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I've been getting a couple PMs between here and another site concerning if they should be worried about when certain things would pay out,
Here is my timeline........
6/5 Cancelled my original DirecTV order as HD for Life promotion was added and because I already submitted the online rebates, no changes could be made to the order.
6/5 Placed order for DirecTV service thru BestBuy.directv.com using link from BING.com for the cashback. This was the first day that they added HD Free for Life to the $29 1st/$14 2nd year promotion. My DirecTV order came to $522.00 before tax since I got 4 HD-DVRs and the $25 TV Internet Connection Service. Also used a referral
6/8 Placed order for an HDTV over $499 to qualify for the extra $300 rebate Best Buy was offering with DirecTV sign up. BING Cashback happen to be offering 20% back for Best Buy purchases that day...then it dropped to 3% for the remainder of the time BING cashback existed.
6/10 I emailed BING a PDF copy of my DirecTV order, it was added to my Bing account the next day.
6/30 Submitted online rebates for $29 First Year / $14 Second Year discounts.
7/1 - 7/2 Installation days. I got my 4 HR24s and 1 std receiver, 5 LNB, international dish, and SWM-16. Installation was perfect.
7/2 The charged my credit card and my first statement was sent out. The $29 discount, $10 refer a friend, $24 Starz/Showtime, and $10 Free HD for Life discounts all showed.
7/3 Went GREEN, signed up for paperless billing. Already had enrolled in autopay for the Free HD for life.
7/6 $50 Best Buy gift card rebate showed up as approved on directv.com/rebates.
7/13 Somewhere around this date I finally mailed in my $300 Best Buy gift card rebate
7/23 Received $50 Best Buy Gift Card in the mail.
8/2 $20 GOING GREEN credit posts to my account
8/2 Best Buy $300 Gift Card shows up as approved at directv.com/rebates. So, if it's like the $50 gift card, I should have that in about 2 weeks.
8/4 Was able to request my cash from Bing for my DirecTV order as 60 day waiting period for my $208.80 in bing cashback ended and the money will be in my checking account in 2 days
8/7 60 day waiting period will be over for my $140 cashback for my $699 50" Panasonic plasma and I'll be able to request that money.
So, the bottom line is, the stacking of all the deals all worked out for me. A lot of you ordered and/or installed well after my dates....so just be patient. 3 more days, and I'll be able to collect for my TV Bing Cashback. I know a few of you did use that as well for the 3% cashback on your HDTV.
So in the end I got this for discounts over the first 2 years.
$350.00 in Best Buy gift cards
$348.80 in BING Cashback
$240.00 in HD access credits (valued for just for the 1st 2 years)
$348.00 in 1st year D* credits
$168.00 in 2nd year D* credits (was regional)
$298.00 "free" HD-DVR and discounted 2nd HD-DVR
$ 69.00 "free" standard receiver
$ 20.00 for GOING GREEN
$100.00 in Refer a friend credit for using my friends acct# at the time of ordering online
$ 20.00 free shipping/processing for ordering online
$ 72.00 free Showtime and Starz for 3 months
$ 15.00 3 free months of HD Extra Pack (added after installation)
$ 59.00 Free AM21 OTA tuner. Installer installed it but I was never billed for it.
$000.00 Panasonic 50" Plasma was actually on sale from $799 to $699 (no value given)
$000.00 Free 2nd half of cricket ticket (normally $300 a season...but didn't give this a value)
$000.00 5LNB dish, SWM-16 switch, international dish, 2 wall fishes w/2 lines each (no value given)
$2035.80 in "savings", gift cards, etc over the first 2 years!!!
Let's just say I'm a very happy camper now that the DirecTV bing actually paid out and the $300 gift card got approved. That means I'm golden and feel like I got the best deal ever for DirecTV service!
Here is my timeline........
6/5 Cancelled my original DirecTV order as HD for Life promotion was added and because I already submitted the online rebates, no changes could be made to the order.
6/5 Placed order for DirecTV service thru BestBuy.directv.com using link from BING.com for the cashback. This was the first day that they added HD Free for Life to the $29 1st/$14 2nd year promotion. My DirecTV order came to $522.00 before tax since I got 4 HD-DVRs and the $25 TV Internet Connection Service. Also used a referral
6/8 Placed order for an HDTV over $499 to qualify for the extra $300 rebate Best Buy was offering with DirecTV sign up. BING Cashback happen to be offering 20% back for Best Buy purchases that day...then it dropped to 3% for the remainder of the time BING cashback existed.
