NFL Sunday Ticket

DeezNuts · #1 08-11-2004, 03:04 AM

Does anyone have this? Any problems with direcTV? What if you move and have DirecTV, does that get messy? Any comments appreciated, as I am thinking of taking advantage of one of their deals.

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eggzz · #2 08-11-2004, 11:24 AM

I had it last year, but did not re-up for this year. I recommend it though, it was quite nice to have access to every game. Especially if you are in fantasy football which I am in. I was able to watch the Texans early and was the first to see how good Domanick Davis was and picked him up in both leagues before he became a hot commodity. That propelled me to the playoffs in both leagues because I started him over Ricky Williams a few times. I had Ricky and Stephen Davis and was looking good, but Domanick was solid when the other two were on byes, and by the end of the year, Ricky was not producing squat.

THe downfall is that it really ties you up on Sundays. You feel like you are locked to the TV all day Sunday, god forbid you go golfing or something because you paid twenty bucks a week or so to have all the games, you can't just blow a week off. But if you don't have a problem with that, go for it.

I wouldn't think you would have a problem if you moved mid year. Their customer service is decent and wouldn't hassle you, they want you to be a long term customer. The price went up to 220 I think, I had an opportunity to rebuy at 200 I think, but passed. I may buy it again next year maybe, if I find that I missed it.

MHoydilla · #3 08-11-2004, 09:55 PM

I had it a few years ago and it was the nuts. I live in Vegas now so no need as I can go to the sportsbooks and watch it for free.

Tater10 · #4 08-12-2004, 11:04 AM

I love the ticket, had it for 3+ years now. It is definately worth the money for a football fan like myself. No problems.

I have contacted customer service a couple times. For me, it is next to impossible to get a live person. I think the few times i had a question, i just pressed a key that i would like to sign up for something - you get a live person real quick then.

bosoxfan · #5 08-12-2004, 11:20 AM

I've had it for 5 years and love it. The only problem I have with it is during bad storms which we get in New England during football season I sometimes lose reception.

I don't use any other service from Direct TV just the ticket.

eggzz · #6 08-12-2004, 08:47 PM

Ha ha, you are right, maybe customer service isn't the best after all. I remember one time we tried ordering a pay per view movie, and we accidentally ordered Big Mama's in the House, and tried to call to cancel the order. Well they stopped the movie ok, but when I told them what we did want to order, they brought it up ok, but on the wrong TV. They put it to our regular TV, not the big screen in the basement. Then, when I got the bill, I got an extra $2.50 surcharge for using operator assistance to order the movie. I just paid the frikkin bill rather than call up to quibble over two fitty.