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zed2283

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I don't know about the rest of you guys, but I'm just about fed up with the price of Sunday Ticket. When I started subscribing, I paid $129 for the entire season. Since then, the price has gone up $10 or $20 every year and this year it's going to be $229 (up from the $219 I was fed up with last year)! The price is so high that now they have you paying in FIVE monthly installments instead of four.

I love football as much as anyone else. And I LOVE NFL Sunday Ticket. But when is enough enough? Has anyone on here cancelled? I'm pretty sure there are more subscribers every year, even with the increasing price. So all we're doing is telling the NFL that we love and need football so much that they can probably do whatever they want and we'll pay it.

As an aside... I just called and crabbed at the DirecTV people about the price and they gave me a $50 credit. So you might want to give that a try. :shock:

 
That would be all fine and dandy if they didn't charge ANOTHER hundred bucks to get the games in HD.

If you have the HD package, and you have Sunday Ticket, they should put two and two together and just give you Sunday Ticket in HD. If you have HBO and the HD package they don't charge you extra to get HBO in HD, it just comes that way.

 
FreeBaGeL said:
That would be all fine and dandy if they didn't charge ANOTHER hundred bucks to get the games in HD.

If you have the HD package, and you have Sunday Ticket, they should put two and two together and just give you Sunday Ticket in HD. If you have HBO and the HD package they don't charge you extra to get HBO in HD, it just comes that way.
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Did they charge an extra 100 last year for HD? I know they also have their "superfan" package that is supposed to cost an extra $100, but I don't remember paying the $100 for HD games.
 
I have recently moved out of my teams area, and am now faced with having to pay to see them play.

Are there any other options other than Sunday ticket to view all of one teams games? I don't need every game, just all of MY teams games. Or a pay per game thing, I read a little about NFL on Demand, but it didn't seem to offer every game, and you just pay X amount of dollars per.

 
waylander said:
I have recently moved out of my teams area, and am now faced with having to pay to see them play.Are there any other options other than Sunday ticket to view all of one teams games? I don't need every game, just all of MY teams games. Or a pay per game thing, I read a little about NFL on Demand, but it didn't seem to offer every game, and you just pay X amount of dollars per.
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SOme people always talk about watching games on the computer, not sure the name of the site, though.
 
The Sunday Ticket costs less than what it would cost you to go to just 1 football game...and instead you end up getting about 160+ games which works out to about $1.50 per game...not too bad really.

 
Cerwin said:
FreeBaGeL said:
That would be all fine and dandy if they didn't charge ANOTHER hundred bucks to get the games in HD.

If you have the HD package, and you have Sunday Ticket, they should put two and two together and just give you Sunday Ticket in HD. If you have HBO and the HD package they don't charge you extra to get HBO in HD, it just comes that way.
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Did they charge an extra 100 last year for HD? I know they also have their "superfan" package that is supposed to cost an extra $100, but I don't remember paying the $100 for HD games.
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As of last year you have to have the Superfan to get HD on the HD Football channels.
 
waylander said:
I have recently moved out of my teams area, and am now faced with having to pay to see them play.Are there any other options other than Sunday ticket to view all of one teams games? I don't need every game, just all of MY teams games. Or a pay per game thing, I read a little about NFL on Demand, but it didn't seem to offer every game, and you just pay X amount of dollars per.
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Your not allowed to watch locally broadcast games on Direct TV football channels. They were blacked out as of a couple years ago.
 
Ministry of Pain said:
The Sunday Ticket costs less than what it would cost you to go to just 1 football game...and instead you end up getting about 160+ games which works out to about $1.50 per game...not too bad really.
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Dude,Nobody watches 160 games. Do you work for DirectTV or something.I cancelled all together. I can't get CBS in HD in my area, I have to pay the bogus charge per receiver to add TV's, bottom line is I switched to the local cable company and I get phone, long distance, local, high speed interned, cable, DVR (which they gave me) all for 99.00 a month. I'll sell the HD Tivo that I bought for direct TV, the local channel antenna, and the additional basic receivers and have enough to pay my bill for the first three or four months easy.
 
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I've complained to DTV's customer service every year about the high cost of The Ticket,if your on their "A" list you can get some kind of credit if you complain(in a civilized manner) about the "high" cost,just express your "concern" about the price and they usually come through with something,last year I got a $99 credit from them so they basically gave me The Superfan for free. If you've paid your bill on time you should be on the "A" list. Give it a try,it can't hurt.