6/10 I emailed BING a PDF copy of my DirecTV order, it was added to my Bing account the next day.
6/30 Submitted online rebates for $29 First Year / $14 Second Year discounts.
7/1 - 7/2 Installation days. I got my 4 HR24s and 1 std receiver, 5 LNB, international dish, and SWM-16. Installation was perfect.
7/2 The charged my credit card and my first statement was sent out. The $29 discount, $10 refer a friend, $24 Starz/Showtime, and $10 Free HD for Life discounts all showed.
7/3 Went GREEN, signed up for paperless billing. Already had enrolled in autopay for the Free HD for life.
7/6 $50 Best Buy gift card rebate showed up as approved on directv.com/rebates.
7/13 Somewhere around this date I finally mailed in my $300 Best Buy gift card rebate
7/23 Received $50 Best Buy Gift Card in the mail.
8/2 $20 GOING GREEN credit posts to my account
8/2 Best Buy $300 Gift Card shows up as approved at directv.com/rebates. So, if it's like the $50 gift card, I should have that in about 2 weeks.
8/4 Was able to request my cash from Bing for my DirecTV order as 60 day waiting period for my $208.80 in bing cashback ended and the money will be in my checking account in 2 days
8/7 60 day waiting period will be over for my $140 cashback for my $699 50" Panasonic plasma and I'll be able to request that money.
So, the bottom line is, the stacking of all the deals all worked out for me. A lot of you ordered and/or installed well after my dates....so just be patient. 3 more days, and I'll be able to collect for my TV Bing Cashback. I know a few of you did use that as well for the 3% cashback on your HDTV.
So in the end I got this for discounts over the first 2 years.
$350.00 in Best Buy gift cards
$348.80 in BING Cashback
$240.00 in HD access credits (valued for just for the 1st 2 years)
$348.00 in 1st year D* credits
$168.00 in 2nd year D* credits (was regional)
$298.00 "free" HD-DVR and discounted 2nd HD-DVR
$ 69.00 "free" standard receiver
$ 20.00 for GOING GREEN
$100.00 in Refer a friend credit for using my friends acct# at the time of ordering online
$ 20.00 free shipping/processing for ordering online
$ 72.00 free Showtime and Starz for 3 months
$ 15.00 3 free months of HD Extra Pack (added after installation)
$ 59.00 Free AM21 OTA tuner. Installer installed it but I was never billed for it.
$000.00 Panasonic 50" Plasma was actually on sale from $799 to $699 (no value given)
$000.00 Free 2nd half of cricket ticket (normally $300 a season...but didn't give this a value)
$000.00 5LNB dish, SWM-16 switch, international dish, 2 wall fishes w/2 lines each (no value given)
$2035.80 in "savings", gift cards, etc over the first 2 years!!!
Let's just say I'm a very happy camper now that the DirecTV bing actually paid out and the $300 gift card got approved. That means I'm golden and feel like I got the best deal ever for DirecTV service!
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Can you not read a thread title? What crawled up your ass today? If the thread title doesn't pertain to you why even enter the thread.
Can you not read a thread title? What crawled up your ass today? If the thread title doesn't pertain to you why even enter the thread.
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Stumbled across this ... http://www.gaspricewatch.com/USGas_ZipSearch.asp
I found no local prices, although it did show stations at my location...
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I found no local prices, although it did show stations at my location...
Added these to this post...
USA National Gas Temperature Map
State By State Gasoline Taxes
Gas Buddy
Ethanol Free Stations
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Ok, I'm bored .... actually - to be more precise - I'm bored of eating the same rotation of 9 or 10 meals that are currently my "go-to" meals. My wife works the long hours - I work from home as and when i feel like it ... which means i generally do most of the cooking ... and so by default - i also make out the shopping list ...
We cook at home 5 or even 6 nights a week - but we always seem to fall back on the same old tried and tested "quick and easy but tastes ok" meals. Week in week out.
Pot Roast - mash and Peas.
Spaghetti
Chicken Pasta in cheese sauce.
