Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in
So just in time for the Sopranos return on Sunday, I had to up the cable bill to near $100 bucks a month. That's just nuts. We cancelled HBO last year since we weren't really watching it that much, and the cable bill was getting ridiculous. Only ended up saving about $14 a month. In the year since, the cable bill has crept back up to almost where it was. Today I call to see how much its going to cost to add it back, and after a 3 month "special offer" it's $26 bucks a month to add HBO. So $14 a month to cancel it. $26 a month to get it back. What's the deal with that!Labels: entertainment, television
posted by Cranky at 10:48 PM
3 Comments:
Someone said a long time ago about Ma Bell, "We don't care, we're the phone company!” Today, that appears to be the cable companies. They know they're essential to the current lifestyles of Americans and as TOT said, there is no deal. As Big Al used to say, "Like it or lump it!" The only time you get a break is when they screw up. My brother-in-law had free cable for 5 years because the previous owners never turned it off! They actually got rid of it altogether because their son was a blank-faced drone in front of it and it caused all sorts of problems! To this day, they don't have anything but an antenna for local channels!
10:03 AM
Wasn't it Mao who said "HBO is the opiate of the masses"? I too lament that I have become a vidiot when there are so many more meaningful projects I could be tinkering with ( meaningful projects? how 'bout just having sex, for god's sake! ) while the cable company stands with their foot on my neck.
Hopefully we'll actually get VoD over a stable high-speed connection for a reasonable price some time soon so we can pay for what we actually want to watch and not for the infomercials and niche-marketed specialty channels ( really, does duct tape deserve its own channel? ) we're currently financing while we sleep.
10:25 AM
P.S. Love the "thumbs down" graphic you've added!
10:27 AM
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