gar187er
Premium Alcoholic
join:2006-06-24
Dover, DE
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Re: Why is cablecard so expensive ?
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Wow! how shrill, So when i buy $2000 LCD, its not warrantied for 1 year, or any other electronics. If you read this exact forum for more then a week, you would know Comcast and Seachange want to add ppv on Tivos. Oh did you know that in the 80's you could get a set at the store and it didnt need a box!!!! Wait its seems technology is de-evoluting. Oh have you heard of a cellphone, you know the ones from ATT, well your sim is always replaced for free , as long as you have service with them. FIOS please come quick...
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umm comcast doesnt make the cablecards, jusy like stores dont make the tvs they sell...warranty through the manufacturer buddy |
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DaveNJ
No Fear
join:1999-09-01
New Jersey
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| said by gar187er  : quote:
Wow! how shrill, So when i buy $2000 LCD, its not warrantied for 1 year, or any other electronics. If you read this exact forum for more then a week, you would know Comcast and Seachange want to add ppv on Tivos. Oh did you know that in the 80's you could get a set at the store and it didnt need a box!!!! Wait its seems technology is de-evoluting. Oh have you heard of a cellphone, you know the ones from ATT, well your sim is always replaced for free , as long as you have service with them. FIOS please come quick...
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umm comcast doesnt make the cablecards, jusy like stores dont make the tvs they sell...warranty through the manufacturer buddy okay so if it breaks who replaces it ? -buddy. I never implied Comcast makes anything. But since they are the only one authorized to sell them, they are there own retailer.
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gar187er
Premium Alcoholic
join:2006-06-24
Dover, DE
| sorry man, they arent authorzied to sell them... SA or whoever is the manufacturer....comcast comes out with a replacement and then sends the old one off to get repaired thorugh a 3rd party (and they have to pay for it), or they buy a new one...
they are not a retailer..retailers sell products.... |
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DaveNJ
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join:1999-09-01
New Jersey
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| said by gar187er :sorry man, they arent authorzied to sell them... SA or whoever is the manufacturer....comcast comes out with a replacement and then sends the old one off to get repaired thorugh a 3rd party (and they have to pay for it), or they buy a new one... they are not a retailer..retailers sell products.... Oh you mean like a lease on a car, from a car retailer, right ?
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markofmayhem
join:2004-04-08
Pittsburgh, PA | Never heard of a car retailer, most are dealerships that act as a 3rd party broker between manufacturer and consumer. |
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