"YouKidding?" wrote in
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In article ,
Jimw wrote:

On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:26:12 -0500, Ann wrote:

On Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:25:39 -0500, Ann wrote:

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Just relating how the coupon thing works ... which I didn't know
until recently. If one is to believe www.dtv2009.gov a coupon
ordered today should be mailed on the 19th of this month. But
apparently that's in doubt.

https://www.dtv2009.gov/WaitingList.aspx

"The TV Converter Box Coupon Program has reached its funding
ceiling. However, coupon requests from eligible households will be
filled on a first-come-first-served basis as funds become available
from expiring coupons. You will not receive coupons until funds
becomes available. If you would like to apply for a coupon today and
are eligible, you will be placed on a waiting list. ...


Consumers who have an analog TV and rely on a rooftop antenna or
rabbit ears to receive their programs are encouraged to take action
to ensure at least one TV in their home is prepared for the digital
television transition. You may:

* Purchase a TV converter box without a coupon;
* Buy a TV with a digital tuner, or;
* Subscribe to cable, satellite or another pay service."




In this case, it looks like some people WILL lose their tv signals in
February. This whole thing has been a joke. I got my coupons early
in the program. For the first two months no stores even had the
converters. I finally had to take a 1.5 hour drive (each way) to get
a converter about 2 days before the coupon expired. Now the stores
are loaded with the converters, and the coupons ran out. Leave it to
the government to screw things up.

I know a lot of people who don't understand the digital changeover.
Despite all the ads saying that if you have cable or receive your TV
signal from satellite, I know a lot of people who got the coupons and
bought boxes that don't need them.

Add to that the number of people, as some have mentioned in this
thread, are getting the coupons so they can sell them and make a
couple of bucks. There goes two big reasons that the money for the
coupons ran out.

YK


you can't sell/transfer them;the store checks your ID against that on the
coupon(card),and it's also illegal.

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Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
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