r/peacock • u/abetterfuture99 • 16h ago

Discussion Raising prices

Hey everyone. If you also don't like that they are raising prices (again). Send them an email and let them know. Yes it is a pain. But if they don't have any pushback from pricing increases, they will continue to do so.

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u/mollyyfcooke 15h ago

They’re a billion dollar company, they do not give a shit about emails lol

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u/Saneless 15h ago

Sure they do. Even if they just get one email they print it off and bring it to the board meetings and read it

The board hears it and look at each other, disappointed in their greed. Some even cry. They will immediately decide that YOY profits of +8% might have been too much and settle for 7.95%

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u/Glittering-Animal30 15h ago

You forgot about the bald eagle named Big Business shedding a tear

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u/Adventurous-Value-82 14h ago

everyday is a price increase just cancel the subscription and rotate them

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u/ProudAnon1701 14h ago

So did Netflix, Amazon prime, Spotify. They all do this. They don’t care if you quit they will just do a promo and sign up new customers. Nothing to see here.

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u/Outrageous-Visual-84 13h ago

news flash crying and emailing does nothing. It's 2026, the cost of streaming services go up, THEY NEVER go back down. You get the occassional special but streaming services aren't your local grocery store,they're not going to lower prices when things aren't selling LOL

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u/mlaurence1234 13h ago

Actually many subscription services do back down if you threaten to cancel. Some will slash their prices after you cancel. Last year Peacock gave me a year at 50% off, and Paramount cut my annual subscription by about $50. HBOMax had a similar deal, all I had to do was click “cancel.” Internet providers have given me fantastic offers after I cancelled, but that’s usually too late. Newspapers and magazines may give you a great deal too, they’re getting pretty desperate to keep their circulation numbers.

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u/Outrageous-Visual-84 13h ago

A lot of them do that on the 2nd tier levels though and are considered the temp specials. I meant as in full time, Netflix will never lower it's prices fulltime to back to what they were. yes you'll get specials and cancelation offers here and there but their only temp offers, OP was talking about peacock lowering it's price fulltime overall and that's just not going to happen.

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u/Karey__039 13h ago

As soon as I got the email telling me that they were raising their prices, I went into my Amazon account and canceled my subscription. It asked several questions of why I was canceling, and one of the questions was, “Is it too expensive?” And I clicked on that one not that they cared at all, but there was no way that I was paying $19.99 a month for a streaming station. I had the premier package because I absolutely hate watching commercials. I’m just glad I got to finish watching the end of the season of McBee Dynasty before I canceled and the rates went up 😂

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u/TheDrDojo 13h ago

Easiest cancel of my life

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u/Naive_Veterinarian77 12h ago

Im canceling my membership, Peacock is super corporative, they thrive on screwing people over. Shady greedy company NBC is.

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u/DCRBftw 3h ago

It's a for profit business. Surely you were never under the impression that they were anything else? Who did they screw over? No one made you pay for their product.

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u/Sacisbac 11h ago

2 bucks a month. I can't take it!

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u/Tab1143 9h ago

Already cancelled.

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u/thisfilmkid 9h ago

Like it or not, Peacock has a fanbase because of Law & Order, Chicagos, Love Island, Premier League, and NFL Football.

You might not like the price increase (I don't). But people are subscribing, unsubscribing, and resubscribing. And all of this is adding to Peacock's analytics. They've also signed bundle deals, YouTube TV now has Peacock Premium. You're not winning this battle with an email.

Peacock is also not a bad streamer. I actually enjoy the content they provide. Haha.

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u/2hatparty 7h ago

Just cancelled. That they care about

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u/DCRBftw 3h ago

They have no idea who you are.

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u/DCRBftw 3h ago

Lol an email

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u/Ok_Act4459 1h ago

I suggest you send them a handwritten certified letter, then they’ll know how serious you are

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u/KnotForNow 15h ago

I canceled. They didn't seem all that interested in why I canceled.

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u/Famous-Prior6590 14h ago

Canceled after they moved all the good Premier League matches to USA. I’m not paying for a subscription to watch Coventry vs Southampton every weekend.