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Description: Created for TV lovers and devoted to television, CraveTV is Canada's premium TV streaming service, providing the most robust lineup of superior television content in the country. From TV's most-acclaimed dramas and beloved comedies to documentaries, mu...
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What a poor company is this? No logic in charging people and ripping people off for money. I would caution EVERYONE to NOT USE CRAVETV. Most useless content and HIGHLY UNPROFESSIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE. The manager in customer support - could not even talk in proper english kept on telling me about no refund on every question I asked him. I NEVER IMAGINGED BELL MEDIA's service was so CHEAP and customer service is SO UNPROFESSIONAL.
PLEASE NEVER USE CRAVE TV. DISGUSTING...
I would HIGHLY recommend Netflix for watching digital content online. I am 100% sure if the same issue happened with Netflix, their excellent customer service would have handled it much more professionally that the Customer support manager from stupid CraveTV. Watch out guys... don't get ripped off using their SO CALLED FREE ONE MONTH TRIAL...
When signing in online, you are met with 2 choices - Online account or through the TV Service Provider; anyone who has signed in online through any browser knows what we're talking about, right? But I have a question... do the others through their TV Provider have the same issues with functionality? I bet (and have heard) not. Functionality seems to be intact for new devices as well - just NOT A UNIVERSALLY USED WEB BROWSER. Does it work on Internet Explorer?
If they continue to market this "product" without the necessary immediate corrections made, then BELL CANADA should be brought up on FRAUD CHARGES for continuing to sell "Online" functionality when it cannot even work on a basic web browser. The "sales" department doesn't acknowledge any issues or multiple ongoing complaints.In my opinion, Better Business Bureau and the CRTC should take notice as well. Thank you and hope all is well with you and yours, but do not waste your valuable time or money
Where CraveTV totally falls flat on its face is in the apps they provide so that viewers like me who don't have a cable subscription can still watch. The first problem is that they're only compatible with two types of device: Samsung SmartTV (but only 2013-15 versions) and Android/AppleTV apps. The Android only works with Chromecast.
Problem Number Two is - the apps SUCK. On my SmartTV, I can't pause or fast forward shows, which is a huge problem if a) I need to go to the bathroom or leave the room; b) the program freezes or the internet connection lags, both of which happen numerous times while watching one (1) hour of programming. The fact that I can't even pause playback, much less fast forward, rewind or stop is simple bush-league programming, obviously by chimps being paid in bananas.
The picture is terrible for the first 10 minutes of watching every program. It's like watching from the bottom of a swimming pool. Sound is even more of an embarrassment, and this goes on for the whole time I watch. I have to crank the volume up full blast to hear dialogue because the sound is like having my ears stuffed with mud, and then when music or sound effects occur, my speakers are blasted out. I miss a lot of important dialogue and even have to watch a show more than once to pick up what they're saying. I have a 5.1 surround system, and never have sound issues with any other input - just Crave. Another problem is that the app disables the Samsung sound settings while I'm connected to Crave, so I can't even try to make adjustments to improve the sound.
Connectivity is another horror show with CraveTV. As I mentioned before, the connection drops continually whether I use Wi-Fi to the TV or an Ethernet cable (I'm using the cable right now). The app locks up so badly that I have to unplug the TV from the wall and plug it back in to reboot the TV so I can restart the app. I've tried restarting the TV, restarting the modem, nothing stops the connection drops. The wi-fi to my laptop is on the whole time CraveTV is throwing its dropped connection tantrums. There is nothing wrong with my Rogers cable internet connection. There is nothing wrong with the internet connection to my TV, I've tested it infinite times. I went through all of this with a CraveTV rep, he knew less about troubleshooting than I did, and kept insisting the problem was either my equipment or my fault.
At first I thought all these problems were due to my TV Smart Hub software. After spending 2 hours last night trying to watch one entire episode of Star Trek, this morning I started looking into getting a Chromecast to see if it would help. Thank goodness I went in to Google Play first, to check the reviews of the CraveTV app used with Chromecast. 90% 1 star reviews, with all the same glitches and problems as I've been having with my Crave app for Samsung Smart TV! A lot of customers got so fed up they cancelled their subscriptions, only to come back a year or two later because they wanted to watch "Crave only" content like ST Discovery - and find that NOTHING has changed!
Clearly Crave's many problems are due to the fact that they chose to pay chimps in bananas to write their apps, instead of springing on human programmers. And based on the hundreds of angry bad reviews and complaints from customers, they know about these problems and have been refusing to do anything besides collecting people's money anyway and ignoring these issues. Oh, and blaming the customers and their devices for the lousy service instead of admitting it's a problem on their end. Much as I'd love to say "avoid these losers like the plague", they know that they have their audience by the short and curlies since Netflix went downhill, so they have no reason to show any loyalty or respect to their customers much less FIX THE PROBLEMS!
