[Justin7]

I signed up for a promotion where I received HBO and Cinemax for $14.95/month for 6 months. Near the end of that period, I decided to cancel it - it would be too expensive, and still no Sopranos.

After the customer service quiz: why are you cancelling, they offered it at a lower price when I said it was too expensive... $7.99 per month.

The moral: if your cable bill is about to go up, call and cancel. Don't let it go up to $30/month automatically.

[bigboydan]

Forget cable... Satellite TV is the only way to go Justin

[RickySteve]

Forget both. Read.

[Sam Odom]

Forget both. Read.

Hard to have cable/Sat TV on $500.00 per month expense account

[BuddyBear]

I should try that...just got a letter in the mail saying cable is going up a few bucks per month (again)....

[RickySteve]

Hard to have cable/Sat TV on $500.00 per month expense account

More content than you could experience in a lifetime at your local library: $0

Lifetime Original Movies and the Flavor Flav reality show: $50+ per month

Tough call.

[justbet]

i got free TIVO and an internet connection "upgrade" for free when i threatened to leave the cable company.

[pags11]

it definitely pays to negotiate...picked up a $200 cell phone the other day for $29 (after a $50 rebate) by re-upping one more year with my cell provider...I was two months from my contract ending and told them I was starting to look elsewhere...