arf9999
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Should read: "Multichoice raises prices on all bouquets except the one that only offers FTA content"
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DStv prices increase next month
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Should read: "Multichoice raises prices on all bouquets except the one that only offers FTA content"
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
Nom nom, 4 meg uncapped 2.4k dstv 600, so you are going backwards by 1.8k. I am confused dude.
You can get after hours 4 mb uncapped specials for R999.00. Sure it is a little bit more than DSTV... but you get all the TV you want... at the same time as what they show it in the USA.
Add another R80.00 for an account with an international news server though... best way to get the episodes...
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killadoob
Honorary Master
TBH, they have been increasing the price of the premium package by R30 every year now. I"ve got DStv since 2005 and I started with the R399/month in 2005. Now, its R529/month. I just blew that yesterday at the mall. Fueled the car with 100 bucks, Short trip to Spur (R160), before the movie (R48x2) with some pop-corn and that crap cola (R70)....400+ bucks...sooooooooooo.....no need to complain on my side....
And no, I'm not going to the pub to watch a game. 6 pack = R35, at the pub, it'll be like R95....plus some chow......
there is no way I'm cancelling my subscription, especially with the Formula One season starting this month....
Right on brother
, people moan about 600 bucks i can bet those same people blow tons of cash on alcohol, cigi's uncapped internet. Besides that what pub is going to be open to watch quali at 5 in the morning and the race the next day Gary i know all about tv series dude, like i said the only reason i have dstv is sport, i only watch it if i am really bored but otherwise it is just sport and then i download series, movies etc
. Don't have the patience to watch a 40 minute series with 20 minutes of ads 
600 bucks for sport is worth every penny in my opinion, if you don't watch sport dstv is not worth the money.
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the graduate
Senior Member
That's not the problem in good ol' R-S of A.....ooohh...no.....they'll bluntly tell you, boet.....its Rugby....if there is no Rugby, we will switch over for you, but if there is Rugby, that what we'll watch....Right on brother
Gary i know all about tv series dude, like i said the only reason i have dstv is sport, i only watch it if i am really bored but otherwise it is just sport and then i download series, movies etc
the graduate
Senior Member
PLUS......no AD BREAKS during live sporting events....!! R530 is a bargain!
Abe
Expert Member
I would just like to point out, before anyone launches an attack, that these price increases are well in keeping with inflation over the past financial year. Price increases are never pleasant but sometimes they can be justifiable - just my two cents
Just a comment here. The problem is that it is coming off a very high base already. DSTV is not cheap, it's expensive.
atomcrusher
Expert Member
MCA is reported to have said:
If they got rid of 50 % of their clueless call-centre staff, who are paid but don't actually do anything, they would have been able to keep this increase down to a lesser amount
If they got rid of 50 % of their clueless call-centre staff, who are paid but don't actually do anything, they would have been able to keep this increase down to a lesser amount
OK Multichoice.... so you increase it by R30..... cool. R530 total.
So now if 1 out of every 20 people cancel their DSTV, you get 19 x R30 more, which is R570 more, but R530 less because of the one guy who left.
WOW! you just made yourself R40 more cash for every 20 people!!
So now you have 19 people all paying R30 more each so you can make an extra 40 bucks. WOW!
Keep increasing it Multichoice, you're almost there!
Less subscribers paying a LOT more is MUUUUUUUCH better than MANY subscribers paying a little
So now if 1 out of every 20 people cancel their DSTV, you get 19 x R30 more, which is R570 more, but R530 less because of the one guy who left.
WOW! you just made yourself R40 more cash for every 20 people!!
So now you have 19 people all paying R30 more each so you can make an extra 40 bucks. WOW!
Keep increasing it Multichoice, you're almost there!
Less subscribers paying a LOT more is MUUUUUUUCH better than MANY subscribers paying a little
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Where the yell is the competition. Take your Africa magic and africa magic + back and give me my 30 bucks back. Honestly for some of the cwap that dstv broadcasts and the over & over repeats 30 bucks is a rip-off, inflation or not. And please I am not being a miser, I would rather buy an extra gig from Afrihost and enjoy a wider variety from the net.
ToxicBunny
Oi! Leave me out of this...
These kind of things irritate me...
To cover "operational" increases.. why don't they jack the pricing of advertising on their damn channels instead of screwing their clients over
To cover "operational" increases.. why don't they jack the pricing of advertising on their damn channels instead of screwing their clients over
Less subscribers paying a LOT more is MUUUUUUUCH better than MANY subscribers paying a little
They know that (honestly) less subscribers to support, their lives are easier, can you imagine 20 million subscribers moaning about a non-functional PVR? Far easier to milk those that "have" to have it for sport.
Bizkit87
Executive Member
its easier to do it the other way round...
killadoob
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Sure but the general trend around the world for TV and internet/telecoms is to decrease prices. Only in SA, land of the monopoly, are prices allowed to increase.I would just like to point out, before anyone launches an attack, that these price increases are well in keeping with inflation over the past financial year. Price increases are never pleasant but sometimes they can be justifiable - just my two cents
Precisely. If it was cheaper they would have more subscribers. And that would them mean more complains and support required - all this for the "same" income. DSTV management either missed the Economies of Scale lecture, or they know full well, they don't need it.
pjjdp
Expert Member
+ another million.
I just cancelled my DSTV and opted for the SAINET uncapped. Doing exactly the same.
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
Right on brother
Gary i know all about tv series dude, like i said the only reason i have dstv is sport, i only watch it if i am really bored but otherwise it is just sport and then i download series, movies etc
600 bucks for sport is worth every penny in my opinion, if you don't watch sport dstv is not worth the money.
I know... I was just pointing out that you can get uncapped for way less than R2400.
The rest was for everyone else benefit who does not need the sport.