Tuesday, August 15, 2006

To XM or Not to XM... That is the question.....


So Nathan is deciding to get XM Satellite radio again and has asked if I want to join onto his account. I said yes initially because I really like XM, I have had it before and really enjoyed it, however, I am not in my car enough to really justify spending the money every month for it and to spend up to $120 for a new receiver. I had one, and then some jackass came and broke a window out of my car, tried unsuccessfully to steal my car and then and then decided to steal my XM receiver. The only way that I can justify getting XM again right now is if I get a portable receiver, the XM MyFi, which currently is running for $129 with a $30 mail-in rebate. That is a lot better than what it cost when they initially came out 2 years ago, but it is still a lot of money now and that could go to something else like bills or other things being that Finaid is not going to be good this year. However, I do have a birthday coming up, and with a birthday comes birthday money and if current trends stay the same, I could use that money to subsidize the purchase where I would only have to contribute a small portion of my own money. I would like to have it again becasue I enjoy listening to it, but I just have to make sure that it is really, truely worth the time and effort and cost to go for it and get it....It is definately something to think about..

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