 RickPremium,MVM
join:2001-02-06
Waterbury, CT | reply to JPL
Re: Sorry Karl but... AMEN.
You know..what the REAL problem is is that some people spend SO much time trying to save a buck..that they miss out on the real savings.
They think nothing of everyday of their lives blowing money on things that they find to be a value and a good deal and worth spending their hard earned money on..but then view what Comcast or Verizon or whomever provider charges for all their services in a bundle to be "expensive"...and that mean old cable company who does nothing but raise prices on them.
I just came back from getting chinese food at this little place down the road. I got their lunch special. Rice..an egg roll..and boneless ribs. It was their LUNCH special. It cost me 5.88 cents. And...to me..Mr Consumer..that was a good deal.
I enjoyed it very much. It was very tasty. I'll buy it again I'm sure someday soon. Their DINNER menu..for the same thing..
would have probably been closer to 9.00. I'll stick with the lunch special thank you very much. This meal fed one person.
Me.
Do people here realize..that that LUNCH special at THAT price..
INSTEAD...would have bought..the TOP TIER PACKAGE ...everything included..at their cable or telco provider?
Your or my family could sit down..dad watches the TV for 12 hours..Mom is in the kitchen talking to relatives across the country non stop for 10 hours on the phone..the kids are in their bedrooms surfing away...the brother in law you're trying to get rid of is on his computer doing god knows what...and an entire family....all day and night..has access to virtually every bit of programming..internet and communications possible..
for the price I just paid for that LUNCH special that I will have gone within 10 mins. And probably still be hungry after that.
Folks..Comcast is NOT expensive. Time Warner..is NOT expensive. Verizon fios' package..is NOT expensive.
It is pure value for the consumer. And what I would argue to be..the best value out there.
This is NOT..price increases. It is a whole lot more..for the same amount of money that was charged years ago..separately for these services.
It is much better quality. Much FASTER speeds. And so much choice we barely know what to do with it.
5.88 cents a day for all that..is well worth it. These providers need to put an immense amount of hard work and money into making this all work. Drive down the street and simply look up at all the wires and equipment and telephone polls strung all over these United States. 5.88 cents a day is NOT a lot of money to bring all this to the home. And I am talking about the TOP tier services. Not the 79.99 economy bundles which might be more in line with someones budget.
I understand tough times...and people losing their jobs and tightening ones wallets. But to me..tightening ones wallets means looking for the better VALUE..and being thrifty translates into how and where we choose to spend our money.
I could have eaten at home for probably a dollar for that lunch..instead of spending that money down the road.
I didn't..because I didn't feel like cooking. And I like the way they prepare it. And it tastes good. But if I was looking to save money..I wouldn't expect to save it off the back of companies who are already giving so much..for so little. I would expect to save it by economizing in ways like that. And at the very least..I would recognize that while perhaps someone can't afford the price of a top tier bundle..that does not make it expensive nor not a great value. It makes that person unable to afford it themselves.
And, something lower priced would make sense for them as an individual.
I don't think that internet video...ever..is really going to make all that much difference. Because the way that these providers are now packaging their services is so much more convenient.
I go to xfinity TV and click a couple links and now I'm watching my HBO programming. And there's just a vast amount of other content that is part of my package that is now available as well.
And best of all..it's all legal as well. I'm not cheating anyone.
The quality..is superb. The speeds..awesome. I don't need to be a pirate surfing the open web trying to find what I want.
It's all really right there. Nice and convenient.
And, to anyone who tells me that it's all just too expensive..I'll just say back to them. Quite smoking that pack of cigarettes a day and you'll have the money. Give up that coffee and a donut in the morning at starbucks in favor of something you make at home..and you'll have the money.
That is really what it costs.
~Rick |
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| said by Rick:AMEN. You know..what the REAL problem is is that some people spend SO much time trying to save a buck..that they miss out on the real savings. Spend more to save more? You must be a DEMOCRAT!!! |
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