taoshum
Well-known member
We just received an email from Direct TV telling us to go to some website to see the increased rates for our satellite TV "service"... right in the middle of an economic recession, with millions of people out of work, millions of homes in foreclosure, many RV companies in Chapter 11 or 7, here comes good ole DTV with a "sock it to'em rate increase". Incredible, just incredible. Does the CEO need a larger bonus?
To top it off, every week it seems like we get a glossy, full color brochure from Direct TV advertising some new incentive to attract new customers with a free this or a free that, reduced rates and what not. It's interesting that they are willing, even driven, to spend millions to get new customers but do nothing to keep the customers they have, happy????
Then, a few days later, we get a similar glossy, full color brochure from Dish offering to beat any deal from DTV with reduced fees for a year, free HD DVR receivers and premium channels free for three months plus, if we agree to paperless billing, we get Cinimax for a year for 1 cent.
Is it just me or is anyone else tempted to switch, just for "the hell of it"? :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ ;D ;D ;D ;D
sorry for the rant, but it's less expensive than therapy.
To top it off, every week it seems like we get a glossy, full color brochure from Direct TV advertising some new incentive to attract new customers with a free this or a free that, reduced rates and what not. It's interesting that they are willing, even driven, to spend millions to get new customers but do nothing to keep the customers they have, happy????
Then, a few days later, we get a similar glossy, full color brochure from Dish offering to beat any deal from DTV with reduced fees for a year, free HD DVR receivers and premium channels free for three months plus, if we agree to paperless billing, we get Cinimax for a year for 1 cent.
Is it just me or is anyone else tempted to switch, just for "the hell of it"? :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ ;D ;D ;D ;D
sorry for the rant, but it's less expensive than therapy.