Get Rid of Cable Once and For All!

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If you want to cut cable and save money, I have put together a list of tools to get started. You can get your copy HERE (Hint; One of these tools will save you over $20 a month).

 

You don’t have cable?!

 

You can bet your bottom dollar I don’t, and I couldn’t be happier. I didn’t cut my cable because of need or deprivation, I did it because it is the best option out there.

 

Now don’t get me wrong, I do miss the 15 minutes of commercials every hour. Nothing more relaxing that having a salesman in your living room.

 

One minute you can watch the world series of poker on ESPN the OCHO, and with the flip of the index finger you can see what the housewives of Dallas are up to (Skini-Tinis all around!). Bickering housewives don’t fit your fancy?

 

No problem

 

You can check out a bunch of guys in camo sitting around drinking iced tea, or watch a towing company haul away cars, while the fine owners of those vehicles yell, scream, and bleep at them (Who would have thought?)    

 

Sarcastic truths aside, I actually like watching TV, It is a great way to unwind after you put your name on the day and accomplishing everything you needed to get done. See, I did not give up television, I gave up cash sucking traditional cable television.

 

Initially, I did not want to give up cable, I thought if I did I would rush back and re-subscribe with my local provider (We will call them Honest Abe’s Cable). Honest Abe’s continued to raise my cable bill, without notice, then I would have to call every two months and try to get it down to the original price. After a few years of this game, I was getting pretty frustrated, then I did a little math.

 

My cable consumption was significantly reduced when Netflix came on the scene, and I figured I watched a max of 13 cable shows a month (probably a lot less). So my cable bill was $130 a month and I was watching 13 shows.

 

That’s $10 a show!

 

$10 a mother-lovin’ show.

 

When I broke it down this way I was absolutely amazed, almost angry, that I had not realized this sooner. Not a show in the entire world is worth $10 an episode. I was not getting what I was paying for. So I brought out my inner Uncle Rico and threw my cable box over them mountains.

 

Here’s a list of what I would rather buy with $10

  • 6 bags of Sour Patch Kids
  • A pizza pool float
  • A ticket to a terrible pre-season football game
  • Bacon Body Wash
  • A Used Nickelback CD
  • David Hasselhoffs Biography:Don’t Hassle the Hoff
  • A Used Shakeweight
  • Garage Sale Shopping Spree
  • Gangsta Rap Coloring Book
  • Thumb Wrestling Ring

 

(Those are all real things)

 

What I have now

 

I switched to Sling TV which is a service that streams cable channels from your WI-FI to you TV for $20.(I have no affiliation, just a happy customer). Sling carried every channel we actually watched, so it became a no brainer. The one issue I had with round house kicking cable, was losing my ability to watch sports and Sling has an entire sports package (Including all the ESPN channels). (You can see their whole channel line-up online.) Netflix carries the rest of the entertainment load.

 

So with my internet provider and Sling TV my grand total comes out to $50 a month. Add $80 a month to the stash flow! Time to make it rain!

 

To wrap it up, if you are tired of paying those pesky cable bills, come over to the dark side. We like to have fun. Oh yeah, and the best part is, we have more money!

 

If you want to cut cable and save money, I have put together a list of tools to get started. You can get your copy here (Hint; One of these tools will save you $20 a month).

 

Cheers!

 

Andrew

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