I LOVE threads like this. I get to brag.
Due to my uber fantastic negotiating skills (and, of course, luck), I am currently paying $87.06/mo for my Fios Triple Play with unlimited phone, 25/25 internet, 1 HD DVR, with the "extreme HD" tier and also HBO, Starz, Max, Showtime, IFC and every other premium movie channel.
They've kept trying to fuck my bill and I've kept successfully complaining and my bill has steadily inched down as a result. $87.06 is the new low, and will hold for the last two months.
My year will then be up at the end of Sept. but I now have a personal contact in the "President's Office" who swears he will help me get the best new deal he can.
When I expressed skepticism he told me "you're in good hands with me." He's told me I can call him any time I have any problem at all, and has answered within 1 hour the one time I did.
If he can somehow keep me under $110/mo for all this for the next year I'll be amazed and grateful. We'll see.
Holy Guacamole! I got a call today from my contact in the Verizon Presidential Escalation Office regarding the key point of my expiring contract and his promise to get me "the best deal going forward", which I kept pressing him as to whether that would mean A COMPARABLE DEAL or not, since you always have to be sensitive to the language employed in any business deal.
He's repeatedly assured me YES and I've remained entirely skeptical, since the deal I have now is unusual and killer.
Well, he said K**** would be calling me later today from his office to assist me. Just got off the phone with her.
It did not start well. She hadn't been adequately briefed at all and was reading from notes and didn't seem to know what she was supposed to do. My heart sank.
First off, I got the number for
her direct line. I have now two direct lines into this august office.
Amazingly, things got better. Much, much better. Indeed, much, much, much better. Not only will she work her legerdemain to keep my bill @ ~ $87 while retaining everything I have, it will be for the next 24 months!!
But wait, there's more! I presently have an HD DVR, one room only. With no increase for the next 24 months, she's gonna call me back tomorrow and guide me through (apparently you have to do this on-line) getting a multi-room HD DVR with increased storage capacity that allows you to watch two different programs in separate rooms simultaneously while recording another -- or something like that.
Btw, the other premium movie channel I currently get is Epix. I may never have watched anything on it, ever, though. <shrug>
Anyway, time will tell, but for right now, "I
esscited." :biggrin: