DTV onverter box coupons
So I am one of 2.6 million Americans on a waiting list for one of those DTV converter box coupons. You know the ones I mean- those coupons that allow you to continue watching free TV without shelling out $50-$200 for the converter.
I got on the list at the first of the year. It seemed to make sense to me that I would likely wait a week or two or even three to receive the coupon and then would have plenty of time to go out, buy a box, hook it up, and continue to enjoy my only source of social white noise while I go about my business. The switchover is supposed to be finalized February 17th.
BUT... It looks like I may not get my coupon on time, and this s due to the stupidity of whatever governmental or media organization decided that the coupons should be good for 90 DAYS. Three months? Who the Hell needs three whole months to get to Best Buy and back (or Wal-Mart or Radio Shack or whatever your closest evil retailer may be)? We're not traveling by covered wagon anymore! Even walking, it shouldn't take that long.
So now, there are more than 26 million unused coupons floating around in junk drawers and the back pockets of car seats, waiting to expire. 200,000 expire every week or so, which means that the 2.6th millionth person on the list can reasonably expect a coupon in 13 weeks.
What kind of back-asswards thinking did it take to decide that every eligible household should get two coupons, that lost or expired coupons should not be re-issued, and, to make up for that little gem of an idea, they should be valid for three whole months? Probably the same person who has now decided that- don't worry- you CAN be re-issued your lost coupon. So no need to go groping through your top bureau drawer! Just get on the waiting list.
This whole stupid plan should have just been outsourced to Bed, Bath & Beyond. We'd all have been surfing digital for months by now.
I got on the list at the first of the year. It seemed to make sense to me that I would likely wait a week or two or even three to receive the coupon and then would have plenty of time to go out, buy a box, hook it up, and continue to enjoy my only source of social white noise while I go about my business. The switchover is supposed to be finalized February 17th.
BUT... It looks like I may not get my coupon on time, and this s due to the stupidity of whatever governmental or media organization decided that the coupons should be good for 90 DAYS. Three months? Who the Hell needs three whole months to get to Best Buy and back (or Wal-Mart or Radio Shack or whatever your closest evil retailer may be)? We're not traveling by covered wagon anymore! Even walking, it shouldn't take that long.
So now, there are more than 26 million unused coupons floating around in junk drawers and the back pockets of car seats, waiting to expire. 200,000 expire every week or so, which means that the 2.6th millionth person on the list can reasonably expect a coupon in 13 weeks.
What kind of back-asswards thinking did it take to decide that every eligible household should get two coupons, that lost or expired coupons should not be re-issued, and, to make up for that little gem of an idea, they should be valid for three whole months? Probably the same person who has now decided that- don't worry- you CAN be re-issued your lost coupon. So no need to go groping through your top bureau drawer! Just get on the waiting list.
This whole stupid plan should have just been outsourced to Bed, Bath & Beyond. We'd all have been surfing digital for months by now.