is primetime going down the tubes?
Posted: 24 Jan 2012, 14:32
wots the script with that channel i cant seem 2 find their website these days and apart from pacquiao marquez theirs been nothing of late?
I think that's a bit harsh mate.Alba wrote:fingers crossed it does.
It depends how much they have to pay in ongoing costs, I suppose. Maybe it's less than people think.Riddick Blowe wrote:how does a channel like this sustain itself anyway?
what other programming does it have? I can picture it as being one of those weird channels in the mid hundreds with nothing ever scheduled.
Totally agree - depends on their overheads. It could be they only have a couple of full time staff as i'm sure they'll use freelance technical and production staff on a show-by-show basis.dondada wrote:It depends how much they have to pay in ongoing costs, I suppose. Maybe it's less than people think.Riddick Blowe wrote:how does a channel like this sustain itself anyway?
what other programming does it have? I can picture it as being one of those weird channels in the mid hundreds with nothing ever scheduled.
If they did a couple of PPV a year even, perhaps that would be enough to keep them ticking over.
That's good of you, I don't think I'd ever give them my business again after they'd treated me like that.King Geedorah wrote:They're shit. They didn't take payment from my account for Khan-McCloskey and blocked me when I tried to order Mayweather's last fight. Then the guy on the phone asked me to pay for Khan there and then, fair enough but he took the May fight payment without asking as well and I couldn't use my Sky+ to record it. I complained as you are supposed to give verbal warning before taking another payment on the same card after doing the first transation and a line manager phoned me back and said it shouldn't have happened but it was my fault anyway.
Then they sold my details to dodgy credit control company despite my having paid for my PPVs. The company were very aggressive, Primetime denied that I had paid them when it was queried and I'm still waiting to hear back after being red lettered and threatened over £14.95 that I have paid. The Scottish guy I spoke to last went mad as a load of people have had their details sold on by Primetime even though there isn't a debt to be met. It means the credit company don't get paid so guess who they get gnarly with? You. Or me, depending on how you're seeing this.
I sent Primetime emails. They no longer reply. I have bank statements showing that I paid both amounts. But do I really want to post my statements to some dodgy office in Glasgow?
Mickey Mouse wears a Primetime watch.
Yes, I will still pay for their PPVs bills if they have them again.
Yay, the primetime Scottish guy is still in a job. I swear he is the only one on the switchboard.King Geedorah wrote:They're shit. They didn't take payment from my account for Khan-McCloskey and blocked me when I tried to order Mayweather's last fight. Then the guy on the phone asked me to pay for Khan there and then, fair enough but he took the May fight payment without asking as well and I couldn't use my Sky+ to record it. I complained as you are supposed to give verbal warning before taking another payment on the same card after doing the first transation and a line manager phoned me back and said it shouldn't have happened but it was my fault anyway.
Then they sold my details to dodgy credit control company despite my having paid for my PPVs. The company were very aggressive, Primetime denied that I had paid them when it was queried and I'm still waiting to hear back after being red lettered and threatened over £14.95 that I have paid. The Scottish guy I spoke to last went mad as a load of people have had their details sold on by Primetime even though there isn't a debt to be met. It means the credit company don't get paid so guess who they get gnarly with? You. Or me, depending on how you're seeing this.
I sent Primetime emails. They no longer reply. I have bank statements showing that I paid both amounts. But do I really want to post my statements to some dodgy office in Glasgow?
Mickey Mouse wears a Primetime watch.
Yes, I will still pay for their PPVs bills if they have them again.
there like a bad smell ,and dont put anything back into boxing . Its not harsh its the truth. They treat there customers like pish and offer a substandard product,dondada wrote:I think that's a bit harsh mate.Alba wrote:fingers crossed it does.
They did pick up stuff that, for one reason or another, fans would have missed.
Didn't know about the substandard treatment KG outlines and that's not good, obviously.Alba wrote:there like a bad smell ,and dont put anything back into boxing . Its not harsh its the truth. They treat there customers like pish and offer a substandard product,dondada wrote:I think that's a bit harsh mate.Alba wrote:fingers crossed it does.
They did pick up stuff that, for one reason or another, fans would have missed.
i know man ,but least when sky and even allegedly (in due course) sign contracts you know you will see fighters develop over time ,you wont get that with SLimetime . i know most ppl dont agree with me on this but that is how i feel!dondada wrote:Didn't know about the substandard treatment KG outlines and that's not good, obviously.Alba wrote:there like a bad smell ,and dont put anything back into boxing . Its not harsh its the truth. They treat there customers like pish and offer a substandard product,dondada wrote: I think that's a bit harsh mate.
They did pick up stuff that, for one reason or another, fans would have missed.
I'm not sure what you mean about 'putting back' into boxing? All they were ever set up for, AFAIK, was to show PPV matches and for a little while they specialised in picking up stuff that was going to fall through the cracks.
Tell them you are a journalist and you are currently looking to print a story on the matter. Companies tend to back down quickly then.King Geedorah wrote:They're shit. They didn't take payment from my account for Khan-McCloskey and blocked me when I tried to order Mayweather's last fight. Then the guy on the phone asked me to pay for Khan there and then, fair enough but he took the May fight payment without asking as well and I couldn't use my Sky+ to record it. I complained as you are supposed to give verbal warning before taking another payment on the same card after doing the first transation and a line manager phoned me back and said it shouldn't have happened but it was my fault anyway.
Then they sold my details to dodgy credit control company despite my having paid for my PPVs. The company were very aggressive, Primetime denied that I had paid them when it was queried and I'm still waiting to hear back after being red lettered and threatened over £14.95 that I have paid. The Scottish guy I spoke to last went mad as a load of people have had their details sold on by Primetime even though there isn't a debt to be met. It means the credit company don't get paid so guess who they get gnarly with? You. Or me, depending on how you're seeing this.
I sent Primetime emails. They no longer reply. I have bank statements showing that I paid both amounts. But do I really want to post my statements to some dodgy office in Glasgow?
Mickey Mouse wears a Primetime watch.
Yes, I will still pay for their PPVs bills if they have them again.