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Stethacantus

I never got the 10/06 Daily episode on In Demand. When I first noticed it was not added I called In Demand and they lied to me and told me that 10/6 was a Friday show and their was no In Demand episode for it. Then when I pointed out that there was a live show on 10/6 they claimed that it was my cable company's fault and they would call Time/Warner and tell them to add it, but to give them a few days. In the past three weeks I have called them several times and each time I got the same bullshit. Meanwhile Time/Warner Queens claimed that they could not add the show because In Demand did not send them it and until they were sent the episode there was nothing they could do about it. Now I call today and fucking In Demand says they are "no longer obligated to send me the episode because it's date expired" and that I will have to ask Time/Warner for a refund if I did not get the episode. Time/Warner says that In Demand are the ones who take most of the $14 I have to pay each month and they should be the ones to pay a refund since they are the ones who failed to provide the program.

I had enough of this shit. Every month I am missing several vault episodes. At least twice they skipped "Best of the week" episodes since last April. I am sick of wasting my time and phone bills begging these assholes to give me what I paid for.

It is now going to cost me $40 dollars to buy the episode off of E-Bay. I am going to have to sue Howard for the cost of that DVD. And from now on I am going to keep buying all the missing episodes from E-Bay and sue him for the cost until he gets off his lazy ass and fixes this shit. I am sick of him passing the buck to the cable companies. He is the one who promised these episodes. He is the one who gets most of the money that In Demand bills me for. It is his name on the channel. Ultimately he is responsible for giving me the product I paid for.

SoCalJeff

GFYS :pie: ya wordy prick

Stevie4Stern

Mr L

jrinck

Howard's lawyer is bigger than your lawyer.

trim spa baby

Wow.....

J-DUBS

oooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. first les moonves, now you?

Johnnymop

Quote: Originally posted by SoCalJeff
GFYS :pie: ya wordy prick

I stopped after "10/06 daily show".

fabsabs

Chris3mes1

pucksandbeer

Hire Howard K Stern

Bud

Quote: Originally posted by Stethacantus

It is now going to cost me $40 dollars to buy the episode off of E-Bay..

$40 dollars is outrageous.

ilovesavanna

Quote: Originally posted by fabsabs

what he said

drewnitro

dude, take a deep breath, and repeat after me.

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super_not

cry me a river faggot

jayz01us

Quote: Originally posted by Stethacantus
I never got the 10/06 Daily episode on In Demand. When I first noticed it was not added I called In Demand and they lied to me and told me that 10/6 was a Friday show and their was no In Demand episode for it. Then when I pointed out that there was a live show on 10/6 they claimed that it was my cable company's fault and they would call Time/Warner and tell them to add it, but to give them a few days. In the past three weeks I have called them several times and each time I got the same bullshit. Meanwhile Time/Warner Queens claimed that they could not add the show because In Demand did not send them it and until they were sent the episode there was nothing they could do about it. Now I call today and fucking In Demand says they are "no longer obligated to send me the episode because it's date expired" and that I will have to ask Time/Warner for a refund if I did not get the episode. Time/Warner says that In Demand are the ones who take most of the $14 I have to pay each month and they should be the ones to pay a refund since they are the ones who failed to provide the program.

I had enough of this shit. Every month I am missing several vault episodes. At least twice they skipped "Best of the week" episodes since last April. I am sick of wasting my time and phone bills begging these assholes to give me what I paid for.

It is now going to cost me $40 dollars to buy the episode off of E-Bay. I am going to have to sue Howard for the cost of that DVD. And from now on I am going to keep buying all the missing episodes from E-Bay and sue him for the cost until he gets off his lazy ass and fixes this shit. I am sick of him passing the buck to the cable companies. He is the one who promised these episodes. He is the one who gets most of the money that In Demand bills me for. It is his name on the channel. Ultimately he is responsible for giving me the product I paid for.

jwipe

What makes you think Howard is in any way responsible for the In Demand station? You're barking up the wrong tree. It's things like this that make me glad I subscribe to Prepaid Legal. I just call them up and a lawyer will send a letter to the company demanding a refund.
Works like a charm.

