[AT] OFF Topic: 4 month Verizon WAR... now DirecTV

Mike meulenms at gmx.com
Tue Sep 1 22:36:58 PDT 2015


Ask yourself how much you're paying per show Dean, and I think the 
obvious answer is you are getting bent over.  She didn't do you a favor, 
she sucked you in for another $1000-$1200  a year "free". Great deal 
though................................ Hope the wife is happy.

On 9/2/2015 12:52 AM, Dean VP wrote:
> A side issue to how this started. We had a pretty violent lighting and wind storm here a couple days
> ago and power was off for almost two days.  Out 5500 Watt Honda generator again paid for itself with
> less than 5 gallons of gas used.  However, we had one electrical failure that caught me a little by
> surprise in as much as it has been installed and used reliably since 2007.  Our HD Direct TV Receiver
> H20-100 went belly up.  That is the first time I've had an electronics failure in a long, long time in
> fact so long I can't remember a previous failure from a power issue. I use surge protectors on all of
> our audio, video and computer gear. But upon further inspection, somehow the DirecTV Receiver was
> plugged directly into a wall outlet not into a surge protector.  After a bit of soul searching I now
> remember running out of sockets on the surge protector that I use for all the audio and TV equipment
> and temporarily plugged the receiver into the wall with full intention of fixing that later. Well....
> I never got a "Round Tuit" or forgot about it or both.  So I guess that little episode might make a
> good case for having surge protectors on ALL electrical equipment.
>
> So reluctantly I started trying to find out what a replacement receiver was going to cost.  I very
> seldom even watch TV but my wife has some favorite shows. So I thought I better get busy before the
> boss gets really unhappy. Checked on eBay, and a few other retailers so I had a feel for what a used
> receiver was going to cost and then got on the chat line with Direct TV.  A NEW replacement receiver
> was going to cost $19.95 shipping and handling.  Which in reality was a much better deal than anything
> I had found used anywhere else but I thought I would push my luck a little. I asked the nice young
> lady how long we had been Direct TV Customers. Took a while but she responded that we had been
> customers since 1999 which was exactly right.  I then just happened to mention that DiSH would be
> happy to have our business and they would install all the equipment free.   She instantly responded
> that since we had been a long time customer that Direct TV would send us the new receiver Free of any
> charge and would arrive in two days Fed Ex. . No other charges or contract changes or anything. It
> didn't take me very long to accept that deal.  Believe it or not it did cross my mind to ask for some
> relief on the monthly charge but I figured I better not push my luck that far at this time.  I'll wait
> for another more appropriate time for that one.  Just mention Dish and the whole conversation changes
> instantly.
>
> Too bad we can't buy tractor replacement parts that way. I think if we were standing at a parts
> counter today at a John Deere dealer and mentioned that we could get a much better deal at the Farmall
> dealer they probably would not even know who that was?  I'm fortunate that we still have one older
> Parts Counter guy to deal with that knows some of the old tractors a bit.  But JD's prices on old
> tractor parts have gone up so much (triple or more) the last few years that I only buy from JD Dealers
> if it is a complete last resort.  JD Corporate would rather not have to deal with the old parts any
> more just like they don't make equipment for the smaller family farms anymore. Even 25 year old Garden
> Tractor equipment is considered obsolete as far as JD dealers are concerned. I suppose if I was at the
> other end there could be a case made for that but they sure get a lot of free advertising from the
> tractor collectors that somehow you would think they would appreciate. But I guess the "bean counters"
> can't see that. Such is life.  It's a throwaway society now unfortunately,
>
> Dean VP
> Snohomish, WA 98290
>
> "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent
> virtue is the equal sharing of misery."  . Sir Winston Churchill
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
> Mike
> Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2015 8:51 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] OFF Topic: 4 month Verizon WAR
>
> As I said before Charlie, I recently cut the cord, and couldn't be
> happier. I have a roof top antennae, ($40) , and I have have Netflix and
> Hulu, each $8.00 per month. We have not run out of stuff to watch, and
> were quite frankly getting sick of the PC crap the networks were
> cramming down our throats. My wife gets up early for work, and by the
> time we get evening chores done, we have about 1 hour for TV. It will be
> years before we run out of content, if ever. It saved me about $1000 per
> year, that's  a nice tractor implement each year. :)
>
> Mike M
>
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