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join:2004-04-20
Sparks, NV
 ·Charter Pipeline
| Yeah! I can see this one coming a mile away. 1,500,000 points gets you our nifty Charter coffee mug, plus $25 shipping and handling, or our "I Love and Forgive Charter" t-shirt for 5,000,000 points, plus $30 shipping and handling.
Now for 99,000,000,000, points you'll receive an iPod Shuffle, plus $59.99 shipping and handling.  | |
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swhx7
Premium
join:2006-07-23
Elbonia
·RoadRunner Cable
| Any value in this for anyone but Charter? Whenever I've seen "points" schemes like this in the past, the things the points could be used for were a very limited selection, at questionable prices (also partly obscured by the difficulty of evaluating the points in dollars), and you'd do better shopping around for bargains in regular stores - if you even wanted the same items anyway. | |
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 | lordofwhee
join:2007-10-21
Everett, WA
| Re: Any value in this for anyone but Charter? said by swhx7  :(also partly obscured by the difficulty of evaluating the points in dollars) That's all these kinds of things are designed to do (see: Micro$oft Points). They know it, we know it, but most people are too naive. | |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
| said by swhx7 :Whenever I've seen "points" schemes like this in the past, the things the points could be used for were a very limited selection, at questionable prices (also partly obscured by the difficulty of evaluating the points in dollars), and you'd do better shopping around for bargains in regular stores - if you even wanted the same items anyway. This reminds me of the 'tickets redemption' in arcades in the 80's. where a $5 transistor radio you'd have to play $1500 worth games[assuming you won the max tickets per game on that game!] to get.
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raptor1418
Premium
join:2002-12-03
Denver, CO
 ·magicjack.com
 ·Mesa Networks
·Comcast
| Yet again!! Yet another company spending money on a useless dog and pony show instead of spending that money they blew on the advertising and not to mention the cost of running the "rewards program" and putting into fixing what is actually not working.
This philosophy big business has of thinking most people are ignorant, don't really think about what type of service they are getting, and at what cost is not going to hold water to much longer. | |
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TK Junk Mail
Go ahead, make my day
Premium
join:2002-03-03
Margate City, NJ
clubs: | It is better than the $12 you'd get back as part of some class action lawsuit against the company that nets the lawyers millions. | |
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S_engineer
join:2007-05-16
Chicago, IL | Re: Yet again!! But TK...those lawyers have children too.Come on, you must "think of their children!"
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BinaryXtreme
join:2004-04-20
Sparks, NV | Says who? You'd get more out of the $12 than anything they'll offer in this program I bet. | |
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hopeflicker
Capitalism breeds greed
Premium
join:2003-04-03
Long Beach, CA | Who pays for all of these prizes Who pays for all of these prizes? YOU DO.
That's right, the next bill increase will cover the cost of these prizes./
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
| Re: Who pays for all of these prizes said by hopeflicker :Who pays for all of these prizes? YOU DO. That's right, the next bill increase will cover the cost of these prizes. but just think: with a higher bill you'll get more points for prizes so charter hikes your bill and with a higher bill you'll get more points for prizes so charter hikes your bill and with a higher bill you'll get more points for prizes so charter hikes your bill and with a higher bill you'll get more points for prizes so charter hikes your bill and with a higher bill you'll get more points for prizes so charter hikes your bill and with a higher bill you'll get more points for prizes so charter hikes your bill and with a higher bill you'll get more points for prizes so charter hikes your bill and with a higher bill you'll get more points for prizes so charter hikes your bill and with a higher bill you'll get more points for prizes so charter hikes your bill. . . . .
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GreggE
Thinking - Thinking
Premium
join:2003-06-01
Mid Tenn
| This Is Frontpage News Now? This isn't new... I've been with this program for over a year now. It's not fantastic offers inside by any stretch of the imagination. Alot of the stuff is gift merchandise they get from Showtime, HBO etc. Anything thats of substantial value requires so many points you'll never see it. | |
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swinn
join:2001-02-16
Clarksville, TN | Re: This Is Frontpage News Now? I was thinking the same thing. I have also been involved with the program for quite some time. | |
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join:2003-11-03
Yakima, WA | Re: This Is Frontpage News Now? They are rolling out through out the rest of charter now, you are in the eastern division, where the program was "tested" | |
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pderosa
join:2000-08-29
Saint Louis, MO
·Charter Pipeline
| Signed up So I signed up. Based on my spending I should qualify for the Platinum membership which gives you 15 points per dollar spent (excluding taxes). I should pull in about 2500 points per month. I go to the rewards page and look at the offerings they have. For 16000 points I could get a component video cable (similar to the one that I was given with my DVR). So in about 7 months I should have enough to get that.
I have a feeling that the real rewards (iPods, etc.) will be so many points that even if you spend a lot per month it will take you several years to get them. By that time they will probably discontinue the program. Looks like another Charter scam to me. | |
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TrebMaxx
join:2003-12-12
Columbia, MO
| Laughable Will the Charter Mall give me access to High Def and DVR's which Charter doesn't provide here in my local.
They could take the money they are using for this crap and provide me the services that most others take for granted. I am on year 4 since I bought my HDTV having been told numerous times over the years that it will be coming soon...yeah, right after they set up this worthless points scheme. | |
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Mumbly Joe
@charter.com | Go see "Wall E" Turn off your TV. Unplug your modem. Hang up your cell phone and take stock in what you have. DO one last thing: Go see this movie. | |
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cork1958
Cork
join:2000-02-26
Fruitport, MI
·Charter Pipeline
| Screw up the prizes anyway! You know that Charter will still somehow screw with the customer that actually redeems their points for whatever, such as the last gimmick they tried with the monster tv! 
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get_facts
@charter.com
| BBR - What Happened? said by Karl :
Charter Launches New Rewards Gimmick
Now perhaps I'm cynical, but I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that a credit-card rewards style program isn't going to help cure network congestion or fix customer service -- though it may differentiate the company in markets where customers enjoy gimmicks. I can't help but wonder how many "Live it points" were earned by the guy who recently decided to pay $71,540 for a "lifetime" * of Charter broadband service. The bias of this website is so apparent. Gimmick? Who cares??
And for the record, the money raided for the "lifetime" of broadband was donated to charity. But I'm sure you knew that right? | |
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