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Basically nothing? They paid the NFL 4 billion dollars for the rights to Sunday ticket.
I owe you a beer. ThanksI did this last year and I did this again yesterday..it works..First off, you have to understand, there are 2 SUNDAY TICKET packages..the NFL SUNDAY TICKET, and the NFL SUNDAY TICKET MAX. I got the Max last year and again this year for free, heres how I did it.Here are the two plans and what each one entails.NFL Sunday Ticket retails $199.95:1) Every out of market game, every sunday, all in HD2) Up to 8 games at once on the MIX channel3) Player Tracker: Track up to 18 players4) Real-time stats and scoresNFL Sunday Ticket Max retails 299.951) Every out of market game, every sunday, all in HD2) Up to 8 games at once on the MIX channel3) Player Tracker: Track up to 18 players4) Real-time stats and scores5) Every NFL Sunday Ticket game on your computer, tablet, or phone6) Red Zone Channel7) Short Cuts: See whole games in 30 minutesBasically you want the SUNDAY TICKET MAX so that you can enjoy all the games plus the red zone channel. Heres how to get it for free..1) New customers always get Sunday ticket for free, so if your a new customer , your entitled to it..but I believe you have to have a 1 or 2 year deal with directv. I reccommend it over cable anyway.my way of getting it for free was this:2) my method: existing customers: Call directv customer service (1-800-directv), ask to speak DIRECTLY to the cancellation department, the regular customer service agents cannot help you nor do they have the authority to give you sunday ticket for free.. once the cancellation department picks up the phone, here is a transcript of what i saidTV: Hello may I help youME: I'd like to go ahead and cancel my services with direct tvDTV: We are sorry to hear that, let me pull up your account.. Is there a reason why your cancelling?ME: I only have direct tv because of SUNDAY TICKET..and my neighbor just got sunday ticket for FREE, so I can just go to his house and watch the games. I pay alot of money for directtv, I have HD receivers, I have dvr's, and it costs me alot to keep the service, and since I only really want it for sunday ticket, I just assume get rid of it, and I can go to my neighbors and watch the games.DTV: Hold on sir, let me check something. (wait).. sir, we can go ahead and offer you the sunday ticket for 2012 for free this year sir.ME: Well that sounds good, but I really want the Sunday Ticket MaxDTV: Well to add the Max onto it, it would be an extra charge sirME: How much extra
I followed the approach above.
We did an internet bundle through DTV for a while, but I'm pretty sure everything varies by location. They don't actually provide the other services, they just sort of partner up with a local provider and you get a discounted rate for all 3. For example, I think in Cincinnati, they partnered up with Cincinnati Bell to offer a bundle and you could just pay it all in one bill for one price each month.As for the topic of this thread, the key thing is to try not to get locked into a contract. As long as you aren't tied into a contract, then calling and saying "cancel" carries a lot of weight and makes it pretty easy to get some great discounts.
hi grantsa4,had actualy called at&t prior to directv to get my bill down some with them as well, and they threw a pretty good offer on their tv package out to me so i had some info to throw out at directv.stated to directv i loved their service and had no complaints, hated to leave, but needed to save money.
It wasn't.
So now I either call them back and ask for it, even though I've already agreed to their terms, or pay for it. I'm thinking of calling back and saying I was mislead because my reason behind canceling was the RedZone issue from the start.
Thats what i would do. Call them back say that the only reason you agreed was because you wanted the RZ channel. Now you find out that regular ST won't have it. They should comp you it..It wasn't.
Yep, just did that and they upgraded me for free.Thats what i would do. Call them back say that the only reason you agreed was because you wanted the RZ channel. Now you find out that regular ST won't have it. They should comp you it..It wasn't.
I appreciate you mentioning that. I probably wouldnt have noticed until September.
haters gonna hate!
If you really complained about it you probably could have got some more stuff from them. glad you got it worked out though.Yep, just did that and they upgraded me for free.Thats what i would do. Call them back say that the only reason you agreed was because you wanted the RZ channel. Now you find out that regular ST won't have it. They should comp you it..It wasn't.
I'm not hating. It doesn't even affect me because I don't have DirecTV. But it's interesting that there are so many of you that really seem to enjoy the NFL Sunday Ticket (and especially the Red Zone Channel), but you're not willing to pay for it.I blame DirecTV in this, as well. But people calling up each year, working off of a script ... that's just lame.haters gonna hate!
What I would argue with you here though is this:If I pay x for DirecTV...I could go to a competitor that provides a similar service for 75-80% of x. Over the course of a year, this would be a savings of $250-300. As such, I use the fact that I pay more for DirecTV versus their competitor to get a unique service they provide for a lesser charge. This year, I negotiated essentially $170 worth of savings over what I would have paid previously while also getting ST which makes my gross savings $270. Which about makes up the difference.I don't think it's a matter of mooching so much as it is a matter of pricing the marketplace and determining fair value for services provided. DirecTV doesn't want to lose a customer who pays every bill on time so they're willing to negotiate and I don't want to lose access to a unique programming package. It's win-win.I'm not hating. It doesn't even affect me because I don't have DirecTV. But it's interesting that there are so many of you that really seem to enjoy the NFL Sunday Ticket (and especially the Red Zone Channel), but you're not willing to pay for it.I blame DirecTV in this, as well. But people calling up each year, working off of a script ... that's just lame.haters gonna hate!
How am I trolling? The topic is the DirecTV NFL Sunday Ticket. The discussion is about gaming the system to get it for free.Just keep posting your little smiley icons, though. That's good stuff.
