Time for MSG and Time Warner to pay!!!! My new campaign!
by The Buffalo Kid on Feb 1, 2012 3:03 AM EST
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PrintFor those of us caught in between the Time Warner MSG war and unable to watch the Islanders or other teams MSG covers.
I am mad as H-E-Double hockey sticks and not gonna take it anymore!
I really don't care who's in the right, but it is time to make them both pay.
My campaign is simple, If you own stock in either of their companies......SELL IT!!!!
It's not just enough to switch to DirectTV or Fios.
Many of the 2.3 million caught in this battle have neither option which makes MSG suck.
MSG also pulled this with Dish Network.
Time Warner is too cheap to come to terms with NFL Network, so I feel pretty confident MSG is gone for good too on Time Warner.
The way to make them pay is make February 14th National FU MSG and Time Warner day if they can't resolve this by then.
The way this works is simple, if enough of us who own MSG or Time Warner stock who are sick of this crap sell their stock on February 14th, it will drive down the stock price due to the volume.
This will in turn trigger computer selling of both stocks by Hedge funds, Pension managers and Investment banks, further driving down the price. People will begin shorting both stocks once this occurs, driving the price even further down, forcing both MSG AND Time Warner to have to use assets to cover any loans from drop in stock backed price.
The reason I have chosen February 14th, is we can show them the same kind of love they have shown us.
If we can get enough affected people on board we can make them pay for the missed games.
Even if you are not affected by the MSG TWC standoff, you might want to climb onboard if you own Time Warner or MSG stock or risk facing a huge loss in value of your stocks in these two rotten greedy companies February 14th.
Tell everyone if you've had enough, post to facebook, twitter about this, make a website, make this go viral if you are sick of it, send it to everyone in your email list, or make a comment link to this post in any story you can comment on that is related to this standoff or any teams affected by it.
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A few things.
1. Selling one’s stock does not harm the company.
2. Your campaign will do nothing.
3. If you own stock in either of these companies, make your decisions based upon what’s best for you, not just because you’re missing Islanders games. Not worth messing with investments for things like retirement.
There are actions you can take if you really are that peeved. This isn’t a smart one of them.
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Do I really have to screw MSG and TW on Valentine's Day?
I had someone else in mind. ;-)
I hate to say this, but the gesture will be rather symbolic. I don’t think enough fans own stock in either entity to really make an impact. On the flip side, it is still a gesture, and nobody’s retirement account is going to get wiped out by this, so no innocent bystanders would be harmed.
So good luck to you and those who are on board. Since I sold all my stock several years ago, I cannot partake, but I’m with you in spirit.
Contributor for Lighthouse Hockey. Definitely neither the Sniper nor the Enforcer.
by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Feb 4, 2012 12:36 AM EST reply actions
By the way....
… one thing you can do is call Time Warner and tell them to give you a monthly refund since you’re not getting all the channels you’re paying for. That just occurred to me today, and I’ll be calling them on Monday.
Contributor for Lighthouse Hockey. Definitely neither the Sniper nor the Enforcer.
by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Feb 4, 2012 12:38 AM EST up reply actions
I went to Time Warner Cable's offices recently
Because I moved to a new apartment complex that comes with Time Warner’s cable and Internet services as part of the rent, I had to turn in my old cable modem earlier this week. So I went to the TWC offices in Schenectady, NY (actually in Rotterdam), and all of their associates I saw were wearing buttons on their shirt stating “Tell MSG to Get Real and Do the Deal”.
Needless to say, based on that, I don’t think an agreement between TWC and MSG is coming any time soon.
Really sorry for all you TWCs
Especially since I was saying, “Meh, these things always work out in a couple of days.”
Now I fear the playoffs will be the next leverage point.
Lighthouse Hockey: A flute with no holes is not a flute. A Dane with no holes is Frans Nielsen.
Almost time to sell.......
Let them go at the opening bell!!!!!!
FU NSG AND TWC!
"A Patriots loss is a Bills win" - TheAfghanTwighlight
by The Buffalo Kid on Feb 14, 2012 7:32 AM EST reply actions
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