Welp, my last post was about what was going to happen after “Cash For Clunkers” finished and it seems that nature and Congress are providing with the next program, “Cash For Appliances”. Money was set aside when the other programs were getting funding for a rebate to get people to buy energy efficient refrigerators and other appliances.
The funds set aside are about $300 million bucks so that should make a small dent though nothing like the billions that were going on in the last few months. The program should start in a few weeks and should be a rebate of about $50 to $200. The program will be different in each state and I hope that California is not going to try and hog all the rebate cash for itself when the dust settles. We, the hungry and unwashed, need the rebates to get energy efficient as well. The party line is that the states have until Oct 15 to apply for the programs and rebates will be issued in the end of November.
Hooray!
The appliance industry has been clobbered and every little bit helps to get the manufacturers to move merchandise. As we know though, there are only so many blenders, fridges and air conditioners that you can buy and it may not make a really big difference for the companies but at least it is something.
Good news is that this program will be on top of the energy programs that are already in place and you won’t have to dump your old appliances to get the rebate. Another hooray here.
I’ve submitted my new book, Practical Gaming, to the printer and am waiting to get a proof back in a few days. If you are interested in gaming and want to support Rett Syndrome I invite you to keep following my blog and I will let you know when the book comes out for sale. I am taking requests for my next book. Also, if there is enough interest, I will go ahead and make a soft copy of the book for sale.
At this time, my Kindle sales haven’t been great nor my pdf ones so I am not inclined to add any more titles to the e-book side of my publishing yet. If there is interest, I may generate a dvd for sales. People seem to be interested in the self-help videos on Youtube and other sites but whether they will be paying out cash for buying self-help videos or not that remains to be seen.
If my good friend Dan Feingold is reading this he might point out that times and people change- some more than others – and it is always an interesting thing to see if places and people are the same after many years. With change happening at warp speed these days, it is interesting to see that there is instant “nostalgia” with some things that are only five to ten years old. I know that teenagers these days are thinking wistfully of things like Pokemon that they played with as younger kids.
That accounts for also why in television series or comic books that they have to retell the origin of the super heroes every couple of years and try to remake the character because the audiences tend to move on if they are not true fans or didn’t think it was cool anymore to keep reading comic books.
I suppose if I could tap into what would be the next hip thing I would go ahead and do a book or dvd on it but if I had that kind of psychic power I would be betting that the next car coming down the street is white for $10,000 a pop and make some real money.
The business world is sideways trying to determine – like the stock market – if things are profitable or not. I expect that the general consensus will be that things are improving slightly but until people are all gainfully employed we are not going to go very far as a country in terms of recovery or growth.
On a happier note – kids are going back to school nationwide and parents are rejoicing – hooray again.
Have a great day everybody and be safe and sane.
Aug 25 2009
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Kim Isaac Greenblatt
Cash For Appliances and My Book
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