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Originally Posted by wdfifteen
I wondered how that worked. I keep getting solicitations to by my pixies from another company and save $$. It always seemed a bit sketchy to me.
I rely too much on Amazon, but it’s so easy to get on line and order something that will be here in a day or two. It’s a 30 minute drive from here to the nearest city that has a decent variety of stores, one of which might have what I need. I’m going to try using WalMart as an alternative, but ... it’s WalMart.
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I also found that if I "pre-bought" my natural gas from my utility during the summer (at allegedly lower rates), they'd up my delivery fees to make it cost me more. And if it was a particularly harsh winter with high natural gas prices and it looked like I might come out ahead, there was a clause in the contract that allowed them to charge me market prices plus increased delivery fees if the cost of natural gas exceeded some low limit. It was all a scam to charge me more.
Another scam was my mortgage company tried to get me to enroll in their "equity accelerator" program. Basically, my mortgage would be due every two weeks instead of once a month at roughly half the payment. I'd be making 26 half payments instead of 12 full payments. I read the fine print, and I saw that my mortgage would be due the 1st and 15th of each month with a 5 day grace period, and I would be charged a fee roughly equal to two half payments to enroll.