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Centurylink $65 for life fiasco…

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by UFLawyer, Jul 7, 2023.

  1. Jul 7, 2023 #1
    UFLawyer

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    Anyone here have CenturyLink “$65 for life special” that they offered a few years ago for gigabit service? Now they are attempting to increase the price to $75. Probably going to be a class action filed soon if not already. I called them today and spent 15 minutes on the chat with them going through a whole litany of excuses. They finally caved when I threw out the term fraudulent inducement. Their excuses are off the chart ridiculous. Some great threads on Reddit on people’s interactions.
     
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  2. Jul 7, 2023 #2
    docspor

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    did the original deal specify whose life?
     
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  3. Jul 7, 2023 #3
    RIP

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    The small print said "life is defined as the average age of a mouse upon death".
     
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    channingcrowderhungry

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    I believe it mentioned something about a submarine captain
     
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    QGator2414

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    I’m actually in at $45 I think. I have paid $52.48 after taxes for a really long time. Can’t remember when it started. Now I don’t have the speed as Cox but I can’t tell the difference and stream TVs and have multiple devices run just fine. I was worried I was going to have to give it up when we went streaming. But all good.

    Wish I could get the same deal for our place in Palm Coast. Spend twice as much on internet there. But YouTubeTV is brilliant as I can use it at both places.
     
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    Queen Elizabeth’s.
     
  7. Jul 8, 2023 #7
    UFLawyer

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    In their script, one of the things they claim is, there is no contract for $65 for life, but instead it was “$20 off for life”, and the regular price was $85 (now $95)…but they didn’t count on the power of the internet community forums. Dozens of people posted photos of the advertisements across the country showing $65 for life for gig speed if you switch from your current providers. No mention whatsoever of $20 for anything in their advertisement. People even have screenshots of centuryLink‘s webpage showing the offer. They’re going to get so fucked over by a class action lawsuit that’s going to be in the 100 millions. I’m going to guess too many people signed up and now they have a few million people at $65 for the rest of their life. LOL
     
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  8. Jul 8, 2023 #8
    citygator

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    Set up a subsidiary with the profitable customers.. spin it off.... close down old operation and offer lifers a discounted rate for a term with new company. I should go work for Trump.
     
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    phatGator

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    Like the guy who built my patio and gave me a lifetime warranty on it. Of course, he was 65 years old and had heart problems.
     
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  10. Jul 9, 2023 #10
    Spurffelbow833

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    It probably states in the contract that they can kill you when it's time to raise their prices again.
     
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