MikeWalkerFart

Quote: Originally posted by pucksandbeer
Hire Howard K Stern

:lol:

Hey Now MoFo

For Christ sake :rolleyes:

mikesbandit

I'm going to sue the world series because i had tickets to game 7 and it only went 5.

go dildo your mother

assmasterson

Kenoe

What a Fag.. :rolleyes:

Stony71

WWWAAAAAAAHHHHH!! IMMA SUE HOWARD FOR NOT HAVING AN EPISODE UP!!! WWWAAAAAAAHHHHH!!

TheDomina

Which episode was it that you think is worth 40 bucks?

Irish John

:argue:

DesignFoo

Quote: Originally posted by Stethacantus
It is now going to cost me $40 dollars to buy the episode off of E-Bay. I am going to have to sue Howard for the cost of that DVD.

I'm sure he'll be glad to re-imburse you the money you're spending on buying bootlegs of HTV. Dipshit. :rolleyes:

SternFan100

Stethacantus

Quote: Originally posted by jrinck
Howard's lawyer is bigger than your lawyer.

You don't need lawyers for small claims court. In fact you are not allowed to even bring lawyers with you into the courtroom.

mattp818

Quote: Originally posted by mikesbandit
I'm going to sue the world series because i had tickets to game 7 and it only went 5.

go dildo your mother

you get a refund , he doesn't

bababored

people are funny

LeprousThang

Quote: Originally posted by Stethacantus
I never got the 10/06 Daily episode on In Demand. And I think I will spend more time washing my pussy.

Hey fuck head. Which part of Stern FAN Network dont you understand? Get it? SFN? Thats gangster talk for Stern Fan Network! Not SHN = Stern Hate Network. You miserable little shitstain.

DesignFoo

Quote: Originally posted by Stethacantus
You don't need lawyers for small claims court. In fact you are not allowed to even bring lawyers with you into the courtroom.

See post #26

In the meantime...

artie84

i heard you can download all the hs on demand episodes on the internet

its not illegal if you buy the service

Toronto Tom

This guy can't be serious. Right? :rolleyes:

steve7968

Stethacantus

Quote: Originally posted by LeprousThang
Hey fuck head. Which part of Stern FAN Network dont you understand? Get it? SFN? Thats gangster talk for Stern Fan Network! Not SHN = Stern Hate Network. You miserable little shitstain.

If I hated Howard Stern then why would I be paying $14 a month for HTV and another $70 for the Digital Cable?

wsuraider

Wow I'd hate to be your neighbor. I can imagine the meltdown you'd have if the dog got in your yard or something.

MercilessJones

Quote: Originally posted by Stethacantus
If I hated Howard Stern then why would I be paying $14 a month for HTV and another $70 for the Digital Cable?

So nows its his fault you buy digtal cable?!?! Dickness!

sir1us

shut up and cancel it then bitch

SHUA1973

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

PETROCK

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

Stethacantus

Quote: Originally posted by sir1us
shut up and cancel it then bitch

Because I actually want to see the episodes. If i didn't then I would have cancelled a long time ago.

SoCalJeff

Quote: Originally posted by SHUA1973
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Quote: Originally posted by PETROCK
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!11oneo
neONE1!

Stethacantus

Quote: Originally posted by MercilessJones
So nows its his fault you buy digtal cable?!?! Dickness!

In Demand is NOT on basic cable. You have to pay for the whole digital package if you want to get In Demand service.

Fuckinhigh

Good luck with that...

mgraczyk71

Quote: Originally posted by Stethacantus

It is now going to cost me $40 dollars to buy the episode off of E-Bay. I am going to have to sue Howard for the cost of that DVD. And from now on I am going to keep buying all the missing episodes from E-Bay and sue him for the cost until he gets off his lazy ass and fixes this shit. I am sick of him passing the buck to the cable companies. He is the one who promised these episodes. He is the one who gets most of the money that In Demand bills me for. It is his name on the channel. Ultimately he is responsible for giving me the product I paid for.

if your birth date in your profile is your real birth date, then you must be sheltered. you have lived on this planet for 40 years and you really think you can get away with creating a law suit against howard because you are going to buy a bootleg versions of his On-Demand service and you shouldn't have to? if you take that to any judge or lawyer they will look at you like you are not all there mentally.

pucksandbeer

Howard can then sue you for buying pirated copyrighted material then

wsuraider

Quote: Originally posted by pucksandbeer
Howard can then sue you for buying pirated copyrighted material then

Howard would have a much stronger lawsuit actually.

