Comments on: Not-so-free digital TV converters for everyone http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/12/not-so-free-digital-tv-converters-for-everyone/ Protect yourself from government gaffes, bureaucratic blunders and incumbent incompetence Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:25:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: nicole87 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/12/not-so-free-digital-tv-converters-for-everyone/#comment-14628 nicole87 Thu, 13 May 2010 14:25:51 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/12/not-so-free-digital-tv-converters-for-everyone/#comment-14628 so basically we will be spied on oh man say it aint so say it aint so i love my regular frequency i dont need dtv so basically we will be spied on oh man say it aint so say it aint so i love my regular frequency i dont need dtv

]]> By: Nightowl http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/12/not-so-free-digital-tv-converters-for-everyone/#comment-14627 Nightowl Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:19:18 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/12/not-so-free-digital-tv-converters-for-everyone/#comment-14627 It's 2/10/08 and still haven't heard anything from them. I gave up on them horsing me around with those coupons and went out and bought a Digital Ready TV. I did see that Wally World has them in their stores now for $50. It’s 2/10/08 and still haven’t heard anything from them. I gave up on them horsing me around with those coupons and went out and bought a Digital Ready TV. I did see that Wally World has them in their stores now for $50.

]]> By: Nightowl http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/12/not-so-free-digital-tv-converters-for-everyone/#comment-14626 Nightowl Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:59:01 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/12/not-so-free-digital-tv-converters-for-everyone/#comment-14626 I went to the site to apply for the coupons back on January 1st. After I filled in all the information and hit send, about three or four seconds later I got a message back saying that I was not eligible and if I wanted I could file an appeal. In the box provided, I wrote a short message as to why I felt that I was eligible. It said that they would email me back. I got a email from them on January 4th saying quote: We received your TV Converter Box Coupon Program application and appeal. Your appeal is under review. We will respond with a decision on your appeal in approximately 5 business days. Consumer Support Center TV Converter Box Coupon Program It is now January 21st and have not gotten an answer from them yet. Is this a bogus site or is the whole program bogus ? I can understand that it must be a huge undertaking having to respond to all the emails and phone calls that must be coming in. They knew approximately how many people in the country still watch over the air TV and should have been adequately staffed to handle all the emails and phone calls. They must have realized that most people would apply as early as possible when they read that the coupons would be given out untill they were all gone. Following up on my previous post about portable TV's being useless after Feb.2009, what are people going to do in emergencys like storms and such when all they have to rely on for information is those small battery operated TV's. Will they allocate a station on the old frequencys for that or these folks just screwed. I went to the site to apply for the coupons back on January 1st. After I filled in all the information and hit send, about three or four seconds later I got a message back saying that I was not eligible and if I wanted I could file an appeal. In the box provided, I wrote a short message as to why I felt that I was eligible. It said that they would email me back. I got a email from them on January 4th saying quote:
We received your TV Converter Box Coupon Program application and appeal. Your appeal is under
review. We will respond with a decision on your appeal in approximately 5 business days.

Consumer Support Center
TV Converter Box Coupon Program

It is now January 21st and have not gotten an answer from them yet. Is this a bogus site or is the whole program bogus ? I can understand that it must be a huge undertaking having to respond to all the emails and phone calls that must be coming in. They knew approximately how many people in the country still watch over the air TV and should have been adequately staffed to handle all the emails and phone calls. They must have realized that most people would apply as early as possible when they read that the coupons would be given out untill they were all gone. Following up on my previous post about portable TV’s being useless after Feb.2009, what are people going to do in emergencys like storms and such when all they have to rely on for information is those small battery operated TV’s. Will they allocate a station on the old frequencys for that or these folks just screwed.

