DirectTV NFL Package

[packinpatland]

I just got my 'renewal' letter/bill. 6 payments of $41.50. "That's over $50 off the retail price, a special discount for our most loyal customers, you will see your first charge on your July bill"

Seems expensive.......what is everyone else paying?

[MadtownPacker]

I got the same thing. I could swear that shit use to be 4 payments of $50.

[GoPackGo]

4 payments of $50 plus $100 for HD

[packinpatland]

Guess that's (obviosly) the price we pay for not living closer to 'mecca'.
Damn it. :evil:

[Zool]

Well I was considering getting DTV for this season, but damn, 3bills? I might have to pimp Mad out again to pay for it.

[GoPackGo]

Guess that's (obviosly) the price we pay for not living closer to 'mecca'.
Damn it. :evil:

If you would normally go out to a bar to watch the Packer game, it pays for itself halfway through the season.

[Tyrone Bigguns]

I remember gettng the package years ago for about 160 plus a couple of months of all the premium channels. those were the days.

I agree with Go..pays for itself, plus you can actually do some stuff around the house (laundry, etc.).

Those 10 am games are killer on sunday mornings.

[Gunakor]

I got the same thing. I could swear that shit use to be 4 payments of $50.


Something tells me the outrageous rookie contracts given out lately and the increasing salary cap have something to do with this.

[Scott Campbell]

I'd guess it's market based pricing based on price elasticity. In other words, they'll charge as much as they can reasonably expect people to pay.

[GoPackGo]

I got the same thing. I could swear that shit use to be 4 payments of $50.


Something tells me the outrageous rookie contracts given out lately and the increasing salary cap have something to do with this.


no. The price hasn't changed. HD became available and they charge you $100 extra for it. You can still get low definition for the same price.

[MJZiggy]

I can't. I don't have that option in my ad. They just figure that since analog tv is going away, they can just charge you for the HD whether you have it or not.

[GoPackGo]

I stand corrected:
5 payments of $53.80 for Sunday ticket
4 payments of $24.75 for Superfan(you have to buy this for HD)
5 x $53.80 = $269
4 x $24.75 = $99
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= $368

aye carumba

[twoseven]

Last season it cost me:

Base 5 payments of $53.80 = $269
HD 3 payments of $33.00 = $99
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Total $368

They increased my MLB package on both counts this season over last season. But, 06' there were two HD channels that rotated various games evbery night. This season basically every game is in HD every night, most times you can choose home or away anouncers for the same game as both teams broadcast the game.

With all of the increases Xcel Energy and my local phone line sneak in on me every stinking month due to some bullshit reason, the increases DTV has tossed my way are hardly worth complaining about seeing as how they actually have delivered more service(s) to me in that time. I'd spend the entire seasons fee for that NFL pak if I went to one game. And 130+ Mets games in HD for about 75 cents a game is a steal for me.

[Scott Campbell]

Is it ok to shoot somebody if they steal cable tv?

[MadtownPacker]

Is it ok to shoot somebody if they steal cable tv?It's 2008. It is OK to shoot anyone for anything.

[twoseven]

Is it ok to shoot somebody if they steal cable tv?It's 2008. It is OK to shoot anyone for anything.Hell ya, GTA 4, shoot those hookers to get my money back.

Just make sure you hide your caramel colored ass behind that door of your pickup, right El Chorizo?

[GoPackGo]

Ironically I got a letter from Directv about the Sunday Ticket in my mailbox today.

Renewel prices
6 payments of $41.50 for Sunday Ticket
6 payments of $16.50 for Superfan(you have to buy this for HD)

6 x $41.50 = $249
6 x $16.50 = $99
-----------------------
= $348

its $20 cheaper if you renew

Packers have 3 monday night games on ESPN this year.
That leaves 13 games you may or may not get on your local FOX or CBS station.

13/$348 = $26.77 per Packer game in HD

[GBRulz]

Not to rub salt, GPG, but actually they have 4. Three ESPN's and an NBC. So, it would be 12/$348 = $29 a game.

That's highway robbery. I obviously don't have that, but I am paying .5 sales tax to pay for Lambeau if that makes u feel better! 8-)

[packinpatland]

Not to rub salt, GPG, but actually they have 4. Three ESPN's and an NBC. So, it would be 12/$348 = $29 a game.

That's highway robbery. I obviously don't have that, but I am paying .5 sales tax to pay for Lambeau if that makes u feel better! 8-)

No......it doesn't.......we can't smell the brats from the tailgaters like you can...... :wink:

[GoPackGo]

It does seems a little ridiculous. 4 games is 25% of the Packers season you don't need Sunday Ticket to see. Plus Sundays where you might be traveling or working. Before you know it, you are paying $40 for a Packer game like its a boxing match or UFC fight!

