For those who are thinking of purchasing Direct TV and NFL Sunday Ticket, allow me to let you in on something.
I have been a subscriber to the above for six years now. For $179.00 a year I have been able to see all the 1:00 and 4:00 games on Sunday. Recently Direct TV was allowed by law to carry local network stations again. Where I live in Tallahassee, Florida, local stations became available this summer at an additional cost of $7.99 per month. Since I already have basic cable, I did not buy the network package.
To my utter surprise and amazement, when the season opened last week, the Falcons Sunday game was blacked out on Sunday Ticket. This Sunday, Sept. 19, the Jags game is blacked out. I think to myself, "What is going on? I paid to see all the 1:00 and 4:00 games, so why are some blacked out?"
I called Direct TV and they told me that if games are carried on a local network, they are not shown on Sunday Ticket. I let them have an earful and hung up.
Folks, what is going on here is nothing more than a good old American consumer ripoff. What they are doing is forcing you to buy their stupid local channel package at an additional cost of $7.99 per month and then still charging the full Sunday Ticket price. They never told me in advance they were pulling this scam, and they have not prorated the cost of the blacked out games.
My wife e-mailed them a nice letter and I am henceforth not renewing my Sunday Ticket subscription. These money-hungry corporate people are not getting a dime of my money anymore.
So any of you who are thinking of getting Sunday Ticket, be advised you will not be getting all the Sunday games as they have advertised. You will have to watch local games on a local channel, which is the biggest bunch of hooie to come down the pike.
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