http://bjdraw.com/2008/04/16/i-feel-like-tivo-stole-150-from-me/ How good can it be, if it isn't HD? Sun, 08 Apr 2012 14:33:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://bjdraw.com/2008/04/16/i-feel-like-tivo-stole-150-from-me/comment-page-1/#comment-609 Ben Drawbaugh Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:31:17 +0000 http://bjdraw.com/2008/04/16/i-feel-like-tivo-stole-150-from-me/#comment-609 Davis, It was due to a multi-service discount, not for multi-room viewing. I paid like $600 for the Series3, so I don't feel like it was subsidized, but I was only paying $7/mo instead of $20 because I already had another TiVo with service. <BR> So if you add the $7/mo plus the $150, it ended up costing me $17/mo instead of $20. So my bitching and moaning aside I still paid less than I would've without a commitment. <br> When I sell my other TiVo I'm going to run into the same thing as I pre-paid 3 years of service that is non-transferable. Again, I'll save money vs paying the full monthly fee, but it sucks to lose the money. I will offer to let the buyer use my service, but since it's non-transferable, they'll have to take my word on it. If they already have another TiVo it won't work as both TiVo have to be on the same account to MRV. Davis,
It was due to a multi-service discount, not for multi-room viewing. I paid like $600 for the Series3, so I don’t feel like it was subsidized, but I was only paying $7/mo instead of $20 because I already had another TiVo with service.

So if you add the $7/mo plus the $150, it ended up costing me $17/mo instead of $20. So my bitching and moaning aside I still paid less than I would’ve without a commitment.

When I sell my other TiVo I’m going to run into the same thing as I pre-paid 3 years of service that is non-transferable. Again, I’ll save money vs paying the full monthly fee, but it sucks to lose the money. I will offer to let the buyer use my service, but since it’s non-transferable, they’ll have to take my word on it. If they already have another TiVo it won’t work as both TiVo have to be on the same account to MRV.

]]> http://bjdraw.com/2008/04/16/i-feel-like-tivo-stole-150-from-me/comment-page-1/#comment-608 Davis Freeberg Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:23:27 +0000 http://bjdraw.com/2008/04/16/i-feel-like-tivo-stole-150-from-me/#comment-608 ETF fees are tacky, but they are also necessary when TiVo subsidizes the cost of the hardware. I'm not sure why MRV would trigger a termination fee, but it probably has something to do with the discount they gave on the pricing. I hate to see you lose the $150, why not sell it to a friend for a year and see if you can get it back? Ideally, I'd like to see TiVo move away from the ETFs or at least offer a $25 - $30 monthly rental plan as an option. I think that there are plenty of consumers who wouldn't mind paying TiVo more each month, if it meant that they didn't have to spend any money up front and they still had the flexibility to quit at any time. ETF fees are tacky, but they are also necessary when TiVo subsidizes the cost of the hardware. I’m not sure why MRV would trigger a termination fee, but it probably has something to do with the discount they gave on the pricing. I hate to see you lose the $150, why not sell it to a friend for a year and see if you can get it back? Ideally, I’d like to see TiVo move away from the ETFs or at least offer a $25 – $30 monthly rental plan as an option. I think that there are plenty of consumers who wouldn’t mind paying TiVo more each month, if it meant that they didn’t have to spend any money up front and they still had the flexibility to quit at any time.

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