Comments on: Financial Challenge – Day 13 http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2006/02/08/10412_financial-challenge-day-13.html Bridging the gap between saving money and investing Tue, 22 May 2012 17:08:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Easy Way To Lower Your Monthly Bills | OneKnoxFamily http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2006/02/08/10412_financial-challenge-day-13.html/comment-page-1/#comment-123211 The Easy Way To Lower Your Monthly Bills | OneKnoxFamily Sat, 06 Oct 2007 13:52:53 +0000 http://www.pfadvice.com/?p=412#comment-123211 [...] More at Personal Finance Advice [...] [...] More at Personal Finance Advice [...]

]]> By: Lower Your Cable and Internet Bill Today - Plus6 …a personal finance blog http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2006/02/08/10412_financial-challenge-day-13.html/comment-page-1/#comment-71524 Lower Your Cable and Internet Bill Today - Plus6 …a personal finance blog Sun, 08 Jul 2007 12:32:27 +0000 http://www.pfadvice.com/?p=412#comment-71524 [...] money and finally decided to give them a call based on customer service blog posts I saw here, here, and here.  I called Brighthouse Cable and the conversation went something like this after going [...]

]]> By: Links Tips Ideas » Lower Your Cable Bill http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2006/02/08/10412_financial-challenge-day-13.html/comment-page-1/#comment-995 Links Tips Ideas » Lower Your Cable Bill Thu, 09 Mar 2006 04:42:40 +0000 http://www.pfadvice.com/?p=412#comment-995 [...] Just follow this guide to getting cheaper cable and you could be looking at a significant savings in your monthly bill. All you have to do is keep an eye on the junkmail and find a cheaper offer. Most companies have introductory offers that are cheap for 6 months or so. Call your company and see if they can match it. Using this method you can save around 20 bills a month. Apparently threatening to switch works with credit card interest rates and cell phone bills also. Good luck! [...] [...] Just follow this guide to getting cheaper cable and you could be looking at a significant savings in your monthly bill. All you have to do is keep an eye on the junkmail and find a cheaper offer. Most companies have introductory offers that are cheap for 6 months or so. Call your company and see if they can match it. Using this method you can save around 20 bills a month. Apparently threatening to switch works with credit card interest rates and cell phone bills also. Good luck! [...]

]]> By: davis http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2006/02/08/10412_financial-challenge-day-13.html/comment-page-1/#comment-798 davis Wed, 15 Feb 2006 16:47:49 +0000 http://www.pfadvice.com/?p=412#comment-798 I find the best way to make this work is to find cable promotions if you have satellite TV and satellite TV promotions if you have cable. I swear the two hate each other with a passion and they will do almost anything to keep you from going to the other side. I find the best way to make this work is to find cable promotions if you have satellite TV and satellite TV promotions if you have cable. I swear the two hate each other with a passion and they will do almost anything to keep you from going to the other side.

]]> By: Joy http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2006/02/08/10412_financial-challenge-day-13.html/comment-page-1/#comment-797 Joy Wed, 15 Feb 2006 16:42:10 +0000 http://www.pfadvice.com/?p=412#comment-797 Hi! I came the site from the Carnival of Personal Finance on The Dividend Guy's blog. There's only one cable provider in my area, Cox Communications. I was paying $141 a month for bundled digital cable, digital phone and cable Internet. I called to cancel once, telling them it was just too expensive, and the guy gave me an out of sight promotional rate -- I paid $58 the following month. I called again, but the next few people I spoke to didn't seem to care about my threat to cancel. I eventually canceled digital cable and the phone, because I'm trying to pay off cc debt and just couldn't justify that enormous cable bill. Hi! I came the site from the Carnival of Personal Finance on The Dividend Guy’s blog.
There’s only one cable provider in my area, Cox Communications. I was paying $141 a month for bundled digital cable, digital phone and cable Internet. I called to cancel once, telling them it was just too expensive, and the guy gave me an out of sight promotional rate — I paid $58 the following month. I called again, but the next few people I spoke to didn’t seem to care about my threat to cancel. I eventually canceled digital cable and the phone, because I’m trying to pay off cc debt and just couldn’t justify that enormous cable bill.

