Today I Learned...

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Spuds

You still have to pay for internet though.

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Yea,my internet has always been a separate company. My dish was ATT direct tv, and my internet is Centurylink.

Same here. I use Xfinity for Internet, and the second location is AT&T. The second location was grandfathered in by AT&T to get rid of DSL service, so my mother-in-law has bidirectional 1gig service for $50 per month!

[JD001]

Originally Posted by humfrz

^ ^

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Yes, indeed.. Everyone should experience at least one night in Bangkok playing chess and playing with golf balls..

[JD001]

Originally Posted by gen3v8

Cool for Some

Cool for the common people like you and me!

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Same here. I use Xfinity for Internet, and the second location is AT&T. The second location was grandfathered in by AT&T to get rid of DSL service, so my mother-in-law has bidirectional 1gig service for $50 per month!

Cool. When we moved here, CenturyLink partnered with AT&T to have internet and tv. I got big discounts because of the bundle, but always got 2 separate bills. I don't think CL knows, or cares I canned ATT.

So a couple months ago, I call CL because our internet was really messing up. They said we had too many devices for our plan. I was on the phone for about an hour, transferred 4 times, and ended up with the loyalty department. Seems I have about 3 different discounts. They ended up coming out, guy spent about 2 hours on the pole and on the side of the house, New router, and triple the gigabits or whatever they are, all at no additional per month (around $55), and all the installation free. An hour of frustration paid off that time.

[gen3v8]

Originally Posted by JD001

Cool for the common people like you and me!

Cool for Cats

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by gen3v8

Cool for Cats

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Cutting the cord is awesome. We haven't missed it one bit, and love saving the $110/month. Get ready for "please come back, have we got a deal for you!" letters and calls for the next couple years.

i still get the siriusxm PLEASE COME BACK offers for the brz. which i never activated beyond the trial period...

had to move to get them to stop for me. my parents still get them.

they've spent more on marketing to me than i've ever spent on them. and i had xm for a year, sirius for 3...

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by soundman98

i still get the siriusxm PLEASE COME BACK offers for the brz. which i never activated beyond the trial period...

had to move to get them to stop for me. my parents still get them.

they've spent more on marketing to me than i've ever spent on them. and i had xm for a year, sirius for 3...

My Sirius story. When I got my truck in '05 it came with a free year. When I called to activate, the gal said they had a great deal for me. If I forfeit my free year, they could sell me 2 years for $200. I asked how much a single year costs, she said $100.

Can't make this up.

[Tcoat]

TIL that YouTube comments could be deleted by the YouTuber!

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

TIL that YouTube comments could be deleted by the YouTuber!

What did you say?

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

What did you say?

I said...

TIL that YouTube comments could be deleted by the YouTuber!

[Ultramaroon]

lol

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

My Sirius story. When I got my truck in '05 it came with a free year. When I called to activate, the gal said they had a great deal for me. If I forfeit my free year, they could sell me 2 years for $200. I asked how much a single year costs, she said $100.

Can't make this up.

We used to have it in MomHawk's Mustang. I would call every six months right before it expired, threaten to cancel, then get another 6 months for $5 a month. I did this for 5 years before she switched to Spotify and didn't use it any longer.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

TIL that YouTube comments could be deleted by the YouTuber!

There is a whole discussion on this on a different forum. A salesdude posted a walkaround video of a Cadillac Lyriq that was available because the reservation holder couldn't get financing.

When asked in the comments if it was being sold for MSRP his response was no, it had a $20,000 ADM on it (a 33% increase). Then this was his justification:

92% of the sales happened nationwide last month was charged over manufacturer’s suggested retail price. I know as a consumer it’s pretty annoying however this is the market. People can’t get watches, consoles, graphic cards, etc. Same chip shortage issue all over the world. If you’re in the market for a vehicle and if you have a trade you’d appreciate the value you’d get for your trade. Please do not post unrealistic comments. GM is well aware of what is going on because GM Financial funds most of these deals. Manufacturers Suggested Retail Price was too high and we were giving discounts. Now its too low and we have to add Market Adjustment.
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Original buyer couldn’t get financing. 92% of the sales happened nationwide last month was charged over manufacturer’s suggested retail price. I know as a consumer it’s pretty annoying however this is the market. People can’t get watches, consoles, graphic cards, etc. Same chip shortage issue all over the world. If you’re in the market for a vehicle and if you have a trade you’d appreciate the value you’d get for your trade.

I'm not going to post the video because I don't want to help him get clicks but after two days of being abused for his "reasoning" he deleted his original message and all the comments, probably after his manager told him to clean up his act (it was the salesman's channel and not the dealerships). Unfortunately for him his comment is captured forever on the forum.