 
Billy1x said:
Cerwin said:
FreeBaGeL said:
That would be all fine and dandy if they didn't charge ANOTHER hundred bucks to get the games in HD.

If you have the HD package, and you have Sunday Ticket, they should put two and two together and just give you Sunday Ticket in HD. If you have HBO and the HD package they don't charge you extra to get HBO in HD, it just comes that way.
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Did they charge an extra 100 last year for HD? I know they also have their "superfan" package that is supposed to cost an extra $100, but I don't remember paying the $100 for HD games.
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As of last year you have to have the Superfan to get HD on the HD Football channels.
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Ahh, I see. Well last year I got them to waive the superfan fee so I got it for free. I'll try the same this year too. Hopefully letting them know that the only reason I stick with directv is because of the sunday ticket might make them think twice about charging me extra for the HD channels. Watching football without HD sucks. If they want to charge me extra for the HD then I'll kinda tell them to shove it in their holes and please come pick up their shotty DVR and satellite up off my lawn. I pay too much monthly year around (I think around $115 a month) to bend over for them like this.

 
Softball 3:16 said:
Ministry of Pain said:
The Sunday Ticket costs less than what it would cost you to go to just 1 football game...and instead you end up getting about 160+ games which works out to about $1.50 per game...not too bad really.
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Dude,Nobody watches 160 games.
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:goodposting:I watch 8 or 9 games at once at 1PM Sundays.There's a special channel on DirecTV that lets you watch 8 games at once, and I use that on my big screen with a split screen - the other image is a big size game. Add in 4PM, SNF and MNF - I'd pretty much guarantee you I see 160+ games in entirety a year.
 
Mik789fl said:
I've complained to DTV's customer service every year about the high cost of The Ticket,if your on their "A" list you can get some kind of credit if you complain(in a civilized manner) about the "high" cost,just express your "concern" about the price and they usually come through with something,last year I got a $99 credit from them so they basically gave me The Superfan for free. If you've paid your bill on time you should be on the "A" list. Give it a try,it can't hurt.
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I tried the superfan package when it first came out, it was football overload for me. I prefer to split my big screen to watch DTV and a local channel, plus I have a 17" flat screen. Three games at once is enough for me. Yes, I will complain about the price since I'm on the "A" list. I want more than fifty dollars off I pay about 115$ a month for service and the best they can do is give me some pay perview credit tickets. If I can get a big discount maybe my wife won't complain about NFL ticket this year.
 
Softball 3:16 said:
Ministry of Pain said:
The Sunday Ticket costs less than what it would cost you to go to just 1 football game...and instead you end up getting about 160+ games which works out to about $1.50 per game...not too bad really.
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Dude,Nobody watches 160 games. Do you work for DirectTV or something.I cancelled all together. I can't get CBS in HD in my area, I have to pay the bogus charge per receiver to add TV's, bottom line is I switched to the local cable company and I get phone, long distance, local, high speed interned, cable, DVR (which they gave me) all for 99.00 a month. I'll sell the HD Tivo that I bought for direct TV, the local channel antenna, and the additional basic receivers and have enough to pay my bill for the first three or four months easy.
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But getting the ST makes sure that I will get to watch the players that are on my FF teams and also of getting the best game of the week.But what I said about actually going to 1 football game is true. If you can even get a ticket because most stadiums sell out, and if you are not a season ticket holder you might have to get them for more than face value as many people do...it's much cheaper to stay at home...look at it another way it ends up costing you about $15 a week to watch what you want on Sundays...is that totally absurd?
 
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Cerwin said:
Billy1x said:
Cerwin said:
FreeBaGeL said:
That would be all fine and dandy if they didn't charge ANOTHER hundred bucks to get the games in HD.

