Directv NFL package

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

first year, I got the package for free for signing up. last year i got it for free as part of a moving deal. this year... they're making me pay for it... so I'm getting sling box and stealing it from Ouchie.

I have sling box. Brother-Who-Won't-Post got it for me. I have no idea how to use it.

 

[BigRedRage]

I have sling box. Brother-Who-Won't-Post got it for me. I have no idea how to use it.

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[Russ Smith]

I haven't looked yet but last year they offered a package for people who don't have Directv where you can get Sunday ticket and stream it online but you had to be able to "prove" you couldn't get the TV service. All that was required was having an address that was an apartment not a house. Since we're selling our house and moving into an apartment I may actually be able to take advantage of that this year to get Cards games although the rent is going to be so insane I may have trouble affording the Directv part too.

Just spent 5 minutes looking and have yet to find an actual link to either Sunday Ticket to go or Max. They still say they offer it but not easy at all to find the link.

 

[MrYeahBut]

So, I called Directv and when I got the first message about what I wanted, I said 'cancel'. That got me directly
to the 'Southern belle' as SoCal put it. I politely complained about the amount I was paying, having old equipment,
having to pay for NFL package, etc.

On the NFL, she told me she wasn't authorized to give me any 'special' right now, but she advised me to cancel the
package and call back the 1st week of August because that's when they start with the special deals. I had nothing to
lose so I did that...when I call to re-order it and have to pay full boat that's what I'd have to pay anyway. So at least,
the charge for NFL won't be auto-billed in July like it always has been.

Anywho, they are sending me all new Genie receiver and mini's. 2 wired mini's come with it but I ordered 3 of them
and had to pay an upcharge to have all the mini's upgraded to wireless. That way, I can get rid of all the satellite cables running
though my house. One time charge for all that was $250 +/- for installation, extra mini and wireless upgrade. Even though
I'm getting the same channels, she got my total monthly bill down to $98 a month, down from $128. I just had to
agree for service for 2 years, which I would do regardless. She could have lowered my monthly charge even more
but I'm a golf junkie and for golf channel you have to have a higher tier of service. They even had an appointment open
for tomorrow so I'm getting it all right away and maybe I'll flip the tech $20 to fix my router so the out of home works too.

All I'll have to do now is call back in August and wrangle the best deal I can for NFL. Wish me luck!!

.

 

[BigRedRage]

I haven't looked yet but last year they offered a package for people who don't have Directv where you can get Sunday ticket and stream it online but you had to be able to "prove" you couldn't get the TV service. All that was required was having an address that was an apartment not a house. Since we're selling our house and moving into an apartment I may actually be able to take advantage of that this year to get Cards games although the rent is going to be so insane I may have trouble affording the Directv part too.

Just spent 5 minutes looking and have yet to find an actual link to either Sunday Ticket to go or Max. They still say they offer it but not easy at all to find the link.

https://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/nflws/

www.nflsundayticket.tv was the link, seems to no longer take you to the offer though.

 

[BigRedRage]

the program is called nfl sunday ticket max

you must subscribe to NFL SUNDAY TICKET MAX in order to stream NFL SUNDAY TICKET games.

If you can’t get DIRECTV at your current residence, you may be eligible to purchase one of our streaming-only NFL SUNDAY TICKET packages. For more information, please visit nflsundayticket.tv.

 

[Buckybird]

I think that as soon as DirectTV gets competition for NFL Sunday Ticket, it will lose hundreds of thousands of customers. Subscribing with them is a monthly ordeal---you have to haggle with all kinds of phone reps and then your bill is chock-full of extra fees that negate any of the discounts you receive when you try to negotiate the fees with them. Even to watch the local baseball team, the Red Sox, I have to buy a Sports Pack over over $10 a month, that is not included in my Total Choice package that costs $75 a month.

I basically watch fewer than 10 channels, including HBO and Showtime which I bundle with my Sport Pack at approximately $40 a month. When I add in MLB Extra Innings and NFL Sunday Ticket, I am paying on an average of $180 a month...and that's after negotiating for 3-4 $5-$10 credits.

If you don't call them one every other month or so, when your new bill comes it is surprise, surprise. I honestly believe they think they wear customers down and bank on them just accepting whatever the bill says....and this exploits customers who pay their bills electronically.

Plus, just as a caveat, now that DirecTV is partnered with AT&T, it may not be as easy to negotiate lower costs, especially with regard to NFL Sunday Ticket. My recent negotiations with DirecTV have not been as easy or helpful.

I am also an AT&T customer and when i tried to bundle my TV and cell phone services, I was sent to a 3rd party that asked me to provide all my personal info from scratch, just so i could get a measly $10 discount a month. I was so fed up, I just said forget it.

Funny that you mention that Mitch. Michael was on Sirius NFL this morning talking about at some point some of the networks will flick the noses at the huge co$t$ & will likely get out, opening the door for a huge company like Amazon or someone like it to sell NFL games to consumers.

