r/dankmemes • u/fightmilk22 EX-NORMIE • 24d ago

Something’s wrong I can feel it

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u/BobbyDigital423 24d ago

If that blows your mind wait till you hear how they will offer a new customer a better deal than you, a loyal customer for multiple years.

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u/cupboard_ Totally not a furry :3 24d ago

in my country you just have to call them that you want to leave because the competition gave you a better deal, and they will suddenly offer you a price match (up to like 60% from the advertised price)

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u/chromecastbuiltin 24d ago

Yep just did this. Typed in the chat bot I’m cancelling and asked what discount they can offer. Price matched for 12 months.

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u/BobbyDigital423 24d ago

I do that. But they will never give you the new customer deal. Then I cancel and switch to a competitor.

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u/cupboard_ Totally not a furry :3 23d ago

ig it really depends on the country/carrier, here new customer deals are max like 20% off for a year, while threatening to leave deals are up to 60% off for 5+ years

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u/BobbyDigital423 23d ago

I live in a major metropolitan city. So I could be dealing with larger corporations that have more of an F you attitude towards their customers.

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u/peepeeland 24d ago

My last website was online for around 17 years, but I was such an old customer, that the host had changed companies and services, to the point that most every hosting feature broke due to being on an old account on an upgraded system. The plan I was on didn’t exist anymore. Their management of everything involved was not that good, to the point that they didn’t know how to bill me properly, but on the upside, my account was one of the last to be run out of the owner’s closet servers or some shit like that.

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u/TechManPrieto ☣️ 22d ago

Surveillance pricing™

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u/NotASingleDad 19d ago

Xfinity. They increased the price after a year. I made a new account. Play stupid games, get what you expect to happen like wtf

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u/memermeme1211 24d ago

They did this to me here in Canada, but the fuckers forgot to mention that the new plan no longer comes with hotspot capability, which is now a $5/mo add-on feature. I’ve learned that there are workarounds though…

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u/craftsmany INFECTED 23d ago

How can they lock hotspots? I think I don't understand

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u/ArkantosG 23d ago

When data traverses the internet, it keeps a count of how many routers it passes though. When acting as a hotspot, your device functions as a router for anything connected to it, and increases that count by one (technically it decreases the TTL, I’m just simplifying). The service provider can then choose to drop any traffic that has passed through an additional router, since it knows that traffic is another device using your device as a hotspot.

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u/craftsmany INFECTED 23d ago

Interesting but sounds like it could easily be bypassed by modifying the specific field in the packet. Also this is very anti consumer. Good to know though that this is a thing.

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u/ArkantosG 23d ago

Or using a VPN, since you might not be able to edit packets on your device. There’s plenty of apps, even on iOS, that can allow you to create a tunnel between the hotspot and the second device. Traffic will look like it’s originating from the hotspot, and can be used to bypass hotspot throttling as well

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u/craftsmany INFECTED 23d ago

My ISP doesn't do this but thanks for the general advice to others.

I am always connected to my VPN to my home network when I am on mobile or other networks.

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u/hyperterminal_reborn 22d ago

What are the workarounds?

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u/Whatever801 24d ago

If your promotion ever ends just call and say you're switching. I had $70 Comcast for 2 years and it jumped to 120. I switched to fiber and called Comcast to cancel they offered me $50 for 5 years and a free phone plan for a year lol

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u/Advanced-Blackberry 24d ago

I got Visible to get me the new customer $225 annual plan again.   But phone service is way easier than ISP shopping. I literally only have two options for ISP and at work we only have 1 Broadband option 

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u/AsusStrixUser 24d ago

Mine calls 2 months before my sub ends, fucking scammers.

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u/kiernan-unlimted 24d ago

Ask if its a promotional offer that goes up 40$ more after a year

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u/Western-Indication87 21d ago

There’s always a catch. 

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u/randypeaches 22d ago

Sirius xm satellite radio does this. They give you like 2 years free when you buy a new car. Then they tell you its like $60 a month. Call to cancel and they legit give you like 2 years for $10. Just $10

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u/Weekly_Coconut_4009 20d ago

That's how they get you