Thread: TiVo £3.00 Tivo Charge
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Old 21-03-2011, 17:06   #16
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Re: £3.00 Tivo Charge
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Originally Posted by Masque View Post
Not in the slightest, all I am pointing out what you get for less than 75p per week which is quite a lot, I expect most people would spend more than that in a week on tea or coffee in work, and in that context it is not a lot to pay.
I personally don't disagree with the charge even though I would prefer it to be zero.

But if you look at premium ESPN sports included free with the XL pack, you can see why some people object to the charge. Now, I suspect that having free ESPN in XL brings in more customers, so the cost to VM of ESPN is more than covered by the extra revenue, making free ESPN a good decision, even for non sports fans.

Could the same happen with tivo? If it's so good that it brings in new customers and extra revenue, could the 3 pounds be dropped or reduced becuse of the extra reenue? I don't know, but that sort of thing leaves room for discussion making the 3 pound charge not just a black and white situation.
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