[MJZiggy]

The bar is getting tempting...

[Bretsky]

Several have stated that Direct TV provides a nice package for new subscribers who also sign up for the NFL Package so I've held out.

Are they providing any nice deals yet ??

[GrnBay007]

Several have stated that Direct TV provides a nice package for new subscribers who also sign up for the NFL Package so I've held out.

Are they providing any nice deals yet ??

B, I just emailed you the most recent special they are offering. This one goes to July 17th. Not sure if they will offer something better closer to the season. If you go to that site and enter your email address they will send emails to you on their specials.

[MJZiggy]

I wonder what they'll do if I just cancel the whole subscription...

[MadtownPacker]

I wonder what they'll do if I just cancel the whole subscription...$300 to get out of your contract early.

[MJZiggy]

My contract is 10 years and two moves old. How long did I sign up for?

[Little Whiskey]

My contract is 10 years and two moves old. How long did I sign up for?

depends on when you moved. usually when they hook you up for free after you move they lock you in for a year. it also depends if you call them up and tell them you're leaving and they give you a crazy credit on your bill.(i got 90 bucks when I tried) then they want you to stay for 90 days.

I'm hitting up the bar this year. just find the bar with drink specials. I've got a place that has $1 drafts and $4 taco bar. I can have a great time for 40 bucks!

[MadtownPacker]

I've got a place that has $1 drafts and $4 taco bar. I can have a great time for 40 bucks!Why dont you just bring your moonshine flask and possum jerkey? Then you dont have to spend all your Skoal money.

[mraynrand]

I've got a place that has $1 drafts and $4 taco bar. I can have a great time for 40 bucks!Why dont you just bring your moonshine flask and possum jerkey? Then you dont have to spend all your Skoal money.

Where you at on this scale? nine tacos and four beers, or one taco and 36 beers?

[MadtownPacker]

I've got a place that has $1 drafts and $4 taco bar. I can have a great time for 40 bucks!Why dont you just bring your moonshine flask and possum jerkey? Then you dont have to spend all your Skoal money.

Where you at on this scale? nine tacos and four beers, or one taco and 36 beers?I got Sunday Ticket you homo.

But if it was me it would be 2 stanky joints and 18 tacos.

[Little Whiskey]

its a taco bar.....all you can eat tacos. oh shit now mad is going to show up.

FYI--I get Skoal for free since I'm a member of the Harry Gant fan club

http://www.harrygant.com/images/splash.jpg

[]{ilr]3]

Anyone used the website to sign up with?

[Freak Out]

I just signed up for Direct TV with NFL sunday ticket yesterday and will be hooked up by this weekend if the installer can get a good signal from my house. I had to pay $19.95 for a site survey to check signal strength and then its the $75 a month for 4 months...after the NFL ticket expires it's around $104 for the premium package (loads of shit I'll never watch). They throw in the HD DVR.
I just hate the GCI cable package I have now and am going to transfer my home phone # over to ATT and then get a wireless internet deal they have been offering here to cover my internet needs.

It started when I made the annual pilgrimage down to the GCI store to "upgrade" my service so I could have HD ESPN for the upcoming season and was told my monthly bill would be around $145. That cost coupled with the pathetic "high speed internet" I pay for pushed me over the edge.

[digitaldean]

Not to rub salt, GPG, but actually they have 4. Three ESPN's and an NBC. So, it would be 12/$348 = $29 a game.

That's highway robbery. I obviously don't have that, but I am paying .5 sales tax to pay for Lambeau if that makes u feel better! 8-)

Ah, to be just across the border in Outagamie County!

[GBRulz]

Not to rub salt, GPG, but actually they have 4. Three ESPN's and an NBC. So, it would be 12/$348 = $29 a game.

That's highway robbery. I obviously don't have that, but I am paying .5 sales tax to pay for Lambeau if that makes u feel better! 8-)

Ah, to be just across the border in Outagamie County!

Are you guys 5% ?

Speaking of sales tax... I was in Chicago last month....sales tax is 10.25%. Dayum!!

[Freak Out]

No NFL Sunday ticket for me.

I have some large birch trees on the lot and of course they are right in line to where the dish has to aim. I'll keep the trees.

[MJZiggy]

We had that problem. We put the dish on the other side of the house.

[Freak Out]

We had that problem. We put the dish on the other side of the house.

The SAT we aim at is very low on the horizon so the options are limited. I have a small house and lots of trees.