Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
>
> "Dan Abel" > wrote in message
> > You shouldn't call your friends "fidiots". Many here got the coupons.
> > They have satellite or cable, so have no use for them, but they were
> > free, so why not? Some of those people went ahead and bought the boxes,
> > because the coupons were going to expire. Those boxes will sit in their
> > basement or garage until they have aged sufficiently, at which point
> > they will be offered at the next garage sale for pennies on the dollar.
> > They only cost US$10 after the coupon, so why not? Better safe than
> > sorry. They've got 'em if they need 'em.
>
> Those people are wasting our tax dollars. Nothing is "free" and they are
> sitting on the unused coupons that others can use and worse, sitting on a
> converter box that will never be used.

I got my two converters when I had cable TV. My camper still had/has an
antenna so I needed one there, and I have since dropped cable TV as
well. Some of those people you noted "wasting" the coupon dollars will
eventually see the OTA digital somewhere and decide to drop their cable
/ satellite as well.