Comments on: 56% of DTV Coupons Unused http://wbaldt.wordpress.com/2008/07/19/56-of-dtv-coupons-unused/ Following Television's Digital Transition Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:48:46 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: cl http://wbaldt.wordpress.com/2008/07/19/56-of-dtv-coupons-unused/#comment-73 cl Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:05:43 +0000 http://wbaldt.wordpress.com/?p=48#comment-73 >i>56% of the coupons issued so far have expired without being used. Are people forgetting about them? Deciding they didn’t need them after all?</i> Or maybe it is because you have to run all over town looking for a place that isn't sold out of them. This whole thing is a pita and there is NO reason they had to put expiration dates on those coupons. There is really no reason to 'force' people into dtv either. It's not like the programming is improving. Woopee, we can watch the same ol' schlock in better quality now. >i>56% of the coupons issued so far have expired without being used. Are people forgetting about them? Deciding they didn’t need them after all?

Or maybe it is because you have to run all over town looking for a place that isn’t sold out of them. This whole thing is a pita and there is NO reason they had to put expiration dates on those coupons. There is really no reason to ‘force’ people into dtv either. It’s not like the programming is improving. Woopee, we can watch the same ol’ schlock in better quality now.

]]> By: Analog Gives Way to Digital. | FireFold Blog http://wbaldt.wordpress.com/2008/07/19/56-of-dtv-coupons-unused/#comment-72 Analog Gives Way to Digital. | FireFold Blog Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:46:35 +0000 http://wbaldt.wordpress.com/?p=48#comment-72 [...] even issued coupons to help subsidize the cost of upgrading. According to some sources, such as the Going Digital Blog, a large number of Americans allow the coupons to expire before they are used. Americans [...] [...] even issued coupons to help subsidize the cost of upgrading. According to some sources, such as the Going Digital Blog, a large number of Americans allow the coupons to expire before they are used. Americans [...]

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