Are you one of the Northern Nevadans that got their The Price is Right cut off today? Ah, no!!!! I'll miss you Drew Carey and staff at TPIR.
I get my TV here in northern Nevada because I am a pay customer of DISH. A non-Nevadan company Sarkes Tarzian, Inc. that owns our local CBS station KTVN here in Reno wants a rate increase. KTVN would have me believe that it is just pennies a day and DISH should be giving in because they have "value".
Do they really think that I don't notice that I pay for DISH to provide me services. So, Sarkes Tarzian, Inc. and KTVN don't really want more money from DISH, they want more money from me and other DISH subscribers. DISH won't pay the 335% rate increase that Sarkes Tarzian, Inc. wants and I applaud them for it!
Realistically, if DISH did keep CBS and pass the cost on to me ... my bill wouldn't reflect 3 and a half-cents a day. It probably wouldn't even be a nickle a day more ($20) a year. We'd probably probably end up seeing much higher prices.
Even though it means no CBS for me as of today, I do not plan to swap over to DTV that gives into the demands of companies like Sarkes Tarzian, Inc and passes the higher rates on to their customers.
Actually, I used to have DTV and that is specifically why I have DISH now! But, that is another story that really isn't all that interesting. Service issues that bored even me.
Anyway ... if you're in Reno, Sparks, or other northern Nevada towns and areas hurt by DISH dropping the local CBS channel you can go to befairsarkes.com and send email message to Sarkes Tarzian advertisers if you agree with me.
By the way .... they eventually negotiated a contract together that so far hasn't changed our prices. Those of us that didn't cave and stayed with DISH eventually got to watch The Price is Right again! That is good enough for me. I just wanted to watch TPIR.
ReplyDelete