Here's the problem. No matter how great the sale is on the new TV, which you really didn't need but had to have because it's bigger and flatter and more HD, you're not going to come out ahead. It just sets off a chain reaction of other expenses, and then losses.
For one thing, no one is going to pay even close to what we paid for the old TV, which is as big and extinct as a wooly mammoth. What do we do with it? Then there is no market whatsoever, not even on craigslist for FREE for massive entertainment centers that once embraced TVs the size of a wooly mammoth.
While I wonder how to find homes for the things we're giving up -- which all work perfectly fine, mind you -- he is making a list of things the new TV needs. HTMI cables, for one. A Blu-Ray DVD player. A different type of entertainment center to sit on. An HD Tivo. An upgrade of our monthly cable bill to include the HD channels. An upgrade of our Netflix subscription to include Blu-Ray. All these upgrades negate the deal we got on the TV we didn't really need, and all the peripherals replace similar electronics which work fine and, up until the arrival of the new TV, were perfectly adequate for our needs.
Sometimes it isn't even a matter of weighing the difference between need and want. Sometimes it's just because everybody else has it. Or because it's there. Or, let me delude myself some more: I'm helping the economy and creating jobs?
No comments:
Post a Comment