If you have the HD package, and you have Sunday Ticket, they should put two and two together and just give you Sunday Ticket in HD. If you have HBO and the HD package they don't charge you extra to get HBO in HD, it just comes that way.
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Did they charge an extra 100 last year for HD? I know they also have their "superfan" package that is supposed to cost an extra $100, but I don't remember paying the $100 for HD games.
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As of last year you have to have the Superfan to get HD on the HD Football channels.
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Ahh, I see. Well last year I got them to waive the superfan fee so I got it for free. I'll try the same this year too. Hopefully letting them know that the only reason I stick with directv is because of the sunday ticket might make them think twice about charging me extra for the HD channels. Watching football without HD sucks. If they want to charge me extra for the HD then I'll kinda tell them to shove it in their holes and please come pick up their shotty DVR and satellite up off my lawn. I pay too much monthly year around (I think around $115 a month) to bend over for them like this.
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And yes, I am mostly all talk in regards to canceling. I can't quit them as long as they have the IV feeding me as much football as I can handle. I can't live without the sunday ticket. But I won't hesitate to waste their customer service resources by whining to them until they cave.
 
Slider said:
The $3 a gallon gas bothers me much more.
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Where is gas that low? It gets below 3.50 and I'm excited!Before Sunday Ticket I spent anywhere from $40-$100 a week at sports bars. They raise it and I still save money watching at home. Plus I get to engage in my less, ahem, legal intoxicants. I'm down from three to two TVs but I still certainly get my money's worth and watch not only every Seahawks game but also any other game I have FF interest in. Like several posters have said, calling in and massaging the operator ususally gets you a discount. I will never cancel and as long as I keep paying my bill on time they take care of me. Bottom line, if you're a big enough fan, the money isn't a big deal.
 
Jeff Pasquino said:
Softball 3:16 said:
Ministry of Pain said:
The Sunday Ticket costs less than what it would cost you to go to just 1 football game...and instead you end up getting about 160+ games which works out to about $1.50 per game...not too bad really.
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Dude,Nobody watches 160 games.
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:rolleyes:I watch 8 or 9 games at once at 1PM Sundays.There's a special channel on DirecTV that lets you watch 8 games at once, and I use that on my big screen with a split screen - the other image is a big size game. Add in 4PM, SNF and MNF - I'd pretty much guarantee you I see 160+ games in entirety a year.
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:XOK, for the crazy Pasquino addicts of the world, who don't want to watch their favorite team fullscreen, then it's value. If DTV could survive on just your money, they'd be fine.They have to devise a product they can sell at a high enough price to enough people to make a profit. Sounds like at $229 for ST, for which most fans are only interested in seeing their team's 16 games a year, is too high.
 
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Balco said:
waylander said:
I have recently moved out of my teams area, and am now faced with having to pay to see them play.Are there any other options other than Sunday ticket to view all of one teams games? I don't need every game, just all of MY teams games. Or a pay per game thing, I read a little about NFL on Demand, but it didn't seem to offer every game, and you just pay X amount of dollars per.
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SOme people always talk about watching games on the computer, not sure the name of the site, though.
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:X
 
zed2283 said:
I don't know about the rest of you guys, but I'm just about fed up with the price of Sunday Ticket. When I started subscribing, I paid $129 for the entire season. Since then, the price has gone up $10 or $20 every year and this year it's going to be $229 (up from the $219 I was fed up with last year)! The price is so high that now they have you paying in FIVE monthly installments instead of four.I love football as much as anyone else. And I LOVE NFL Sunday Ticket. But when is enough enough? Has anyone on here cancelled? I'm pretty sure there are more subscribers every year, even with the increasing price. So all we're doing is telling the NFL that we love and need football so much that they can probably do whatever they want and we'll pay it.As an aside... I just called and crabbed at the DirecTV people about the price and they gave me a $50 credit. So you might want to give that a try. :X
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That raise is actually not that bad. $229 this year is pretty much the same price as $219 last year due to inflation. I think $227 or 228 would be closer, but it's pretty close.
 
newteech said:
RAIDERNATION said:
Softball 3:16 said:
Ministry of Pain said:
The Sunday Ticket costs less than what it would cost you to go to just 1 football game...and instead you end up getting about 160+ games which works out to about $1.50 per game...not too bad really.
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Dude,Nobody watches 160 games. Do you work for DirectTV or something.
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:cough:clickmysig:cough:
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holy crap dudePlease PM your home address
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No sports bars where you live?Place by me devotes the entire building--two floors, pool tables boarded over and turned into picnic tables, big screens everywhere, best looking waitresses in tied-off jerseys, and every game visible from every seat in the house.

