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You wanna quit? Have we got a deal for you

By Lauren Beckham Falcone
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - Updated 5 months ago
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Netflix. GameFly. Sittercity. HBO. Unused gym memberships. Entertainment Weekly subscriptions. To paraphrase “Brokeback Mountain” - We wish we knew how to quit you.

Oh, we try. In these tough financial times, belt tightening is the new black. So we pick up the phone or log on and try to break things off.

 
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