Stethacantus

Quote: Originally posted by mgraczyk71
if your birth date in your profile is your real birth date, then you must be sheltered. you have lived on this planet for 40 years and you really think you can get away with creating a law suit against howard because you are going to buy a bootleg versions of his On-Demand service and you shouldn't have to? if you take that to any judge or lawyer they will look at you like you are not all there mentally.

I saw a case like this on Peoples Court ten years ago involving a mail order service and a bootleg bought at a flea market. Since I already paid for the episode I have a right to have a copy. Therefore the bootleg DVD would not legally be a bootleg to me because I already paid the copyright holder for it's content. Since I was entitled to the programming then I am entitled to any reimbursement of any extra cost to obtain that programming. And the copyright holder lost any right to simply reimburse me the $14 when they claimed their would be no refund.

BeerTruck

beerleague

Well, if it was on the People's Court then that settles it. Look out Howard. You thought Les was a problem. . .

Login

actually, he is not ultimately responsible. then again i wouldn't expect someone dumb enough to sue someone over $14 (and think they'd win) to be smart enough to know that Howard himself bears no liability for these contract deals. You may sue someone, it sure as shit ain't gonna be Howard. You gotta be pretty dim to think that Howard personally is responsible for the On Demand deals. He's so far removed by contract and liability that you'd never hear word one from him about this.

in addition, you CHOSE to buy the episodes off eBay, they owe you nothing for that. call a lawyer, he'll tell you the same thing. that was a choice you made, so deal with it and quit the whining and bitching.

waaaaaaaaahhh i want my 10/6 waaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh

socalman38

Does my ass look fat in these pants?

Drunk Luigi

Does anyone know who that broad is in SoCalJeff's av?

mgraczyk71

Quote: Originally posted by Stethacantus
I saw a case like this on Peoples Court ten years ago involving a mail order service and a bootleg bought at a flea market. Since I already paid for the episode I have a right to have a copy. Therefore the bootleg DVD would not legally be a bootleg to me because I already paid the copyright holder for it's content. Since I was entitled to the programming then I am entitled to any reimbursement of any extra cost to obtain that programming.

yes and you plan on creating a lawsuit and adding all of the costs of the DVD's that you purchase of the missing episodes. in order for this to work in your favor you have to pay for the 14 a month that it costs you plus the 40 dollars for each DVD you buy. that is just stupid man, especially to teach someone a lesson. you don't seem to understand that the cost to you, to actually do this is not worth it. seems you are craving some sort of attention or you have anger problems. why else would someone do this?

it hasn't even been up for a year but lets use yearly costs for this example and since this seems to be on eof the only episodes you missed i will give you an average of one episode per month

so 12*14= 168 plus taxes for the service
and 40*12= 480 for the DVDs

you plan on suing for 650 dollars to prove a point to someone. and your only proof is a peoples court episode you watched 10 years ago and your receipts. oh yeah plus court costs whatever those are. and that is saying you missed one episode every month. and you need to have the documentation for the cable service provider for each episode. sounds like a lot of work to get nothing out of it in the end.

DUDE-HERE

GET A FUCKING LIFE

Stethacantus

Quote: Originally posted by Login
actually, he is not ultimately responsible. then again i wouldn't expect someone dumb enough to sue someone over $14 (and think they'd win) to be smart enough to know that Howard himself bears no liability for these contract deals. You may sue someone, it sure as shit ain't gonna be Howard. You gotta be pretty dim to think that Howard personally is responsible for the On Demand deals. He's so far removed by contract and liability that you'd never hear word one from him about this.

in addition, you CHOSE to buy the episodes off eBay, they owe you nothing for that. call a lawyer, he'll tell you the same thing. that was a choice you made, so deal with it and quit the whining and bitching.

waaaaaaaaahhh i want my 10/6 waaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh

