fuck time warner

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My Tivo Series 3 arrived today. While I handled the lifetime transfer from one of our (currently dead) series 2, mags called time warner to arrange cable card installation. After first flat out refusing (and trying to upsell their shitty HD DVR), she eventually convinced a supervisor to schedule the appointment. They claim their cards are

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[moonchyld1]

wait, so they are now allowing you to transfer your lifetime service to a new tivo??

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on several conditions:

only from existing lifetime s1/s2 to a new s3 purchased from tivo.com or weaknees.com

$199 transfer fee

only till the end of the year

[moonchyld1]

heh, so the transfer fee is (if i remember correctly) the same the lifetime subscription was..

and only until the end of the year?? how lame is that? and the fact that they've raised their monthly fees when cable companies are offering dvr's for cheaper..

<3 my tivo, but damn!

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lifetime started at 199 about 6 years ago, but steadily increased until it was 299 when they stopped offering it