Amy Currioman

I never quite know what to do or say when someone gives you a gift that is totally worthless junk. For example, my sister-in-law gave me her “perfectly good, hardly ever used” Roomba robot vacuum cleaner. I was thrilled at first, took it home and cleaned it all out, plugged it in to charge it. I already had one, and was thrilled to have another! Well, that Roomba never charged – the battery was completely dead and non-rechargeable. Well, that was OK, I had a spare battery. I put the spare battery in the “new” Roomba and the “new” Roomba just sat there and squawked at me. Wouldn’t even budge. Completely worthless. So now I wonder what to say if my sister-in-law ever asks me how I like the Roomba she gave me. Should I smile and say I love it? Or should I be honest and tell her it was broken and I never got the chance to use it. I have to wonder if she KNEW it was broken and was just trying to get rid of it!

When you are shopping for television service, please check carefully to make sure you really are getting the deal that you want.  Many of the Direct Satellite TVpackage deals only allow up a few televisions to be hooked up to the service; others don’t put a limit on it.  Some give you the ability to package telephone and Internet services along with the service, others do not.

And be really careful when going to comparison sites – make sure that you experiment with the different options to make sure that if you choose different options that the referral changes.  If you are thinking about getting Satellite Directv, make sure that it includes everything that you want.  Not all Direct TV offers are perfect for everyone!  Believe it or not, there are some review and comparison sites that are online that are rigged to give you the same answer all of the time!  Even if you say you don’t want the service at all, it will tell you that their service is the perfect fit for you!  So, check it out carefully and be smart about it!