FYI - Heating bill

[undertheradar]

When you see people panhandling on the street, do you go up to them and demand to know how and where they spent their money so you can question their motives? Or do you just ignore them?

If you don't like people begging, just ignore them. If everyone ignores them, they'll move on to greener pastures. If someone wants to help that person, that really isn't anyone's business but their own.

One of the quotes I remember most from a Disney movie is the classic from Bambi, "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all." It's proven to be wise words through most of my life - I think it applies even more to the Internet, where we have a tendency to say and do things we might not say and do if we were face to face with someone.

Does this quote apply to coffee mugs?

 

[North of Mouse]

FYI: my gas bill is set up on equal monthly payments througout the year, so it is not my gas bill I am speaking of.
It is a co-worker, and people at work assumed that heat cannot be turned off. At least here in NC, they assumed incorrectly.

The co-worker is not from my retail job, but from my teaching ...where they are paid monthly.

Oh, and no smart phones or iphones here. I probably have one of the oldest cell phones of all the poster here. LOL! Never found the need to have the newest phones.

Oh no, you're from NC? I think I ran into you the other day

 

[beaucoup]

Not re: OP. but my thoughts in general.

I am always grateful to the posters who point out anyone's history of trying to beg or scam for money on the internet. It saves someone from getting scammed here.

So thank you. If its a proven fact via PM history, then I am all for making sure other people know.

Message boards don't need anyone begging for money. Especially a Disney message board. Its always strange to me when anyone is planning a trip, but mentioning they cannot pay their bills.

I have heard forum stories of people being able to scrape together an entire Disney trip just by dropping hint after hint of how difficult things are going for them. I'm sorry, if people offer you money for your difficulties, use the money to get ahead in your bills, not a trip to WDW.

 

[Swan4Me]

Click on OP
on drop down-
click-View Public Profile
click-statistics
click-Find all threads started by....

Look for the ones with lots of replies
Or the ones locked
Or those thanking A secret Dis angel for the package(usually a month after a sad post)

Laundry, Honey Ham, AG dolls, paypal........

 

[AlwaysMoving]

When you see people panhandling on the street, do you go up to them and demand to know how and where they spent their money so you can question their motives? Or do you just ignore them?

If you don't like people begging, just ignore them. If everyone ignores them, they'll move on to greener pastures. If someone wants to help that person, that really isn't anyone's business but their own.

One of the quotes I remember most from a Disney movie is the classic from Bambi, "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all." It's proven to be wise words through most of my life - I think it applies even more to the Internet, where we have a tendency to say and do things we might not say and do if we were face to face with someone.

"Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life.”
― Confucius

 

[Alesia]

I don't keep up with certain posters, so no I don't know posting history of others but does it really matter?

It does when certain posters have been making a profit off of the kindheartedness of other posters.

Unfortunately, there are a lot of people (and I suspect that you're one of them) that are so nice that they can't imagine someone taking advantage of strangers on the internet, but I assure you that it does happen. Before you report posts and accuse people of being mean and hateful, please do a little digging and find out if those posts are justified. Sometimes people are just trying to prevent people from being scammed.

 

[Robbiesmommy21]

It does when certain posters have been making a profit off of the kindheartedness of other posters.

Unfortunately, there are a lot of people (and I suspect that you're one of them) that are so nice that they can't imagine someone taking advantage of strangers on the internet, but I assure you that it does happen. Before you report posts and accuse people of being mean and hateful, please do a little digging and find out if those posts are justified. Sometimes people are just trying to prevent people from being scammed.

Ok i was going to go away and keep my thoughts to myself because you know what your right and i've already admitted to not knowing the FULL situation. However for you to assume (and you know the saying about that) that I would be stupid enough to give money or products to anyone that I don't know know personally really rubs me the wrong way. Maybe instead of saying offensive things about the OP people should put actual warnings. Like, Hey we think this person is a scammer.

 

[Alesia]

Ok i was going to go away and keep my thoughts to myself because you know what your right and i've already admitted to not knowing the FULL situation. However for you to assume (and you know the saying about that) that I would be stupid enough to give money or products to anyone that I don't know know personally really rubs me the wrong way. Maybe instead of saying offensive things about the OP people should put actual warnings. Like, Hey we think this person is a scammer.

I never necessarily assumed that you would give her money (and I'm sorry that you took it that way,) but the fact is other people on the disboards have.

 

[JB2K]

Can I just say WOW!!! I've read some pretty mean things on this board but this takes the cake. Not to mention it's a personal attack. I am reporting your post and I hope that other people will join me. I hope that maybe your just having a bad day and are not as mean to people in your everyday life.

Robbiesmommy21 - you're only 80-something posts into this website -- there's a bit of a history with OP, here...

 

[marmalade]

I keep the temperature at a constant 62 degrees. Sure, it is cold and we wear layers and use blankets, but it means we can afford to pay our bill. You should give it a try. Only use what you can afford.

We keep our heat between 62-64 depending on how cold it is outside and my recent gas bill is still $282. We just bought this 100yr old house in October and this is our first winter, I guess we need to do some serious winterizing.

