Wow, this grew fast. I know I made the initial post about Comcast in this thread, so maybe I should clarify a couple things with my intentions. MY view of Commiecast is real, but my question to Sly was in jest. I never actually thought anyone would take it serious. You simply don't go discussing things like that during the first or second date. Its like talking about exes. Seriously . These tv contracts are multi-million dollar deals. No offense to Sly, but I highly doubt hes meeting with anyone who has anything to do with anyone who has anything to do with the contract. This contract I doubt even Olshey has anything to do with. This would be PA, his lawyers and maybe one or two of his right hand men. My point about my post was that I believe they do read these boards and I would think this thread would be one of interest. A perfect time to get our view of Commiecast out there for them to know, without having to bring it up during said meeting. Though, Ive never met Sly in person, its obvious he is very even keeled and a perfect ambassador for this forum.
J Fiddle, your a bit delusional. Sorry man, but your not getting it Check this link out and then continue to defend Comcast. http://www.theverge.com/2014/12/30/7468101/twc-comcast-rank-lowest-on-acsi-satisfaction-index Here they are ranked terrible... http://www.customerservicescoreboard.com/Comcast Here are some of thier employee confessions... http://comcastmustdie.blogspot.com/2008/01/employee-confessions.html Want some more?.... http://www.boycottowl.com/Time Warner Cable/181 http://www.topix.com/forum/city/stockton-ca/TRKL8AHE6C38PH17G Want some insight on how the 1-800-COMCAST call center and support service is run? Read this... https://www.reddit.com/r/Comcast/comments/392xfx/an_open_letter_to_comcast_from_a_former/ This only three months old... http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/06/comcast-customer-satisfaction-rating-plummets-again/ Sorry JFiddle, but I don't think your support of Comcast will get any praise from those that really know about Comcast. I have actually been witness to conversations from regional management during negotiations with subcontractors as small talk, right after the Warner Merger and then looking into purchasing Charter. There were several employees talking about how Comcast is going to lead the new world order and when the right time came, they would be the facilitator of the propaganda. Obviously probably wishful thinking my extremists, but Comcast Is putting themselves into a position to have that type of capability. In a world where news is so untrustworthy, why in the hell would anyone want to support a company that is continually limiting your ability to have a choice?
I don't care what the masses think. Comcast has always bent over backwards for me ans treated me extremely well. I'm just tired of hearing people bitch and complain, that have the opportunity to actually get Comcast, and choose not to. Bitch about not getting to see the blazer games. I'm not delusional, my interactions with them have been real. I know how to talk to them to get what I want. It's amazing what you can get out of life with the power of persuasion
I think the consensus to that is that it shouldn't have to take that in order for a company to "be kind to you and get what you want". That's where I think it rubs people the wrong way. Then, there's a pure fact of people being educated and also realizing that cable is not really a necessity anymore... so why pay for it?
Then don't pay for it. That's the person's choice. Lots of people in this country want everything handed to them. It doesn't hurt to have to work for it. Frontier fucked me over big time, so I called Comcast and got everything I wanted at a much lower price than frontier was willing to Give. It's all about gaming the system to win
I mean for fucks sake, most other countries in the world have negotiations when you buy anything. But Comcast and first world problems
I was going to compose something for this thread, and I yawned many times to get into the mood, but I just couldn't get boring enough.
1) What format falls under the "other" category? I'm stumped. 2) Gotta give my 2 cents on the comcast issue. I moved to the east coast from Tacoma, WA (grew up in Pierce county) earlier this year so it no longer applies to me, but I completely understand the bitterness. I lived in Salem for a couple years (07-09). When I was there, I had the standard comcast cable service with 60 channels or whatever, including CSNNW with most of the games. Then I moved back to the Tacoma area. There (and anywhere due north), you can still get CSNNW to watch the games but you have to subscribe to a higher cable tier to do so. To me, that's fucked. Comcast considers that location to be in the blazers market, but charges you more than if you're in the Portland metro area or SW Washington...WTF? I couldn't afford the required tier (it was like $40/month more than the comparable tier in the Portland area), so I had to ask my parents (they had the required tier) to record the games on their DVR and drive 7 miles to their house to watch the games when I found the time. I understand that business is business and all, but I considered that to be a low blow by comcast. Why in the hell would they want to make it harder for blazers fans farther away to watch games?
1) telekinesis Or how sly watches espn games, while butt sliding accross the carpet with a huge grin on his face leaving a brown streak