Much better than DTV when there was an occasion that I wanted to go and see a specific game, but lately I've been watching by other means at home anyway and I'm OK with that.

 
videoguy505 said:
newteech said:
RAIDERNATION said:
Softball 3:16 said:
Ministry of Pain said:
The Sunday Ticket costs less than what it would cost you to go to just 1 football game...and instead you end up getting about 160+ games which works out to about $1.50 per game...not too bad really.
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Dude,Nobody watches 160 games. Do you work for DirectTV or something.
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:cough:clickmysig:cough:
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holy crap dudePlease PM your home address
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No sports bars where you live?
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Lots of 'em.I just figured the beer was cheaper at RN's house :thumbup:

 
Dhizz said:
RAIDERNATION said:
Softball 3:16 said:
Ministry of Pain said:
The Sunday Ticket costs less than what it would cost you to go to just 1 football game...and instead you end up getting about 160+ games which works out to about $1.50 per game...not too bad really.
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Dude,Nobody watches 160 games. Do you work for DirectTV or something.
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:cough:clickmysig:cough:
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That's a lot of money for 2 wins.
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I'm not affiliated with the Raiders. I'm just a diehard.VERY hard. :thumbup:

 
newteech said:
videoguy505 said:
newteech said:
RAIDERNATION said:
Softball 3:16 said:
Ministry of Pain said:
The Sunday Ticket costs less than what it would cost you to go to just 1 football game...and instead you end up getting about 160+ games which works out to about $1.50 per game...not too bad really.
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Dude,Nobody watches 160 games. Do you work for DirectTV or something.
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:cough:clickmysig:cough:
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holy crap dudePlease PM your home address
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No sports bars where you live?
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Lots of 'em.I just figured the beer was cheaper at RN's house :thumbup:
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It's not as fun around here as it used to be once the g/f moved in. This used to be a party palace on Sundays in the fall. She doesn't like football, so now it's one big guilt trip when I want to watch 16 measly football games every week. :scared: I'm learning, though. Giving her $100 and sending her to the mall for the day helps a lot. :bag:

 
I cancelled before last season.

I'm in my favorite teams local market, so I already had those games. I just used to have it because I loved keeping track of all the games every week.

I was sick of the increasing price and the reduced number of games. If you get a game at 1, a game at 4, then all of the thursday, saturday, sunday, and monday night games, you have 30% of all games. Add to that the couple of weekends every year I can't be home, the early season ones where I was busy, etc - and I was paying for less then half of the games.

I thought I would miss it more then I did, it wasn't too bad. If my favorite team was out of market I could see paying, but it just didn't make sense for me. Plus, like another poster, I switched to cable and got a great deal.

 
zed2283 said:
I don't know about the rest of you guys, but I'm just about fed up with the price of Sunday Ticket. When I started subscribing, I paid $129 for the entire season. Since then, the price has gone up $10 or $20 every year and this year it's going to be $229 (up from the $219 I was fed up with last year)! The price is so high that now they have you paying in FIVE monthly installments instead of four.I love football as much as anyone else. And I LOVE NFL Sunday Ticket. But when is enough enough? Has anyone on here cancelled? I'm pretty sure there are more subscribers every year, even with the increasing price. So all we're doing is telling the NFL that we love and need football so much that they can probably do whatever they want and we'll pay it.As an aside... I just called and crabbed at the DirecTV people about the price and they gave me a $50 credit. So you might want to give that a try. :boxing:
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i have been getting the ST for $199 and free superfan(games in HD) for about 3 or 4 years now. Just call and ask for customer retention and raise hell at them.
 
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mad sweeney said:
Slider said:
The $3 a gallon gas bothers me much more.
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Where is gas that low? It gets below 3.50 and I'm excited!Before Sunday Ticket I spent anywhere from $40-$100 a week at sports bars. They raise it and I still save money watching at home. Plus I get to engage in my less, ahem, legal intoxicants. I'm down from three to two TVs but I still certainly get my money's worth and watch not only every Seahawks game but also any other game I have FF interest in. Like several posters have said, calling in and massaging the operator ususally gets you a discount. I will never cancel and as long as I keep paying my bill on time they take care of me. Bottom line, if you're a big enough fan, the money isn't a big deal.
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$2.85 at a place running a "special" Friday. Place was crazy crowded.I've tried to drop Sunday Ticket 3 years in a row. One year I actually did it, then came crawling back on the morning of the opening game. Right before kickoff. Last year I got the "free" HD Tivo and Superfan and free HD channels for 6 months. But, it's just gotten to be too much. I'm watching less. If there's a particular game I want to see I'm sure I can find it somewhere; internet, friend/relative with the Ticket or bar. This year I'm sticking to my decision. No more Ticket. :bs:
 
