The real reason Tivo is Â£149............. - Page 4

Rattus · 14-02-2011, 11:52

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Originally Posted by Marcus125

Back on the phone lol. Surely no...wait the guy has said I can cancel...still on phone lol will update...

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Canceled!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!1

30 days notice given..thankyou and good night.

Feel free to send any thanks to me in beer...

Digital Fanatic · 14-02-2011, 11:54

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Originally Posted by Marcus125

Back on the phone lol. Surely no...wait the guy has said I can cancel...still on phone lol will update...

---------- Post added at 11:50 ---------- Previous post was at 11:47 ----------

Canceled!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!1

30 days notice given..thankyou and good night.

Good luck Marcus... Hope everything goes well for you

Marcus125 · 14-02-2011, 11:55

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Originally Posted by Rattus

Feel free to send any thanks to me in beer...

Mate seriously I would lol.

muppetman11 · 14-02-2011, 12:42

Another pointless thread , look its simple if you don't want to pay Â£149 for TIVO don't wait until its at a point your happy to buy it. And as for signing to a service and saying theres not as much HD , I'd say next time do a bit of research.

Marcus125 · 14-02-2011, 12:55

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Originally Posted by muppetman11

Another pointless thread , look its simple if you don't want to pay Â£149 for TIVO don't wait until its at a point your happy to buy it. And as for signing to a service and saying theres not as much HD , I'd say next time do a bit of research.

Hey I have managed to cancel VM I have not criticised there service. What happened to me was mix up at both ends but VM insist it was purely my fault. All is well I'M BACK WITH SKY.

When tivo is rolled out free to all I will definately try it out but untill then I have my beloved sky back lol.

But it was a missunderstanding that has been sorted out..

/Thread closed as it gave me the infomation I needed to resolve my issuse.

Horizon · 14-02-2011, 17:33

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Originally Posted by dgcarter

It's only worth Â£149 or more if at the end of the day you own it. To pay Â£149 to be able to borrow a piece of kit that you never own, and never would want to own since it's useless off the Virgin network, is nothing short of daylight robbery.

Indeed. There are those on here like myself that think exactly that. But the other camp thinks its perfectly reasonable to have upfront charges to pay for rental equipment, then pay an additional monthly rental fee on top of the monthly rental fees already paid. All I can said is they're rich and totally mad.

devilincarnate · 14-02-2011, 17:36

Can i just say that the reason for TIVO been charged at Â£149 is:

Spoiler:

DaBoz · 14-02-2011, 17:42

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Originally Posted by Marcus125

Is because VM need you to subsidies the 1000's of customers they are going to give it for free.

VM...If you read this please let me out my contract lol.I'm not anti VM.

Wow, sour grapes and completely illogical. Why was this thread given so much bandwidth? Mental.

Boz

Digital Fanatic · 14-02-2011, 17:46

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Originally Posted by Horizon

Indeed. There are those on here like myself that think exactly that. But the other camp thinks its perfectly reasonable to have upfront charges to pay for rental equipment, then pay an additional monthly rental fee on top of the monthly rental fees already paid. All I can said is they're rich and totally mad.

It's that or you pay higher monthly fees like the Â£10 charge TVDrive/V+ used to have.

Which do you want? It costs VM to produce and support the equipment and replace if it breaks down.

Marcus125 · 14-02-2011, 18:06

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Originally Posted by DaBoz

Wow, sour grapes and completely illogical. Why was this thread given so much bandwidth? Mental.

Boz

Not sour grapes but a series of unfortunate events lol...Let me explain.

Ok I signed upto VM after being offered 6 months half price. So I choose VIP50, Which is "around" Â£100a month so at half price I think it will be "around" Â£50 a month. Its not its "around" Â£70.

When I signed up I mention my main reason to join is Tivo I'm told go with vip50 and its a simple swap out for the tivo box on release. No mention of the Â£189 +Â£40 install + Â£3 extra subs.

Now I understand new products carry a price but if I knew that Tivo was going to cost that much I wouldnt of joined VM. Again if I knew VIP50 was not going to be half price I wouldnt of chose it.

The loss of HD channels was a pain but mehh I could cope. Virginmedias service has been faultless in the 2 months I had it and the 50meg BB is excellent. But its over kill for me.

I thought I was joining at Â£50 a month with a view to getting tivo. What happended was I joined at Â£76 a month with another Â£180 for tivo plus Â£40 to get it installed plus another Â£3 to use it lol. So just a massive missunderstanding which is now resolved. I may keep the bb though just at a lower speed.

Horizon · 14-02-2011, 18:22

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Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic

It's that or you pay higher monthly fees like the Â£10 charge TVDrive/V+ used to have.

Which do you want? It costs VM to produce and support the equipment and replace if it breaks down.

That's what the monthly subscription fees are for.

Digital Fanatic · 14-02-2011, 18:28

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Originally Posted by Horizon

That's what the monthly subscription fees are for.

Monthly fees are for the service. So a higher monthly fee would be better then? a Â£10 extra monthly fee for TiVo.

jamiefrost · 14-02-2011, 19:41

Don't understand the reason why people think the Tivo box is a ripoff but are quite happy to pay SKY Â£249 for a box that is next to useless if you leave.

JJ

Peter_ · 14-02-2011, 21:08

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Originally Posted by jamiefrost

Don't understand the reason why people think the Tivo box is a ripoff but are quite happy to pay SKY Â£249 for a box that is next to useless if you leave.

JJ

Because if you get a standard box from Virginmedia you do not pay extra for it so the they think well if they are supplying the best box available then that should also be free, they want their cake and they want to eat it without paying a penny.

TonyHoyle · 14-02-2011, 21:36

Well.. for comparison I paid Â£400 for my SkyHD box and Â£10/month, Then Â£200 for a second one when the first one fried itself (sky of course weren't interested.. I bought the box, my problem), and still Â£10/month. That one now sits gathering dust as it's useless.

So in 4 years SkyHD cost me over Â£1k.

Tivo at Â£149 + Â£3/month is dirt cheap by comparison! (In fact I'm getting 2! Never got multiroom with Sky because it would have been an extra Â£20/mo and would have required me fitting a landline in the bedroom).