The whole point would be to fucking motivate him to finally do something about his fans being ripped off. I know he wants his fans to see everything on HTV and I know he does not want the same reputation of an Eliot Offen or KC Armstrong for ripping customers off. It is his product no matter how far down the food chain he is legally. He is the one who has asked all his fans to buy that product. Ultimately he has some sort of responsibility to make sure that they are not being ripped off. He has done nothing about it and now the problem is getting worse.

bababored

wow, it gets even better...

bababored

Quote: Originally posted by Stethacantus
The whole point would be to fucking motivate him to finally do something about his fans being ripped off. I know he wants his fans to see everything on HTV and I know he does not want the same reputation of an Eliot Offen or KC Armstrong for ripping customers off. It is his product no matter how far down the food chain he is legally. He is the one who has asked all his fans to buy that product. Ultimately he has some sort of responsibility to make sure that they are not being ripped off. He has done nothing about it and now the problem is getting worse.

and better...

mgraczyk71

judge judy would laugh at you by the way

wsuraider

Do you really watch every episode? That's dedication. I have HTV and I barely watch it. Our cable company didn't put the 9/11 show until after 9/11 and then they took it down after about a week. That's about my only complaint. Then again I wouldn't know if something was missing unless it was mentioned here.

artiesballs

So fuck'n sue him already. Why are you bitchin about it in here. I've sued people before, it's no big deal. Just do it. You don't have to bitch about it online before you file your case. It's not a requirement. Just make sure you sue the cable carrier that ripped you off and not Howard. I'm pretty sure he had nothing to do with it and you'll just have to pay more filing fees. Just sue the cable company in small claims court and be done with it already! WTF?

BaBaBoston

wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah somebody please help me

lobdsterarms

hey fuckin blow me :blow:

Stethacantus

Quote: Originally posted by artiesballs
So fuck'n sue him already. Why are you bitchin about it in here. I've sued people before, it's no big deal. Just do it. You don't have to bitch about it online before you file your case. It's not a requirement. Just make sure you sue the cable carrier that ripped you off and not Howard. I'm pretty sure he had nothing to do with it and you'll just have to pay more filing fees. Just sue the cable company in small claims court and be done with it already! WTF?

Because I am hoping that it still won't have to come down to legal action. I am hoping that if In Demand sees this on the SFN board that maybe they will do the right thing and actually add the programming I am still missing instead of giving me the "We don't have to! So tough shit!" speech over the phone. Maybe I don't like the idea of anyone having to go into a courtroom to get what they already paid for. I still believe that the legal system should be used as a last resort. But before I do that I am going to raise a stink about it and if I am still ignored then I am going to do exactly what I threatened to do, which is buy the programs I already paid for but never got off of E-Bay ( and I also detest doing that because I am paying some asshole for something he only taped off of television ) and then sue for all the extra cost. but that will be the only option left to me, aside from either saying nothing and continue to miss episodes I paid for or cancel the service.

lampkinsr

NY Times headline: Stern sued for hundreds!

SteelRat

Other systems managed to post the show, so your local Time-Warner screwed up. Other people have said they’ve managed to get time credited when their system has missed something, but ultimately it’s up to them if they want to appease you to keep you on. It’s very likely that this episode will be rerun at some point, and chances are your system isn’t going to miss the same thing twice unless they’re just missing tons of episodes left and right.

MercilessJones

Quote: Originally posted by Stethacantus
Because I am hoping that it still won't have to come down to legal action.

Hows about posting then ;)

Sirius_Sam22

I sent you an email with special info

tm49

Just smoke a joint, chill, & wait for it to be on again.

Login

I really do hope it comes down to "legal action" because you'd be the biggest joke here, in court and among his fanbase for suing over not getting an episode of a tv show of a matter of $14. furthermore, you purchased willingly copyrighted illegal material. good luck getting reimbused for that too.

you know, i'm a dumbass, this is obviously a mult joke. noone can be this dumb.

skyofcrack

The problem is that your whole complaint is based on missing the 10/6 episode which was available on 10/8 and you waited until 10/29 (the day the episode was to expire) to post in the 'content missing' thread. If you had posted promptly like everyone else does on 10/8 (not that we should have to) then someone from In Demand would have re-sent that show to your system so you could view it.

Also, in your 10/29 bold-faced rant over there, you failed to provide key info to identify your system as per the first post in the thread: City, State, Zip, Cable System (only thing provided) and missing content.

