moohead
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Wow. As the Indians blaze the trail of soccer scores and mediocrity, another football season is upon us. As I do every year, I will start with my Direc TV NFL Ticket negotiations, which were tougher this year.
I have not paid for the ticket in 2 years. This year was clouded by a move in service (from Vermont to South Carolina) as well as the need to purchase one NFL ticket for South Carolina and one for Florida (we go back to Florida around mid November this year). So what I was asking for was 2 Sunday Ticket Max packages at no charge.
It took 2 hours on the phone with retention department. It seems that the new math at DirecTV is the almighty one time credit, and future credits on your account. Gone are the days of PRESTO...we'll just give it to you. (unless you're a new customer). In order to score 2 Max packages, the rep had to discount various HD/movie channels over the course of the next 4 months. She discounted a monthly protection plan. Eliminated a 4 pack HD package I never ordered that they sneaked onto my new SC service. But mainly, she did the following math:
The full price Ticket Max is 6 payments of $54.99. No one should EVER pay that. She dropped it to 6 payments of $40.99 right off the bat. Then she went hunting for the $240 of credits she could weigh against the remaining cost of the Ticket. She did this for both Florida and South Carolina. It took a long time.
Any movie channels you have, your length of tenure with DTV, available equipment upgrades, all figure into this. By upgrading in SC to a genie system, I eliminated 3 receivers from my old Vermont account, and made them more willing to deal. I went with the genie in April, before the house renovation was completed. They even shipped me 2 additional genie minis for free during this negotiation.
I ended up getting both Tickets at no charge NET. They put a $40 one time credit on the first 3 payments, and then the remaining $120 over a 3 month period. Crazy math, but it worked out. Just remember: Only Retention department can do this. Ask to make sure you are talking to retention NOT a tech or Supervisor.
I will return for year 12 of Browns halftime and Postgame shows at the Moohead Radio site (google it). I am told that my drunken female co-host will join me. She gets loaded on Sundays so it might be weird. She has also guaranteed to do a show topless if JFF throws for more than 400 yards in a game. She HATES Manziell. I'm kinda rooting for him to get the 400 yards...
Hope to see you this season. I'll do a week 3 dress rehearsal show. As for now, it's lay back and watch MNF tonight. Thanks for your patience.
Moo
I have not paid for the ticket in 2 years. This year was clouded by a move in service (from Vermont to South Carolina) as well as the need to purchase one NFL ticket for South Carolina and one for Florida (we go back to Florida around mid November this year). So what I was asking for was 2 Sunday Ticket Max packages at no charge.
It took 2 hours on the phone with retention department. It seems that the new math at DirecTV is the almighty one time credit, and future credits on your account. Gone are the days of PRESTO...we'll just give it to you. (unless you're a new customer). In order to score 2 Max packages, the rep had to discount various HD/movie channels over the course of the next 4 months. She discounted a monthly protection plan. Eliminated a 4 pack HD package I never ordered that they sneaked onto my new SC service. But mainly, she did the following math:
The full price Ticket Max is 6 payments of $54.99. No one should EVER pay that. She dropped it to 6 payments of $40.99 right off the bat. Then she went hunting for the $240 of credits she could weigh against the remaining cost of the Ticket. She did this for both Florida and South Carolina. It took a long time.
Any movie channels you have, your length of tenure with DTV, available equipment upgrades, all figure into this. By upgrading in SC to a genie system, I eliminated 3 receivers from my old Vermont account, and made them more willing to deal. I went with the genie in April, before the house renovation was completed. They even shipped me 2 additional genie minis for free during this negotiation.
I ended up getting both Tickets at no charge NET. They put a $40 one time credit on the first 3 payments, and then the remaining $120 over a 3 month period. Crazy math, but it worked out. Just remember: Only Retention department can do this. Ask to make sure you are talking to retention NOT a tech or Supervisor.
I will return for year 12 of Browns halftime and Postgame shows at the Moohead Radio site (google it). I am told that my drunken female co-host will join me. She gets loaded on Sundays so it might be weird. She has also guaranteed to do a show topless if JFF throws for more than 400 yards in a game. She HATES Manziell. I'm kinda rooting for him to get the 400 yards...
Hope to see you this season. I'll do a week 3 dress rehearsal show. As for now, it's lay back and watch MNF tonight. Thanks for your patience.
Moo