The Super Bowl was not the most exciting event happening at our house on Sunday. That happened to be a little conversation Wife had through the computer with a certain U-Verse employee who managed to cut our cable bill by quite a lot. We had got a notice that our bill was going up to $260 next month as our contract had ended and that is getting near ridiculous amounts for TV that we barely watch anymore. This gave us reminiscing thoughts of when we left Time Warner that they were trying to charge us $280 so we dropped them and moved to our current provider.
A couple days ago Wife talked to a "Customer Appreciation Specialist" and the best they could come up with was removing HBO and us returning a couple cable boxes and we would end up paying about what we pay right now, about $216, with taxes. I didn't think that was the best deal, considering we have to give up stuff, so I told Wife to hang up and we'll just start shopping around for the dish or Time Warner, or maybe just keep the internet and learn to live without cable. We discussed it all weekend and then Wife called today again. Without much prompting, other than Wife telling them we could not afford a price hike and was there anything better they could do to keep us as loyal customers. The guy took a couple minutes, like ten, but came through like a champ. He said if we signed up for a new 12 month contract, we would pay $150 a month and keep everything as we have it, plus they would send us a $200 VISA gift card, I say that is a pretty cool deal. We even get to keep HBO and all our cable boxes. I am sorry, but that is more exciting than the Super Bowl, who cares what group of millionaire athletes wins when Wife managed to save us like $100 a month plus a $200 gift card.
That Bossy Lil Chubby Light O' My Life then managed to save me another $60 bucks or so when we went to Home Depot to buy a new water hose. I was pissed and telling her I would just come back after she left down to Crystal because I am so used to buying the more expensive of something when given a choice. I wanted the 100ft hose made by Continental or some flashy brand saying the hose was warranted forever but cost $75. Wife made me get the $30 cheap hose saying I buy new ones every year and then the same thing with the water gun and the sprinklers. I was walking around pissy telling her to leave and I'll just come and exchange them for what I want. After paying I realized she is probably right, so I let it go, for now.
This took us to about 4:00pm which meant she had to get on the road, she did, but before she told me to fix the fence in the back, I hate getting orders but better from her than the HOA, so there I went, Javalina in tow (complaining that he doesn't know what to do). The last heavy winds we had knocked a handful of slats off, so I needed to screw them back on. Before I started on the fence, I cleaned the grill and lit a match to get my BBQ going. The game was OK, what I saw of it, as I kept moving back and forth to make the meat on the grill and try and watch the game.
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