Jimbo
December 11th, 2005, 19:50
I have been looking at getting Sirius radio for some time now, but the monthly fee keeps me from taking the plunge. It’s not that I’m terribly cheap, but I do hate paying for something that I can get for free. Sure Sirius might be better in many ways, but the price, though low, is still more expensive then free.
Then it hit me the other day, as I was listening to the radio. I was trying to get a little music to listen to. I didn’t care what it was, just needed to cover the background noise from the motor. I hit the scan button, and was given a few seconds of each station available. The problem was that I scanned the entire band, and still hadn’t heard any music I liked. The majority of what I heard was stinking commercials.
I understand that radio stations have costs to cover, and need to have these commercials, but there seems to be more of them than anything else these days. If I could put 2 quarters into the radio, and make all the commercials go away, I would gladly do it.
At a cost of less than $15 a month, that’s less money than putting 2 quarters each day into the radio. This is looking like a very small cost for not having to listen to some idiot telling me that I can “…make 6 figures while sitting in my kitchen, in my pajamas.” And if I never hear another advertisement for “…thick,..rich,..choclatey Ovaltine” it will be too soon.
So, I have to wait till after Christmas, to see if Santa brings me the Sirius Radio Kit I’ve been checking out. If he doesn’t, I’ll be getting myself one a day or two after. And I promise you I will never, ever complain about the monthly fee, so long as it keeps those idiotic commercials off my radio.
Jimbo
Then it hit me the other day, as I was listening to the radio. I was trying to get a little music to listen to. I didn’t care what it was, just needed to cover the background noise from the motor. I hit the scan button, and was given a few seconds of each station available. The problem was that I scanned the entire band, and still hadn’t heard any music I liked. The majority of what I heard was stinking commercials.
I understand that radio stations have costs to cover, and need to have these commercials, but there seems to be more of them than anything else these days. If I could put 2 quarters into the radio, and make all the commercials go away, I would gladly do it.
At a cost of less than $15 a month, that’s less money than putting 2 quarters each day into the radio. This is looking like a very small cost for not having to listen to some idiot telling me that I can “…make 6 figures while sitting in my kitchen, in my pajamas.” And if I never hear another advertisement for “…thick,..rich,..choclatey Ovaltine” it will be too soon.
So, I have to wait till after Christmas, to see if Santa brings me the Sirius Radio Kit I’ve been checking out. If he doesn’t, I’ll be getting myself one a day or two after. And I promise you I will never, ever complain about the monthly fee, so long as it keeps those idiotic commercials off my radio.
Jimbo