How My $200 60hr TiVo Has Paid Itself Off
The other day while I was putting together a post about getting a TiVo for $19.99, I started to think about how my first TiVo has really paid itself off. Since I purchased my first TiVo, I’ve meet a lot of nice people via this site. I really do enjoy all of the feedback I receive, both positive and negative.
Along with the great people that I’ve meet, I also have received a number of new gadgets that I wouldn’t have acquired if I didn’t buy my first TiVo. Now you’re probably wondering how a purchase of a $200 TiVo helped me get new gadgets including an iPod Mini & a 140 hr TiVo. The answer is TiVo’s rewards program! If you haven’t already signed up for the rewards program I highly recommend that you do. When I first signed up back in August ’04 I never would have imagined that I would be able to get enough referrals to receive a free TiVo and an iPod Mini. The only problem with getting so many referrals is that once you referrer somebody, you by default become their TiVo guru. I can’t even tell you the number of times that I’ve received a call from my buddy or my Mom asking me a question about their TiVo.
As you can see, my initial investment of $200 has paid itself off. Now if only my minimal amount of TiVo stock would flourish. I guess beggars can’t be choosers :).
December 12th, 2005 at 11:23 am |
My problem is that I had already onvinced most of my friends & family to get TiVo units before they rewards program came out.
Two for my parents, one for my boss, two for my bosses parents, 3 for co-workers and and I didn’t get the rewards credit for any of them since they were all purchased & activated BEFORE the rewards program.
I do have two referrers from other co-workers I converted to TiVoism after the rewards program came out but that 140Hr TiVo still is 3 referrals away.
April 9th, 2007 at 10:54 pm |
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