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I've had the dear dean email too... I'll tell you what, i dont want TiVo bad enough to pay £150 activasion, £40 install and an extra £3 a month subs, they can kiss my hairy ... - I'll probably have a go at increasing the storage space of my lovely V+ to 1tb for about £35 instead.

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Couldn't the 3.00 TIVO fee be offset from the obvious targeted ads that will arrive at some point.

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Hi guy's
Well i'm very,very disapointed.
I'm on VIP50 pre reg and waited and waited and waited.
DF said hang on!
Wait
You will have a good deal on VIP
There are special offers
Where?
£200 Thats their deal!
They are having a laugh at all of us
They can stick it!
Yes i have got a choice. I've been told that we can take it or leave it
Well im leaving it
Have fun all you staffers because you have really annoyed some of your highest paying customers who wont forget this fiasco
Dean of Stafford!

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I'll be getting Tivo.

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I'm a "yes". TBH I had steeled myself for it to be the price that has been published in today's email for a long time. I was at the Ideal Home Show the other week and the guy on the TiVo demo told me these prices then as well.

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I'm not getting it till June when they bring out the £49 box with a smaller hard drive.

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It's all very niche at that price though, bit of basic buisness for you, at £200 maybe 2% of virgin customers would have it installed, at £100 probably 20%, iam aware that these units are quite costly to produce but if you have units lying around then you are loosing money. Pile em high and sell em cheap.

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I have just tried a poll over here to see if you will take TIVO na also why if you will or not, Please one vote and one post to say why ( although some are not doing it ).

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/11...one-email.html

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It's really 189 + 36 yearly TIVO fee as V+ XL customers currently pay no monthly fee for V+

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Because I thought that charge was included in my monthly subs.

I could also choose to sell my Sky box like I did with my old HD box.

I just think the install charge is taking the biscuit and I hope most don't give into this shabby offering from Virgin.

I'm hoping for a far better offer as I'm a VIP 50 customer and supposedly one of their best customers!

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Spot on, I am pleased to see there's someone else around with a grasp of economics after my post on the forgone revenue from all of the give aways a few weeks ago. I presume few people here understand the phrase "price elasticity of demand"? ( For those that want to read-up http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_elasticity_of_demand ).

Right we're up to five positives now, anyone else? Soon there might be more yes-es from real live paying customers than those VM staff on the thread with TiVos on heavy discount. :D

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Yep, me too. It's a fair deal considering we're early adopters. It'll be cheaper eventually, or there'll be cheaper options in future.

And I'm also happy with the way it was announced. I'm eager but not obsessed with getting it yesterday, so waiting 3-4 months after first announcement is fine.

Boz

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There will be more announcements regarding pricing / options in the coming days..... that's all I can say for now ;)

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careful DF, don't want to be caught "lying" again eh? ;)

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I think you should hang on :)

Yes, there are a few VM staff on here who just say, 'take it or leave it', which is a comletely pointess and arrogant response in my view.

But DF isn't one of those people. He's gone out of his way to keep us as up to date as possible. But he had to stay within the limits of what he knew and what he was allowed to disclose becose of compaany sensitive information. He should be thanked, not critiicised in my view.

He didn't claim to know the actual offer, and it is better than the price new customers will pay; not as good as we all wanted and extreemly annnoying that we have to pay install when some didn't,, but still better.