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Ryn
Moderator
07-13-2000
| Wednesday, June 17, 2009 - 7:31 pm
I won't post links to the offer here - you can find them all over the net (and if I linked to my own site I'd be self-promoting) - so here is the info that Real sent out today: "Big Brother 11 Early Bird Offer: 3-Months for $29.99. That's only $9.99 per month! In this economy customers will be looking for every opportunity to save and this is a great offer that will allow them to view the Big Brother feeds at a discount of $4.99 per month off the normal monthly price. The Early Bird Special Offer will be available from June 16th until the Big Brother 11 Season Premier on July 9th. " I am guessing that this is NOT a season pass - so you will have to cancel after the season or continue to be charged. More notes from Real about the feeds - this has been 'rumored' / reported elsewhere as well: Some of the new features include: * FLASHBACK - Go back to any moment you missed in the Big Brother live feeds, including all of season 10 * New Video Presentation - Watch the Quad Cam OR get 4 simultaneous video feeds in addition to the main camera So - taking notes of big events will be an excellent thing this year for those of us with the feeds to go back and view things we missed.
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Rgw825
Member
07-29-2005
| Thursday, June 18, 2009 - 11:47 am
My math may be a little off, but this offer is no better than the the regular offer of 14 days free and $14.99 a month. Big Brother starts on July 9th and if you ordered on that day and you count 14 days in, it would be the 22nd. Then add 2 months to that it would be September 22. (Last years BB ended on the 16th so it should be long enough). And that should be $29.28 with the 14 free days. I don't see the discount anywhere. Did i do my adding right? School was a long time ago lol.
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Flagg
Member
06-01-2005
| Thursday, June 18, 2009 - 12:11 pm
Perhaps, but only NEW members get the 14 days free
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Rgw825
Member
07-29-2005
| Thursday, June 18, 2009 - 12:19 pm
I guess since i ordered the feeds in the past i am no longer a new member. Oops lol
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Flagg
Member
06-01-2005
| Thursday, June 18, 2009 - 1:16 pm
I'm trying to figure out where they get the 25% off figure.
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Rgw825
Member
07-29-2005
| Thursday, June 18, 2009 - 1:30 pm
Well normally it's $39.99 for 3 months. 25% off is $29.99.
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Flagg
Member
06-01-2005
| Friday, June 19, 2009 - 9:13 am
ahh okay, I've only seen the $14.99 per month figure so the numbers didn't work out. I don't mind paying for the feeds but REAL is always so sleazy about cancelling.
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Flagg
Member
06-01-2005
| Friday, June 19, 2009 - 9:15 am
SOrry, board lagged and got a double post.
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Justin42
Member
08-05-2001
| Friday, June 19, 2009 - 10:20 pm
Just posting my normal push to see if your credit card company offers "one time use" cards on the web site... makes cancelling REALLY easy. For me on Bank of America they have "Shopsafe" where I can make a credit card number that can only be used at one store/retailer/company, with a maximum amount of money. Figure out how much BB will cost you, put a few extra dollars in, and then use that card. It'll expire and Real CAN'T renew you automatically. I've used it for years with no issues. (well, the last couple years I used the "change your address to Japan and cancel online" trick just to be super safe but Real wasn't getting an extra penny out of me). And IIRC, last year many of us got the feeds for $30-- the 14 days + 2 months is plenty... can you use a new email address to look like a new customer? (oops, misread the first post to be $39.99, not $29.99, so it sort of works out) Is there an end date to this offer? I don't think 3 months from today is guaranteed to be "safe" and take us all the way to the end...
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Rgw825
Member
07-29-2005
| Saturday, June 20, 2009 - 4:08 am
That's why i am waiting until a couple days before the premier to sign up. I was looking at previous seasons and it varied in dates. Last season ended on Sep 16th (and some speculate it could be a short season this year). But if you go further back a lot ended around Sep 20th - 25th. Looks like BB1 had the longest season on record ending on Sep 29th. I see a pattern here and it's not good. Every season it's getting just a tad shorter.
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Flagg
Member
06-01-2005
| Saturday, June 20, 2009 - 5:38 am
Not sure if its worth all that extra effort. I always get cancelled it just takes a lot of BS on the phone with the CS rep. My problem is with all the effort required to cancel, so doing it all on the front end doesn't really improve things any =) Though if I recall this past year wasn't as bad, I just had to be really firm and tell them outright to just cancel and forget their stupid sales spiel and that I didn't want any free or reduced cost months of service.
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Merrysea
Moderator
08-13-2004
| Saturday, June 20, 2009 - 8:03 am
I've only had the feeds since Season 6 or 7, but I've never had any trouble canceling them (knock on wood!).
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Flagg
Member
06-01-2005
| Saturday, June 20, 2009 - 6:43 pm
They really should just have a cancel option on the web. The only reason they don't is to make it deliberately a hassle and to force subscribers to go through an AOL-style sales pitch to try to keep them from canceling. And then they try to trick you by offering a month or 2 free, making you think it will cancel after that, but it won't unless you call AGAIN to cancel and go through the whole thing over.
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Joyceellaine
Member
07-30-2005
| Sunday, June 21, 2009 - 9:23 am
I tried to get the 29.95 for 3 months offer, but they charged me 39.95. I signed up right when the offer came in my email.
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Lori32
Member
07-04-2008
| Sunday, June 21, 2009 - 10:54 am
getting away from AOL,Real Or Directtv is like getting out of a cult..Pass the kool-aid please..
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Malaka
Member
07-05-2007
| Sunday, June 21, 2009 - 6:54 pm
I have heard that people who say they are in Japan can cancel online. The basis seems to be that Real does not have Japanese speakers on their customer support staff. Note: this info is a year old.
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Joyceellaine
Member
07-30-2005
| Tuesday, June 23, 2009 - 5:58 am
I never have had a problem cancelling. This is the first time having a problem getting the early signup.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Tuesday, June 23, 2009 - 6:34 am
Real Networks has set up FB, Twitter and MySpace accounts: http://www.twitter.com/real_superpass http://www.facebook.com/realplayer.superpass http://www.myspace.com/realplayer_superpass They will also be setting up a YouTube channel.
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Hamsterlady
Member
07-03-2003
| Tuesday, June 23, 2009 - 11:07 am
Joyceellaine - If you contact Customer Service, they should be able to help you out. One of the commenters on my blog said the same thing happened to them but when they called they were told they were only being charged $29.99.
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Chitchat58
Member
07-25-2008
| Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 7:12 pm
Hamsterlady - do you happen to have the Customer Service No. so I can get the $29.99 rate? It would be greatly appreciated.
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 11:44 pm
Chitchat...I believe this is Real's number: 866-212-1343
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Chitchat58
Member
07-25-2008
| Saturday, June 27, 2009 - 9:38 am
Thanks Bee
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Chitchat58
Member
07-25-2008
| Saturday, June 27, 2009 - 1:00 pm
Bee... got my real player set up and got the $29.99 rate so thank you for helping me out.
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Joyceellaine
Member
07-30-2005
| Saturday, June 27, 2009 - 1:19 pm
Thanks for the info. I will call them. I don't want to miss out watching my favorite hampsters.
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Mamapors
Member
07-29-2004
| Sunday, June 28, 2009 - 12:40 pm
Anyone seen the RealPlayer URLs yet? The 4 camera URLs, and the Quadcam URL? I am thinking they are usually available by now. I looked and can not find them anywhere.
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