Quality of Life
A few weeks ago, our television started changing colors. I stuck with it for a while, but it just became unbearable. To get the colors back, I swapped it with the small television that the kids use for there video games when they come and visit. It was a much needed improvement. Unfortunately, I still can’t handle it. The quality of my television life is bad. I have to set up close on the floor to see the picture or else it is blurry.
Actually, today was the first time that I checked on my finances for this pay period and was surprised to see a positive balance of about two hundred, fifty dollars. I would love to go out and buy a television with it, but part of that money needs to stay in there for budgeted bills that haven’t come out yet. My mother in-law has been helping me get control over everything. Usually I have been down by six hundred dollars around this time - mostly due to phenomenal bank charges on small withdrawals.
I’ve been considering an investment into an HDTV for a while now, and I am trying to save up. I am approaching a point where I may give in and just buy a regular television. I do not want a regular television though. I have seen HDTV popping up in places where I frequent. Even our conference room has six plasma high definition televisions on one of our walls where I work. My coworker showed me his refurbished HDTV when I took him home once and the quality is nice.
I’m starting to consider Rent-A-Center. I understand that you can rent to own. I’m concerned that the equipment is used and I would be paying retail for it (if not more for financing changes). I headed on over to the site and spent a good hour just gathering information that they were asking for. In the end, they said that I should be expecting a call from a store local to me. I tried calling that very store earlier to see what the hours were in case I could check them out first. At least all of the paperwork is mostly done.
Tags: HDTV, Television, Renting, Paperwork
September 27th, 2005 at 5:19 am
I kinda figured that. I’m just struggling with what options I am aware of.
September 29th, 2005 at 3:07 am
I strongly advise against a rent to own situation. As Stacy mentioned already, RAC makes their money on the huge markup. If you intend to purchase it, dont rent-to-own. This is one case where I’d recommend using a credit card if you can manage it. Ideally, its best to save up and purchase it outright.
November 15th, 2005 at 12:30 am
[…] I explained that the old TV was decommissioned and that I was in the process of getting a digital TV and that this was a temporary solution. I did ask if he had a degaussing ring, but unfortunately he did not. Today’s TV guys have computer hardware and gadgets to check and replace things. They can’t actually repair anything. […]