If you plan on getting coupons from the government (FCC) through the DTVAnswers.com web site or the accompanying 1-888-DTV-2009 phone number, make sure you plan on using them as soon as you get them. The same is true if you already have applied fir or already have received your coupons.
The FCC, who runs this program, is very strict. I did not use mine when I got them and they expired. When I tried to use somebody else's name and address I found the most people had already gotten them and figured out they didn't need them so those expired as well.
I called a few local shops and nobody selling the digital converter boxes would accept an expired coupon -- so I was running out of options.
Luckily I found one person who had just applied for her coupons and had not received them yet. Since she ordered two (the max) but would probably only use one, she agreed to give me one when she received them.
If I do get one I plan to go out immediately and buy a converter box. I have one 10 year old television that works just fine but won't after February 17th, 2009. I don't use it much but if I ever want to use it as a backup, give it to somebody, or let somebody borrow it, I want to make sure that it will work with a converter box.
The moral of this story is - Don't hesitate. If you have coupons go buy your converter box now. They are not fooling around with the expiration dates (you get 90 days) and replacing them using somebody else's name and address could prove impossible.
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