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Radbird wrote:I got a deal from Comcast when they were down all afternoon. I had to go to a coffee shop to get work done. I called and gritched, they offered me a piddling amount so I escalated and got a $65 reduction in the monthly bill and a free year of Showtime (only after I threatened to pull the plug on them). I forgot to ask them to cover the coffee.
Yep. You can do this every year or so, and they'll cut you a new deal.

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Time Warner Cable stiffed me when I tried this a few months ago (first time I've tried), and I didn't follow through on cancelling, so I'm probably screwed on that scheme now. I should probably cancel for a month to restore my credibility.

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Radbird wrote:I got a deal from Comcast when they were down all afternoon. I had to go to a coffee shop to get work done. I called and gritched, they offered me a piddling amount so I escalated and got a $65 reduction in the monthly bill and a free year of Showtime (only after I threatened to pull the plug on them). I forgot to ask them to cover the coffee.

Does Showtime still show 80s softcore movies after 10pm on weekends? Because that's really the value of Showtime right there.

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heyzeus wrote:
Radbird wrote:I got a deal from Comcast when they were down all afternoon. I had to go to a coffee shop to get work done. I called and gritched, they offered me a piddling amount so I escalated and got a $65 reduction in the monthly bill and a free year of Showtime (only after I threatened to pull the plug on them). I forgot to ask them to cover the coffee.

Does Showtime still show 80s softcore movies after 10pm on weekends? Because that's really the value of Showtime right there.
That's skinimax you are thinking of.

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Tony Kornheiser went to the same movie I did the other night.

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wart57 wrote:
heyzeus wrote:
Radbird wrote:I got a deal from Comcast when they were down all afternoon. I had to go to a coffee shop to get work done. I called and gritched, they offered me a piddling amount so I escalated and got a $65 reduction in the monthly bill and a free year of Showtime (only after I threatened to pull the plug on them). I forgot to ask them to cover the coffee.

Does Showtime still show 80s softcore movies after 10pm on weekends? Because that's really the value of Showtime right there.
That's skinimax you are thinking of.
Not a big deal now that we have the Internet and loads of free 'movies' that are almost impossible to avoid but I would have killed for Skinemax's On-Demand selection when I was younger.

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wart57 wrote:
heyzeus wrote:
Radbird wrote:I got a deal from Comcast when they were down all afternoon. I had to go to a coffee shop to get work done. I called and gritched, they offered me a piddling amount so I escalated and got a $65 reduction in the monthly bill and a free year of Showtime (only after I threatened to pull the plug on them). I forgot to ask them to cover the coffee.

Does Showtime still show 80s softcore movies after 10pm on weekends? Because that's really the value of Showtime right there.
That's skinimax you are thinking of.
Skinemax was the gold standard, but when you're 13, Showtime delivered just fine.

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heyzeus wrote:
wart57 wrote:
heyzeus wrote:
Radbird wrote:I got a deal from Comcast when they were down all afternoon. I had to go to a coffee shop to get work done. I called and gritched, they offered me a piddling amount so I escalated and got a $65 reduction in the monthly bill and a free year of Showtime (only after I threatened to pull the plug on them). I forgot to ask them to cover the coffee.

Does Showtime still show 80s softcore movies after 10pm on weekends? Because that's really the value of Showtime right there.
That's skinimax you are thinking of.
Skinemax was the gold standard, but when you're 13, Showtime delivered just fine.
I believe the Emmanuelle movies were exclusive to Showtime. So I heard. Also, Red Shoe Diaries.

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That Lincoln ad with the bull might be my last favorite ad of all time.

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I am chillin in Lk Tahoe and SF, and havent read the gdts. But Cardinal fans-....relax. Win tomorrow and all is great. Lose tomorrow and all is kind of still great.

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