DainBramaged Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri Dec-30-11 10:39 AM
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Companies who I cut back on in 2011 because I just don't need their bullshit
I cut Netflix to one DVD and streaming. They want to rack up the increases, not at my expense. And I may drop them sooner than later. Redbox is near me now.
Cablevision, they can go **** themselves. I eliminated their TV. $97 a month, **** that.
Sirius/XM, raised prices, I eliminated two of my three radios. I can listen in my car.
Planet Fitness, meh, goodbye. I work harder at work and don't have to wait to use any machines. $20 more a month for Monster coffee...
Who did you cut back or cut out in 2011?
I love how they list all these luxuries, then lament about how no family can live off one income like back in the '50s-'60s.
Well no shit, Sherlock. They didn't have cable TV, computers, cable internet, satellite radio, cell phones, 3D televisions as big as a wall, 2-3 cars in the garage plus a mpotorcycle/snowmobile/waverunner, 3000 sq. ft. homes, climate control, and all the other geegaws we take for granted nowadays. If we cut back to what we would consider today the spartan lifestyle of the Fifties, one income would probably do it now, too. 1200 sq. ft. of living space. A window fan instead of A/C. One telephone with maybe an extension. One TV with an antenna that picked up two channels. "Health club" consisting of a weight bench and jump rope in your back yard. One car. Meals actually cooked from scratch. "Dollar Per Carload" night at the drive-in movie for entertainment. Etc., etc.
It all depends on how you want to live. Convenience costs money, most of the time.
