{"id":32695,"date":"2011-06-14T14:00:06","date_gmt":"2011-06-14T18:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.krogerkrazy.com\/?p=32695"},"modified":"2011-06-14T11:28:19","modified_gmt":"2011-06-14T15:28:19","slug":"guest-post-we-ditched-our-cable-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.krogerkrazy.com\/guest-post-we-ditched-our-cable-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Post | We Ditched Our Cable Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The following is a guest post by Rose of Rose Knows Coupons<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

I’ve had it with the cable bill. $60 + a month for a service we barely use is such a waste of money. That amounts to $720 a year! I can find\u00a0much better things to do with $720 a year!<\/p>\n

Now I know I’m a little late with “this new fangled tacknology” as my friend Bobby so graciously pointed out –\u00a0but I’ll admit, in the past\u00a0it’s been easier to pay the cable bill than it was to figure out cheaper alternatives.<\/p>\n

So the other day we signed up for Netflix. The first month is free and we selected the $7.99 per month option that offers instant\u00a0unlimited viewing. Now for a deal grabber like myself, I can’t just go to Netflix.com and sign up. I knew there was going to be some sort of reward offered for signing up\u00a0through another site. The best rewards I found were My Points<\/a> and Ebates<\/a>.<\/p>\n

My Points<\/a> offered 2,000 points when you become a paying subscriber. And Ebates<\/a> offered $8 cash back. I went with My Points<\/a> because 2,000 points will get me at least a $10 gift card when I redeem my points.<\/p>\n

Now that we have Netflix we can stream through our Xbox 360 which is connected to the basement TV, laptops and desktops. But that leaves us with the living room TV where the kids usually watch television. Thankfully, my kids do not sit in front of the TV for hours on end. They can do with out the TV shows that are on and the kid shows are mostly offered on Netflix anyways.<\/p>\n

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To solve the living room TV issue we decided to go with the Roku<\/a>. The Roku<\/a> is a little box\u00a0that allows you to instantly stream your Netflix service\u00a0on your TV. The Roku also streams Hulu Plus<\/a>, Pandora and Amazon VOD (which is pretty sweet because I have Amazon VOD credit!). Roku prices start at around $59.99. And that $59.99 is a one-time fee, not every month like cable! Ebates<\/a> offers $3.50 cash back on Roku.<\/p>\n

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If we start to miss TV shows we can also sign up for Hulu Plus<\/a> which runs about $8 per month. Basic Hulu<\/a> is FREE and has a HUGE database of shows and movies! Hulu Plus offers current TV shows after they air.<\/p>\n

All in all we will be saving about $52 per month. I say “about” because the tax on\u00a0my Charter bill is $22. I’m waiting to see what tax we will be charged now that we don’t pay $60 for cable. For the first year we will save $564 because of the cost of the Roku, but after that our cost per year is $96 to watch TV and movies. If we decide to go with Hulu Plus at $8 per month we will be paying $192 per year, saving us $528 per year! SWEET!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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