We all know who will suffer the costs of that...us the fan. The prices of us "out of market fans" can't expect anything but higher prices in the future, do to the greedy NFL.

 

[Russ Smith]

https://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/nflws/

www.nflsundayticket.tv was the link, seems to no longer take you to the offer though.

right they both go the same place enter your email in here and we'll send you an update. So it may be they just don't have the signup ready yet or it may be like last year they made it incredibly hard to find. Last year I had to call, explain what I wanted, and someone emailed me a link that worked. I think last year Max was 299 or 399 and to go was 189 and they absolutely could not explain to me why I needed Max and not to go because you're supposed to be able to stream to go from a computer. In the end my zipcode disqualified me last year so I didn't pay.

Will check again in a few weeks I guess

 

[Russ Smith]

the program is called nfl sunday ticket max

Correct but none of the links or searches I did on their site actually allows you to sign up for max or sunday ticket to go which allegedly is the cheaper way to do it by computer.

 

[BigRedRage]

Correct but none of the links or searches I did on their site actually allows you to sign up for max or sunday ticket to go which allegedly is the cheaper way to do it by computer.

was just trying to dig in a little for you, I am not interested in the product regardless

 

[Russ Smith]

was just trying to dig in a little for you, I am not interested in the product regardless

Yeah sorry I worded that poorly I knew you were trying to help. I'm actually on chat with "david" (not real name) right now and it's taken 5 minutes to convince him there's something called Max and that people who don't already have Directv can get it they just need a link to sign up for it. I can't get it now anyways we haven't moved yet I just figured based on past experience I better start looking now. The best was a few years ago the 25th Madden game came with a free subscription for a full season so I bought that, gave it to a gamer i know, and then used the subscription all year.

So far he only seems to want to link me to NFL.com which of course doesn't have a link either. at least I'm not on the phone this time, last year was painful on the phone as they kept giving me links I'd already tried. I'm not sure why they bury it the thing costs an arm and a leg you'd think they'd make it easy to find.

 

[SO91]

Yeah sorry I worded that poorly I knew you were trying to help. I'm actually on chat with "david" (not real name) right now and it's taken 5 minutes to convince him there's something called Max and that people who don't already have Directv can get it they just need a link to sign up for it. I can't get it now anyways we haven't moved yet I just figured based on past experience I better start looking now. The best was a few years ago the 25th Madden game came with a free subscription for a full season so I bought that, gave it to a gamer i know, and then used the subscription all year.

So far he only seems to want to link me to NFL.com which of course doesn't have a link either. at least I'm not on the phone this time, last year was painful on the phone as they kept giving me links I'd already tried. I'm not sure why they bury it the thing costs an arm and a leg you'd think they'd make it easy to find.

Maybe it's a bit early and can't sign up yet? Last year they offered it to enrolled students at a 4-year school for $100. Not sure if the same will be available this year, but I hear you didn't even have to be full time, and they didn't restrict by age either.

 

[Reign Blood]

Same here. A couple months ago, I called to report a weird glitch that was happening where it wasn't recording certain programs. I was on the phone for 20 minutes with the guy who was in India. Then I get my bill last month and it's $300 with all kinds of channels I never ordered. So when I call to see what happened, she referenced the date I called to report the glitch and said their records showed I called to order all those channels. I was pissed. I guess they work on commission and the guy was miffed that I took up 20 mins of his time. What's really aggravating is that they don't even offer an email address for support issues. So nothing is documented. You have to call and hope they get everything right. Of course they didn't. Just got the new bill and one of the channels was still on there. Now I have to call again. I hate these bastards. If it wasn't for the Sunday Ticket, I would leave so fast.

Yep I understand. I was a direct tv costumer since '98. That's a long time. They kept screwing my bill up and it's auto pay out of my account. Lucky for me I'm on top of my accounts.

I switched and don't know what I'm going to do but a buddy of mine said there is a stream finder I can buy and get games that are streaming anywhere. I think it might be a good replacement. He says it's round $300.

 

[Russ Smith]

Yep right now they're directing you to NFL.com where you click on watch games and then the link to sundaytickettv which brings you to.... a blank page right now! Not surprised it's only June and Direct has always been very secretive with this

 

[Russ Smith]

Maybe it's a bit early and can't sign up yet? Last year they offered it to enrolled students at a 4-year school for $100. Not sure if the same will be available this year, but I hear you didn't even have to be full time, and they didn't restrict by age either.

They change it every year apparently this year it's through NFL.com but still from Directv and clearly they don't know yet what they are doing the link takes me to a blank page.

 

[Passepartout]

As really Direct TV offers every game if you do not want to watch that of CBS, NBC, Fox, or ESPN!

 

[blindseyed]

I live in Buckeye too, that's why I joke.

