donuts and put them in packages.
I wouldn't waste $40 on the remaining channels (T200 minus Flex channels), or $50 on T250 minutes Flex. I could easily afford the Everything bundle, but Flex has what I watch (except 2 channels, that I don't miss). Flex is much cheaper than I thought it would be, just not nearly as flexible. I think once "everyone" really looks at it I'm thinking 50% off their customers will be on Flex. Will be interesting to see the stats a year from now.
Every channel I really watch is in my basic FLEX pack with the exception of BBC AMERICA and MTV. The 3 shows I do watch on those two channels I can buy full seasons on Amazon Prime. I don't really need Kiddie channels- my son is 16 now , so that is a savings of $10.00. I don't watch the Variety channels like FREE FORM I save $6.00. I never EVER watch any kind of sports- that is a savings of $10.00 - $20.00 depending on what type of sports nut you might be. This is as close to ala cart as you can get right now and I don't have to pay for channels I never watch . This allows me to add the DISH Movie pack at $5.00 for 6 months and the HBO for the $10.00 price. So my bill was around $145.75 with tax the month before the Flex pack and now it is around $106.52 with taxes and dvr & additional receiver fees . I don't know about you, but that is like $39.23 savings over the top 200 pack +HBO+dvr & additional receiver fees. Now if I had to watch every channel in the top 200 pack + Xm channels ,the FLEX pack would make no sense to me. But either option remains if I do want it. It is all about choices.
Maybe give the flexibility part a little time. Eventually add ons may be fine tuned.
