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GMA Deal On HULU

Jordan2 — Thu, 26 Nov 2020 14:20:09 GMT

If you go to the GMA website you'll see the offer, $1.99 a month for a year for a 65% savings. This is the ad supported membership, the offer is good til 11-30. I have gotten spoiled and like to watch ad free. Does anyone know if the original content also has ads and are the ads long and a lot?

Re: GMA Deal On HULU

Estates — Thu, 26 Nov 2020 19:39:05 GMT

@Jordan2 If you go to the website Slick Deals,there is quite a long discussion on the pros and cons of this deal. Lots of suggestions and ideas. I think I will go for this deal as there are a few shows I want to watch on that network.

Hope this helps.

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GenXmuse — Thu, 26 Nov 2020 20:07:04 GMT

This is a great deal but they said I wasn't eligible. Maybe because I cancelled my subscription a few months ago.

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chickenbutt — Thu, 26 Nov 2020 20:14:34 GMT

I had the one with ads for free when I was getting it from my Sprint account. I watched some things over a period of time and found the commercials to be fairly short and not frequent. It didn't bother me at all. Sprint took it away from me (don't get me started on how T-Mobile skrewed up Sprint), but if I were to subscribe again and it cost less I'd go back to the one w/ads.

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chickenbutt — Thu, 26 Nov 2020 21:03:29 GMT

Ok, this is weird - I just got an email from Hulu for $1.99 a month for 12 months. Same plan w/ads, but directly from Hulu. I might just do it. Sprint tried to get me to take it from them for $5.99 a month after they took away the free one but I was so ticked at them I declined.

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Jordan2 — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 11:27:22 GMT

I have a HULU account that I cancelled a few months back, I tried to get this deal and was told I'm ineligible.

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Jordan2 — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 17:52:16 GMT

I'm very annoyed that I'm ineligible for this offer, it clearly states you don't have to be a new subscriber.

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goldensrbest — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 18:04:07 GMT

@Jordan2 I did this yesterday,but could not activated on my tv,so canceled.

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GenXmuse — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 19:18:31 GMT

The fine print says if you've canceled in the last three months you aren't eligible. That's why I couldn't either. Bummer!

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Cakers3 — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 19:26:48 GMT

@Jordan2 wrote:
I have a HULU account that I cancelled a few months back, I tried to get this deal and was told I'm ineligible.

@Jordan2 When did you cancel your HULU subscription? You cannot be a subscriber in the past 3 months. People will try to do this-cancel when a special offer comes up and try to re-subscribe. HULU doesn't allow that. I'm not saying you are trying to do this; just explaining what HULU considers the time limit when you cancelled.

GMA isn't offering this; HULU is. GMA is promoting it but HULU offers these deals all the time.

This isn't an ad for GMA only; it is an ad for HULU which INCLUDES GMA as one of the shows offered.

I have the no-ad subscription and GMA is on it, although only for this current season. So you would only be able to watch shows in 2020 anyway.

I don't watch GMA but normally shows air the next day on HULU.

I cannot say how long the ads are since we don't have them.

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Jordan2 — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 19:36:35 GMT

@Cakers3 I can't recall exactly when I cancelled. You would think HULU wouldn't turn business away.

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Cakers3 — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 19:45:31 GMT

@Jordan2 wrote:
@Cakers3 I can't recall exactly when I cancelled. You would think HULU wouldn't turn business away.

@Jordan2 It's makes good business sense.

People will have a subscription then cancel to get the better deal.

HULU would actually lose money on those persons.

I don't know what the ad-supported subscription costs but this deal pops up during the year a few times.

Plus there are ad-ons you can choose like HBO, STARZ, etc. which usually also have a reduced rate for a new subscriber.

So if a person is getting HULU and some ad-ons at regular price, cancels, and then tries to get the new deal-HULU loses. It isn't about turning away new business.

It's about keeping a current profit and drawing in "NEW" business with special deals.

They only lose out if they allow people to go and come back everytime there is a special deal.

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Jordan2 — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 20:16:52 GMT

@Cakers3 I could see canceling the same day, then trying to get the good deal, I had no way of knowing this deal was coming along when I cancelled, it's their loss.

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chickenbutt — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 22:11:56 GMT

Today I decided to take the $1.99/mo for yr deal that Hulu offered me by email the other day. I was wondering, along the way, if they would decline me the offer as they have some folks here, but it went through w/o problems and I went right in on my Tivo to see if I could get in and I did.

But I didn't actually quit Hulu. Sprint, which has become diseased by the T-Mobile thing, quit me from the free Hulu deal that I had and I'm not even sure how long ago that was, as I didn't try to go there for quite a while. I frequently have so many shows on my Tivos that I don't go to streaming as much.

I never finished Handmaid's Tale and, darn it, can't remember where I stopped. I think I saw all of S01 and S02 - maybe. When I have time I'll check it out.

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Nuttmeg — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 23:55:17 GMT

@GenXmuse wrote:
This is a great deal but they said I wasn't eligible. Maybe because I cancelled my subscription a few months ago.

@GenXmuse You have to be away for at least 3 months.

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Jordan2 — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 23:10:14 GMT

I looked up my account, I cancelled on 8/29/20. I'm going to try again.