Curry & rice
(these are some of mine)
Now it's not that I'm not adventurous in the kitchen ... I'll try anything once or twice ... but we all do it. Unless your name is Martha Stewart or Rachel Ray .. we all eventually fall back on our 8-10 favorite "meals"
So i thought - if we shared some of our own go-to meals with each other ... we might be able to add a few "new" ones to our own arsenal of meals.
So again - I ask you ...
What's for dinner tonight ?
Please give me something new to add to my rotation ... its our weekly shop tomorrow - so i want to pull together a few idea's and try and eat a meal each day next week that I've never had before .. or at least something that is not on my current "go-to" meal plan.
What meal do you always seem to fall back on in your house ? Maybe its something that I've never tried or not had in a while. I need inspiration !! I've got a blank shopping list in front of me - and nothing sounds good .. HELP !
We cook at home 5 or even 6 nights a week - but we always seem to fall back on the same old tried and tested "quick and easy but tastes ok" meals. Week in week out.
Pot Roast - mash and Peas.
Spaghetti
Chicken Pasta in cheese sauce.
Curry & rice
(these are some of mine)
Now it's not that I'm not adventurous in the kitchen ... I'll try anything once or twice ... but we all do it. Unless your name is Martha Stewart or Rachel Ray .. we all eventually fall back on our 8-10 favorite "meals"
So i thought - if we shared some of our own go-to meals with each other ... we might be able to add a few "new" ones to our own arsenal of meals.
So again - I ask you ...
What's for dinner tonight ?
Please give me something new to add to my rotation ... its our weekly shop tomorrow - so i want to pull together a few idea's and try and eat a meal each day next week that I've never had before .. or at least something that is not on my current "go-to" meal plan.
What meal do you always seem to fall back on in your house ? Maybe its something that I've never tried or not had in a while. I need inspiration !! I've got a blank shopping list in front of me - and nothing sounds good .. HELP !
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Smoked some salmon on the grill while enjoying some Blue Moon beer. Kinda cool tonight so I fired up the heaters. Here in FL, we fire up heaters once the temps get below 60 
As for the salmon, I seared them first, then flipped them off to the side not over the coals and brushed on some lemon pepper marinade followed by some salmon seasoning. Threw some hickory chips on the coals and then closed the vents to about 10% airflow. Yum.
As for the salmon, I seared them first, then flipped them off to the side not over the coals and brushed on some lemon pepper marinade followed by some salmon seasoning. Threw some hickory chips on the coals and then closed the vents to about 10% airflow. Yum.
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Schedule drops tomorrow. Mandatory mini camps in June. Hall of Fame game August 6th.
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I guess even the patience of us laid-back Hoosiers has its limits:
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Colts relieve general manager Chris Ballard of his duties
Colts Owner & CEO Carlie Irsay-Gordon released a statement Monday announcing the news.
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Be nice to see a Cowboy headline like that.I guess even the patience of us laid-back Hoosiers has its limits:
Colts relieve general manager Chris Ballard of his duties
Colts Owner & CEO Carlie Irsay-Gordon released a statement Monday announcing the news.
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Anyone making their own breakfast sausage? I've recently been trying different recipes, found some I like, some I've modified...
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Direct YouTube Link - Alexa Tablet 11 Review - Amazon's New Google Tablets?
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Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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Season 2 order already in hand:
'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' Renewed for Season 2, Tatiana Maslany to Guest Star in Season 1
I've not been optimistic about this show based on what I've read so far. Seems to be aimed at a younger audience. Interesting though that Tatiana Maslany will have some sort of role.
'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' Renewed for Season 2, Tatiana Maslany to Guest Star in Season 1
I've not been optimistic about this show based on what I've read so far. Seems to be aimed at a younger audience. Interesting though that Tatiana Maslany will have some sort of role.
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I don't know, but I still don't like her walking through the station or the academy with out her shoes. It looks unprofessional and very "hippy like" for someone of her status and I personally don't get off to feet, so there is that.
Stay out of my office. I rarely have shoes or socks on in the office. My office and business is at home thoughI don't know, but I still don't like her walking through the station or the academy with out her shoes. It looks unprofessional and very "hippy like" for someone of her status and I personally don't get off to feet, so there is that.
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