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#1 2010-05-07 17:07:40

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Comcast! >:-(

They cut all of our TV channels just because we stopped using their phone service.

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#2 2010-05-07 17:08:50

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Re: Comcast! >:-(

OMG! That is so mean! You mean like, you switched services for phone, and they took away your channels? That's just mean...

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#3 2010-05-07 17:10:01

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Re: Comcast! >:-(

Tell me about it...

VONAGE RULES! I wish they provided TV...

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#4 2010-05-07 17:12:33

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Re: Comcast! >:-(

Well it IS the worst company in the US
http://consumerist.com/2010/04/congratulations-comcast-youre-the-worst-company-in-america.html

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#5 2010-05-07 17:13:43

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Re: Comcast! >:-(

Good point...

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#6 2010-05-07 17:14:58

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Re: Comcast! >:-(

Lucario621 wrote:

OMG! That is so mean! You mean like, you switched services for phone, and they took away your channels? That's just mean...

That isn't really mean... That is called not reading the fine print...

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#7 2010-05-07 17:15:46

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Re: Comcast! >:-(

Putting the fine print there in the first place is mean.

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#8 2010-05-07 17:16:37

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Re: Comcast! >:-(

waveOSBeta wrote:

Putting the fine print there in the first place is mean.

Yeah.

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#9 2010-05-07 17:19:08

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Re: Comcast! >:-(

This is ludicrous. (No offense, Ludichris1.)

It's like saying this.

FREE PIZZA!

fine print: for 9,000,000 dollars.

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#10 2010-05-07 17:21:25

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Re: Comcast! >:-(

waveOSBeta wrote:

Putting the fine print there in the first place is mean.

Wrong, its because they assume that Americans are stupid so they put the fine print there thinking that stupid Americans wouldn't read it. That is also the reason why they make prices $4.99 or any price with  99 cents at the end.

Also, they aren't trying to be "mean." They are trying to make money.  smile

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#11 2010-05-07 17:22:42

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Re: Comcast! >:-(

waveOSBeta wrote:

This is ludicrous. (No offense, Ludichris1.)

It's like saying this.

FREE PIZZA!

fine print: for 9,000,000 dollars.

Yeah, there was one of those commercials showing something to help you in your daily life to make things simpler or easier or something (I'm not going to say what), and they said "Plus, we'll give you a second one for FREE [quiet-voice]if you pay shipping and handling[/quiet-voice], and on the information screen, the product was $20, yet the shipping and handling was $15! So it's not really 'free'. Pretty mean, if you ask me.

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#12 2010-05-07 17:23:28

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Re: Comcast! >:-(

waveOSBeta wrote:

This is ludicrous. (No offense, Ludichris1.)

It's like saying this.

FREE PIZZA!

fine print: for 9,000,000 dollars.

This is absurdly hilarious?

Also, you can't do that because that would be false advertising.

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#13 2010-05-07 17:24:27

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Re: Comcast! >:-(

@Lucario621: I know, right!

You know what else is mean? The 60SECONDRULE.

@SMG: Same thing. 160 channels! (If you get all 3 services)

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#14 2010-05-07 17:24:57

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Re: Comcast! >:-(

ScratchMusicGroup wrote:

waveOSBeta wrote:

Putting the fine print there in the first place is mean.

Wrong, its because they assume that Americans are stupid so they put the fine print there thinking that stupid Americans wouldn't read it. That is also the reason why they make prices $4.99 or any price with  99 cents at the end.

Also, they aren't trying to be "mean." They are trying to make money.  smile

Although all of that is true, it's still VERY dishonest to do that. They're just taking advantage of people's stupidness. In life, you should make money by working hard, being honest, and putting good effort - not just taking the easy way out.

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#15 2010-05-07 17:28:38

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Re: Comcast! >:-(

If you want to make money, work hard.

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#16 2010-05-07 17:28:56

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Re: Comcast! >:-(

just like insurance companies  yikes
honestly, there was one thing on a tv ad where they were selling a plastic tube, a simple mechanism, and suction cups for $20 + shipping+handling (probably $10)
honestly, how many people would buy this.

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#17 2010-05-07 17:31:05

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Re: Comcast! >:-(

Lucario621 wrote:

ScratchMusicGroup wrote:

waveOSBeta wrote:

Putting the fine print there in the first place is mean.

Wrong, its because they assume that Americans are stupid so they put the fine print there thinking that stupid Americans wouldn't read it. That is also the reason why they make prices $4.99 or any price with  99 cents at the end.

Also, they aren't trying to be "mean." They are trying to make money.  smile

Although all of that is true, it's still VERY dishonest to do that. They're just taking advantage of people's stupidness. In life, you should make money by working hard, being honest, and putting good effort - not just taking the easy way out.

I see why you think that this is "mean."
However, it is not being "dishonest" because they are saying whats is going to happen on the ad isn't it?

I do agree with what you saying about making money in life but you should wait till highschool and learn about all the sneaky and sometimes disgusting ways corporations would do just to make money. You could read about all these "sneaky" method by reading publications by muckrakers.

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#18 2010-05-07 17:36:14

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Re: Comcast! >:-(

@  SMG: (reads my own post)
just like I said. if I remember right there was some insurance agency who dropped coverage for people got sick.

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#19 2010-05-07 17:43:12

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Re: Comcast! >:-(

Insurance Fail!

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#20 2010-05-07 18:04:28

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Re: Comcast! >:-(

16Skittles wrote:

there was some insurance agency who dropped coverage for people got sick.

ROFL.

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#21 2010-05-07 18:15:17

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Re: Comcast! >:-(

big companies are big idiots, the CEO wants money and nothing else out of you

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#22 2010-05-07 18:17:17

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Re: Comcast! >:-(

EXACTLY!

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#23 2010-05-07 18:24:24

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Re: Comcast! >:-(

ScratchMusicGroup wrote:

However, it is not being "dishonest" because they are saying whats is going to happen on the ad isn't it?

Yes, but they are doing it in a tricky way, which isn't stating it obviously to the customer.

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#24 2010-05-07 19:21:56

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Re: Comcast! >:-(

This is why I use Dish Network instead of Comcast.

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#25 2010-05-07 19:22:27

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Lucky.

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