Once the shows expire, In Demand cannot re-send them to any systems. Some of them get re-packaged into other categories later on. The 10/6 Daily show - Wheel of Farts (you're suing over that? :D ) probably won't show up again real soon but who knows.

Why are you paying $40 for a dvd of a show on eBay that you can download for free online?

Stethacantus

Quote: Originally posted by skyofcrack
The problem is that your whole complaint is based on missing the 10/6 episode which was available on 10/8 and you waited until 10/29 (the day the episode was to expire) to post in the 'content missing' thread. If you had posted promptly like everyone else does on 10/8 (not that we should have to) then someone from In Demand would have re-sent that show to your system so you could view it.

Also, in your 10/29 bold-faced rant over there, you failed to provide key info to identify your system as per the first post in the thread: City, State, Zip, Cable System (only thing provided) and missing content.

Once the shows expire, In Demand cannot re-send them to any systems. Some of them get re-packaged into other categories later on. The 10/6 Daily show - Wheel of Farts (you're suing over that? :D ) probably won't show up again real soon but who knows.

Why are you paying $40 for a dvd of a show on eBay that you can download for free online?

I do not use the "Missing Content" thread because when I used it in the past there was no action taken at all. Instead I have been calling my cable company, the number for In Demand they gave me, and one time unsuccessfully the Stern Show itself. I have been in contact at least three times with someone at In Demand before the expiration date ( which was listed as 10/30 on my system ) and each time they said that something would be done about it.

Here is the run down of what happened THIS TIME

On Sunday October 8th I began my routine of videotaping the In Demand episodes onto videotape. When I got to the Friday show instead I got this message...

I tried to access the show again and got the same message. So I decide to wait a day for the problem to correct itself.

On Wednesday October 11th I tried to tape the episode again and once again got the same message. I called Time/Warner who advised me to reboot my digital box. But after the box was rebooted the show vanished from the menu. The girl at Time/Warner said that In Demand must have sent an empty or corrupt show to their server, but said that it was up to In Demand to send them a new episode. I called In Demand and was told that there was no episode for Friday 10/6 because it was a Friday show and Howard was not in that day. However I double checked with the Stern Show website and saw that there was a live show on Friday. When I brought this up I was apologized to and told that they would send the episode to Time/Warner and it would be up by next weekend.

Sunday October 15th, the show is still not on the menu. I once again reboot the digital box just in case and still no show.

Monday October 16th, I call In Demand again and am told that they will take care of it and the show will be there by the end of the week. I do not have time to watch In Demand again until the weekend.

Friday October 20th around midnight. Check and see that the episode is still not on the menu.

Saturday October 21st. Call Time/Warner to complain and I am told that it is possible that In Demand either pulled the episode or never sent it and only sent a menu listing with no episode. The man on the phone says that they have been getting a lot of complaints about empty episodes on In Demand. The man says that he will tell someone to contact In Demand first thing Monday.

Monday October 23rd. Still no episode. I once again call In Demand myself and am told once again that Howard TV no longer makes Friday episodes because Howard takes the day off. I explain to the person that there was an episode and it was never downloaded to Time/Warner. I am told that it will be there by Tuesday afternoon.

Tuesday October 24th. No episode yet.

Thursday October 26th. No episode.

Friday October 27th. No episode. Call In Demand but can't get through. Call Time/Warner and I am once again told that no episode was sent and there is nothing they can do because they do not create the programming.

Call In Demand Saturday October 28th and still can't get through.

Sunday October 29th. Call In Demand and still can't get through. Realize that the stupid expiration date is about to come up and they did nothing. Tried posting on the In Demand post but was too pissed at the time and did not remember to leave my area code or other information.

Monday October 30th. Finally get a human at In Demand. I tell them that the episode never showed up on the menu and they promised they would do something about it weeks ago. I am told that it is all my cable company's fault for not adding it and not theirs. Then the bitch tells me that that "In Demand is no longer obligated to send episodes after the expiration date and i should have done something about it before then." I tell the bitch that I called them three times as well as calling Time/Warner and that as just a customer I have no ability to get programming from In Demand sent into my box because I do not work there. I am told by the bitch that I should ask for a full refund from my cable company because they are not at fault. Then the bitch hangs up on me. I call Time/Warner and tell them everything that In Demand said and they repeat that if they did not have the programming then In Demand did not send it to them. I am told that In Demand should be the ones who refund me and all the cable company would have done is given me a $3 credit on my next bill, but that would have only been if it had been their fault. They suggest I find someone online who taped the episode and get a copy from them.