LOL I just saw your location...see I'm less observant out here too

 

[BigRedRage]

Apparently there is a filiberto sports bar in buckeye? Is that the real deal?

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[HeavyB3]

Apparently there is a filiberto sports bar in buckeye? Is that the real deal?

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Never been. I know they don't have the same menu, except a couple things from the Filiberto's menu, Carne Asada fries and such. I'm not much of a drinker, so I'm not much of a bar person. I'm cheap and stay at home and watch stuff on my 70 inch TV haha

 

[Reign Blood]

When I watch the Cardinal games I get ripped on bud. Last year I acquired a huge bud of some kill and saved it for the games. For some reason when I smoked some we started winning. No joke.

By the end of the season I was running low and by the time we played at Car. I ran out. I blame that as the reason for the buzz saw we ran into.

 

[gmabel830]

When I watch the Cardinal games I get ripped on bud. Last year I acquired a huge bud of some kill and saved it for the games. For some reason when I smoked some we started winning. No joke.

By the end of the season I was running low and by the time we played at Car. I ran out. I blame that as the reason for the buzz saw we ran into.

Someone get the man more weed!!!!

 

[SoCal Cardfan]

So, I called Directv and when I got the first message about what I wanted, I said 'cancel'. That got me directly
to the 'Southern belle' as SoCal put it. I politely complained about the amount I was paying, having old equipment,
having to pay for NFL package, etc.

On the NFL, she told me she wasn't authorized to give me any 'special' right now, but she advised me to cancel the
package and call back the 1st week of August because that's when they start with the special deals. I had nothing to
lose so I did that...when I call to re-order it and have to pay full boat that's what I'd have to pay anyway. So at least,
the charge for NFL won't be auto-billed in July like it always has been.

Anywho, they are sending me all new Genie receiver and mini's. 2 wired mini's come with it but I ordered 3 of them
and had to pay an upcharge to have all the mini's upgraded to wireless. That way, I can get rid of all the satellite cables running
though my house. One time charge for all that was $250 +/- for installation, extra mini and wireless upgrade. Even though
I'm getting the same channels, she got my total monthly bill down to $98 a month, down from $128. I just had to
agree for service for 2 years, which I would do regardless. She could have lowered my monthly charge even more
but I'm a golf junkie and for golf channel you have to have a higher tier of service. They even had an appointment open
for tomorrow so I'm getting it all right away and maybe I'll flip the tech $20 to fix my router so the out of home works too.

All I'll have to do now is call back in August and wrangle the best deal I can for NFL. Wish me luck!!

.

You may have just shot yourself in the foot... By accepting the new equipment, they typically throw another 2 year contract on you.

I have a few receivers in spare rooms I want to upgrade, but I'm not paying full boat for them, and I refuse to sign a new contract.... Not being under contract, and threatening to cancel...Is the only "Ace up the sleeve" I feel I have left.

In years past, all I needed was... the right person to answer the phone... and an hour of my life basically.

 

[TJ]

I put one at my mom's house last year. I'd realized the SlingBox has a TV tuner built in, so I skipped the Sunday Ticket package and bought a Leaf antenna to use for just the Cards games. I stream it to my Roku, and it works great.

Which model did you buy?

 

[BigRedRage]

Never been. I know they don't have the same menu, except a couple things from the Filiberto's menu, Carne Asada fries and such. I'm not much of a drinker, so I'm not much of a bar person. I'm cheap and stay at home and watch stuff on my 70 inch TV haha

If they dont have steak burritos than its not as cool as I thought.

When I watch the Cardinal games I get ripped on bud. Last year I acquired a huge bud of some kill and saved it for the games. For some reason when I smoked some we started winning. No joke.

By the end of the season I was running low and by the time we played at Car. I ran out. I blame that as the reason for the buzz saw we ran into.

lol. How dare you run out mid season. We need to start a go fund me, buy you a medical card so you can just go to the store and fix this issue.

 

[MrYeahBut]

You may have just shot yourself in the foot... By accepting the new equipment, they typically throw another 2 year contract on you.

I have a few receivers in spare rooms I want to upgrade, but I'm not paying full boat for them, and I refuse to sign a new contract.... Not being under contract, and threatening to cancel...Is the only "Ace up the sleeve" I feel I have left.

In years past, all I needed was... the right person to answer the phone... and an hour of my life basically.

Well, they're not charging me for the equipment, I'm just paying for the upgrade to wireless mini's and for installation.
Yeah, I had to agree to a 2 year contract but they lowered my monthly bill by $30. It's not like I have a choice if I want
to watch Cardinal games... which I do.

If you call, you can get upgraded to the Genie system for free if all you want is 2 wired mini's and install it yourself. I think
that's what Shane did. Didn't cost him anything other than 2 year contract... btw I've had Directv since 2006 so maybe
that helped since I've been with them for 10 years.

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