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NFT: Tried to Negotiate Sunday Ticket - Didn't go Well. Options??

FatMan in Charlotte : 9/12/2020 4:01 pm
So I called AT& T today to get better pricing for the Sunday Ticket and I started by saying that I wanted to cancel the ticket.

The cheery customer service woman said "OK. I'll take that off your account. Why do you want to cancel". I said doing the math, the price comes out to just under $400 and with other people getting deals for $200 and less, I felt that I was getting the short end of the stick. She responded by saying, "we do offer 6 payments, so you don't have to pay it all at once" and while I told her I understood, it still was $400 while others are paying far less.

Bottom line, the ticket was cancelled. I did get a retention offer to stay with DirectTV with $45 a month taken off the bill, so I'm saving over $500 a year on my current monthly price, but no ticket.

Question - sort of the same as the one in the thread below about streaming on the computer - what are my options to watch giants games? I'm just thinking I'll Reddit stream them like I do when out of the country - I won't have the discipline to wait until after the game is over to use GamePass. Any cheap ways to get the Red Zone channel?
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RE: I also received an email saying I was getting it for free this year  
PatersonPlank : 9/13/2020 8:57 am : link
In comment 14968450 Chiefgiant said:
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Haven’t ordered it in about 5 years. Not sure how they select who to give it to.


I think it has something to do with how much you've paid. Do you the top of the line package? Over years the $$ add up
RE: RE: Didn't really..  
FatMan in Charlotte : 9/13/2020 9:09 am : link
In comment 14968455 LBH15 said:
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In comment 14968419 FatMan in Charlotte said:


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get the shaft since I lowered my bill by $45 a month.

But you'd have to pick up those pesky details by exhibiting reading comprehension....



Read your own thread title.

At least you can put your monthly savings to purchasing the Ticket or your sports bar tabs. Have fun...whoops, I mean LOL.


Now you are just trying too hard. And the irony will be dripping the next time you say "that Googs guy must have gotten under your skin, huh".
neat and warming, really,  
ColHowPepper : 9/13/2020 9:14 am : link
reading how the heart beats quicken between and among the BBI oldtimers...got here toward tail end of the glory years and Albany Camp indulgences...blew my one op with Bruce in Sedona but the family was kind of, really? Nuts.
Unless they..  
FatMan in Charlotte : 9/13/2020 9:22 am : link
are armed with a bag of tater tots, everyone blows their op with Bruce:)
RE: RE: I also received an email saying I was getting it for free this year  
Chiefgiant : 9/13/2020 9:29 am : link
In comment 14968466 PatersonPlank said:
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In comment 14968450 Chiefgiant said:


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Haven’t ordered it in about 5 years. Not sure how they select who to give it to.



I think it has something to do with how much you've paid. Do you the top of the line package? Over years the $$ add up


Not top of line and I even cancelled HBO/Cinemax about a year ago. But they certainly have made their money off me over the years.
FMiC  
ColHowPepper : 9/13/2020 9:51 am : link
there is this soft, sweet side of you so often overshadowed during your rants at the less fortunate (<:
I too canceled DTV and Sunday ticket  
pjcas18 : 9/13/2020 9:57 am : link
a few years ago once my youngest started playing club level hockey and we traveled almost every single Sunday.

So for the rare Sundays I was home - someone on here suggested a way to watch games each week that was more reliable than streams.

And referenced above - Sunday Game Pass and VPN.

The NFL Sunday Game Pass streams real time (all games) on a per season or per week basis for non US residents. For a fee.

So, first you get a VPN. I used one called Private Internet Access (PIA). That is about $6 per month IIRC.

Then you start your VPN and set your location to be a country in Europe (could probably be anywhere i guess). I used UK or France usually.

Once you are connected via VPN then go to NFL website and you will notice it has a .eu on the end and the site looks a little different and you can sign up for NFL Game pass - I think it was $22 per week. But it lasts for two Sundays.

Anyway, once connected you can watch any game on your computer.

I connected a Chrome Cast so I was able to watch on my TV from my computer.

Worked great and made far more sense to me than spending a few hundred on the Sunday Ticket when I might be home 3 or 4 sundays - not counting the weeks where the Giants played at night or were otherwise my national game.

RE: RE: RE: Didn't really..  
LBH15 : 9/13/2020 10:37 am : link
In comment 14968471 FatMan in Charlotte said:
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In comment 14968455 LBH15 said:


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In comment 14968419 FatMan in Charlotte said:


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get the shaft since I lowered my bill by $45 a month.

But you'd have to pick up those pesky details by exhibiting reading comprehension....



Read your own thread title.

At least you can put your monthly savings to purchasing the Ticket or your sports bar tabs. Have fun...whoops, I mean LOL.



Now you are just trying too hard. And the irony will be dripping the next time you say "that Googs guy must have gotten under your skin, huh".


He clearly did.
RE: Thanks FMiC  
djm : 9/13/2020 11:28 am : link
In comment 14968259 Larry in Pencilvania said:
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It's been a rough year. I got Covid and resulted in a broken back due to the after effects. My girlfriend got it too and the after effects are making her miserable. I'm just waiting 2020 out like the rest. Otherwise busy with work and a new home.

As far as watching games I have Verizon and they stream limited games on the phone so I watch at work. Everything else is Reddit streams. The gamepass would be great for me.

I hope you and your family are well

LiP





Don't forget my $900


Fuck dude sorry to hear. Hang in there.
Going the student-discount route  
TXRabbit : 9/13/2020 1:06 pm : link
My daughter's a student so I can sub to the app for $100. My laptop is running Windows 10 which has a screen-cast feature built in. I'll cast it to my Roku connected to my TV. There's almost 0 latency and as long as my internet connection remains solid, I'm good to go
Fat Man  
Producer : 9/13/2020 1:15 pm : link
Last season I got a VPN, set it to Indonesia, and got the NFL Game Pass for like $120. Worked really well. It isn't the full US Game Pass but it was every game.
RE: BTW - this was $20 discount code for this year:  
ZogZerg : 9/13/2020 4:25 pm : link
In comment 14968394 Dennis From Madison said:
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TEAMHUDDLE


Thanks!!
Used the code and am watching redzone and games.

Also gave code to someone else so saved 40 bucks!
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