Since I tape the episodes in order I began taping the next episode forward so because Wednesday the next episode expires. I now have three weeks worth to catch up on and I still am missing the episode they never sent.

Since I first posted this thread at least a dozen SFN members have e-mailed me links to sites that sell HSTV episodes. Most of them are pay services. For instance, for $9.00 a month I can get all of that months In Demand content downloaded and have access to a database of old Stern, Soprano, Deadwood, Ali G, and other episodes of In Demand shows, as well as a bunch of movies. I am not looking to steal from In Demand. But if they continue to charge me for episodes I did not get then I just may instead pay for a service that does guarantee that I get all the episodes.

skyofcrack

Quote: Originally posted by Stethacantus
I do not use the "Missing Content" thread because when I used it in the past there was no action taken at all. Instead I have been calling my cable company, the number for In Demand they gave me, and one time unsuccessfully the Stern Show itself. I have been in contact at least three times with someone at In Demand before the expiration date ( which was listed as 10/30 on my system ) and each time they said that something would be done about it.

Again, this is the wrong approach. Many times I've posted over there that a show or shows are missing and a day or days go by with no results. This does not mean that nothing is being done about my situation. Jason (from In Demand) has stated that someone looks at the thread everyday and deals with each problem. Sometimes when shows are sent they get lost in transit and have to be sent multiple times before they are received. Only 24 hours is needed during the week. If you don't see your show the next day, make another post, keeping them up-to-date until it arrives. Then, let 'em know it arrived finally. All this info will ultimately help build better systems.

Calling your cable company is only good for tech issues and refunds not for missing content. Although, making them aware of it, is the only way you'll get any money back (I've asked for and received a few refunds for missing Stern shows). I don't know what number they gave you for In Demand but the most direct and fastest way to get your content re-sent is using the 'content missing' thread. Do it sooner rather than later.

Stethacantus

Quote: Originally posted by skyofcrack
Again, this is the wrong approach. Many times I've posted over there that a show or shows are missing and a day or days go by with no results. This does not mean that nothing is being done about my situation. Jason (from In Demand) has stated that someone looks at the thread everyday and deals with each problem. Sometimes when shows are sent they get lost in transit and have to be sent multiple times before they are received. Only 24 hours is needed during the week. If you don't see your show the next day, make another post, keeping them up-to-date until it arrives. Then, let 'em know it arrived finally. All this info will ultimately help build better systems.

Calling your cable company is only good for tech issues and refunds not for missing content. Although, making them aware of it, is the only way you'll get any money back (I've asked for and received a few refunds for missing Stern shows). I don't know what number they gave you for In Demand but the most direct and fastest way to get your content re-sent is using the 'content missing' thread. Do it sooner rather than later.

Sounds like a load of bullshit to me. If someone is really reading this thread and acting on it every day then the missing content should either show up by the following day or some sort of response should have been sent to the poster explaining why it can't be sent, such as "Your cable company refuses to carry episode #x because they find the material too obscene" and then knock some money off the bill instead of charging for the full service. In response to this thread I was spammed by a bunch of emails telling me they sell episodes of HTV and audio from the radio show and sending me links to illegal pay download sites. If some small time bootlegger has the time to monitor threads on this forum, search for the e-mail in the profiles, and respond then certainly In Demand should also have the time to respond to their customers. I should not have to keep re-posting here over and over again, they should take care of it immediately and either make sure it is done the first time or have an explanation why it can't be done. Having the content only appearing after several posts sounds more like it was the result of some other customer contacting In Demand or their cable company rather from this board.

