...and I cancel the earthlink account I've been paying $34.95 a month for even when I'm not in New York to use it, shooting myself in the foot as I'll probably be back in New York before too long and will now need to set up a Verizon account a week or so before I get there and hope for the best.
I was supposed to be paying $25 a month, after my conversation with them last year, but that expired and was a special promotion anyway, they told me, and I was back to $34.95. That in itself was a vast improvement over the $49.95 they had been charging me, but still, in this 'ere recession and all, $34.95 seemed like a lot to be paying when I wasn't using it. Of course they had just billed me for a month, so I have service even though I'm not there till the 14th or so of August, and will probably go to New York in September.
Next on the recession list is Dish Satellite TV, which appears to be charging me $73 a month when service began three years ago at something like $49. ADT home security is already cancelled, or will be as soon as John contacts them as my name wasn't on the original service order, saving me $30 a month. Trash pickup, at $40 a quarter, has been cancelled, and I made a trip to the dump - excuse me, landfill - last week with all the bags in the back of the Volvo.
Next comes adding it all up to see how much I'm saving a month, and then figuring out what to do with the "extra" money.
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