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[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Cox did this with my dad, fucked around and found out. To this day, if you bring up Cox Cable, my dad goes, "OH, you mean the company I was a loyal customer to for 32 years, 10 months, and 17 days?!"

He had one of those cable-internet-landline bundles and was paying something like $150/month for it, something about he just had to call every renewal or something like that. Well, him and my mom fell on some hard times and forgot/missed a payment/something happened with Cox.

My dad gets the bill the next month, and it says his package is now $300/month (or something ridiculous like that). He calls Cox and wants to know what's up, why his bill doubled in a month, etc They told him he missed his renewal and thus his promotional price was lost, and now he's got to do the regular price. He explains what's been going on and how they're doing their best, they want to remain a customer, but they're not paying $300/month for something they were paying $150/month for.

Cox refused to budge, offering a like $25/month discount at best. So my dad goes, "So, I just want to understand... If I was a new customer creating a new account, you'd give me my old rate? And if I hadn't missed the thing last month, you'd give me my old rate?" Correct. "So my being a customer of yours for over 32 years... That gets me nothing?!" That's correct, Sir, so would you like to renew, make any changes, or make a payment?

"Oh, you can close the account, I'll be dropping off your equipment in about 3 hours, thank you." And they still argued with my dad, I think they moved up to $50/month discount, and he just told them to kick rocks, he would rather have no internet, cable, or telephone, than give Cox his money ever again. And to this day, he refuses to recommend Cox to anyone, and tells them to check his file whenever they call or come to the door trying to get him to come back.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

It's because the people who will actually cancel are the minority. The companies wouldn't do this if it resulted in a net loss for them. They make more money being assholes, so they'll always be assholes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Corporations are creating multitudes of Arya Starks, all stropping their knives and waiting for a chance to wet the blade.

Refusing to reward a corporation for their bad behavior is incredibly cathartic.