Streaming TV services

[Kevin]

I do know some of ya'll don't watch tv, but for those that do…

We've been signing up for all of the different streaming services. Well most, not all. But after realizing we don't watch them, we started to narrow down the number of channels we pay for. ("For which we pay," if you want to question my grammar.)

Anyhow, we dropped Hulu/Disney last month, but signed up again just now. We were paying $27/month for both (no advertising.)

This time we opted for ads, as it's a lot cheaper.

Then, immediately after signing up and paying ($10/month) we canceled the service.

The series of questions goes like this:
Us: "cancel subscription."
Them: "don't you want to just pause your subscription?"
Us: "continue with cancellation."
Them: "Ok, how about $5 per month for 4 months?"

So we went from $27/month down to $5/ month. Much, much better. Now my dogs can afford to eat dinner again.

I’ve played this game before with other streaming services and most of them have deals like this, but they won’t offer, you have to ask.

Just a PSA for anyone who watches tv.

 

[Jeepnik]

I recently changed my internet vendor. My old vendor had no fiber. New one does, speeds faster and initially cheaper.

Two things have happened. Old vendor has inundated me with junk mail. No biggie as all junk mail goes to recycle on the way to the house. I can use the exercise.

The other was the current vendor started offering low rates for all of the streaming services. But if you read the fine print the rates go up exorbitantly after a short time. All of their emails are automatically deleted.

Oh, and also after a short time the introductory rate for the internet was due to go up. When I received the first higher bill I called to cancel.

I explained to them that if they could provide internet at the introductory rate, they were obviously making a profit. So raising the rate several hundred percent was just increasing those profits. In effect price gouging. Something the regulators should know about.

I now have the introductory rate as my permanent rate. Well at least until they try to raise it again.

I should explain that while employed I heard of many in my business offering potential customers all sorts of “free” goods and services to get a contract.

Most of the folks I dealt with knew and understood this game. For those that didn’t I would ask why they didn’t just give away their goods or services. The light bulb usually went on.

Companies can’t give free stuff or they go bankrupt. You will be paying for all that free stuff eventually. And generally more than the actual cost.