# Crap - these DTV converter box coupons expire **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 24, 2008, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-these-dtv-converter-box-coupons-expire/474287 "2008-11-24T18:08:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-these-dtv-converter-box-coupons-expire/474287/1 "2008-11-24T18:08:59Z")
I thought was being smart by ordering my coupons early so I could, I dunno, “beat the rush.” I also thought I was being smart by waiting until I actually had some cash to get said boxes at the local Best Buy (they’re $60 apiece). Now I have $80 in worthless coupons and have to decide if I want to spend $120 on boxes for two televisions I rarely use. Totally mundane and pointless…and totally my fault. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-these-dtv-converter-box-coupons-expire/474287/2 "2008-11-24T18:17:06Z")
I thought if you have cable or satellite you didn’t need the converter thingies. Am I wrong? StG ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-these-dtv-converter-box-coupons-expire/474287/3 "2008-11-24T18:32:21Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > I thought if you have cable or satellite you didn’t need the converter thingies. Am I wrong? > > StG No, that’s true, at least for a while. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-these-dtv-converter-box-coupons-expire/474287/4 "2008-11-24T18:37:13Z")
I’ve got neither, tho. I’m a luddite when it comes to TV - I have two fairly old models with bunny ears and no cable or dish. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-these-dtv-converter-box-coupons-expire/474287/5 "2008-11-24T18:57:46Z")
The expiration pissed me off too. The store didn’t have the model I wanted and I had to buy a model that is crap, because the credit expired. Now they got in what I want but I don’t have a card or $60 for it. The cards should have been good until a couple months after the switch over in 2009. ---
**Author:** ![Velma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/85e7bf/32.png) [@Velma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velma)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-these-dtv-converter-box-coupons-expire/474287/6 "2008-11-24T20:41:36Z")
I don’t know how the coupons work, but is everyone eligible for them? Could I ask for some even though I don’t need them, and go out and get converter boxes? If so, do you know someone who could do that and then give them to you? ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-these-dtv-converter-box-coupons-expire/474287/7 "2008-11-24T20:44:25Z")
> [@Velma](#): > > I don’t know how the coupons work, but is everyone eligible for them? Could I ask for some even though I don’t need them, and go out and get converter boxes? If so, do you know someone who could do that and then give them to you? **Velma** , you rock!!! Sure can - and sure will! 🙂