 

[Grog]

I am reporting your post and I hope that other people will join me.

Finally! I was wondering when the "Well, I never..." crowd would get here. Now the real show starts.

 

[kimblebee]

Here, they will put you on a load restrictor. It's enough for the furnace and one lamp. Want to use the stove, do it in the dark. They did change it a few years ago because I remember hearing ours (general ours) couldn't be turned off in the winter because we can get down to -40C (-40F freaky) at night.

 

[Marionnette]

A co-worker is the one who found this out. She was under the assumption that the heat could not be turned off in colder months. Now after confirming that is can be, she is making arrangements to be set up on equal year-round payments. That is much easier for a budget and she will no longer have worries.

That's interesting. When I was working at the gas company here, you couldn't go on the budget plan unless your account was current. Someone who had gotten a shut off notice would have had to pay the whole amount due before we could put them on the budget plan.

Now, we could put them on a repayment plan, which is not the same thing. The repayment plan involved having the customer pay whatever amount was due each month PLUS an additional amount meant to bring their balance closer to zero. And it had to be paid in full and on time or we would issue a shut off notice right away. But like I said before, I worked during the summer months and gas usage was much lower during the summer. People found it easier to pay a little extra on those bills than they would in say, January. Some of those January gas usages could be unreal!

 

[pixiewings71]

Robbiesmommy21 - you're only 80-something posts into this website -- there's a bit of a history with OP, here...

Just because someone "only" has 80 posts doesn't mean they aren't lurking regularly. Just wanted to point that out.
Edited to add.....I have a lot more than 80 posts and I'm not "familiar" enough with the OP to know she has a "history" on the Dis........

We keep our heat between 62-64 depending on how cold it is outside and my recent gas bill is still $282. We just bought this 100yr old house in October and this is our first winter, I guess we need to do some serious winterizing.

Ours is almost that high, it's been a cold cold cold winter here...and our house is only 24 years old......

 

[punkin]

Just because someone "only" has 80 posts doesn't mean they aren't lurking regularly. Just wanted to point that out.
Edited to add.....I have a lot more than 80 posts and I'm not "familiar" enough with the OP to know she has a "history" on the Dis........



Ours is almost that high, it's been a cold cold cold winter here...and our house is only 24 years old......

I have to laugh at this because I hardly remember any individual posters (there are a couple I know, but that's rare for me) and I've been on this board dang near forever. People must be much more observant than I am and have much better memories than I do.

 

[LilyWDW]

I have to laugh at this because I hardly remember any individual posters (there are a couple I know, but that's rare for me) and I've been on this board dang near forever. People must be much more observant than I am and have much better memories than I do.

I only remember ones that do one of three things...

1) Have really made a positive contribution to the site and to discussions

2) I really agree with them most of the time and enjoy conversations with them

3) Have done things that send up a ton of red flags and have hurt others in the community through their actions (I'm not talking a one time thing, but over and over)

To put it simply, I DO remember the OP's previous posts and history... and it's not because it has been positive.

 

[mickeysaver]

I work for a doctor's office and we are writing more and more letters for people asking for their utilities not to be cut off as a matter of medical necessity. For a gas letter, the house must be the home of a child either under the age of 12 months, or with a skin condition like eczema, or with health problems like asthma or cardiac issues to keep the gas on. For power, if there is no gas in the house, the same applies, if not then we are looking at only writing the letter if there is a patient with assisted living devices that allow for mobility or speech or if they have asthma because they might need to use the nebulizer. There has to be a real medical necessity for the doctor to write the letter and even with the letter, some folks still end up being cut off.

I know that gas service is not cheap. We are paying for service in the house we have in Georgia, even though we no longer live there. It gets too cold, typically, to not keep the heat on to protect the pipes. We keep the thermostat at 58 degrees up there and still with no one being there we ran up a bill of $94.10 this month and that is on a fixed rate plan. In the summer, it's usually about $35 due to the basic fees and the tiny bit that continues to be used by the hot water heater, which had a lowered temperature level before we moved.

It's not easy paying for utilities at two houses and two mortgages and all of that, but we do what we have to do. I am looking forward to the day when my car is paid off, the scooter is paid off, the mobility scooter is paid off, and the house in Georgia is sold. Then, maybe, if I am really lucky, I can breathe again, but being that we are raising our great niece, who is 2 years old, I would imagine that private school will be the next big thing that will eat all of that "freed up" money.

 

[Dacky619]

I only remember ones that do one of three things...

1) Have really made a positive contribution to the site and to discussions

2) I really agree with them most of the time and enjoy conversations with them

3) Have done things that send up a ton of red flags and have hurt others in the community through their actions (I'm not talking a one time thing, but over and over)

To put it simply, I DO remember the OP's previous posts and history... and it's not because it has been positive.

I'm glad that some people do remember the OP. After reading through some previous posts, I'm sure I'll remember too. I mean, how many threads can 1 person start about needing money in their paypal account immediately?