http://theanviltree.com/2474/beans-and-rice-rice-and-beans/ All of this has been pre-approved as funny by me. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:05:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://theanviltree.com/2474/beans-and-rice-rice-and-beans/comment-page-1/#comment-97653 The Anvil Tree » Follow-Ups. Cause That’s How I Roll. Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:05:30 +0000 http://theanviltree.com/2474/beans-and-rice-rice-and-beans/#comment-97653 [...] In this post, I talked about scaling back our cable options to save money.  I talked to Bryan about it and he didn’t even need persuading (GULP), so I guess I had to make good on my bluff.  So when I called to see the prices, I learned that our internet was costing us $65 a month.  Basic (non digital) cable would bring that total to $75.  So, an extra ten bucks for cable?  Not worth cutting back. (Bryan agreed.) So I called in this week to schedule the downgrade in service, and they offered a new price for our package .. as-is .. at $80 a month.  So we’re keeping digital cable and STILL saving $30 a month.  Just by asking.  Hm.  Lesson learned. [...] [...] In this post, I talked about scaling back our cable options to save money.  I talked to Bryan about it and he didn’t even need persuading (GULP), so I guess I had to make good on my bluff.  So when I called to see the prices, I learned that our internet was costing us $65 a month.  Basic (non digital) cable would bring that total to $75.  So, an extra ten bucks for cable?  Not worth cutting back. (Bryan agreed.) So I called in this week to schedule the downgrade in service, and they offered a new price for our package .. as-is .. at $80 a month.  So we’re keeping digital cable and STILL saving $30 a month.  Just by asking.  Hm.  Lesson learned. [...]

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