Star Wars geekery aside,
I've been ranting about this Dark Side
of "Look, Skycable..." since
September last year.


I finally called DESTINY cable
at 2pm yesterday,
Jan.2, Wednesday;

less than 24 hours later,
by 10:30am today, Jan.3,
everything was properly installed.


I paid just P1,500.00
to cover the 1st 3 months of my subscription;
no more additional fees
for a silly cable converter digital box
or other installation charges.


So, it's only P500/month
to get all the Solar Channels,
including Basketball TV and Jack TV!


And my favorites:
Discovery, Discovery Travel and Living,
Fox News, Animal Planet, etc., etc.;


additional TVs with all these channels,
will cost just P50 each.



The only downside?
No StarWorld and StarMovies.



In contrast,
the treacherous SkyCable,
to which I've been loyal to for a decade,

already costs me P680 for the (tarnished) Silver Package,
plus P304 (P152 each for two extension TVs):
a grand total of P984.00/month.

(and I was charged around P2,000+
for the pretty, but pretty useless "Digital" Cable Boxes just last November)





NOW,
if I decide to get the so-called "Platinum Pack" upgrade
that the SkyCable idiots are so enthusiastically promoting,
(25+ additional channels including
Discovery Travel & Living and Discovery Channel~
which are FREE on Destiny),



I'll first have to upgrade to SkyCable GOLD,
which is P870/month, for the basic subscription;

then the P304/month for the two extra TVs.
then P350 for the "Metro Pack" (the Discovery channels),
and another P350 if I want the "HBO Pack" as well.



do the math:
P870 skycable gold + P304 extra TVs + P700 platinum pack =
P1,874 Monthly Total for SkycablePlatinum...

HAYUP!!!



and here's the kicker:

ONLY
my the first "main" TV will be under PLATINUM programming.
the other 2 extensions will remain in Basic Gold....


AND
if I want the other TVs at my house
to have this overpriced Platinum Pack,


EACH
of the other two extensions
will have to be considered as MAIN TVs,


THEREFORE,
if I were to have Sky Platinum for each of the TVs at home,
that will cost more than P1,500 per TV...

or a total of P4,500/month.


HOLD-UP ITO!!!
REACH FOR THE SKY...

BECAUSE SKY'S THE LIMIT...

ng babayaran mo!!!


Some idiots are paying for this so-called
"platinum privilege",
believe me.


If you don't want to waste your money
and be a certified Skysucker,

check out the map below to find out if
your part of MegaManila is already covered
by Destiny Cable, or just log on
here!


slvrdlphn wrote on Jan 3, edited on Jan 3
That is definitely highway robbery. We've been Homecable (now Skycable silver) subscribers for quite some time ourselves but thankfully we have not encountered the problems you have. For one thing, we were never asked to install a digital cable box. For another, we only have one TV at home. I used to subscribe to Global cable several years ago, which I believe got bought out by Destiny.

I feel for you, that Sky has robbed you, but since we always pay early and we don't have as many TVs or channels we want to watch, we pay a discounted rate. Don't ask me how much of a discount. My dad pays for the cable bill so I don't know, hehehe. All I know is it is less that P680 a month.
spanx wrote on Jan 3
hey penny!

happy 2008! yup, this is my same 10-year old HomeCable account morphed into SkySilver which those blatant robbers now want to turn into the Platinum Pack ",)

slvrdlphn wrote on Jan 3
spanx said
this is my same 10-year old HomeCable account morphed into SkySilver which those blatant robbers now want to turn into the Platinum Pack ",)
Sigh, these sales folk will say anything just to get a commission. As far as I'm concerned, silver is more than adequate. Too bad about Hallmark, Cinemax, etc. but I'll survive. I'm not a couch potato yet, hehehe

The only thing I don't like about Destiny is the absence of the Star channels. With Global cable we used to have Star. As soon as they removed it, we shifted to Homecable.
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