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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Can I tell you who I'm fleecing real quick? Oh
you're going to say, yeah, I don't mind saying it.
I don't mind saying.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Is it a local company? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (00:06):
Yeah. How does Diane know this? Because I brought it
up to him?
Speaker 1 (00:11):
Right.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Oh, so you were on the text message Diane.
Speaker 4 (00:16):
Said she was getting screwed by She also in the
same boat as you.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Everybody is, Oh, everyone including Kristen. She was on the
group text. Was this this morning?
Speaker 5 (00:27):
No?
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Was a week or so ago? Oh?
Speaker 3 (00:30):
Who is it?
Speaker 2 (00:31):
There were Richmond Times Dispatch.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
Disgraceful, it's a disgrace.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
The yes, what are you doing? Well? So they jacked
their prices up again.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
They they sent out an email then heresy. I was furious.
Speaker 5 (00:49):
They sent out an email saying, just so you know,
when your next month's payment payment comes due, it's going
to be forty ninety nine a month, right, forty one.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
Dollars a month.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
That's how much is that you think you are? How
much is that a year? How much is that?
Speaker 3 (01:07):
It's like nine hundred and fifty two dollars?
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Right? Okay, but I mean you get to look at
their a year.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
No, it's not it's like half that.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
No, forty one times twelve.
Speaker 5 (01:17):
How did I get nine hundred and fifty dollars? Maybe
that was some other math I.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
Maybe, Well, you're not good at math. We know that
the Maybe you're just giving them mine? No, there was
some other double paying.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
No anyway, it doesn't matter. Are you paying for aly
A subscription? No? No, it doesn't matter.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
He's facing them and you die.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
Dian pay for four hundred and ninety two. It was
almost five hundred dollars, right.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
So it's five hundred dollars. So Diane was very open.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
So I showed him leave part of this story out
leaf part of the story.
Speaker 5 (01:48):
I showed him the email and said, did you see
this BS right? Like that's that's it's shameful.
Speaker 4 (01:54):
Do you get access to all they owned quite a
few with Virginia. Do you get access to all of them?
Speaker 1 (01:58):
No?
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Oh no, they're all that much individually. Yes.
Speaker 4 (02:02):
Ah, so because that includes like the Daily Progress out
of Charlottesville.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
No, the Freelance Star.
Speaker 5 (02:09):
You know it's free NBC twenty nine in Charlottesville. Shout
out Times, Shout out Times. Did you have friends there, Diane?
Not at the Times. WSLS is free, though, shout out
to them.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
What about NBC and Diane.
Speaker 4 (02:22):
No, And there's there's some local affiliates that have gone
paywall for TVs.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
Right, and I hope they go out of business careful.
So anyway, you know what's you know what's great. You
know it's great about uh Elliot the morning it's free
the I mean you have to listen to commercial sometimes,
but anyway, the.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Like in about sixty seconds the no.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
So you know what I did, No, No, I went
in to cancel my subscription.
Speaker 4 (02:46):
Oh and they offered it to you for cheaper.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
They did, And you know what I said, Nope, I'm
still canceling.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
I said, they went even cheaper.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
Yes, And then you know what I said, still not
doing it. And I went to cancel it again and
they wrote, oh well no, no, no, no, no, what No,
they lowered it again. They lowered it four times.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Yeah, I love my subscription right now. I love my subscription.
So I told Diane, Diane, listen.
Speaker 3 (03:12):
He says, this is all you have to do.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
Yeah, go in and say you want to cancel it,
and it shoots you instantly.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
You get a message back. I got it down. I
don't mind saying it. Yeah, screw it. It's down to
nine dollars, right, which is.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
Great from forty one amazing?
Speaker 2 (03:26):
Yeah, no, it's great. So I told Diane I just
said no, I don't that.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
They said, do you want to instead of canceling, how
about this amount? And I said no, cancel, and then
I got another one that said no, this amount. So
that went on four times and I got down to
nine dollars. So I said to Diane, just go cancel it.
And what it says, are you sure you want to cancel?
Say yes, and it'll give you a new amount.
Speaker 6 (03:50):
Diane says yes, The screen comes up subscription cancels.
Speaker 5 (03:55):
They're like, screw you, lady, And I was like, all
right you.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
So Diane didn't even get to talk about.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
Now now I'm not gonna support your journalistic.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
Journalism for each support from journalism.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
No, no, but I'd like to support the uh.
Speaker 5 (04:13):
The why did I only get that option? And then
they're like, all right, well buy. Then it was like God, there,
where's the where's the cat and mouse?
Speaker 3 (04:21):
Where's the sexy?
Speaker 2 (04:22):
Back and forth?
Speaker 6 (04:23):
Because I told Diane I wonder if I could have
gotten it down lower, but I was afraid to click
again because it would it would just say that you're okay,
Well then you're you're you're ass out of lock.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
But I got it down to nine dollars.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
I was like, that's a flawed algorithm.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
It's great, it's great. Maybe they know because Diane will
just spend on anything.
Speaker 4 (04:44):
Honestly, it's possible they had a cookie somewhere, have duston
look at it.
Speaker 3 (04:56):
They're tracking you.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
Isn't that good though, Diane? One time outs later, bitch.
Speaker 4 (05:01):
Or maybe they've just heard how many packages are on
your doorstep every single day.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
Oh nothing, they'd be happier.
Speaker 3 (05:11):
I laughed, and I was sitting.
Speaker 6 (05:13):
In the office, and tell you well, son of a bitch.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
She has had a foul mouth. Notice that today. Oh
it was so good.
Speaker 6 (05:24):
All right, I gotta take a break that he'll keep
radio free.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
I'm not paying anything.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
No, I'm winning because now I can still go in
and read all the good journalism.
