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Originally Posted by Blossom
Mom called told me she cried all night about the vacuum. I'm sorry about her tears but the electric is safe. I was able to get a payment plan for $115 down and $16 a month for 12 payments. I have to go on budget billing. I'm not sure exactly how it all works. I can pay the back bill at anytime though with no penalties.
I won't miss the vacuum. I thanked her for the gift. It was thoughtful.
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That's directly to the power company? That's obscene. Those rates are positively obscene. You're paying (I did some very fast math, hope I didn't screw the pooch here), about $0.40/sf/month, for your (winter) rates. I'm paying about 00.10/sf/month.
Your house should be
dramatically more efficient than ours; apartments ALWAYS are, gas, electric, or otherwise. You should, unless by "apartment" you mean stand-along bungalow, or a duplex, maybe, be insulated at least on the sides, possibly top/bottom as well, which should keep your rates down for everything, whether it's heating or cooling.
My last bill was $146.00. We reside in a standalone home which is
significantly larger than your apartment. My bill would be more than triple the rate, if I were paying what you are, at
LEAST. Quintuple the rate. More.
That's bloody insane. Have you ever had an energy assessment? To see if you're leaking power like crazy? Do other people in your complex/other side of the duplex, etc., pay that much? And yes, we are 100% electric. (n.b.: we do have a fully-propane fireplace, which we've used once this year. Long-Haired and very inquisitive Cats+Fireplace...well, you get the idea. I didn't count that as a power/heat/energy source, given the scenario.)
Absolutely
crazy.
P.S.: I'm sure that your mother means well, but jeeezzzzzze, that is really pushing my buttons. It sounds
SO manipulative and controlling to me. (
BT, DT). Just out of curiosity--does she try to
Dead Hand you? Tell you how she's going to leave you this or that item (or someone else), when she dies,
BUT, you have to agree that you'll then do X with it? Or leave it to a grand-niece 3x removed, or somesuch? Dictate what you'll do, with things she bequeaths you?
Given her reaction with the Vacuum, that's what it sounds like. You should tell her that actual gifts do not come with strings attached. If she wants to give you something, with strings, she can call it anything she wants, but not a GIFT. When it comes to a gift, you should be able to do anything you want with it. Dictating what you do with it is uber-controlling.
Hitch