Get ‘em while they’re hot
They say the coupon progam is up and running again and “back on track.” Which “track” that is has yet to be determined. Since the program maxed out at $1.5 billion in January with 2 million people on a waiting list and many people claimed to not have received the coupon they ordered since January of 2008 in the first place, I’m not confident that $650 million dollars from the stimulus package with over 4 million people on a waiting list for a coupon already is smooth sailing. Not to mention, you still have mass confusion over whether people need a converter box or not, the unknown number of coupons that were ordered for second or third sets in a home or the number of people that don’t really need a coupon but want to save money on a converter box and the issue of whether or not the number of converter boxes manufactured will meet the demand. In my opinion, this mess is far from over. With only 98 days left before the new DTV Transition date of June 12, there’s still a lot of work to be done.
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