Can I tell you who I'm fleecing real quick? Oh
you're going to say, yeah, I don't mind saying it.
I don't mind saying.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Is it a local company? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (00:06):
Yeah. How does Diane know this? Because I brought it
up to him?
Speaker 1 (00:11):
Right.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Oh, so you were on the text message Diane.
Speaker 4 (00:16):
Said she was getting screwed by She also in the
same boat as you.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Everybody is, Oh, everyone including Kristen. She was on the
group text. Was this this morning?
Speaker 5 (00:27):
No?
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Was a week or so ago? Oh?
Speaker 3 (00:30):
Who is it?
Speaker 2 (00:31):
There were Richmond Times Dispatch.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
Disgraceful, it's a disgrace.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
The yes, what are you doing? Well? So they jacked
their prices up again.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
They they sent out an email then heresy. I was furious.
Speaker 5 (00:49):
They sent out an email saying, just so you know,
when your next month's payment payment comes due, it's going
to be forty ninety nine a month, right, forty one.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
Dollars a month.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
That's how much is that you think you are? How
much is that a year? How much is that?
Speaker 3 (01:07):
It's like nine hundred and fifty two dollars?
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Right? Okay, but I mean you get to look at
their a year.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
No, it's not it's like half that.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
No, forty one times twelve.
Speaker 5 (01:17):
How did I get nine hundred and fifty dollars? Maybe
that was some other math I.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
Maybe, Well, you're not good at math. We know that
the Maybe you're just giving them mine? No, there was
some other double paying.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
No anyway, it doesn't matter. Are you paying for aly
A subscription? No? No, it doesn't matter.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
He's facing them and you die.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
Dian pay for four hundred and ninety two. It was
almost five hundred dollars, right.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
So it's five hundred dollars. So Diane was very open.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
So I showed him leave part of this story out
leaf part of the story.
Speaker 5 (01:48):
I showed him the email and said, did you see
this BS right? Like that's that's it's shameful.
Speaker 4 (01:54):
Do you get access to all they owned quite a
few with Virginia. Do you get access to all of them?
Speaker 1 (01:58):
No?
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Oh no, they're all that much individually. Yes.
Speaker 4 (02:02):
Ah, so because that includes like the Daily Progress out
of Charlottesville.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
No, the Freelance Star.
Speaker 5 (02:09):
You know it's free NBC twenty nine in Charlottesville. Shout
out Times, Shout out Times. Did you have friends there, Diane?
Not at the Times. WSLS is free, though, shout out
to them.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
What about NBC and Diane.
Speaker 4 (02:22):
No, And there's there's some local affiliates that have gone
paywall for TVs.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
Right, and I hope they go out of business careful.
So anyway, you know what's you know what's great. You
know it's great about uh Elliot the morning it's free
the I mean you have to listen to commercial sometimes,
but anyway, the.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Like in about sixty seconds the no.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
So you know what I did, No, No, I went
in to cancel my subscription.
Speaker 4 (02:46):
Oh and they offered it to you for cheaper.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
They did, And you know what I said, Nope, I'm
still canceling.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
I said, they went even cheaper.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
Yes, And then you know what I said, still not
doing it. And I went to cancel it again and
they wrote, oh well no, no, no, no, no, what No,
they lowered it again. They lowered it four times.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Yeah, I love my subscription right now. I love my subscription.
So I told Diane, Diane, listen.
Speaker 3 (03:12):
He says, this is all you have to do.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
Yeah, go in and say you want to cancel it,
and it shoots you instantly.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
You get a message back. I got it down. I
don't mind saying it. Yeah, screw it. It's down to
nine dollars, right, which is.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
Great from forty one amazing?
Speaker 2 (03:26):
Yeah, no, it's great. So I told Diane I just
said no, I don't that.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
They said, do you want to instead of canceling, how
about this amount? And I said no, cancel, and then
I got another one that said no, this amount. So
that went on four times and I got down to
nine dollars. So I said to Diane, just go cancel it.
And what it says, are you sure you want to cancel?
Say yes, and it'll give you a new amount.
Speaker 6 (03:50):
Diane says yes, The screen comes up subscription cancels.
Speaker 5 (03:55):
They're like, screw you, lady, And I was like, all
right you.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
So Diane didn't even get to talk about.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
Now now I'm not gonna support your journalistic.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
Journalism for each support from journalism.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
No, no, but I'd like to support the uh.
Speaker 5 (04:13):
The why did I only get that option? And then
they're like, all right, well buy. Then it was like God, there,
where's the where's the cat and mouse?
Speaker 3 (04:21):
Where's the sexy?
Speaker 2 (04:22):
Back and forth?
Speaker 6 (04:23):
Because I told Diane I wonder if I could have
gotten it down lower, but I was afraid to click
again because it would it would just say that you're okay,
Well then you're you're you're ass out of lock.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
But I got it down to nine dollars.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
I was like, that's a flawed algorithm.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
It's great, it's great. Maybe they know because Diane will
just spend on anything.
Speaker 4 (04:44):
Honestly, it's possible they had a cookie somewhere, have duston
look at it.
Speaker 3 (04:56):
They're tracking you.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
Isn't that good though, Diane? One time outs later, bitch.
Speaker 4 (05:01):
Or maybe they've just heard how many packages are on
your doorstep every single day.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
Oh nothing, they'd be happier.
Speaker 3 (05:11):
I laughed, and I was sitting.
Speaker 6 (05:13):
In the office, and tell you well, son of a bitch.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
She has had a foul mouth. Notice that today. Oh
it was so good.
Speaker 6 (05:24):
All right, I gotta take a break that he'll keep
radio free.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
I'm not paying anything.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
No, I'm winning because now I can still go in
and read all the good journalism.
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