Definitely!The Brownells search engine needs a LOT of work. The old Catalogs were quicker and more reliable.
Definitely!The Brownells search engine needs a LOT of work. The old Catalogs were quicker and more reliable.
I think I was paying $5.99+tax (came out to $6.06/month), so I used a virtual credit card with a $10/month limit to pay for it. When it hit the 12th month and they jacked the rates to $20/month, guess what happened. I looked for a way to cancel online, but it just took me to a "cancel online via your account" button that didn't actually take me to anything that would let me cancel (despite the fact that I had gone online to reactivate a dead account, and their fine print says you can cancel online if you subscribe online), so I let the paused card do all the work.You can usually get Sirius down to about $5 per month, sometimes for 6 months but more recently for 12 months. I hate that you have to keep calling at the end of the period to renew the rate, and we don't listen to it that much so will probably just cancel. If you tell them up front you are not interested at ANY price, you might be able to avoid going through all the offers before they give up and just cancel it. And of course, once you cancel you start getting offers in the mail for around $5 per month to come back.
Air Comfort Solutions. 12 Years ago my furnace went out. I called the old company,(unknown to me who went out of business), which was bought by Air Comfort. They came out, told me my furnace was obsolete and unable to find repair parts. Then offered to put in a new system, and if I bought the most expensive, they could start that day. Because of forecast weather,i.e. winter storm warning I agree. Later they add charges because they have to bring the house up to code, and do more work. Later I find out that repair parts were available, and that because the house was GRANDFATHERED in, did not need to brought up to code. I filed complaints with BBB, Oklahoma Contractors licensing and others. Air Comfort then sent out a convicted felon to try to intimidate me. Because I was bigger than him, and HAD witnesses, he backed down. Later, AFTER, I refused to pay for extended coverage, they told me that because the furnace was out of warranty,(3 months from installation), I was not eligible for a return/refund. BBB asked if I wanted arbitration. I agreed, but BBB never followed through despite continued requests for arbitration from me.
Sounds as if they took a page out of COX and AT&T and other cable companies requiring you to request a "fixer" to get the best deal you can. I know several people who have admitted to me that is their job. To smooth over wrinkled customers with special offers heavily discounted and free additions. They tell me the customer has to threaten to disconnect then they are referred and go to work.yeah, you can't cancel online because they want to go over all of their "offers" with you. Best I remember, they'll offer you a discounted rate and when you tell them no, just cancel, they'll come back with another like 2-3 times... they'll eventually get to about $5 per month that will be good for 6 or 12 months, or whatever they're offering at the time. What annoys me is you have to call back when the offer expires and go through the dog and pony show again to get back to $5. That's my limit though, I'm just not interested for any more than $5 per month.
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