http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20859887 en Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:47:47 EDT Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:47:47 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20860842 ninjatutle : This reminds me of those Free PC offers back in the 90's. You got a free pc system if you agreed to subscribe to some dial up company for 2-4 years. Total rip off and they probably did hook a bunch of uneducated poor people. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20860842 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:48:26 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20860575 Corydon : I'm trying to figure out what exactly is wrong here. When I've signed up for cable in the past, they almost never offered promotional rates for as long as a year. IIRC, the promo on my HSI that Cox gave me in Phoenix ran out after a mere 3 months.

Comcast has been offering 12 month promotional rates on their triple play for some time now. So unless you're one of those people who thinks they deserve to have an eternal promotional rate, I'm having a hard time seeing the problem.

I suppose you could object to the two year contract. That is something that's new to cable. But no-one's forcing your hand there either. At least here in Denver (which according to Karl is one of the places offering the Wii—I haven't seen or heard any ads yet), Comcast is still pushing the same old 12 month triple play promo with no contract whatsoever.
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"Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too."]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20860575 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:55:26 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20860319 gaforces : What a ripoff. Just like all their promotions.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20860319 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:04:11 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20859971 Jonbo298 : Good way to screw someone after 12 months. Take the Wii now, then later when the 13th month bill arrives, you are ticked at how much it went up, except you're stuck for another year.

Suckers!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20859971 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:50:57 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20859887 anon : I live in the Chicago suburbs and heard the radio ad for the free Wii this morning. The disclaimer at the end of the ad stated for new residential customers who sign a 24 month contract. Promotional rate ends after 12 months and normal service fees apply after. So it sounds to me like you are going to pay a hell of a lot more over the months 13-24 than the Wii is worth. There was no mention of credit checks from what I heard. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20859887 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:25:33 EDT