Here's the short story - Roger's free Digital TV for two months offer is a scam, avoid at all costs....
Here's the long story....
About the end of may, i happened to be home during the day when this rogers door to door sales guy comes round.
Wants to know if i would like to try rogers internet service. I say thanks, but i am very happy with my Sympatico HSE. He keeps pushing, telling me, I can have 2 free months of Rogers Internet if i switch, but i say no thanks.
Then he asks me if i would like to try Rogers Digital TV for 2 months for FREE.
Key word - FREE.
I say, sure, why not, lets see what this is all about...
He tells me, look, for two months Rogers will let you preview all their digital channels for free, so reduce your cable package from whatever to just basic, because this digital preview comes with "Everything", so save the cable upgrade fees during the 2 months.
Anyway, they come to hook this thing up, and don't really show youy how to use it. Like for example how to programme your VCR.
Normally, your VCR is hooked up first.
With the digital box, you hookup the digital box first, then the VCR. In order to run your VCR, you have to program your digiatal box somehow.
A pain in the ass.
Then, I discovered that this preview did not include any of the movie channels, that if i wanted the movie channels, i would have to pay.
This despite being told that my priew included "EVERYTHING" for "FREE" for 2 months.
I call up Rogers to ask WTF, and they say, no the offer doesn't include the movie channels. or Playboy, but that if i wanted to, I could have them at half price for the 2 month period too.
I opted for movies, declined Playboy (I hate hefner's idea of the beautiful woman - big hairspray hair, big fake tits, the all american look - yech)
Anyway, it's not an easy set up to work with, and the VCR thing is a real pain in the ass, but i figure, WTF.
Then, i figure, i better call up rogers to make sure they reduce my bill to just basic cable during this special offer. They say, yep, it's all reduced, no problem.
Well, today i get my bill.........
You see where this is going.
My bill, which was normally about 43 bucks a month, came in at 78 bucks.
This despite everything being "FREE"
I knew that this would happen, that there was some scam in there somewhere.
First, they never reduced my bill to basic like they said they would and subsequently confirmed they had.
Second, they are charging me rental on this digital box of 9 bucks a month.
And third, these idiotic movie channels all seem to be one on top of another.
So i call Rogers, steam coming out of my nostrils....
"Oh no sir, you are mistaken, you get the digital channels for free for two months, but you still have to pay to rent the digital box"
"Who told you that you could reduce your cable package to basic? That's not the way it works"
"You have your digital channels and you have your regular channels."
Well, i am just short of throwing a connecting rod with this guy on the phone.
"Well, where the fuck can i take this box right this fucking instant. You can keep it"
"They are all closed sir"
"Well, you can cut me off right now"
I am not joking, i would have driven it over there at midnight and told them to shove it.
To me, Free means FREE. Not this is free, that you have to pay for (but we won't tell you), nor is that not included (and we won't tell you.)
About as clear as mud
What is crystal clear is my cable bill has doubled, this despite everything being fucking free.
Anyway, the thing is sitting by my front door in a loblaws bag ready to go back to the LYING, THIEVING, CHEATING, NO GOOD SCUM BAGS at Rogers.
First, the war with Consumers Gas, now Rogers TV.
Here's the long story....
About the end of may, i happened to be home during the day when this rogers door to door sales guy comes round.
Wants to know if i would like to try rogers internet service. I say thanks, but i am very happy with my Sympatico HSE. He keeps pushing, telling me, I can have 2 free months of Rogers Internet if i switch, but i say no thanks.
Then he asks me if i would like to try Rogers Digital TV for 2 months for FREE.
Key word - FREE.
I say, sure, why not, lets see what this is all about...
He tells me, look, for two months Rogers will let you preview all their digital channels for free, so reduce your cable package from whatever to just basic, because this digital preview comes with "Everything", so save the cable upgrade fees during the 2 months.
Anyway, they come to hook this thing up, and don't really show youy how to use it. Like for example how to programme your VCR.
Normally, your VCR is hooked up first.
With the digital box, you hookup the digital box first, then the VCR. In order to run your VCR, you have to program your digiatal box somehow.
A pain in the ass.
Then, I discovered that this preview did not include any of the movie channels, that if i wanted the movie channels, i would have to pay.
This despite being told that my priew included "EVERYTHING" for "FREE" for 2 months.
I call up Rogers to ask WTF, and they say, no the offer doesn't include the movie channels. or Playboy, but that if i wanted to, I could have them at half price for the 2 month period too.
I opted for movies, declined Playboy (I hate hefner's idea of the beautiful woman - big hairspray hair, big fake tits, the all american look - yech)
Anyway, it's not an easy set up to work with, and the VCR thing is a real pain in the ass, but i figure, WTF.
Then, i figure, i better call up rogers to make sure they reduce my bill to just basic cable during this special offer. They say, yep, it's all reduced, no problem.
Well, today i get my bill.........
You see where this is going.
My bill, which was normally about 43 bucks a month, came in at 78 bucks.
This despite everything being "FREE"
I knew that this would happen, that there was some scam in there somewhere.
First, they never reduced my bill to basic like they said they would and subsequently confirmed they had.
Second, they are charging me rental on this digital box of 9 bucks a month.
And third, these idiotic movie channels all seem to be one on top of another.
So i call Rogers, steam coming out of my nostrils....
"Oh no sir, you are mistaken, you get the digital channels for free for two months, but you still have to pay to rent the digital box"
"Who told you that you could reduce your cable package to basic? That's not the way it works"
"You have your digital channels and you have your regular channels."
Well, i am just short of throwing a connecting rod with this guy on the phone.
"Well, where the fuck can i take this box right this fucking instant. You can keep it"
"They are all closed sir"
"Well, you can cut me off right now"
I am not joking, i would have driven it over there at midnight and told them to shove it.
To me, Free means FREE. Not this is free, that you have to pay for (but we won't tell you), nor is that not included (and we won't tell you.)
About as clear as mud
What is crystal clear is my cable bill has doubled, this despite everything being fucking free.
Anyway, the thing is sitting by my front door in a loblaws bag ready to go back to the LYING, THIEVING, CHEATING, NO GOOD SCUM BAGS at Rogers.
First, the war with Consumers Gas, now Rogers TV.
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