Quick price question- prepay costs more?

There is no prepay option for MSD.

 

Whats the point with Prepay if you do not get a discount and in fact pay alot more?

Just another of the Tivo Payment Plan mysteries.

 

Nobody is telling you to prepay. If you want MSD, pay monthly. Simple. What mystery?

 

The point is you don't prepay if you get the MSD.

Cost options (highest to lowest):
1. Monthly full price
2. Prepay
3. MSD

While that may be a mystery to you, it isn't that hard to wrap your mind around.

 

They should offer MSD prepay plans that are lower than paying monthly MSD. I'd pay $199 for 3 years on a MSD box.

 

Prepay for MSD does not make sense because that rate is dependent on another unit in your account. Your "3-year MSD prepay" is no longer good for 3 years if you discontinue the qualifying unit.

 

see post #2

 

Wasn't there a point where people *could* prepay and the prepaid amount was simply deducted at the MSD rate rather than the current monthly rate?

If there was, I thought there was actually some logic in doing it that way, but I can't remember what it was..

 

Yes, for whatever reason, there are people who REALLY REALLY REALLY don't want to pay monthly. You can buy a TiVo gift card and sign up with MSD.

 

They could just make it $5 a box no matter what, and be done with it. Or just charge me what the box really costs to make, plus 25%, and make the service free.

 

Yes, you still can - use a gift subscription (non-lifetime) or a gift card.

 

I did that - the logic was grabbing one of the deals where the "rebate" was taken off upfront and you did not have to maill anything in TiVo closed that loophole though on such deals

 

Everybody always seems to forget to factor in the loss of compound interest on that money if you elect to pay one lump sum in advance --- it turns out pre-pay is really not as good a deal as one might think.

 

you are talking just a small amount on 300$ though.

 

Most of the public doesn't think that way though.