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By grandmaearth from Cameron, IL
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10/07/2011
Another random "thumbs down"?
Anyway, are you sure you need the cable company to watch your local channels? You might not if you can pick up a signal with an antenna. We're lucky enough that we just have an antenna & converter box - we have more channels now than we did before they went digital & it doesn't cost us a penny to watch the local channels.
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10/07/2011
GrandmaEarth, you've got a very good idea - I'm glad it's working for you. I'd follow your example if I weren't addicted to History International and Fox News. I'm praying they'll institute "a la carte" pricing that'll let me only pay for the channels I actually watch - that would cut my cable bill in half!
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09/29/2011
Things like this sound good in the beginning. But if you push, and believe me you have to really push and insist and be persistent, and get the price AFTER the initial time frame (in this lady's case Feb 2013) you'll find that the price will skyrocket. And not just once either, but it will go up several times.
Before we signed up for the cable package we have, I forced them to tell me what the future cost would be after the initial sale period ended. It took a lot of arguing, but they finally told me what it would be. This way I was able to make a more informed decision about whether to sign up or not.
And it's not just cable either. Cell phone companies are especially bad about this too. And you have to fight with them too to get the future cost.
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