Softball 3:16 said:
Ministry of Pain said:
The Sunday Ticket costs less than what it would cost you to go to just 1 football game...and instead you end up getting about 160+ games which works out to about $1.50 per game...not too bad really.
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Dude,Nobody watches 160 games. Do you work for DirectTV or something.I cancelled all together. I can't get CBS in HD in my area, I have to pay the bogus charge per receiver to add TV's, bottom line is I switched to the local cable company and I get phone, long distance, local, high speed interned, cable, DVR (which they gave me) all for 99.00 a month. I'll sell the HD Tivo that I bought for direct TV, the local channel antenna, and the additional basic receivers and have enough to pay my bill for the first three or four months easy.
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I for one watch every single game each week. I have 3 HD Tivo's here and I record every game. I then spend all week watching the games. When I miss a game I watch them on the 20 minute replays. I can't get enough football.
 
jesseasi said:
Softball 3:16 said:
Ministry of Pain said:
The Sunday Ticket costs less than what it would cost you to go to just 1 football game...and instead you end up getting about 160+ games which works out to about $1.50 per game...not too bad really.
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Dude,Nobody watches 160 games. Do you work for DirectTV or something.I cancelled all together. I can't get CBS in HD in my area, I have to pay the bogus charge per receiver to add TV's, bottom line is I switched to the local cable company and I get phone, long distance, local, high speed interned, cable, DVR (which they gave me) all for 99.00 a month. I'll sell the HD Tivo that I bought for direct TV, the local channel antenna, and the additional basic receivers and have enough to pay my bill for the first three or four months easy.
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I for one watch every single game each week. I have 3 HD Tivo's here and I record every game. I then spend all week watching the games. When I miss a game I watch them on the 20 minute replays. I can't get enough football.
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OK, for the crazy Pasquino addicts of the world, who don't want to watch their favorite team fullscreen, then it's value. If DTV could survive on just your money, they'd be fine.They have to devise a product they can sell at a high enough price to enough people to make a profit. Sounds like at $229 for ST, for which most fans are only interested in seeing their team's 16 games a year, is too high.
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OK, that's two.I'm betting the average fan to whom ST is marketed doesn't have 3 HD Tivos. If they could make a profit off the $458 they're getting from you guys, then I'm sure they'll keep charging it. For the average fans, though, they should expect some cancellations.
 
3C said:
mad sweeney said:
Slider said:
The $3 a gallon gas bothers me much more.
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Where is gas that low? It gets below 3.50 and I'm excited!Before Sunday Ticket I spent anywhere from $40-$100 a week at sports bars. They raise it and I still save money watching at home. Plus I get to engage in my less, ahem, legal intoxicants. I'm down from three to two TVs but I still certainly get my money's worth and watch not only every Seahawks game but also any other game I have FF interest in. Like several posters have said, calling in and massaging the operator ususally gets you a discount. I will never cancel and as long as I keep paying my bill on time they take care of me. Bottom line, if you're a big enough fan, the money isn't a big deal.
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$2.85 at a place running a "special" Friday. Place was crazy crowded.I've tried to drop Sunday Ticket 3 years in a row. One year I actually did it, then came crawling back on the morning of the opening game. Right before kickoff. Last year I got the "free" HD Tivo and Superfan and free HD channels for 6 months. But, it's just gotten to be too much. I'm watching less. If there's a particular game I want to see I'm sure I can find it somewhere; internet, friend/relative with the Ticket or bar. This year I'm sticking to my decision. No more Ticket. :confused:
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GOOD LUCK . . .
 
