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by william on May 9, 2005
I guess this is cool in kind of a weird way. On Mother's Day, patients who had a baby at the Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, received a free TiVo. According to QuickDFW.com:
What do you bet the cost of an epidural went up $498 on Sunday?
Read Have a baby, get a TiVo at Parkland
Women who give birth at Parkland Memorial Hospital over Mother's Day weekend will each get a free TiVo digital video recorder - even if they don't know what it is.
Company representatives were at the hospital Friday morning, chatting up new moms and handing out certificates for the recorders along with free lifetime TiVo service, a $498 value.
While the women seemed grateful and willingly posed with empty TiVo boxes stacked in their hospital rooms, several patients later admitted that they weren't sure at first what the devices were used for.
What do you bet the cost of an epidural went up $498 on Sunday?
Read Have a baby, get a TiVo at Parkland
Permalink: Pop Out a Baby, Get a Free TiVo!
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