]]> By: anna http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2006/02/08/10412_financial-challenge-day-13.html/comment-page-1/#comment-783 anna Tue, 14 Feb 2006 17:36:27 +0000 http://www.pfadvice.com/?p=412#comment-783 Or you could do the unthinkable and just get rid of it. TV, I mean. Satellite, Cable... the works. When my husband and I moved to our first home, there wasn't even an antenna hooked up (and my husband, God love 'im, was too lazy to climb up and fix the one dangling on the roof). I suggested that we *didn't* get TV. Oh, believe you me - the man PROTESTED. But after a few weeks, he found that we actually spent evenings talking to each other, working on projects together (it was a fixer-upper), reading Robert Fulgham books and laughing our hineys off... the savings per year were great, and you can get VHS movies for a penny on e-bay, at garage sales, and at Goodwill for evenings when you want to just watch something. We've been TV-free for almost 10 years now. ((That makes me sound old, but we started at age 23.)) We have cocoa and play cards, get in a lot more reading (if you're a Christian or a student and complain about not having time to study, well, there it is!). I get my news off the internet... which is dial-up but works GREAT. I want to be a silly ad for a moment and let you know about Blockbuster on-line, too. Most people just do the in-store dealie, where you pay $15 a month and get unlimited movies with no late fees. It's not the best deal they have. I'm a mom of three kids under 5, and zipping back and forth doesn't save me time or gas or stress. But the on-line deal is $15, too, and you get unlimited rentals and two free in-store movies a month... and there are over 5o,000 movies to choose from (way more than the average store). You recieve them at your door, with a free mailer to send it back whenever you're ready (no late fees) and you get them three at a time (so they're in rotation and you're rarely without something to watch). This is an incredible thing for us - and if you like your TV shows, you can get them thru this deal, too. ((Right now we're doing the entire run of Alias.)) We watch over 12 movies/shows a month for $15. No gas cost, no postage cost, no late fees... And can you imagine the savings if you went in with someone on this? Whoops. This is one of my soapboxes, and I can't say enough about the savings not having TV can bring - on time, on money, on brain matter... okay. Stopping now. Or you could do the unthinkable and just get rid of it. TV, I mean. Satellite, Cable… the works. When my husband and I moved to our first home, there wasn’t even an antenna hooked up (and my husband, God love ‘im, was too lazy to climb up and fix the one dangling on the roof). I suggested that we *didn’t* get TV. Oh, believe you me – the man PROTESTED. But after a few weeks, he found that we actually spent evenings talking to each other, working on projects together (it was a fixer-upper), reading Robert Fulgham books and laughing our hineys off… the savings per year were great, and you can get VHS movies for a penny on e-bay, at garage sales, and at Goodwill for evenings when you want to just watch something.

We’ve been TV-free for almost 10 years now. ((That makes me sound old, but we started at age 23.)) We have cocoa and play cards, get in a lot more reading (if you’re a Christian or a student and complain about not having time to study, well, there it is!). I get my news off the internet… which is dial-up but works GREAT.

I want to be a silly ad for a moment and let you know about Blockbuster on-line, too. Most people just do the in-store dealie, where you pay $15 a month and get unlimited movies with no late fees. It’s not the best deal they have. I’m a mom of three kids under 5, and zipping back and forth doesn’t save me time or gas or stress. But the on-line deal is $15, too, and you get unlimited rentals and two free in-store movies a month… and there are over 5o,000 movies to choose from (way more than the average store). You recieve them at your door, with a free mailer to send it back whenever you’re ready (no late fees) and you get them three at a time (so they’re in rotation and you’re rarely without something to watch). This is an incredible thing for us – and if you like your TV shows, you can get them thru this deal, too. ((Right now we’re doing the entire run of Alias.)) We watch over 12 movies/shows a month for $15. No gas cost, no postage cost, no late fees… And can you imagine the savings if you went in with someone on this?