videoguy505 said:
jesseasi said:
Softball 3:16 said:
Ministry of Pain said:
The Sunday Ticket costs less than what it would cost you to go to just 1 football game...and instead you end up getting about 160+ games which works out to about $1.50 per game...not too bad really.
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Dude,Nobody watches 160 games. Do you work for DirectTV or something.I cancelled all together. I can't get CBS in HD in my area, I have to pay the bogus charge per receiver to add TV's, bottom line is I switched to the local cable company and I get phone, long distance, local, high speed interned, cable, DVR (which they gave me) all for 99.00 a month. I'll sell the HD Tivo that I bought for direct TV, the local channel antenna, and the additional basic receivers and have enough to pay my bill for the first three or four months easy.
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I for one watch every single game each week. I have 3 HD Tivo's here and I record every game. I then spend all week watching the games. When I miss a game I watch them on the 20 minute replays. I can't get enough football.
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OK, for the crazy Pasquino addicts of the world, who don't want to watch their favorite team fullscreen, then it's value. If DTV could survive on just your money, they'd be fine.They have to devise a product they can sell at a high enough price to enough people to make a profit. Sounds like at $229 for ST, for which most fans are only interested in seeing their team's 16 games a year, is too high.
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OK, that's two.I'm betting the average fan to whom ST is marketed doesn't have 3 HD Tivos. If they could make a profit off the $458 they're getting from you guys, then I'm sure they'll keep charging it. For the average fans, though, they should expect some cancellations.
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I have 4 Tivos..only 1 HD though. I never bother recording games. If I don't watch it live, I'm not watching it.
 
duaneok66 said:
3C said:
mad sweeney said:
Slider said:
The $3 a gallon gas bothers me much more.
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Where is gas that low? It gets below 3.50 and I'm excited!Before Sunday Ticket I spent anywhere from $40-$100 a week at sports bars. They raise it and I still save money watching at home. Plus I get to engage in my less, ahem, legal intoxicants. I'm down from three to two TVs but I still certainly get my money's worth and watch not only every Seahawks game but also any other game I have FF interest in. Like several posters have said, calling in and massaging the operator ususally gets you a discount. I will never cancel and as long as I keep paying my bill on time they take care of me. Bottom line, if you're a big enough fan, the money isn't a big deal.
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$2.85 at a place running a "special" Friday. Place was crazy crowded.I've tried to drop Sunday Ticket 3 years in a row. One year I actually did it, then came crawling back on the morning of the opening game. Right before kickoff. Last year I got the "free" HD Tivo and Superfan and free HD channels for 6 months. But, it's just gotten to be too much. I'm watching less. If there's a particular game I want to see I'm sure I can find it somewhere; internet, friend/relative with the Ticket or bar. This year I'm sticking to my decision. No more Ticket. :confused:
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GOOD LUCK . . .
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I'm gonna need it. It's easy to say/do now, but tough to stick to it in September.
 
here is what DTV is doing for me this year

ST- $229

superfan- $99

not charge me for the HD channel package for a year- $10 a month, $120 off for year

$20 off my monthly package for 6 month- $120 off

in the long run i will only pay $88 for the ST and superfan this year

 
LTsharks said:
I cancelled before last season. I'm in my favorite teams local market, so I already had those games. I just used to have it because I loved keeping track of all the games every week.I was sick of the increasing price and the reduced number of games. If you get a game at 1, a game at 4, then all of the thursday, saturday, sunday, and monday night games, you have 30% of all games. Add to that the couple of weekends every year I can't be home, the early season ones where I was busy, etc - and I was paying for less then half of the games.I thought I would miss it more then I did, it wasn't too bad. If my favorite team was out of market I could see paying, but it just didn't make sense for me. Plus, like another poster, I switched to cable and got a great deal.
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:banned: I am finally dropping it this year. Too much $$$ for less games each year......
 
videoguy505 said:
jesseasi said:
Softball 3:16 said:
Ministry of Pain said:
The Sunday Ticket costs less than what it would cost you to go to just 1 football game...and instead you end up getting about 160+ games which works out to about $1.50 per game...not too bad really.
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Dude,Nobody watches 160 games. Do you work for DirectTV or something.

I cancelled all together. I can't get CBS in HD in my area, I have to pay the bogus charge per receiver to add TV's, bottom line is I switched to the local cable company and I get phone, long distance, local, high speed interned, cable, DVR (which they gave me) all for 99.00 a month. I'll sell the HD Tivo that I bought for direct TV, the local channel antenna, and the additional basic receivers and have enough to pay my bill for the first three or four months easy.
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I for one watch every single game each week. I have 3 HD Tivo's here and I record every game. I then spend all week watching the games. When I miss a game I watch them on the 20 minute replays. I can't get enough football.
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OK, for the crazy Pasquino addicts of the world, who don't want to watch their favorite team fullscreen, then it's value. If DTV could survive on just your money, they'd be fine.

