DSTV or Gym Membership?

Werfetter said:
Virgin Active when you arent on Vitality.

Okay I am pointing at its most expensive package but I am assuming you were doing the same with the DSTV prices ;)
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Well I get all the bells and whistles for R180 per month after haggling with planet fitnes, unfortunately DSTV didn't allow me to haggle with them and they chose to lose more than a grand a month (I had +2 x extraview environments) rather than lose a couple of hundred rand through negotiations. So I kicked them to the curb in the middle of last year, fsck them.

If it's not for sport I'm not sure why OP would even consider DSTV above Netflix - assuming of course he has internet, which I'm almost certain he has because being a young, single, millennial man, he needs a lot of pr0n to keep himself from getting ED.
 
I've had DSTV for the past couple of months, it's included in my rent, just had to plug in the cable. Appart from the sports which I enjoy very much over weekends,, I sometimes really forget that it's there. There's so much junk on DSTV these days and I never met a person with DSTV who could honestly say they make use of more than a hand full of the channels.
Most of my TV watching which is not a lot, comes from Amazon Prime Video, Netflix and Showmax, I cycle between them. If I get tired of the one I cancel the sub and switch on the other, currently I have Amazon Prime which I'll keep for a month or 3.

Get faster internet, get Netflix and Amazon Prime and if you definitely know you'll use it, get a gym membership.

If you want DSTV for the sport, consider what it will cost you vs the price of DSTV to go watch the game at the local pub over the weekend. I have a friend who realized that he always watches the rugby over a weekend at friends or he's out at some pub, so he canceled DSTV and it works for him.
 
YingYang said:
Well I get all the bells and whistles for R180 per month after haggling with planet fitnes, unfortunately DSTV didn't allow me to haggle with them and they chose to lose more than a grand a month (I had +2 x extraview environments) rather than lose a couple of hundred rand through negotiations. So I kicked them to the curb in the middle of last year, fsck them.

If it's not for sport I'm not sure why OP would even consider DSTV above Netflix - assuming of course he has internet, which I'm almost certain he has because being a young, single, millennial man, he needs a lot of pr0n to keep himself from getting ED.
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Completely agree, (without haggling) I have access to a great gym at a little over R200 a month (including 24/7 access). Add internet, netflix and all the rest and I still dont get close to the cost of DSTV (or Virgin Active for a package comparable to what I get).
 
NarrowBandFtw said:
Both represent perpetual monthly expenses that you'll most likely never extract value from, what with the endless repeats on the one and eventually skipping gym-day every time despite your lofty new year's resolutions.

So the correct answer is: neither. If you absolutely must piss away just under a grand every month, rather draw it cash in small bills and make it rain at the local strip joint, better spend of money ...
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You were doing great, but I had to stop reading from "draw it cash in small bills..." it just goes down hill from there mate
 
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