Buh-bye TV!
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Saturday, April 12, 2008 7:26 AM
After the wedding, Jason and I thought it was a good time to sign up for a television provider. We’d gotten a plasma screen as our wedding gift from one of my uncles and it seemed like a waste not to have some sort of cable. We chose Dish Network, signed up for their 18-month plan to waive the $50 installation fee, and have hated it from day one! I’ve since vowed that I’ll never agree to a long term contract just to waive a fee. We plan on cancelling this month (after Rock of Love 2 is over with), which means paying $150 cancellation fee—but we’re seriously that unhappy with the service. We were supposed to have signed up for a $35 plan, and yet somehow our bill fluctuates between $50 and $75 a month! Plus we’ve noticed they started taking away channels. On top of that, not only do the channels go out when it’s storming outside, but they go out for no reason at all when it’s perfectly clam outside. During the super bowl we ended up losing the picture during the last part of the game. We still had sound, but no picture.
We’re not planning on resigning with anyone, but that’s not a big deal; the first 2 years we were together, we never had cable of any sort. We’re not home enough to sit and watch it. And most of the time there’s nothing good on anyways. Plus during our TV-free years, we were much more motivated to read, do projects, or exercise. Now we come home, plop in front of the TV and watch reruns. We recently signed up for Netflix which means a whole host of new shows coming through our mailbox every week. And at $15 a month for unlimited movies who needs a shoddy-cable deal?
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