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O Really wrote:
Thu Oct 31, 2024 11:56 am
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It's only seven bucks a month, well worth it.
I think it's up to $10 ($9.99)
Probably still worth it, considering, but we'll see how long they go without noticing me. Been a couple of years or so so far.
I just renewed last month, mid tier subscription which usually goes for about 20 bucks. Text in, threatened to cancel and they lowered it to 7 bucks.

Free is better though, how'd you manage that? New subscriber or tied to a cellphone plan?
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Thu Oct 31, 2024 12:36 pm

Free is better though, how'd you manage that? New subscriber or tied to a cellphone plan?
Dunno, really. I thought I'd just slipped through a techno-crack somewhere, but possibly the car's previous owner is still getting billed and hasn't noticed it. Could also have been part of the purchase package, but if so that should have been long expired. Anyway, I had decided that if/when they catch it, I'll threaten cancel for a deal.

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O Really wrote:
Thu Oct 31, 2024 12:51 pm
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Free is better though, how'd you manage that? New subscriber or tied to a cellphone plan?
Dunno, really. I thought I'd just slipped through a techno-crack somewhere, but possibly the car's previous owner is still getting billed and hasn't noticed it. Could also have been part of the purchase package, but if so that should have been long expired. Anyway, I had decided that if/when they catch it, I'll threaten cancel for a deal.
May not do you any good or you may not want to rock the boat, but they've got about double the number of streaming channels as satellite channels. Honestly, it's more than a bit of a saturation.
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O Really wrote:
Thu Oct 31, 2024 12:51 pm
Dunno, really. I thought I'd just slipped through a techno-crack somewhere, but possibly the car's previous owner is still getting billed and hasn't noticed it. Could also have been part of the purchase package, but if so that should have been long expired. Anyway, I had decided that if/when they catch it, I'll threaten cancel for a deal.
For the years that I was sailing I would put the cable on hold for the months I was gone. They did stop billing me, but never flipped the switch on my service. My sublettors or landlord/best friend appreciated it. I also got premium channel free trials that lasted far longer than they should have, but not recently.
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Yeah my folks had a summer house that got free cable for years. They had it turned off and reported when they returned but they never were billed. So they basically had an inactive account but still working.

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Vrede too wrote:
Thu Oct 31, 2024 4:55 pm
O Really wrote:
Thu Oct 31, 2024 12:51 pm
Dunno, really. I thought I'd just slipped through a techno-crack somewhere, but possibly the car's previous owner is still getting billed and hasn't noticed it. Could also have been part of the purchase package, but if so that should have been long expired. Anyway, I had decided that if/when they catch it, I'll threaten cancel for a deal.
For the years that I was sailing I would put the cable on hold for the months I was gone. They did stop billing me, but never flipped the switch on my service. My sublettors or landlord/best friend appreciated it. I also got premium channel free trials that lasted far longer than they should have, but not recently.
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Vrede too wrote:
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GoCubsGo wrote:
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Free Porn!

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Sometimes :twisted: :thumbup: Would you like a videotape?

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GoCubsGo wrote:
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Not a Friend's fan?
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I was. I didn't remember the episode, but I assumed that it involved Free Porn - pre-internet, of course.
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