We Now Have HULU
By Jim Bauer
@porwest (96233)
United States
November 25, 2023 4:47pm CST
Well, I blame our friend @LindaOHio since she was first to mention that Hulu was running a Black Friday special for Hulu services for 99 cents a month for a year. I won't be too hard on her since my wife and I talked about checking it out before the special came around.
We've been considering "cutting the cord" for a while, so we'll see if adding Hulu to our Netflix and Amazon Prime along with the other free services we use is enough to finally do just that.
I mean, it's only $12 for a year and my Netflix is $16 a month. So, I can't argue it's not a good deal.
Our current cable bill which includes Internet runs us about $226 a month. If we can cut the cable portion our bill would be reduced by $166 a month and I REALLY want to do that.
I signed up today. Did anyone else take advantage of the deal? I believe it's good until the 28th if I read the fine print correctly.
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@porwest (96233)
• United States
25 Nov 23
@NJChicaa Yeah. I don't do that. Shareholder business type of guy being as I am...ahem. lol. But, $50 seems a bit steep to me. I guess if it was my ONLY service and met ALL my needs maybe it would make sense?
If I add up the three we "now" pay for I'm at about $29, and that's including Prime which of course I get all sorts of other perks with it besides the TV part.
I REALLY want to get rid of that cable.
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@porwest (96233)
• United States
25 Nov 23
I really don't know much about what the service actually offers, but you may be right about comparing it to YouTube TV. We were thinking about it mainly because I THINK you can get local channels on it. But I'm not sure. It will be interesting to see what it does offer over the next 12 months and we'll be able to do it for practically nothing.
I think after the 12 months the price will be $8 a month, but I am not for sure about that. I made sure to write down the date we started it, though, so if we decide to cancel it we know when to do it.
That all said, it might be worth the $12 to compare it to YouTube TV.
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@RasmaSandra (82565)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
25 Nov 23
That is great and I hope you enjoy, I was considering this but I have to go into Hulu and see what movies and shows they have, If I am interested I probably will sign up, Even I can afford the .99 cents 
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@kaylachan (75131)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
26 Nov 23
I have been a Hulu Subscriber for years. So, I pay a monthly price, which is cut in half because I also subscribe to Disney Plus. So, that would be cool, I just missed out on it since I already subscribe to the service.
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@porwest (96233)
• United States
26 Nov 23
@kaylachan I mean, for less than $1 a month? I'm cheap, but that's a bargain.
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@Tampa_girl7 (51432)
• United States
25 Nov 23
We watch my sister’s Hulu. I heard that Apple Plus s free for three months.
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@LindaOHio (183910)
• United States
26 Nov 23
Guilty. For me, t was worth more than $.99 per month to re-watch Lost. Have a great week.
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@LindaOHio (183910)
• United States
11 Dec 23
@porwest I've seen it about 3x now and am watching it again. I love it. Have you seen Manifest?
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@porwest (96233)
• United States
14 Dec 23
@LindaOHio Yeah, we got into I think three seasons of it. It was okay. Not great. But I am curious how they will explain the mystery.
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@simplfred (20641)
• Philippines
25 Nov 23
Surely a good savings. A 60 usd savings a month would be amazing hopefully for the same quality of service though.
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@GardenGerty (162238)
• United States
26 Nov 23
Hubby enjoys our Amazon Prime and does not feel like we need anything else. I seldom if ever watch any of it. That good deal sounded almost tempting though.
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@2ndchances24 (9894)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
8 Dec 23
@porwest it cost me a 100 $ a month
for the internet setup I have, 2 phones
& internet, with wifi, I can't complain.
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@wiLLmaH (8802)
• Singapore, Singapore
27 Nov 23
That Hulu Black Friday deal sounds like a steal! Thanks for sharing it, and kudos to @LindaOHio for bringing it to your attention.
Have you already started exploring Hulu's content? Do you have any favorite shows or movies you're looking forward to watching?
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@porwest (96233)
• United States
26 Nov 23
The trial or "deal" is for one year. I don't think there are penalties for cancelling early, although I don't know. After the one year you pay about $8 a month.
I was going back and forth between Sling and Hulu, but Hulu has always been cheaper. But I don't know how the two services compare honestly.
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@thedevilinme (4256)
• Northampton, England
26 Nov 23
Did you pick up this disease in a cheesy Hawaiian bar sir?
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@2ndchances24 (9894)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
7 Dec 23
I don't have cable, I cut that a LONG time ago
we don't get on them cable networks, we use
youtube that don't cost us a dime & watch all
kinds of good flicks & the news (fox) everyday.
We learned that when you get onto the cable
networks they have you hooked for a contract
where they jump their prices every year more
than they should have a right to for customers.
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@2ndchances24 (9894)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
7 Dec 23
@porwest your right, that's why we got away
from cable, we don't get bills to watch tv.
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@porwest (96233)
• United States
7 Dec 23
@2ndchances24 It's frankly outrageous what they charge. We have Prime, Netflix and Hulu right now.
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