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I believe you should have seen a notice that the coupons will not be sent out until boxes become available in your area.
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think of it this way, its kinda like a uhf converter box for a vhf only tv....kinof a piece of history.
maybe not but it helps me sleep at night. |
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I thought the deal with the coupons was not that you couldn't get an adapter without it, but that it allowed you to get a $40 discount. Am I wrong?
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I've 11011862 as of 10:58 pm 1/3/08
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#1012924 on 04-Jan-2008 12:13 AM EDT
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You are correct
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I have applied for the coupons, # 1219729. (Sat. Jan. 5th)
The antenna blew down at my house and I have not re-installed it since I got DirectTV 4 years ago or so...am looking forward to getting the better quality of digital plus the sub-channels especially on public television. (I was never able to get all that great over-the-air analog reception but I'm thinking there is enough signal strength for digital). |
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Hi Pete,
Thanks! We are in line for 2. Our CTC-5 and 1962 Zenith thank you for more good years. |
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Coupons Not required
I've never heard that those coupons are required to get a converter; if you want to pay full price you can get one as they become available at any time; now if you want that $40 discount then thats where you need the coupon. I understand they will have only so many coupons available--they budgeted a certain amount for all this. If I'm wrong someone can correct. if people dilly-dally around and miss the coupon offer then they'll have to pay full price and I'm sure there will be thousands who don't have a clue and will make a big stink about it come FEB. 2009----can't wait for all the whiners to make themselves heard.
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-Steve D.
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Please visit my CT-100, CTC-5, vintage color tv site: http://www.wtv-zone.com/Stevetek/ |
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There will be, I think, 11 million "coupons" (actually credit/gift-type cards) in Round 1 of the program, available to anyone who asks. Round 2 coupons will only be available to people who have not recently subscribed to cable or satellite TV.
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Chris Quote from another forum: "(Antique TV collecting) always seemed to me to be a fringe hobby that only weirdos did." |
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May not be too easy to find at first, but...
Washington, D.C. (January 7, 2008) -- EchoStar today announced that it will sell a Digital TV converter box for $39.99.
At that price, consumers could buy a converter box with a $40 coupon provided by the federal government without having to spend their own money. I'll bet other sellers will market $40 converters also. |
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I am begining to get questions about the set top boxes at the store now. The problem is that so far we have no set top boxes, at any price, at our Wal-Mart. Nor do we have any current way to redeem the coupons if we had the merchandise. Our electronics department will reset in April or May, and we may have some on the new plan. Problem is the coupons may have expierd before we have any boxes to sell.
Charter is telling customers it is going all digital, but I suspect you will need their converter box, knowing how greedy they are. Customers are thinking they will need the retail set top box the comercials are talking about, even though they have cable. Bill R |
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