Wow...rack Comcast!

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 1:06 am

This might be the first ever RACK COMCAST in the history of cable television. I had a pretty high cable bill this month from cable and internet and the internet was the highest speed available. I saw they were also running a promo of $20/month for broadband. On Demand has also not been working here for the last month, and while I don't make extensive use of On Demand, I do enjoy watching Aqua Teen. So being the scrupulous capitalist I am, I called tonight and told the guy because I wasn't getting the full value of my cable package, I was thinking of canceling my cable but might keep it if they cut me a break. In all my prior experiences with Comcast, they never cut me any breaks.

But the dude puts me on the cable tier with more channels, but costs $20/less per month. I also asked to be moved down to the $20/month internet tier. Dude had absolutely no problems making shit happen.

So now I'm on the initial promo rate for cable/internet that they "only" give new connecting customers and I cut my $150 cable/internet bill in half to $75.

Rack me, rack capitalism and OMG rack Comcast! Rack Jefferson Starship, too.

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Thu Sep 09, 2010 1:14 am

Many cable/phone/ISP's have retention policies like the one you got.

If you push hard enough, they'll bend. But be prepared to have your service terminated if you bluff them by saying you want to cancel because of terrible service. Sometimes they'll call the odd customer on it.

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Thu Sep 09, 2010 1:18 am

P.S.

You are a cheap cunt, Screwey.
I'm glad we don't work together, seeing as how, if you drew my name during the office's Secret Santa Christmas gift exchange, I'd probably get a half-eaten Snickers bar or rainbow shoe laces.

Fuck you.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 1:20 am

Fuck Comcast.

RACK you.

A few years back, a buddy of mine used to play Comcast against the satellite proveders against each other (I should have done the same). Every time a newest, greatest newdeal came, he'd call his current provider and tell them he was fropping them in favor of the Latest Greatest Deal, and he'd always get the cut-rate.

jiminphilly · Post by **jiminphilly** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 1:37 am

Verizon FIOS kicks the shit out of Comcast any day of the week-

For $79/month I get:

Expanded Digital Tier including NFL, MLB Network, BBC, STARZ, Showtime movie package
HD DVR
25up/down Internet service
Home phone (which I don't use)

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 3:30 am

jiminphilly wrote:Verizon FIOS kicks the shit out of Comcast any day of the week-

For $79/month I get:

Expanded Digital Tier including NFL, MLB Network, BBC, STARZ, Showtime movie package
HD DVR
25up/down Internet service
Home phone (which I don't use)

Is that a promo rate or the regular rate? Sounds like a good deal, but we don't have FIOS in SW DC, yet. With RCN also a predominant provider here in DC, we have Comcast, RCN and Verizon covering much of the area, so much of DC has two providers to choose from. But unfortunately here in SW, we only have Comcast for cable service as of now.

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 3:31 am

Yes, FIOS is The One.

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 3:32 am

Dinsdale wrote:fropping

Excellent.

Typos be damned, I like it.

Dins has coined new jargon in the T1B lexicon.

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 3:32 am

Martyred wrote:You are a cheap cunt, Screwey.

Why? Because I don't like wasting money?

jiminphilly · Post by **jiminphilly** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 3:41 am

Screw_Michigan wrote:
jiminphilly wrote:Verizon FIOS kicks the shit out of Comcast any day of the week-

For $79/month I get:

Expanded Digital Tier including NFL, MLB Network, BBC, STARZ, Showtime movie package
HD DVR
25up/down Internet service
Home phone (which I don't use)
Is that a promo rate or the regular rate? Sounds like a good deal, but we don't have FIOS in SW DC, yet. With RCN also a predominant provider here in DC, we have Comcast, RCN and Verizon covering much of the area, so much of DC has two providers to choose from. But unfortunately here in SW, we only have Comcast for cable service as of now.

Promo rate for a year without a contract. Not sure if this is true but I was told that when you are a current customer and attempt to get your cable company to match the price or promo that is being offered by a competitor to new customers, your company is prohibited from offering the same promo to you and can only offer you an alternate promo (free HBO for a month etc..)

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 3:47 am

Screw_Michigan wrote:
Martyred wrote:You are a cheap cunt, Screwey.
Why? Because I don't like ~~wasting~~ fropping money?

Fixed.

But leave it to you to post a faggot Starship tune. Bitch.

H4ever · Post by **H4ever** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 6:22 am

I have qwest (switched from Charter after they jacked up their rates) and I must say, for 39.95 a month, I'm happy. But, then again, I pay $53.00 bucks in addition for Dishnetwork.

jiminphilly · Post by **jiminphilly** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 1:45 pm

Papa Willie wrote:
Any idea what it goes up to after the first year? I'm paying about $150 per month for the same thing, sans any movie stuff or HD DVR...

