Speaking of impulse buys, I hope I didn't just make a mistake....

How Not to Be Seen -- the Monty Python classic redux in Halo:

i don't know what it is... here i am, the 20-something, who, by all intents and purposes, should be more extravagant and careless with my spending (because I don't know better, yet), and i'm the one worried about my parents quick decision on this.

hell, they spend more time shopping for cars, and they only stick with them for 5-10 years... so this whole locked in 5 year direct interac withdrawal deal should have been a well-thought-over, comparison-shopped thing. i think they treated my cousin (when he was a vacuum salesman) with more caution than this guy. and it was for power and natural gas... that's a load of money.

my mom's ALWAYS complaining about the gas/electricity bills... and if this new deal locks them in at a HIGHER rate, what then? oops, too late now...? for fuck's sake. at least take the brochure and wait a day or two... don't impulse buy your home utilities.

Direct energy are basically hosers who sell you contracts but no service. They don't own any power or utility services in this province. They act as deal brokers between you and a power company. They give the apperance of competition.

Parents never follow their own rules. That's why it sucks so much being a teenager. It's not the control they have over your life, it's that they expect from you what they don't do themselves. Also, I'm betting that the hustler was a direct energy guy. Why they were ever let into the Alberta system is beyond me. Just one example!

Ok, one more

Just goes to show you who is actually in control in this province though. For those of you who actually wonder who that is, it's those people with all the money. But enough pointing out the sad truth and more studying.

my mom was checking their old power bills, and in only 3 of the last 12 months were they paying anything close to the rate they "agreed" upon with this hustler... all the rest were WAY under. I think it depends on your own individual circumstances, but it really bothered me that this guy rang our doorbell, walked in and immediately my folks bought the package... locked in for 5 years (thankfully with a 10-day cancellation window).

I'd just like to know what happened to the "think before you buy" attitude my folks instilled in me.

Alison, we signed up for the package deal a few months ago and so far we're paying far lower rates than everyone else. At least we would if they could read the meter correctly...

'I swear that file was on my desk yesterday ... '

nooooo! stop!!

my parents are signing up for some private company's electricity/sewage/gas package... i have this huge feeling they're going to get fleeced... this guy just showed up, and they said "yes" ... they're getting locked in for the next five years... aaa!

The Mii Lebowski

Eh, it was going to happen sooner or later...