Rant: AND A BIG FUCK YOU TO DIRECTV

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MadJack said:
So today I get a call from AT&T saying there is a deal for NFL Sunday Ticket. Instead of $400 for this year they will give me ST for $200 PLUS give me 50% off my regular monthly bill for the next 2 years. NO CONTRACT!

This phone call took at least 20 minutes because I didn't want to get hit with fine print bullshit again.

There IS a catch. I have to pay the next 6 months in full. Upfront. After the 6 months I will go back to regular billing but at half price. Okay, count me in.

Not only do I have to pay the 6 months upfront but I have to use an eBay debit card because they are sponsoring this deal. And I have to do it TODAY!

HUH?

Sorry, I'm not doing it today. That's okay, I can do it tomorrow, I was told. But if I do it today I save another $60. I told the guy I would do it tomorrow.

An even longer story cutting short here. It's a fucking scam and they almost got me. If they would have taken a credit card or debit over the phone I would have given him that right away.

Then I hit Google up and sure enough. it's a scam.

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The eBay debit card was my first clue. :0008
 
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The Joker said:
The eBay debit card was my first clue. :0008
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Yep......that was the big clue right there.......that made zero sense, why the hell would the only payment be from an eBay debit card?

I mean AT&T could obviously take payment from any source even if ebay was a sponsor. Clever scam but the "ebay debit card" was the killer for the scammers. Although I bet they got some people with that scam, pretty clever except for the "pay by ebay debit card" thing.
 
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THESE CABLE COMPANIES ARE A SCAM I HAD A TWO YEAR DEAL WITH COMCAST BASIC 115 A MONTH FOR BASIC CABLE AND INTERNET WITHIN 6 MONTHS MY BILL WAS 145 THEN A YEAR INTO MY CONTRACT I WAS PAYING 165 UNBELIEVABABLE BULLSHIT

I LEFT COMCAST AND GOT A DEAL WITH RCN AND YOU GUESSED IT THE SAME BULLSHIT IS HAPPENING AGAIN THESE CONTRACTS MEAN SHIT xstop
 
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lol and my verizon fios cable was cut to lowest ever removed the fricking home phone that was $30 a month

then removed premimum channels

the bill was $228 a month now it's only $160

also i suggest go with xfinity

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Scrapman said:
lol and my verizon fios cable was cut to lowest ever removed the fricking home phone that was $30 a month

then removed premimum channels

the bill was $228 a month now it's only $160

also i suggest go with xfinity

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I have Xfinity. I got Directv for NFL Sunday Ticket. Yeah, I'm being raped by them as well.
 
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MadJack said:
So today I get a call from AT&T saying there is a deal for NFL Sunday Ticket. Instead of $400 for this year they will give me ST for $200 PLUS give me 50% off my regular monthly bill for the next 2 years. NO CONTRACT!

This phone call took at least 20 minutes because I didn't want to get hit with fine print bullshit again.

There IS a catch. I have to pay the next 6 months in full. Upfront. After the 6 months I will go back to regular billing but at half price. Okay, count me in.

Not only do I have to pay the 6 months upfront but I have to use an eBay debit card because they are sponsoring this deal. And I have to do it TODAY!

HUH?

Sorry, I'm not doing it today. That's okay, I can do it tomorrow, I was told. But if I do it today I save another $60. I told the guy I would do it tomorrow.

An even longer story cutting short here. It's a fucking scam and they almost got me. If they would have taken a credit card or debit over the phone I would have given him that right away.

Then I hit Google up and sure enough. it's a scam.

:facepalm:
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MadJack said:
So today I get a call from AT&T saying there is a deal for NFL Sunday Ticket. Instead of $400 for this year they will give me ST for $200 PLUS give me 50% off my regular monthly bill for the next 2 years. NO CONTRACT!

This phone call took at least 20 minutes because I didn't want to get hit with fine print bullshit again.

There IS a catch. I have to pay the next 6 months in full. Upfront. After the 6 months I will go back to regular billing but at half price. Okay, count me in.

Not only do I have to pay the 6 months upfront but I have to use an eBay debit card because they are sponsoring this deal. And I have to do it TODAY!

HUH?

Sorry, I'm not doing it today. That's okay, I can do it tomorrow, I was told. But if I do it today I save another $60. I told the guy I would do it tomorrow.

An even longer story cutting short here. It's a fucking scam and they almost got me. If they would have taken a credit card or debit over the phone I would have given him that right away.

Then I hit Google up and sure enough. it's a scam.

:facepalm:
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Free streams are easy to find. Mirror on my tv and done.
 
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toastonastick said:
Free streams are easy to find. Mirror on my tv and done.
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links please, after 20 years with sunday ticket max, they gave me the shaft and I went streaming 100%

youtubetv is ok unlimited dvr is awesome...I will have the red zone channel this season.

Sure wish I could find streams of the Astros, mlb.tv is blacked out:facepalm:
 
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Old School helped me out with a direct phone number and they are giving me Sunday Ticket for FREE instead of the $400. Thanks man! And they apologized to ME for the confusion and inconvenience. :toast:
 
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MadJack said:
Old School helped me out with a direct phone number and they are giving me Sunday Ticket for FREE instead of the $400. Thanks man! And they apologized to ME for the confusion and inconvenience. :toast:
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I've been with them for about 20 years and each year they end up giving me Sunday Ticket for a reduced price. I just spent 20 minutes on the phone with two separate people there and they wouldn't budge. So I told them to cancel it.

Any chance that you would be willing to send me that direct number? I hate dealing with streaming sites but $400 a year is nuts.

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I wasn't home for Week 1 so today I tune in to watch the Steelers game on Sunday Ticket.

Sorry this program is blacked out in your area :mj07:
 
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I've been with them for about 20 years and each year they end up giving me Sunday Ticket for a reduced price. I just spent 20 minutes on the phone with two separate people there and they wouldn't budge. So I told them to cancel it.

Any chance that you would be willing to send me that direct number? I hate dealing with streaming sites but $400 a year is nuts.

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