If I keep the movie package? Probably $120 maybe a bit more? I really don't need a movie package since it's far cheaper to stream Net Flix so after 12 months I'll drop the crap I don't need.

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 2:23 pm

War Wagon wrote: But leave it to you to post a faggot Starship tune. Bitch.

I know you're really this stupid in real life, but try not to reconfirm it weekly.

Derron · Post by **Derron** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 3:36 pm

Screw_Michigan wrote: Rack me, rack capitalism and OMG rack Comcast! Rack Jefferson Starship, too.

OMG..OMG...OMG rack me...rack me...rack me..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwO08g4vebg

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 3:41 pm

Derron wrote:
Screw_Michigan wrote: Rack me, rack capitalism and OMG rack Comcast! Rack Jefferson Starship, too.

OMG..OMG...OMG rack me...rack me...rack me..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwO08g4vebg

Stick to manning glory holes in Oregon interstate rest stops, you fucking tard.

Derron · Post by **Derron** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 4:13 pm

Screw_Michigan wrote:
Derron wrote:
Screw_Michigan wrote: Rack me, rack capitalism and OMG rack Comcast! Rack Jefferson Starship, too.

OMG..OMG...OMG rack me...rack me...rack me..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwO08g4vebg
Stick to manning glory holes in Oregon interstate rest stops, you fucking tard.

OMG..you little bitch.....OMG...I got over on Comcast...rack me...glory hole smack..OMG rack me..glory hole smack..rack me OMG...Grown intelligent men do NOT put OMG in their posts, speech or anything..but then again you are not a grown intelligent man, but rather a dick sucking tard

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 5:42 pm

We have Insight, similar to comcast. 3 HD/DVR, no extra movie channels, HD Channel Pack, and high speed internet. $155/month. I figure it is a total ripoff, but with as many TVs we have in the house, it would not be worth getting satellite due to the number of receivers we'd need. At least with cable, I have the 3 main TVs (bedroom, family room, basement) with the HD-DVR and the rest of the cable outlets in the house get standard cable. 11 standard cable and 3 HD-DVR. 14 receivers for satellite would be the suck.

ucantdoitdoggieSTyle2 · Thu Sep 09, 2010 5:50 pm

Do you own 14 TVs... or just have 14 cable outlets? Is seems like there's one in every room. Do you watch TV in the shitter?

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 5:59 pm

ucantdoitdoggieSTyle2 wrote:Do you own 14 TVs... or just have 14 cable outlets? Is seems like there's one in every room. Do you watch TV in the shitter?

Couldn't stand to miss even a minute of his 90210 re-runs.

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 6:10 pm

No, I have 14 tvs. Kitchen, Family Room, Bedroom, Master Bath, Basement Bedroom, Basement Laundry Room, Basement Main Room, Basement Bar, Upstairs Loft, Son's Room, Daughter's Room, Kids Playroom, 2 in my Garage. Baby #3 on the way and that room will eventually get one. We're going to put one out by the pool too so that would eventually be 16 so yeah, that many receivers would be the suck.

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 6:12 pm

Mikey wrote:
ucantdoitdoggieSTyle2 wrote:Do you own 14 TVs... or just have 14 cable outlets? Is seems like there's one in every room. Do you watch TV in the shitter?
Couldn't stand to miss even a minute of Boy Meets Grill with Bobby Flay.

ftfy.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 6:32 pm

Papa Willie wrote:
jiminphilly wrote:
Papa Willie wrote:
Any idea what it goes up to after the first year? I'm paying about $150 per month for the same thing, sans any movie stuff or HD DVR...
If I keep the movie package? Probably $120 maybe a bit more? I really don't need a movie package since it's far cheaper to stream Net Flix so after 12 months I'll drop the crap I don't need.
That still beats the shit out of what I get. I do have unlimited long distance (US), but still - that includes no movie channels and/or no HD DVR.

It would only figure that Cox is sucking me off.

Sounds more like you’re sucking Cox.

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 6:34 pm

More like bending over for Cox.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 6:50 pm

Either way, he's probably got all the Cox he could ever want.

ucantdoitdoggieSTyle2 · Thu Sep 09, 2010 6:52 pm

IndyFrisco wrote:No, I have 14 tvs.

Hmmm... I was just kidding.

The laundry room? Garage? Children's bedrooms? Seriously?

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 6:54 pm

He's got 2 in the garage.

ucantdoitdoggieSTyle2 · Thu Sep 09, 2010 6:57 pm

Goober McTuber wrote:He's got 2 in the garage.

Why do you feel as though you needed to restate this?

