Originally Posted by
richardjackson199
Me too.
Before the Duke-UVA football game on ACCN that I had bet a pie on, I called Spectrum to add ACCN. They told me I'd need new cable equipment and that they would increase my monthly cable bill from $225/month to add another $17/month to that to get ACCN. So increase from $225/month to $242/month to add ACCN. So another $204 a year for ACCN.
When I bought my DVR cable package from Time Warner it was $200/month and I was told I'd get all sports channels and price would never increase. Spectrum increased it to $225/month. So hearing it would be another $17/month was final straw.
I told them that instead of adding ACCN, they could just go ahead and cancel all my cable TV and that I would just pay for internet. They said they'd need to transfer me to a different person. I was put on hold for 30 minutes, and when I told the new person nicely that I would like to cancel my cable, my call immediately and coincidentally got disconnected. I called them back and cancelled all cable. This took about another 2 hours of being put on hold and transferred to different people at Spectrum.
But it was a much better use of my time than watching that Duke/UVA football game where I bet a pie on Duke. Rather than paying more for cable that doesn't show me Duke and ACC games, I'm paying much less. And I haven't missed it or regretted it for an instant. I'll probably save more money on pies I won't lose.
I listened to tonight's Duke game on the radio.
I can afford it, but I refuse to be ripped off. I haven't missed cable at all. Lots of other things to do. Just my choice - to each his own. Go Duke!
That's a *lot* of beer $$ you're saving now .
[redacted] them and the horses they rode in on.