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Overheard on Facebook
chicagomeg:
I love the overheard at work thread. I hear lots of similar crap on Facebook, but I especially loved this one...
Status: My electric bill is more than my rent. (Note from author, this is a friend from elementary school back home in my small town, so her rent is probably $500ish)
Commenter 1: Yuck! Ours was over $400!
Commenter 2: Mine is close to my rent...$300...on budget!!!!
Commenter 3: My water bill has been almost my rent. I don't get it!!!!
Original Poster: Those are all high bills...but don't beat my $556.35 WITH a disconnect notice lol, Some excuses about deposits & her bill being messed up that made me almost feel bad for her...
Commenter 4: That happened to us once, they said we owed $900, turned out to be $300 lol.
Original poster: I know they have a lot of bills to keep track of buuut they really need to get it together. We're not wasteful and never use more than $175 worth of electricity in a month
What in the world are these people doing to use so much electricity??? Not to be rude, but none of them are wealthy folks with 3000 sq. foot houses. Probably more like 1500 sq. foot apartments!!! The OP doesn't even have a washer & dryer, she has a laundry room!!! And don't give me the AC excuse, it has NOT been that hot this summer in my home town yet. Maybe 10 AC worthy days at worst.
OK, so lay it on me, what kind of crazy anti-MMM oversharing is happening in your social media world?
huadpe:
Not sure where your hometown is, but electricity costs vary hugely by region. For example, when I lived in Quebec, prices per megawatt hour were a fraction of what they are on Long Island, because Quebec has cheap hydro power, and Long Island has expensive fossil fuel power (also, LI has a ton of mismanagement and debt in its public utilities, including debt from the Shoreham nuclear plant over 30 years ago)
chicagomeg:
--- Quote from: huadpe on July 08, 2013, 12:17:44 PM ---Not sure where your hometown is, but electricity costs vary hugely by region. For example, when I lived in Quebec, prices per megawatt hour were a fraction of what they are on Long Island, because Quebec has cheap hydro power, and Long Island has expensive fossil fuel power (also, LI has a ton of mismanagement and debt in its public utilities, including debt from the Shoreham nuclear plant over 30 years ago)
--- End quote ---
I know my mom's electric bill is never over $100/month, and their AC is from 1974, so I'm rather skeptical that that's the case.
Jamesqf:
Mine hasn't been over $45/month for a year or more, and usually less than $40. That's at around 11 cents/kWh, living in a fairly modest house.
Joet:
I think if you have any of the following:
-well (electric pump)
-pool/spa
-electric dryer
-desert area/southwest (AC)
I can't really compare to your electric bill, and it's pretty useless for me to compare to your electric bill
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