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 7:02 pm

ucantdoitdoggieSTyle2 wrote:
IndyFrisco wrote:No, I have 14 tvs.
Hmmm... I was just kidding.

The laundry room? Garage? Children's bedrooms? Seriously?

The laundry room in the basement is actually a storage/laundry room. I used to have the treadmill in there too. The main laundry room on the main floor has no tv. We originally put the tv in the basement laundry room so we could watch tv while on the treadmill. As for the kids rooms, did you not have a tv in your room growing up? Hell, I love on weekends popping a DVD in their TVs and being able to get a couple hours of chores done around the house without the constant bugging of one of them. As for the garage, it's my mancave, and you can't have that without a TV. Of course, the basement is now where I spend most of my evenings because it is summer. Come winter time, I go back out to the garage. Though, now that I have high def in the basement, I may not spend as much time in the garage. It is nice though in the garage when I watch a movie because I have my old surround sound equipment down there and I can listen as loud as I want without having the wife tell me to turn it down. The basement system moves the plates in the cabinets when I turn it up.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 7:06 pm

ucantdoitdoggieSTyle2 wrote:
Goober McTuber wrote:He's got 2 in the garage.
Why do you feel as though you needed to restate this?

I wasn't sure that you were smart enough to pick up on it.

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 7:13 pm

IndyFrisco wrote:did you not have a tv in your room growing up?

Of course not. Sounds like you got your kids developing attention spans that will lead them to jizz-mopping.

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 7:15 pm

Jizzmopper without tv in room says kids with tvs in room lead to jizzmopping.

I (don't) see the logic there...

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 7:19 pm

Screw_Michigan wrote:
IndyFrisco wrote:did you not have a tv in your room growing up?
Of course not. Sounds like you got your kids developing attention spans that will lead them to jizz-mopping.

Exactly. Never had a TV in my room. Neither did my siblings or any of my kids.

Thanks so much for your contribution to our nation's future population, characterized by incipient useless dumbfuckery.

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 7:22 pm

Mikey,

I'm pretty sure my kids will grow up to be very successful contributors to society. And by that, I mean both in the work they provide and the high level of taxes they'll have to hand over to these useless wastes of dumbfuckery you speak of.

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 8:32 pm

Cox has hidden toilet cam channel?

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Fri Sep 10, 2010 4:26 am

IndyFrisco wrote:As for the kids rooms, did you not have a tv in your room growing up? Hell, I love on weekends popping a DVD in their TVs and being able to get a couple hours of chores done around the house without the constant bugging of one of them.

Nope, never had a TV. Never even considered asking for one or even buying one with my own money since I knew what the answer would be. Besides, the kids should be doing the chores.

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Fri Sep 10, 2010 4:52 am

IF would rather have the kids disappear than actually have to "parent" them.

No doubt they'll grow up to be self-absorbed silver spoon-fed trust fund whores.

Not that there's anything wrong with that...

Dr_Phibes · Post by **Dr_Phibes** » Fri Sep 10, 2010 5:30 am

IndyFrisco wrote: - I love on weekends popping a DVD in their TVs and being able to get a couple hours of chores done around the house without the constant bugging of one of them.

- Of course, the basement is now where I spend most of my evenings because it is summer.

- Come winter time, I go back out to the garage. Though, now that I have high def in the basement, I may not spend as much time in the garage.

- It is nice though in the garage when I watch a movie because I have my old surround sound equipment down there and I can listen as loud as I want without having the wife tell me to turn it down. .

Sounds lovely.

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Fri Sep 10, 2010 3:47 pm

BSmack wrote:Nope, never had a TV. Never even considered asking for one or even buying one with my own money since I knew what the answer would be. Besides, the kids should be doing the chores.

What chores would you have a 2 and 4 year old do? Only thing I make them do is pick up their mess at the end of the day, brush their teeth and on homemade pizza night, they make their own pizza. Both are potty trained and sleep through the night in their own bed.

Some of us have the burden of working 50+ hours a week and weekends are the only time I can mow the lawn, clean the pool, pull the weeds, fix the "wahtever the fuck is broken", clean the house, do the laundry, etc. Having the kids to watch a movie or play in their play room while I get shit done for a couple hours is an act of not parenting? Please....

Guess I could hire a maid and a gardener so I can be a better parent.

When the kids are old enough, they will do their fair share just as I did. Pretty sure your boy isn't out push-mowing your lawn these days.

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Fri Sep 10, 2010 4:08 pm

IndyFrisco wrote: Some of us have the burden of working 50+ hours a week and weekends are the only time I can mow the lawn, clean the pool, pull the weeds, fix the "wahtever the fuck is broken", clean the house, do the laundry, etc.

I didn't realize you were a single parent.

RACK you for shouldering that burden.