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Re: Jeez quote:
Thanks for completely undercutting your own argument. You flat out admit that this *IS* a rate hike, depending how the consumer is situated. You do not have cableHSI+Satt so the rate hike DOES NOT AFFECT YOU, but that does not mean it is not a hike.
Thanks for taking my words out of context. I said, it is a rate hike to them, but I just don't see it as a hike personally. I never said it was a rate hike in my opinion. In fact, I said "I don't see it as a hike". I never said I use cable TV and not a dish so I don't know where you are getting that information. Sorry, but taking what I say and mixing it around then posting it to try to prove your point upsets me. It would help if you would read my posts.
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And please don't try to compare it to bundled DISCOUNTS like fast food. If McDonalds kept the combo meal prices the same, then raised their $0.99 menu to be a $1.33 menu, that would be a price hike too.
To you who are buying just the Big Mac for $2.00. If they raise the price to $2.50 for just the sandwidch and the price for the value meal has stayed at $3.50. Is that a rate hike? To you maybe. To me, it is buying in the bundle to save money. Even if you consider it a hike to you, McDonalds or Comcast has a right to price their product accordingly. If you don't want to buy the bundle, then spend a little more and get the one service you do want. Simple decision.
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In the end it is very simple: a discount rewards people who buy something, it does not punish people who fail to buy something. There is the carrot and the stick, and you are confusing the two. Comcast employed the stick, not the carrot. The two are not the same.
Uh....
A discount rewards people who buy multiple services or products. You want to call it punishment when someone just wants just a Big Mac but not the meal and gets charged more for it? Hint, this happens everywhere where you purchase bundled services. You have a choice. Either pay for one, or pay a little more and get your package deal.
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