Why wouldn't I cancel? And who is arguing about whether someone should or should pay bills on time? Firms like Equifax make billions of dollars because other companies like DirecTV pay for their Credit Services to determine who are good or bad risks to answer that very question.If you want to get all Charles Sykes (google him) on the board...feel free. But this isn't a good example to do it on...what's at work here is free enterprise.
Elasticity. It's a basic economic principle. There's nothing untoward happening here.I'm not hating. It doesn't even affect me because I don't have DirecTV. But it's interesting that there are so many of you that really seem to enjoy the NFL Sunday Ticket (and especially the Red Zone Channel), but you're not willing to pay for it.I blame DirecTV in this, as well. But people calling up each year, working off of a script ... that's just lame.haters gonna hate!
Because you want the Sunday Ticket. That's why. If you didn't, you would actually cancel, because you say that you can save hundreds of dollars by switching to a competitor.
YOU did. Post #378. Last paragraph. You used it as justification for negotiating your deal.
Googled him. Some guy in Wisconsin with a radio show who wrote a book entitled, "A Nation of Moochers" (among others). Sounds like a smart fella. Other people paying for other people's stuff is one reason we're in this financial mess we call America.Just pony up and pay for the things you want. It really is as simple as that. I'm done here.
good get out of here and complain about something else someplace else HATER. Its this simple. The system is bigger than you and you cannot grasp it. So when you see others doing better for themselves you get jealous and try to bring them down by calling them moochers. DirecTV is playing the game as are we. If they wanted they could let us cancel. They dont want that because they are making money regardless. if you dont want to play dont hate the people that do. you dont even have direcTV, real question is why did even post in here?
I'd switch though if ST wasn't given to me. If Dish Network charges $30-40 less for their very similar product to DirecTV...then if I don't get ST for free, what's the incentive for me to stay for the extra $30-40/month? I'm willing to stay with DirecTV because they've shown a willingness to negotiate with me for this unique portion of their service offering. Switching TV service is simple...doesn't really put me out. At 3PM I had DirecTV...at 3:30PM I can have Dish Network so long as I plan/arrange. DirecTV doesn't negotiate on future ST packages. Hence, this exercise is done every year.As for justification for negotiating my deal...that's not what I did. What I did was leverage my good customer standing knowing that businesses want/desire/crave customers like me versus ones that are delinquint. I've provided them 7 years (5 of which I've done sans any signed contract)...that counts for something in business. If my payment history was spotty over a shorter period of time, do I think I get the same offer? No.Fact is, my credit affords me the ability to negotiate lots of things (mortgage rates, auto loan rates, most borrowing terms). The idea that I or anyone similar should just pay whatever because a company charges a price irrespective of market forces is naive.
regarding my situation,i absolutely was prepared to cancel.directv offers sunday ticket free to new subscribers and ask money from their long time customers for the same product the new people don't pay for.that sound cool to you?all i was asking for is that my years of being a customer untitles me to the same as someone who is just coming onboard.it is up to me to try to get the best deal possible for myself and up to directv to decide if it is a sound business move to give it to me.do you pay full price when you buy a car, house, etc, or do you try to negotiate?if you don't try to negotiate, please PM me if you ever want to buy a car or home in NC.
If Directv wasn't making a nice chunk of change off me, they wouldn't hand it out for free. Think about why they want a 12 month commitment for giving the freebies. Because they make way more than 300 bucks a year off me. And yeah I would cancel without ST.
Heard they only had issues for the first 2 weeks and then all was stellar. Looking forward to trying it this year (No DirectTV) but as of now, it is not showing up under the PS3 TV channels (Where NEtflix and Hulu are). Of course, with Cox and RZ for only $40 bucks, I may just stick with that. Who knows/
The first week was a complete debacle. After that it got better but Red Zone channel continued to freeze during the entire season and early games often had hiccups. The visual quality for all of the games was pixelated and spotty the entire season as well. But I wanted it mostly for the Chargers games which usually air in the afternoon so it worked out ok.
I did this last year and I did this again yesterday..it works..First off, you have to understand, there are 2 SUNDAY TICKET packages..the NFL SUNDAY TICKET, and the NFL SUNDAY TICKET MAX. I got the Max last year and again this year for free, heres how I did it.Here are the two plans and what each one entails.NFL Sunday Ticket retails $199.95:1) Every out of market game, every sunday, all in HD2) Up to 8 games at once on the MIX channel3) Player Tracker: Track up to 18 players4) Real-time stats and scoresNFL Sunday Ticket Max retails 299.951) Every out of market game, every sunday, all in HD2) Up to 8 games at once on the MIX channel3) Player Tracker: Track up to 18 players4) Real-time stats and scores5) Every NFL Sunday Ticket game on your computer, tablet, or phone6) Red Zone Channel7) Short Cuts: See whole games in 30 minutesBasically you want the SUNDAY TICKET MAX so that you can enjoy all the games plus the red zone channel. Heres how to get it for free..1) New customers always get Sunday ticket for free, so if your a new customer , your entitled to it..but I believe you have to have a 1 or 2 year deal with directv. I reccommend it over cable anyway.my way of getting it for free was this:2) my method: existing customers: Call directv customer service (1-800-directv), ask to speak DIRECTLY to the cancellation department, the regular customer service agents cannot help you nor do they have the authority to give you sunday ticket for free.. once the cancellation department picks up the phone, here is a transcript of what i said
