I’ve been toying with this idea for awhile, but with my upcoming move to our new apartment, I think one of the cost saving ideas I’ve had that makes the most sense is getting rid of TV entirely. To be honest, I don’t really watch all that much to begin with, and I have a Netflix subscription to watch all of the shows and other programming that I’d like to see.
It should also save me about $30.00 a month, which is a couple hundred bucks a year. It’ll also free up the short time that I do currently watch to do other things like, say, *ahem* work on a more successful blog. Sure I may still get the urge to watch the latest on Remergent DNA repair, but I can likely get my fix online and besides, everyone else I know has a TV! What about you? Have you ever considered tossing your TV?
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on Nov 12th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Here is an interesting concept. Free TV. (well free except for the initial expense of an antenna).
Oh, and don’t worry, I don’t live in a glass house either. I have cable. Haven’t run off an antenna solely for some time.
Will probably go back to an antenna by adding a digital converter just as soon as I can talk hubby into it. Due to the ecomomics today, we really don’t have a choice.
We have all become so used to having “things” in our lives, we really don’t even recognize them anymore. It is just a bill we pay each month.
on Nov 12th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
oops. sorry for the typo ….. economics
on Nov 12th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
Mjsw,
Obviously we’d still have our free TV as well. After some negotiation with the fiance I got us down to basic cable. I agree it’s easy to let monthly bills roll in, as they’re automatically deducted, without giving them much thought. Definitely worth looking into!