[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Yearly TV Licence? ...Really? Digital and Cable

[bumbledor]

From: "Tonks" <tonks_op at yahoo.com>


>I just have to have a place to bitch about the converter box thing.
> Leave it to the government!!  What a stupid way to administer a
> program. Who are they working for anyway? Walmart??
>
> Here is how it works. I heard about it back the early part of the
> year. I sent for it. I signed a friend up too. I lost mine somewhere
> in my apartment. She didn't need hers. The #@!%(**&#  things EXPIRE
> 90 days TO THE DAY after they are issued. Not at the end of a month,
> but some date exactly 90 days after you call or push the button on
> the Internet. Back in March when her's was expiring she gave it to
> me and told me to go get it before the end of the month. BUT the
> thing expired, not at the end of the month but one day before the
> end. I was busy.. I missed the date by one day. WalMart would not
> take it. I can not get another one. I just tried on the net. The
> government knows who I am and told me "two have already been issued
> for your household". *(&(&^$#@^(*(#$!!!!!!!!!!! Now I will have to
> BUY a #$@$%%##@@^^&$$@@!!!!!! box. And they say it can not be
> extented if your expired.
>
> Why I ask can't the govenment just make them all expire on the same
> day, at the end of January, 2009. or even the end of 2008? No.. they
> spend all of this money on advertising on the TV, printing the
> plastic cards.. and for what??? SO half of us can throw them away
> and pay $40.00 for the box anyway. Screw them... I just will not
> watch TV anymore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> IF you want something to be screwed up, just put a government agency
> in charge of it!!! You would think that by now the goverment would
> understand the people. We all wait till April 15th to do our taxes.
> We will all wait till the last day to get our boxes, just before we
> need them. How come they can't figure that out? I know, I know..
> they don't want a run on the stores... but still... they should know
> us by now.
>
> Tonks_op

Got a better idea for you.
Forget the stupid thing, stop watching TV for a few months and let your 
brain cells relax for a bit.
 3 months after the switch over, the prices will drop dramaticaly.

Heck, I got rid of my old tube tv, and haven't had one for months. I won't 
pay 1,000 for a good sized Flat screen (I need  42 inches or bigger). So I'm 
going to wait untill the prices drop after the change over, when there is a 
glut of systems for sale.