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Cut the cord is EXPENSIVE - gadje - 10-05-2023
Your account will auto-charge $94.99 on October 8, 2023
That means it will become $105 in November
It started in 2016 at $35 +$5 for HBO.
7 years later is 3x the cost
We are reaching out to let you know your DIRECTV STREAMSM BASE-GOBIG-201610 price is increasing by $10.00. In addition, if you are subscribed to the following Add-On programming, these prices are increasing as follows: Showtime® by $0.99 and AMC + by $1.00. These changes are effective on your next bill cycle effective on or after November 5, 2023. See all 2023 pricing details here.
Re: Cut the cord is EXPENSIVE - Lux Interior - 10-05-2023
Yeah...just got that email.
DTV Now was $35 a month (lifetime price!) when I signed up and got a free Apple TV.
It's approaching the price of the DTV satellite package I had.
Re: Cut the cord is EXPENSIVE - gadje - 10-05-2023
lifetime price??? I don't recall that, but let me check emails
EDIT: no, they did not promise any lifetime
https://cordcuttersnews.com/did-directv-now-really-promise-35-for-life-we-investigate/
Re: Cut the cord is EXPENSIVE - Robert M - 10-05-2023
gadje,
No surprise. Cutting the cord can save people money but that's only if their cost for access to the Internet doesn't increase as a part of the process _and_ they are careful about number of streaming services they've subscribed to for content and how much they cost. Unfortunately, cutting the cord isn't for everyone and is neither worth it nor appropriate regardless of how much it could save them.
Robert
Re: Cut the cord is EXPENSIVE - stephen - 10-06-2023
Yep, I was one of the original $35 people. Ouch.
Re: Cut the cord is EXPENSIVE - sekker - 10-06-2023
stephen wrote:
Yep, I was one of the original $35 people. Ouch.
Us, too. But we dumped them years ago.
Re: Cut the cord is EXPENSIVE - mattkime - 10-06-2023
Well, you're trying to rebuild what you had before. Unsurprisingly, the services think they deserve to be paid.
Re: Cut the cord is EXPENSIVE - Lux Interior - 10-06-2023
gadje wrote:
lifetime price??? I don't recall that, but let me check emails
EDIT: no, they did not promise any lifetime
https://cordcuttersnews.com/did-directv-now-really-promise-35-for-life-we-investigate/
That article is from 2018. I signed up in 2016, and the offer was that you get to keep the $35 plan as long as you stay with the service.
I'm sure it's much like "unlimited data" that is still capped in reality, and they gave themselves an out. But that's what the offer was.
Re: Cut the cord is EXPENSIVE - gadje - 10-06-2023
Lux Interior wrote:
[quote=gadje]
lifetime price??? I don't recall that, but let me check emails
EDIT: no, they did not promise any lifetime
https://cordcuttersnews.com/did-directv-now-really-promise-35-for-life-we-investigate/
That article is from 2018. I signed up in 2016, and the offer was that you get to keep the $35 plan as long as you stay with the service.
I'm sure it's much like "unlimited data" that is still capped in reality, and they gave themselves an out. But that's what the offer was.
Hmm, I signed up in Dec 2016. I don't recall if they said anything about lifetime... I checked my first few emails from them and I didn't find anything.
I had that promo, 3 months at $35, $105 total for a free Apple TV.
The service was C R A P for the first few months, it would buffer all the time, but they they got their S H I T together and fixed the problems, and now it works really well IMHO.
Re: Cut the cord is EXPENSIVE - stephen - 10-06-2023
I continue to use it because I can use one account in two cities. I don't see a better option on the market at this time, though I will keep eyes open.