question: prodigious, prodigious electricity bills in a normal sized house are indicative of some crazy unusual practice or a meter error, right?
we don't have electric heat. it is winter so noone is using fans or air conditioners... but our bill was like $300.
my aunt is like, upset and cracking down on people forgetting to turn off lights and shit like that. i'm like, ok, fair enough, we shouldn't waste electricity... but that is minor, on the penny stuff. either the meter is wrong or my uncle (with his crazy, house-rocking and lights-dimming bass bins and huge music rack with equalizers and preamps and pro speakers and so on) is largely the cause.
i don't feel like nickel and dime stuff (leaving on a kitchen light a few nights a month, leaving laptops on the charger, etc) can even begin to account for this sort of charge in a meaningful way.
What kind of heat do you have?
i believe it is gas?
we don't have oil or coal or anything and i'm fairly sure it's not electric
but even if it is we haven't used the heat yet
My electric bill was $200. In Texas. During the summer. One of the hottest summers on record in the past fifty years for the state.
$300 is outrageous. Turn off ALL electricity in your house at the fuse box and observe the meter. See if the dial is still spinning. Take down the numbers at the beginning of the month and make sure they match the bill. Make sure no one in your family recently purchased a Chevy Volt and is hooking it up to an outlet every night.
question: prodigious, prodigious electricity bills in a normal sized house are indicative of some crazy unusual practice or a meter error, right?
we don't have electric heat. it is winter so noone is using fans or air conditioners... but our bill was like $300.
my aunt is like, upset and cracking down on people forgetting to turn off lights and shit like that. i'm like, ok, fair enough, we shouldn't waste electricity... but that is minor, on the penny stuff. either the meter is wrong or my uncle (with his crazy, house-rocking and lights-dimming bass bins and huge music rack with equalizers and preamps and pro speakers and so on) is largely the cause.
i don't feel like nickel and dime stuff (leaving on a kitchen light a few nights a month, leaving laptops on the charger, etc) can even begin to account for this sort of charge in a meaningful way.
What kind of heat do you have?
i believe it is gas?
we don't have oil or coal or anything and i'm fairly sure it's not electric
but even if it is we haven't used the heat yet
Hm. They may have done an "actual" reading on your meter. Often they'll do an estimated reading, based on past usage, then when they finally do send someone out to check the meter they take an actual reading and charge you accordingly. If they've underestimated, it can end up being a hefty bill. So if they just estimated for a few months and your uncle was holding the basement version of Woodstock that whole time, that could be the cause.
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yeah Chu something is seriously, seriously, seriously off to have a $300 bill
I don't even know if your uncle's bumping system would explain it.
A failing refrigerator will net you a high monthly electric bill. As the compressor goes kaput, the fridge is going to run more and more until eventually it's running non-stop. And then it explodes into a ball of flames and agony.
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I need to befriend an Aaron and introduce him to all my other friends so that he can get all of my accidental calls from people who don't lock their phones.
like, i know my uncle has some crazy stuff down there- serious equipment. one of the things (like, a pro-light set? with a fog machine and strobes) actually had to come with like, a converter cord so it could plug into an american socket because it has crazy high amperage/voltage
the shitty thing is obviously the bill's not in my name and my family's crazy irresponsible/poor and doesn't know how to talk to CSR's
so to really get anything done i have to like get on speaker phone and coach them and they resent me for it... but otherwise it'll never get fixed
like, i know my uncle has some crazy stuff down there- serious equipment. one of the things (like, a pro-light set? with a fog machine and strobes) actually had to come with like, a converter cord so it could plug into an american socket because it has crazy high amperage/voltage
the shitty thing is obviously the bill's not in my name and my family's crazy irresponsible/poor and doesn't know how to talk to CSR's
so to really get anything done i have to like get on speaker phone and coach them and they resent me for it... but otherwise it'll never get fixed
Just pretend you're whoever the person on the bill is. I've pretended to be my boss' father repeatedly to get credit card charges to go through.
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My electric bill was $200. In Texas. During the summer. One of the hottest summers on record in the past fifty years for the state.
$300 is outrageous. Turn off ALL electricity in your house at the fuse box and observe the meter. See if the dial is still spinning. Take down the numbers at the beginning of the month and make sure they match the bill. Make sure no one in your family recently purchased a Chevy Volt and is hooking it up to an outlet every night.
like, the pantyhose someone strangled themselves with and the EMTs threw in the trash
justinsane?
Hm. They may have done an "actual" reading on your meter. Often they'll do an estimated reading, based on past usage, then when they finally do send someone out to check the meter they take an actual reading and charge you accordingly. If they've underestimated, it can end up being a hefty bill. So if they just estimated for a few months and your uncle was holding the basement version of Woodstock that whole time, that could be the cause.
I don't even know if your uncle's bumping system would explain it.
my hooker bill, that is
"After" implies it hasn't already happened.
Hope seems like it would be a worse guy name than Ashley.
1 $300 hooker, or 300 $1 hookers?
His first name is unisex.
Aaron is actually kind of unisex too, isn't it.
Not if you spell it out. Aaron is masculine, Erin is feminine.
Well, hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.
Nah, Erin is the female Aaron.
after Newt gets Mondaled
you liking children of the nile then?
like, i know my uncle has some crazy stuff down there- serious equipment. one of the things (like, a pro-light set? with a fog machine and strobes) actually had to come with like, a converter cord so it could plug into an american socket because it has crazy high amperage/voltage
the shitty thing is obviously the bill's not in my name and my family's crazy irresponsible/poor and doesn't know how to talk to CSR's
so to really get anything done i have to like get on speaker phone and coach them and they resent me for it... but otherwise it'll never get fixed
Just pretend you're whoever the person on the bill is. I've pretended to be my boss' father repeatedly to get credit card charges to go through.
don't we all
does that person have a different name
like Lashonda
or Rayne
That person has a $300 hooker bill.
are you accusing me of being a least i could do fan
I don't bother anymore.
I'm actually in a fantastic mood tonight
I don't know what that means, Lashonda, but your weave looks amazing girl where you get your hair did?