>How to save money on your t.v. bill part 2

>Last week I shared a way for you to save money on your cable or satellite bill. This week I want to share an idea that we have used to successfully save money on our satellite bill. It is all about knowing your worth as a customer. Companies want your business. When you have been a long time customer who pays your bill on time, you are valuable to them. Or, you should be. If this is not the case with your company, you should find another company.

My husband and I have Directv satellite. We have it for the NFL Sunday ticket, or should I say that HE has it for that reason. We have been with Directv for several years now. A few years ago we started seeing the great deals that Directv was offering for new customers and didn’t think it was fair. We made the decision that we would call up the company to see what they had to offer us. Eric and I decided that if they had nothing to offer us, we were going to walk. We would either switch to cable or satellite.

So we called Directv and told them that we had been a customer for three years (at the time), had never missed a payment or been late, and would like to see what they had to offer us. At the time, we were not under any type of contract. We initially signed up for the Sunday Ticket promotion when we bought our house. The promotion was something like… buy the Sunday Ticket, get all the movie channels free for like six months.

And yes, I know there were more likes in that sentence than, like, an adult in her twenties should use- but I use likes when I’m not sure about something. Anyway, I digress. Our contract was for two years. The deal is that after the six months of movie channels, you either pay for the movie channels or cancel them. And eventually, your bill goes up.

When we called Directv and asked them what they had to offer for us, they of course, said that they didn’t have anything for us. We explained to them that we wanted to reduce our bill by getting the Sunday Ticket deal that all of the new customers were getting. They said they could give us a lesser package but that the Sunday Ticket deal was only for new customers. So, we had to let them know of our intentions to cancel our service unless there was someone else we could talk to. I mean, we were paying more for less.

After talking to about three different people, we got to the person who we needed to talk to. They agreed that it was ridiculous for us to continue paying more than new customers would have to pay for lesser service. They gave us the deal we wanted, without a contract. They didn’t ask us to get on one so we didn’t offer to. So we went that way for a year. We were not on a contract, so when it was time for the Sunday Ticket deal again, we called up Directv and made the same proposal, but this time we said that we didn’t mind getting on a contract for two years. And they totally did it again.

We saved hundreds, maybe more than a thousand dollars by making a simple phone call. Sure, it took thirty minutes of persistence before we got what we wanted, but it was totally worth it. The deal for us, though, was that we were really willing to walk. If they couldn’t offer us the deal we wanted, we were going to another company.

If you don’t have anything to lose, you might consider giving your television company a call. Make sure to bring out the positives about yourself like never missing a bill, never being late, loyalty, etc. It could possibly save you some money.

Well, since this article has been going on for longer than I planned, I will end it now. This idea does not only apply to satellite service. If there is a better telephone, internet, or other type of bill that you may be able to talk to someone about, why not give it a shot? I hope this has helped you think about your situation from a different perspective and helped you consider how you can possibly save money now.

>How to save money on your t.v. bill plus free Redbox movie codes

>Sometimes it seems like our budgets are squeezed to the max. Have you ever thought about how you can cut down on your television bill? You don’t have to do without. You can still enjoy the television programs and movies you want to watch, but at a more wallet-friendly cost. If you subscribe to cable or a satellite dish, there may be some ways to help you cut down on your bills. These savings can add up over the course of a year and you can use the extra money to pay off debt, which should be your ultimate goal, or add to your savings.

Go with a more basic package.

If you have the top package (i.e., the most expensive) with your cable or satellite provider, try to downgrade. If you are under contract you might want to wait until your time on the contract runs out unless it makes financial sense for you to go ahead and end your contract early. For example, if there is a $50 penalty for ending your contract early but if you will save $50 per month to downgrade, you might want to consider it.

Just because you downgrade, it doesn’t mean that you have to suffer. If you get the most expensive package because you want movie channels, you can consider other alternatives. The money that you save by downgrading from the top package to a lesser package should more than pay for you to be able to rent movies from Redbox or Netflix.

Netflix is a mail order movie company that allows you to choose how many movies you would like to have at home for one price per month. Customers create a queue of movies that they would like to rent. Netflix sends you movies from your queue and can keep them as long as you want. When you want more movies you simply send them back to Netflix and they will send the next movies in your queue when they receive the ones that you sent off.

The great thing about this is that you can get the movies that you want to see instead of waiting until they are released on the movie channels. Another great thing about this is that there is always something new to choose from. There are always new releases of movies and television shows. Is there a show that you feel like you missed the boat on? Well, with Netflix, you can watch entire seasons. Drawback: for a really popular movie, you might have to wait a little while to get it. If it’s really popular a lot of people will have it in their queue so you will have to be patient. This is a great way to save money on a cable bill that does not result in you having to miss out on anything.

If you want your movies right away, you can check out a Redbox. I heart Redbox. Movies are just $1 per night. Also, at the beginning of each month on the first Monday if you subscribe via text messages, they will send you a movie rental code for one free movie rental. Yay! The only thing I like more than Netflix is Redbox because of those free movie rental codes. And, if you’ve never used Redbox before there are a few codes that work to give you one free movie per credit/debit card. Believe me, I’ve used these to the max! Try DVDONME and BREAKROOM for free movie rentals from Redbox. Remember, these can be used once per credit/debit card which means that you can have a lot of free movies! The only thing to remember is that you have to turn your movies in on time or you will be charged $1.

Check back next week when I will share with you how you can possibly save money on your cable or satellite bill by making an offer that your satellite providers can’t refuse, and also another creative alternative to traditional television.