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Netflix and MMORPGs Are Good Value

 With all the hoopla over various Netflix price increases, I had a chat with my girlfriend about the value of their service. We talked about our usage of it, the alternatives to it, and the overall entertainment value of it to each of us. I even did some quick number crunching and the bulleted information below is the result. Old Netflix Price for unlimited streaming content and 2 DVD rentals out at a time: $16 New Netflix Price for the same package as above: $21 Average number of movies we watch per month: 9 (Approx 18 Hours) Average hours watching streaming content per month: 15 Total monthly price per hour of entertainment before price hike: $0.48 Total monthly price per hour of entertainment after price hike: $0.63 Total price increase per hour: $0.15 When I broke our usage down by the hour, the extra 15 cents didn't bother us all that much. We use Netflix quite a bit and deemed the price increase perfectly acceptable. This was especially true when we considered the other avail...
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Amazon Gift Cards - Where to Buy Amazon Gift Cards

Now obviously you know that you can buy Amazon gift certificates at Amazon itself, so the question about where to buy Amazon gift cards that occurs to most people is really about where to buy them offline. Sometimes you just can't buy one online. Often, if you have a party you suddenly need to attend and so you need a last minute gift, it is just easier to find a place locally where you can buy a gift card, rather than futz around with figuring out how to do it online. Thankfully, a lot more stores today are selling gift cards that can be used online as well as at your local brick & mortar store. CVS, for example, carries gift cards for dozens of different companies, including Amazon. All you need to do is take the gift card to the cash register and the clerk will activate the card once you pay for it. You can usually find Amazon gift cards at CVS for the values $25 or $50. If you don't have a CVS pharmacy near you, there are several other chains that carry Amazon cards too...
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