They have to devise a product they can sell at a high enough price to enough people to make a profit. Sounds like at $229 for ST, for which most fans are only interested in seeing their team's 16 games a year, is too high.
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OK, that's two.I'm betting the average fan to whom ST is marketed doesn't have 3 HD Tivos.

If they could make a profit off the $458 they're getting from you guys, then I'm sure they'll keep charging it. For the average fans, though, they should expect some cancellations.
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Yeah, but the average FBG has at least 3 HD Tivoes with a setup very similar to RAIDERNATION's.
 
I cancelled a couple of years ago.

With my two sons in football and my daughter in cheerleading, coupled with the new Thursday night games, it simply didn't justify the expense for the games I could see.

Another thing that added to my frustration was the fact that there were SOO many early Sunday games and so few Sunday late games.

Plus the Bears were getting better so it didn't make sense to get it to watch 'good NFL football anymore'. :goodposting:

Bears

AFC late game

SNF

MNF

TNF

That's 5 of 16 games a week - good enough for me.

Plus I could just drive down to my local watering hole or a bud's house if I really wanted to take in all the Sunday early games.

 
joffer said:
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I went to the local sports bar about 12 weeks last season, running a tab of $8-20 per trip. At 1PM there are always 8 to 12 games, I think if I was at home with a Sunday Ticket package I'd have trouble watching more than 2-3 games. For me, the crowd at the sports bar, even those 4-5 Vikings fans with their Cris Carter jerseys always moaning, is part of the fun of Sundays.Of course the Sunday & Monday night games can be watched from the comfort of home, and don't require the Sunday Ticket.Just my 2 cents.
 
i've been gone for a couple years from sunday ticket...

let alone the price i hated that there were 9 games in the morning and 3 or 4 in the afternoon...

 
Cerwin said:
videoguy505 said:
jesseasi said:
Softball 3:16 said:
Ministry of Pain said:
The Sunday Ticket costs less than what it would cost you to go to just 1 football game...and instead you end up getting about 160+ games which works out to about $1.50 per game...not too bad really.
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Dude,Nobody watches 160 games. Do you work for DirectTV or something.

I cancelled all together. I can't get CBS in HD in my area, I have to pay the bogus charge per receiver to add TV's, bottom line is I switched to the local cable company and I get phone, long distance, local, high speed interned, cable, DVR (which they gave me) all for 99.00 a month. I'll sell the HD Tivo that I bought for direct TV, the local channel antenna, and the additional basic receivers and have enough to pay my bill for the first three or four months easy.
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I for one watch every single game each week. I have 3 HD Tivo's here and I record every game. I then spend all week watching the games. When I miss a game I watch them on the 20 minute replays. I can't get enough football.
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OK, for the crazy Pasquino addicts of the world, who don't want to watch their favorite team fullscreen, then it's value. If DTV could survive on just your money, they'd be fine.

They have to devise a product they can sell at a high enough price to enough people to make a profit. Sounds like at $229 for ST, for which most fans are only interested in seeing their team's 16 games a year, is too high.
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OK, that's two.I'm betting the average fan to whom ST is marketed doesn't have 3 HD Tivos.

If they could make a profit off the $458 they're getting from you guys, then I'm sure they'll keep charging it. For the average fans, though, they should expect some cancellations.
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Yeah, but the average FBG has at least 3 HD Tivoes with a setup very similar to RAIDERNATION's.
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... that's true, but even all the "average FBG"s won't be buying enough DTV to make them a profit.I, for one, have 1 HD Tivo, 2 SD Tivos, 1 HD TV, 3 SD TVs, 3 DVD players, all in my one bedroom apartment. And I wouldn't pay that much for Sunday Ticket.

Luckily, I live 3000 miles away from my team--I'm in L.A. and I'm a Giants fan. But, between MNF, the Sunday night games, and stuffing the ballot box on my local Fox affiliate's website, I think I got about 8 of the 16 games the Giants played on regular cable. Sports bar or 'other means' for the rest and I was happy.

 
In Canada, we can get Sunday Ticket, plus all the MLB, NBA and NHL games thru the year and it costs 30 bucks per month = a great deal really.

 
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