Comments on: How To Save Money on TV, Audio, And Network Cables http://reviewfoo.com/content/2007/02/how-to-save-money-on-tv-audio-and-network-cables/ Tips, news, and reviews for everyone Wed, 19 May 2010 19:58:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Richard http://reviewfoo.com/content/2007/02/how-to-save-money-on-tv-audio-and-network-cables/comment-page-1/#comment-83627 Richard Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:21:42 +0000 http://reviewfoo.com/content/2007/02/how-to-save-money-on-tv-audio-and-network-cables/#comment-83627 We had been wasting $85 per month on Comcast Cable when we decided that the next time it went up even one cent we'd drop to basic service. In March, 2010, we made a guess that it would go up so we downgraded to basic for about $15 per month. Sure enough, we got a letter 3/25 that they were raising what had been our old rate by $3 per month. We were thrilled to have beat them to the punch. I'm an attorney for a boutique private bank. I've seen the habits of people who are worth millions and have learned from talking to them how they got there. They got there by not wasting a dime, foregoing short term pleasures for long term gain, by investing instead of spending. You can never make money by spending it. Over a lifetime, you don't lose $1 million by misplacing it. You lose it $50 at a time, buying things you don't need and will throw away. Or by paying Comcast for worthless programs peppered with commercials and reruns of the same films. Cancel or downgrade cable today and invest the money in your retirement plan. You can bet that's where Roberts and the other Comcast executives put the money they drain from you each month. Good Luck. Change your habits today and don't wake up one day at age 50 or 60, having earned a lot of money, with nothing to show for it but old Comcast bills and a bunch of receipts from restaurants and bar rooms. We had been wasting $85 per month on Comcast Cable when we decided that the next time it went up even one cent we’d drop to basic service. In March, 2010, we made a guess that it would go up so we downgraded to basic for about $15 per month. Sure enough, we got a letter 3/25 that they were raising what had been our old rate by $3 per month. We were thrilled to have beat them to the punch.

I’m an attorney for a boutique private bank. I’ve seen the habits of people who are worth millions and have learned from talking to them how they got there. They got there by not wasting a dime, foregoing short term pleasures for long term gain, by investing instead of spending. You can never make money by spending it.

Over a lifetime, you don’t lose $1 million by misplacing it. You lose it $50 at a time, buying things you don’t need and will throw away. Or by paying Comcast for worthless programs peppered with commercials and reruns of the same films. Cancel or downgrade cable today and invest the money in your retirement plan. You can bet that’s where Roberts and the other Comcast executives put the money they drain from you each month.

Good Luck. Change your habits today and don’t wake up one day at age 50 or 60, having earned a lot of money, with nothing to show for it but old Comcast bills and a bunch of receipts from restaurants and bar rooms.

]]> By: WealthKick http://reviewfoo.com/content/2007/02/how-to-save-money-on-tv-audio-and-network-cables/comment-page-1/#comment-40714 WealthKick Thu, 15 May 2008 03:43:18 +0000 http://reviewfoo.com/content/2007/02/how-to-save-money-on-tv-audio-and-network-cables/#comment-40714 Thanks a lot. I used to be a tech guy, and I agree that a lot of money can be saved by really taking a look at cables and avoiding upsells. Thanks again. Thanks a lot. I used to be a tech guy, and I agree that a lot of money can be saved by really taking a look at cables and avoiding upsells. Thanks again.

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