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On Thu, Aug 6, 2026 at 2:59 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote:

> What’s annoying is when someone calls to cancel because they switched to
> Starlink, and they think it’s $50 or $55 (it’s actually $65 unless you buy
> the equipment upfront).  But they think they were paying us $75 when it was
> actually $50 or $60.
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> *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Josh Luthman
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 6, 2026 1:12 PM
> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]>
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] is it common for people to think they're paying
> more?
>
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> I'm with Ken.  Most of our fiber customers are gigabit which is $94.95.
> They all think it's either $95 or $100.  We have so many accounts that are
> months/years old and the pennies/dollars are stacking up.  They just keep
> throwing the extra amount.
>
> People's memory is simply awful.  There's no other way to put it.  Eye
> witnesses to events are absolutely tragic when it comes to recalling any
> reasonable details.
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> On Wed, Aug 5, 2026 at 5:46 PM Darren Shea via AF <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I think our subscribers are the opposite – they know what they’re paying,
> but they seem to inflate the expected performance of the tier they are
> subscribed to…
>
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> This was super-common back when we were all Cambium, but with the shift to
> Tarana, it’s less so now.
>
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>
> *From:* AF [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Ken Hohhof
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 5, 2026 2:24 PM
> *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group'
> *Subject:* [AFMUG] is it common for people to think they're paying more?
>
>
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> Often when talking to current customers, they think their current price is
> higher than it is.  Like if they’re asking about increasing their speed
> tier, they’ll say they’re paying $75 now when it’s actually $50 or $60.
>
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> In some cases they are on autopay so maybe they don’t get a paper invoice
> and would have to check their credit card statement to see what they’re
> paying.
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> I’m just wondering, is this a common trick our brains play on us?  If it
> was just poor memory, I’d expect the errors would be randomly high or low,
> not consistently high.
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