In the good ole days when people used to go to work, they just wanted to sit on the couch and flip channels when they got home.
The cable companies pushed me over the edge just before Corona. Transferred my service when I moved less than a mile down the road and they used the opportunity to jack up my bill by $45/mth for the exact same channels.
Company does have the fastest/best internet service in town (a professional gamer I met told me that, lol) so kept that but bought my own modem.
Actually scratch that, they jacked up the rate something like $80/mth initially. $45/mth increase was their best and final offer.
Nothing in consumer finance pisses me off more than taking it up the tailpipe for being a loyal customer. If youāre the guy who constantly switches or threatens to switch you do great, if you just put it on autopay you get boned. FUUUUUUU
The Americans is incredible. On of my all time favorites. Canāt think of another show that uses music better.
That is one of my biggest pet peeves too. New customers get slathered with promotions while loyal customers get screwed.
It became pretty well known in some places online you could call directv and ask to speak to customer retention. They were designed to try and keep people who canceled and they could grant a lot of extras and discounts.
Eventually though they trimmed back what they could offer and then one day they got rid of retention totally. Was fun while it lasted.
I hear you on this, but I get the same pleasure from mindlessly browsing a streaming catalog. It doesnāt even have to be a good catalog like Netflix. Put me on Tubi and itās like playing slots. Mostly awful, but occasionally something stunning (ly awful)
Yet you never browse to goodfellas?
With the Amex Platinum you can call every year a month before the annual fee hits and get 20-30k points if you threaten to cancel. Every year. If you just pay you get nothing.
Iāve seen Goodfellas multiple times. I own the Bluray. Iāve listened to the commentary. I just donāt like it.
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Switching to YoutubeTv this week (before 5/14 promo ends) just need to get my Internet house in order as I am bundling w/Cox now paying like 220/mth lol
I was floored when I learned the actor who played Phillip is a Brit.
Exactly how I felt when I learned that the guy who played Mr. French in The Departed was a Brit.
I am not falling for your shenanigans.
Phillip and Elizabeth ending up together IRL is pretty great as well.
I still actually have Cox for my internet because the other options here arenāt great. They havenāt fucked with my internet rate for the last 18 months since Iāve canceled, think they put this gif in my customer file
Yeah, since my wife lost her job, Iām highly considering dropping Comcast. Keep internet, ldo, and go with YouTubeTV. Gotta check to see if Iām still on a contract.
Comcastās product is pretty darn good. Customer service/billing is bad.
Tom Wambsgams being British blew my mind.
I had Youtube TV for a while, mainly for sports. I liked it, but ultimately I couldnāt justify the price.
Also Damian Lewis (Axe & Brody) from Billions & Homeland, although his American accent always sounds a little off to me.
And let us not forget Idris Elba of The Wire and The Office fame.
I wonder why they donāt just cast American actors for American roles, instead of having a British actor go through the unnecessary struggle to produce a natural-sounding accent?