$10 per month: movies, shows, documentaries, setera-setera...
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9.99 for an initial membership fee
NOW for only an additional 9.99 you can see movies in HD, critically acclaimed movies such as ----, yada yada yada ---- BOOM
Fancy words to loop around your brain so you don't pay attention to your ass when it gets f**led...
God dammit bell... You guys need to feast on a satchel of Richard's...
I "signed up" on Monday - a process that took no less then 20 minutes due to the fact you CANNOT Sign-Up on your TV (unlike Netflix, Google Play, Amazon etc.)
Less then 24 hours later I was kicked-out of the ap and asked to "sign in" - but you cannot sign in on the TV so I was forced to go back online - and got ERROR Message.
So I called Customer Service - and I do not lie - waited 58 MINUTES for the PRIVLIDGE of speaking to a Customer Service Rep.
I simply told her to cancel my account -but she couldn't even do that!
Had to go back online to cancel my service - less then 24 hours after signing up for it.
BRUTAL SERVICE - something tells me the DISNEY + app will be all I need when it launches in a few months!
I also get a "no internet connection" error almost every time I use it. Don't get that on ANY other app. And guess who my Internet Service Provider is? Yup - $#*!ing Bell. Unfortunately, it's the only option for "high-speed" in my area. I have high-speed in quotes because I get a MAXIMUM of 7mbps dl speed (but I really only usually get around 4). The amount I pay for this $#*! internet should be a crime. They know they don't have to put effort into making it better, because idiots like me will pay for it because it's the only option for certain shows.
The site still can't keep track of which episodes I'm watching and bugs out if I pause it for too long. That's old news. What's new is that it keeps telling me I've got too many devices, but I only use it on two. It seems to see different times I use the service as using it on a different machine -- even though I'm using it on the same browser.
And now the service is just down completely downdetector.com reports it started about two hours ago. This is a regular occurrence when Game of Thrones episodes first air, but now problems are happening more frequently.
Why are support ppl asking for sensitive data? If I had actually given all that info, he would have had enough for total fraud on my credit card account. Absolutely APPALLED by this. Also - why is Crave making it so difficult for even a technically savvy individual to purchase your services?
Support tech said his # is EZ56698. But I didn't ask for his password..
Problem is, Cravetv.ca curiously stop sending monthly "your invoice is coming" just as the price doubles, they don't give you the option to opt-out of the add-on and just go ahead and charge you with it.
They also don't just add content (in the add-on), but use content you previously had access to and put it in that new category... and then as if that wasn't enough, they add yet another add-on (Starz) just a few months later! It seems like each time you open the app and browse, you have access to less and less with the basic subscription! All the while Netflix and the other platforms still gives you a ton of content for the same basic price...
As if it wasn't enough, as others have pointed out, the apps lack features and are glitchy, and the customer service is awful. But it's Bell, so who is surprised?
Wanted to cancel because the app doesn't work properly! A common occurrence as the customer service agents admitted to me.
Couldn't log in to figure out what was happening with my account so requested a password change on 2 different occasions but those emails never came. A total of 5 reset password' emails tried.
Called in. Was told that password changes could take up to 24 hours to process. When I told the customer service agent that it sounded extremely shady, he changed his story that it may actually take only an hour. Please wait.' So I did.
2 hours, still no email.
Called back. Got the run around from the most incompetent agent I've ever spoken to in ANY company. Finally was transferred to a supervisor, likely due to myself calling it the worst F*(%:#$ company I've ever dealt with.
Once talking to this supervisor, him sending the reset password' email magically worked. Upon this I told him to cancel my subscription immediately, and advised him to find a less fraudulent company to work for.
Nuf said?
Read more $#*! reviews below if you don't believe me.
Plus it's irritating that there doesn't seem to be a way to filter out content that I don't have access to with a basic subscription, so I'm endlessly disappointed clicking on titles only to find I can't watch. Cravetv.ca should at least have some kind of indication when browsing so you know you don't have access before clicking on it. Certainly not interested in upping my subscription to double the price for a platform that works so poorly.
Very disappointing. I'll stick with Netflix and prime video.
Not craving Crave.
Another thing I found with many shows I was able to watch when I was on my month trail was that alot of shows that it says it has... only has a few seasons and are missing 4, 5, 6 and even 7 seasons. It's ridiculous.