Whoops. This is one of my soapboxes, and I can’t say enough about the savings not having TV can bring – on time, on money, on brain matter… okay. Stopping now.

]]> By: Consumerism Commentary http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2006/02/08/10412_financial-challenge-day-13.html/comment-page-1/#comment-767 Consumerism Commentary Mon, 13 Feb 2006 01:06:58 +0000 http://www.pfadvice.com/?p=412#comment-767 <strong>The Carnival is Up!</strong> The Dividend Guy compiled the submissions and posted the most recent Carnival of Personal Finance today! Here are some interesting articles from the Carnival. Sound Money Tips offers suggestions for online file back-up. I need to rethink (well… d... The Carnival is Up!

The Dividend Guy compiled the submissions and posted the most recent Carnival of Personal Finance today! Here are some interesting articles from the Carnival. Sound Money Tips offers suggestions for online file back-up. I need to rethink (well… d…

]]> By: Heather http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2006/02/08/10412_financial-challenge-day-13.html/comment-page-1/#comment-763 Heather Fri, 10 Feb 2006 22:51:18 +0000 http://www.pfadvice.com/?p=412#comment-763 I found that the cheapest and best option for me was to take my cable service to the most basic of basic levels (it's $13.50/mo including tax...and I wouldn't even do that if I got any sort of reception with an antenna in my condo) and sign up for monthly DVD mail rentals (Netflix or similar). The total cost is less than any other cable package I could find, and I can rent TV shows as well as movies on DVD and watch them at my leisure. Everyone always complains that there is nothing on their 500 channels, so why bother with full service cable at all? I found that the cheapest and best option for me was to take my cable service to the most basic of basic levels (it’s $13.50/mo including tax…and I wouldn’t even do that if I got any sort of reception with an antenna in my condo) and sign up for monthly DVD mail rentals (Netflix or similar). The total cost is less than any other cable package I could find, and I can rent TV shows as well as movies on DVD and watch them at my leisure. Everyone always complains that there is nothing on their 500 channels, so why bother with full service cable at all?

]]> By: lexi http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2006/02/08/10412_financial-challenge-day-13.html/comment-page-1/#comment-756 lexi Thu, 09 Feb 2006 18:42:17 +0000 http://www.pfadvice.com/?p=412#comment-756 What if you have basic cable, but there are no other cable companies in the area? We didn't have cable for years and years (and got ZERO stations without it). We found we were spending money on movie rentals (still cheaper than the movies) as something to do on the weekends. I figured, if we take that movie money and pay for cable, it works out cheaper. We also got a six month introductory rate, plus, got a six month free cable internet and now have cable internet through them at about the same price as our old dial up. That was about a year ago, we are paying regular price now but that is about $50 a month for both services. Not really a bad deal, but I would love to save more! Anyone have any ideas? What if you have basic cable, but there are no other cable companies in the area? We didn’t have cable for years and years (and got ZERO stations without it). We found we were spending money on movie rentals (still cheaper than the movies) as something to do on the weekends. I figured, if we take that movie money and pay for cable, it works out cheaper. We also got a six month introductory rate, plus, got a six month free cable internet and now have cable internet through them at about the same price as our old dial up. That was about a year ago, we are paying regular price now but that is about $50 a month for both services. Not really a bad deal, but I would love to save more! Anyone have any ideas?

]]> By: Linda http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2006/02/08/10412_financial-challenge-day-13.html/comment-page-1/#comment-748 Linda Wed, 08 Feb 2006 23:00:55 +0000 http://www.pfadvice.com/?p=412#comment-748 I called my Direct Tv. They said I was only saving $3.00. But, they took off $5.00 and gave me Showtime for 6 months free. Thanks. I called my Direct Tv. They said I was only saving $3.00. But, they took off $5.00 and gave me Showtime for 6 months free.
Thanks.

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