A few months ago when I posted here I even included a screen capture proving that one of the "Best of the week" episodes was not on the menu and it still was never added. I have never in my life heard of a service where you have to post several times on a message board that you did not receive the product until it is finally sent. And what about all of In Demands other customers? I was on the message board that Howard had on his website two years ago and I can tell you that SFN only has a fraction of the members who were on the other board. And only a fraction of Howard's fans have access to a computer. So how are all the rest of the HTV viewers suppose to know to post missing content here? They are all doing the same thing that I did. They are calling their cable companies and lodging a complaint. They are then given a number to contact In Demand and complain to them. Either way there is no excuse for their attitude of "Oh, if the program did not show up then it is not OUR fault, it must be your fault. But we are still going to bill you full price for the service. And if you did not figure out how to get us to add the program before the expiration date that we set then you are out of luck and we are legally no longer responsible."

Howard's Balls

howard makes enough to settle your suit in 20 seconds. lol

skyofcrack

Quote: Originally posted by Stethacantus
Sounds like a load of bullshit to me. If someone is really reading this thread and acting on it every day then the missing content should either show up by the following day or some sort of response should have been sent to the poster explaining why it can't be sent

There are over 60 pages in that thread of people logging missing content/complaints and responses from Jason (where he says he cannot respond to everyone) and most situations are dealt with ASAP. Some take longer depending on the cable company or what's wrong. Some folks have had missing content for months. You want a quick fix and it doesn't always happen. I've had long runs with no shows. Sometimes it's a day or two. When I post, it almost always shows up the next day.

You opened yourself up to spam by having your e-mail accesible through here. Hopefully you didn't delete the link I sent you.

Stethacantus

Quote: Originally posted by skyofcrack
...Some folks have had missing content for months....

But since the daily shows only have three weeks before the expiration date, and it takes someone several days to realize that it is not just late but missing, that means that the missing content thread could be useless. Even if someone was working on trying to get it added they would simply give up once the expiration date was reached. Like I said, reporting missing content on this board has never worked for me, while at least once it worked by directly contacting In Demand. Last winter they never added the "Weekend at Christy's" episode no matter how many times I brought it up. I think this was even before the missing content thread existed, so it would have either been in a thread where everyone was missing the episode reported it, or as a new thread I started. When I found out it was suppose to be back up on Howard TV again last month I called directly and it was up in a few days.

Both ways seem hit or miss, but at least I know I talked to someone when I directly reported something over the phone. I have absolutely no way of knowing if someone working for In Demand read my post here unless someone responds to it.

skyofcrack

Quote: Originally posted by Stethacantus
I have absolutely no way of knowing if someone working for In Demand read my post here unless someone responds to it.

Alright, I'm done being rational and trying to help you. If I was working for In Demand and reading these posts from you, I wouldn't work too hard to help you either.

jpgojp

The other people who just recently posted are right. We are reading the missing content thread each day and then e-mailing and sometimes phoning the right contacts to try to get the content up for everyone. We always need provider info, zip code info and the titles that are missing. Typically, when a title doesn't show up, there is some sort of problem somewhere in the system leading to the titles not being on the air. Unfortunately, we are spending our limited time focused on e-mailing the right system contacts to try to fix problems and we don't have as much time as we would like to give every single person individual updates on their problem on the thread. Often, the contacts we are reaching out to are only in the office on weekdays which makes the weekend periods without content extremely difficult. For some reason, when you call Customer Care, or call the Howard show, or call the iN DEMAND general number, you are going to talk to a person who does not know the exact right person to work your issue. The best way to find the group of people who knows who to talk to at each individual cable system is via the Content Missing thread. Unrelated to the complaint in this thread, the particular episode in question will be brought back towards the end of the year.

DogStar

Dude...you realize that you are obsessing, I hope? You pay what, $14 a month for 40 (give or take) shows? That's $0.35 a show.

And you videotape every one????? WHY?????? Holy crap...Howard's a funny guy, and he has a great show....but we're talking about a TV show based on a radio show!!!!!! If you miss an episode, you might be interested to know the world won't end. Live as we know it will go on.

And when, do you suppose, you'll get the chance to watch all these videotaped episodes? Do you even have time to watch ALL the current episodes? Do you do anything besides watch TV? You think maybe some day you'll go back and watch them (in order, naturally) all over again? Trust me...you won't. (Shit, I didn't even think anyone still recorded on videotape anymore.)

Quit cryin' like a baby...life is unfair...sometimes things break down....deal with it like a man. Hell, deal with it like a 12 year old.

