The Party. The Hang Over. Now...THE RECESSION...

[SummerChild]

I understand (about being spoiled about different things). It just seems to me that if you only watch a fraction of what is on cable, what is the benefit that you are really being spoiled with ... other than spoiling yourself with the big bill each month. I mean, presumably, to be spoiled with something you have to relish in its benefits, right? Well...if folk watch the same few things all the time then it's really, at the end of the day, just a *perceived* benefit that may or may not really exist, in reality, yet the bill exists in reality, every single month.

Like you, I know so many people who watch the same few programs a week, yet they have channels from countries where the people speak languages that they don't even know! LOL.

Listen, I spend ridiculously too and am trying to stop that. I was just saying that cable is one thing that I can cut back on. Maybe for others, it will be something else that *they* can live w/out.

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Originally Posted by Confucius

I am going to try this...I have about 5 appliances with digital clocks in my APARTMENT!! LOL...

SummerChild...myself like so many people have become spoiled! I don't really need HBO esp since Netflix is $5 a month! And most of the cable channels are useless (think of how many times we flip 100+ plus channels, only to say - There is nothing good on). Most people only watch certain programs anyway.

But I am looking to save. I am not going to assume that my job is safe or that I don't need to save...I am going to try to stop these bad habits.

[mccoyred]

My husband keeps saying that we need to ditch the cable but I vehemently disagree. We have the bundled Verizon Fios with phone, cable TV and internet. We have a basic movie package but no premiums like HBO or Cinemax. I watch HGTV and Spike, my kids watch Nick, Disney and the like and my husband watches a lot of movies and non-mainstream channels. Our life would be very dull with just basic TV. I am in school and also work from home so I would be very upset with a dial up connection, especially without wireless.

This bundled package also includes on-demand. Although we mostly use our cell phones (we have a family plan that works well), we do have a landline with basic service in order to get the bundled package but also to use the fax which, along with email and online bill pay, saves us postage. We do have a postal box for security reasons but its inexpensive and right down the street from home.

So, I pretty much said that if we need to turn off the heat or cutback on food, we will NOT give up our telecom services. Life would be very miserable....

Originally Posted by SummerChild

I understand (about being spoiled about different things). It just seems to me that if you only watch a fraction of what is on cable, what is the benefit that you are really being spoiled with ... other than spoiling yourself with the big bill each month. I mean, presumably, to be spoiled with something you have to relish in its benefits, right? Well...if folk watch the same few things all the time then it's really, at the end of the day, just a *perceived* benefit that may or may not really exist, in reality, yet the bill exists in reality, every single month.

Like you, I know so many people who watch the same few programs a week, yet they have channels from countries where the people speak languages that they don't even know! LOL.

Listen, I spend ridiculously too and am trying to stop that. I was just saying that cable is one thing that I can cut back on. Maybe for others, it will be something else that *they* can live w/out.

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[SummerChild]

LOL. I hear you. Unfortunately, for me, I spend alot of time dining out with family and friends and that takes up the money I save on telecom. I'm too greedy. I'd rather eat and spa my money than watch it on tv. LOL. I guess we're all different.

My Mother cuts the heat waaaay down - even in the dead of winter. My sisters and I hate to spend the night over her house in the winter. LOL. Even my Dad can't stand it. I can't live w/out my food or my heat. Shoot, I run up my company's bill with a space heater that I use almost every day (yes, even in the summer) of the year.

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Originally Posted by mccoyred

So, I pretty much said that if we need to turn off the heat or cutback on food, we will NOT give up our telecom services. Life would be very miserable....