dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
 ·Comcast
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"Comcast is offering its customers a 16-month discount on a combination digital TV and high-speed Internet package that would cut its usual price of $97 a month to $52."
It's a "Promotion"! After this "Promotion" is over... guess what, the price goes back up! DUH! 
If this muni really wanted to compete, they would offer the same or better "Promotion" to snag customers, no?
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ropeguru
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join:2001-01-25
Bridgeport, WV
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| To me, though, this comes back to anti-trust tactics. The big boys leverage their monopolistic advantage with all the $$$ to undercut everyone else so as only to run them out of business. Then, they raise their prices back up until the next person comes along.
I think it is time for the SEC to jump in again and stop these actions.
As far as the muni trying to match Comcast, their may be no feasible way to do that. I am sure that Comcast has calculated just how much it is costing the muni to run their system. Then Comcast cuts their rates to below what the muni can afford to charge. If the muni then drops their rates to below Comcast, then they lose money and wind up going out of business. Comcast has probably figured out just how long this will take to do and that is why the promotion is 16 months.
Comcast can afford to lose money in this locality because they will funnel money from all their other over priced areas to cover the loss. In the end it is a no win situation for the muni. |
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oliphant
I Have 8 Boobies
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join:2004-11-26
Corona, CA
| reply to dadkins
It's not that the have a promotion, it's who qualifies for the promotion. I'm not familiar with this specific deal but if the promotion is available EVERYWHERE, then I would agree with you. If it's only available in a single franchise then it could be considered predatory pricing and be illegal.
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smallblock
join:2004-01-03
Milford, MA | reply to dadkins
are you for real?? |
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insomniac84
join:2002-01-03
Schererville, IN
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[BQUOTE=dadkinsIt's a "Promotion"! After this "Promotion" is over... guess what, the price goes back up! DUH! [/BQUOTE
WOW, your sarcasm suggests you think your right. The reason they call it a promotion is because they don't want to have to offer it at other places and can end it in 16 months if they killed the competition. If the competition is still around they will of course extend that promotion for as long as they need to. But once competition is gone, rates will go back up to 97. Its anticompetitive behavior. If they want to offer it at 52 a month, they should be forced to make it stay that price for good. |
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djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
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| reply to dadkins
Yes, this is what I detest about Comcast. I have to work to keep my bill low. I used to think it was unethical to threaten to cancel to get them to offer a deal, but when they start offering people 16 months of discounted service, I realize it's me that's getting the shaft if I don't pressure them for a better deal.
I would much prefer a "regular every day low price" than having to negotiate with a CSR every few months.
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