DogStar

Quote: Originally posted by Howards Balls
howard makes enough to settle your suit in 20 seconds. lol

Agreed.

I figure it this way....just using round numbers, say HS works 5 hours (air time) a day, 5 days a week, 50 weeks a year. So that's 1250 hours a year, or 75,000 seconds. And if he makes $500,000,000 over 5 years, or $100,000,000 a year......divided by 75,000 seconds....That's $1333.33 a SECOND!

He can cover the suit in 1 second, and in the next 19, finance a nice trip to Fiji or someplace for he and Beth O.

You know......as I think about it....I'm 6' 4", kinda' skinny, weird nose...not particularly good looking....why the hell didn't I go into radio back in the day?!?!?!

Shit...now I'm depressed.

(Maybe I should sue Howard?)

CAhowardFAN

WWAAAAHHHH! I missed an episode!

Shut the fuck up!
1. If you went ahead with a lawsuit, it would bite you in the ass because you bought a bootleg, which is illegal
2. You're paying $14 a month for Howard TV, and you're paying $40 for a DVD for 1 episode?!
3. If you're that unhappy with Howard TV, cancel your subscription!

MAGUSofHELLVIEW

the point is that we arent getting what we are paying for. it doesnt matter if we pay $12 a month or $12,000,000.... simply put most of us arent getting the content we deserve and that isnt right... jason does a helluva job with the 'content missing' thread... but its been almost a year and it takes someone going to sfn and requesting the shows we deserve to get them????

totally no fair or justified

i understand it can be the ISP that isnt providing the shows, but ultimately it has Howard TV in tht title and they need to deal with the content issues and i more responsible manner than people posting messages on SFN

HootieRulz

Gay thread

skyofcrack

The Wheel of Farts episode that you missed is back up in the Sexy Fun & Games category today (12/9). If it didn't come through for you, you know where to post...

sXeChic

12/6 show with Gilbert isn't worth it.

Bogart45

So you're the fuckhead reason why "wheel of farts" is up again so soon. Thanks for the repeat asswipe. You should be so proud that your bitching worked instead of doing what everyone else does and post it in the missing content thread where it could get fixed in a day or two. Congratufuckinglations on being one hell of a bitch!

AcquiringSignal

Kinda Happy I never got HTV it seems everyone has something to say wrong with it

zombie1369

Eric the midget start this thread?

Cap420

doug/OnDemand needs to get their fucking shit together ASAP. it seems like 1 out of every 2 people have issues with their system updating shit. how fucking hard can it be to fucking update? it's obvious that MOST subscribers never get the correct updates. it's not even getting better...it's getting worse. someone needs to get ontop of this.

what about writing actual letters (not emails) to the higher ups at OnDemand?

i have HBO OnDemand, as well as WWE 24/7 OnDemand and there's never any updating issues.

we're trying to pay for this shit when we can easily download it for free. yet, ondemand is making everything extremely difficult.

FanOfArtie

Time Warner seems to have all problems. Its not OnDemand. I have comcast and they got better with time.

paavo_nurmi

Quote: Originally posted by FanOfArtie
Time Warner seems to have all problems. Its not OnDemand. I have comcast and they got better with time.

I have comcast and it got worse, when HT first came out I got the daily shows on time, now I'm lucky to get a daily show before Saturday.

jerryjr99

waaaaaaaaaa waaaaaaaaaa

Haroof

Time Warner here in the Southern California area (Whittier, to be exact) never has update problems.

I've pretty much had every single episode on time.

roondeez

do u really need to see the episodes that bad that u will pay more for them? u were cryin over the 14 bux and ur phone bill and now u'll make it worse. never mind the fact that u will need a lawyer as well!!!!!
i got rid of the channel. the episodes never change. i think it should be like movies on demand and u just pay for it as u want to watch it.

Stonecutter

It's one show. The whole system sucks, but it is the deal they have right now. Either cancel your service or keep it and make the best of it. It is a hell of a lot better than the E! show.

Carloff

tempted to subscribe but after listening to all the complaning about Howard Tv i am having second thoughts. any time a caller asks about an update Howard quickly directs the question to Doug. it is obvious Howard knows nothing of how his chanels work.

CMR