Dish or DirecTV?

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  • aspoonfulweighsaton
    aspoonfulweighsaton Posts: 2,067
    Yeah this isn't really up for debate.

    DirecTV hands down.

    And they will give you free stuff every so often if you ask. Just last week I scored the entire Sunday Ticket package AND Superfan for free.
  • DesignVHL
    DesignVHL Posts: 297
    good lord what did u say to get the sunday ticket for free...new customer?

    We've got two receivers, and have had the service well over a year...we called a few months ago to add a second receiver...and well being that my man knows how to deal w/ them well (he deals w/ em daily pretty much)...he was able to get us a bunch of free stuff too...but not the sunday ticket...we just can't convince em to hand it over to us :P any tips appreciated on that front! I MISS my REDZONE! Redzone channel is the best!
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  • aspoonfulweighsaton
    aspoonfulweighsaton Posts: 2,067
    DesignVHL wrote:
    good lord what did u say to get the sunday ticket for free...new customer?

    We've got two receivers, and have had the service well over a year...we called a few months ago to add a second receiver...and well being that my man knows how to deal w/ them well (he deals w/ em daily pretty much)...he was able to get us a bunch of free stuff too...but not the sunday ticket...we just can't convince em to hand it over to us :P any tips appreciated on that front! I MISS my REDZONE! Redzone channel is the best!

    Well here's the thing... my bill is already around $75/month when I'm not paying for the MLB or NHL package and I've never gotten the NFL package because it's just so damn expensive.

    Anyways, they're running a promo deal for new customers where you pay $74.99/month for 4 months that includes the Sunday Ticket along with their premier package which is usually like $105/month or something like that. All I have to do is call them after the 4 months and switch back to my original package and that's that! I'm getting all the movie channels for 4 months and every NFL game for basically the same rate!

    Rather than sound greedy, I waited a week before asking about SuperFan and when I played dumb about figuring I should be getting them in HD anyway since I have the HD equipment, I didn't even have to ask before the lady told me that I had been with them a long time and was a great customer so she would add it to my account at no extra charge!

    It's worth a shot and you have nothing to lose!

    EDIT: Let me clarify by stating that I have been with them for almost 8 years and had to ask to get the promo being offered to new customers because I didn't feel that was right. I did have to speak with their retention department and they have to speak to their supervisor to get it approved.

    And here is a thread dedicated to tips on getting it: http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=161443&t=887297&highlight=directv
  • DesignVHL
    DesignVHL Posts: 297
    gotcha...well we are paying around $150 right now for every channel and 2 receivers....we've gotten the 4 month deal...they said they've given us everything free they could...and that they can't budge on the Sunday Ticket..so we just didn't push it..IT IS damn expensive tho! And so NOT worth picking up in the middle of the season for their minimal mid season discount. MEH so it goes.....i'll live..>i got stat tracker on my fantasy football league so I'll just have to deal w/ that!
    | valerie |

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  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    Stone Is God wrote:
    The internet rocks the house.

    My vote is for Direct TV. NFL Sunday Ticket. No other reason needed.
    Can't beat a Sunday with the NFL Sunday Ticket....DirecTV all the way.
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  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    chromiam wrote:
    No complaints here...

    My only complaint is the price.

    To watch my only team, the Trailblazers on TV you have to have cable. Paul Allen started up a new Sports channel on Comcast and the games are on that channel so everyone could watch them. But now Comcast and DirectTV/Dish are working on a deal so everyone will get the games.

    I've thought about switching over, but won't until the games are available.
    NERDS!

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