]]> By: Michael Jones http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/12/not-so-free-digital-tv-converters-for-everyone/#comment-14625 Michael Jones Thu, 03 Jan 2008 07:22:03 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/12/not-so-free-digital-tv-converters-for-everyone/#comment-14625 I don't know what rock you live under, but all the information is available on KNBC.com...THAT'S useful... Shows what YOU know...AND how long you've "been around" I don’t know what rock you live under, but all the information is available on KNBC.com…THAT’S useful…

Shows what YOU know…AND how long you’ve “been around”

]]> By: Michael Hampton http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/12/not-so-free-digital-tv-converters-for-everyone/#comment-14624 Michael Hampton Thu, 03 Jan 2008 07:14:25 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/12/not-so-free-digital-tv-converters-for-everyone/#comment-14624 At the time this article was written, they were not yet available. Thanks to the wonderful efficiency and effectiveness of government, they are still not yet available. And there's only a year left before they shut your TV off. "Bitching"? "Be useful"? You obviously haven't been around long enough. I don't bitch, and everything here is useful. At the time this article was written, they were not yet available. Thanks to the wonderful efficiency and effectiveness of government, they are still not yet available. And there’s only a year left before they shut your TV off.

“Bitching”? “Be useful”? You obviously haven’t been around long enough. I don’t bitch, and everything here is useful.

]]> By: Michael Jones http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/12/not-so-free-digital-tv-converters-for-everyone/#comment-14623 Michael Jones Thu, 03 Jan 2008 02:17:17 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/12/not-so-free-digital-tv-converters-for-everyone/#comment-14623 The least you could do, given the nasty nature of your comments, is to publish the phone numbers &/or websites at which one can order these 'barebones' converters...for anyone who isn't interested enough in the technology to upgrade to a modern, flat-screen, digital TV, these converters are more than adequate. Quit your bitching and be useful. The least you could do, given the nasty nature of your comments, is to publish the phone numbers &/or websites at which one can order these ‘barebones’ converters…for anyone who isn’t interested enough in the technology to upgrade to a modern, flat-screen, digital TV, these converters are more than adequate.

Quit your bitching and be useful.

]]> By: JC http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/12/not-so-free-digital-tv-converters-for-everyone/#comment-14622 JC Wed, 02 Jan 2008 04:30:11 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/12/not-so-free-digital-tv-converters-for-everyone/#comment-14622 I think is stupid to pay for a converter box for a new feature that I might not want. For example, if you remember when color TVs were new on the market; it was a choice for the customer to change from black and white screen to color. Why do we have to pay, not matter how much the price, certain amount of money just because a new change on the future? I think is stupid to pay for a converter box for a new feature that I might not want. For example, if you remember when color TVs were new on the market; it was a choice for the customer to change from black and white screen to color.
Why do we have to pay, not matter how much the price, certain amount of money just because a new change on the future?

]]> By: Bull Frog http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/12/not-so-free-digital-tv-converters-for-everyone/#comment-14621 Bull Frog Tue, 01 Jan 2008 18:58:29 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/12/not-so-free-digital-tv-converters-for-everyone/#comment-14621 wow!! what a fantastic lobbying effort by european electronics manufacturers!! what a coup! i wonder what the next movement will be toward the roboticism of the populace. wow!! what a fantastic lobbying effort by european electronics manufacturers!! what a coup! i wonder what the next movement will be toward the roboticism of the populace.

]]> By: Michael Hampton http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/12/not-so-free-digital-tv-converters-for-everyone/#comment-14620 Michael Hampton Sun, 09 Dec 2007 23:06:00 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/12/not-so-free-digital-tv-converters-for-everyone/#comment-14620 For a government program, that's dirt cheap. For a government program, that’s dirt cheap.

]]> By: dodo http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/12/not-so-free-digital-tv-converters-for-everyone/#comment-14619 dodo Sun, 09 Dec 2007 22:30:56 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/03/12/not-so-free-digital-tv-converters-for-everyone/#comment-14619 Look the law sez they have to spend less that 100 million to administer a 990 million program. Ten percent to administer a program, sounds pricy Look the law sez they have to spend less that 100 million
to administer a 990 million program. Ten percent to
administer a program, sounds pricy

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