Convertor box coupons

[Bright_Star]

They announced on the news today that if you recieved convertor box coupons & let them expire then you can re-apply for new ones. That begs the question of if you got convertor box coupons then why would you let them expire to begin with? Soon as I got mine I went out & bought my convertor boxes.
So what's the point of letting them expire?

[Broomjockey]

So what's the point of letting them expire?

Lost it? Got busy (not sure how long they're good for)? Places were sold out in your area on a constant basis? Completely and totally forgot that you'd not done it yet? You'd been holding on to it just in case, but you were planning on getting a new TV that you wouldn't need it for?

[Danno]

In related news, the Procrastinators' Club meeting has been postponed indefinitely.

[JLRodgers]

I'm curious to why they'd expire in a short while anyway.... why not just have a 5 year expiration date or something..

[ArcticChicken]

I'm curious to why they'd expire in a short while anyway.... why not just have a 5 year expiration date or something..

Two reasons:

a) Television is going digital this year, so what's the point of five years?

b) The government has to pay for the ones that are used. They don't want to have a bunch floating around that could be used suddenly five years later, they need to be able to plan when to spend money.

[Primer]

In my case, I received the envelope, and put it away in a safe place until I had more information and time to go get a converter box (and also till I could find someplace that had them in stock!) I never opened the envelope, so I never found out they had an expiration date until it was too late.