Posted by alexandra_k on October 26, 2018, at 5:57:19
In reply to Re: This website is full of copyright infringements, posted by alexandra_k on October 26, 2018, at 5:21:52
so the idea is that consumer prices for electricity in new zealand have been getting worse and worse and worse and worse and worse and worse and worse.
since... maybe even a bit before one of my friends started working for the electricity authority trying to help the south island smelter get cheaper prices for electricity...
so if you have the option to 'lock in' electricity prices then you are supposed to take it: because if you don't lock in a price, then the price will only get worse for you.
on the other hand...
i had to sign up for a year contract for internet so my price was locked in for a year (the term of the contract) i thought.
but then something something something excuses excuses excuses and i'm told that my monthly payments are actually required to be more because it ended up costing them more to provide the service than they thought it would and they retained the right to do that.
so then locking in prices is only locking the consumer in to a minimum payment. it isn't at all a 2 way street offering any protection for consumers at all.
they try and say 'it is to your advantage to shop around' and there are these awful price comparision crappy crap cr*ps (that almost made me not give any money to the consumer people at all).
I worked through their options, you see. the sorts of things they deem relevant for determining which of the power companies offers something best for you...
trying to estimate usage (are you home during the day) and so on...
I guess every single one that they listed was offering 1 year fixed contract.
so that was the idea 'any other power company / pricing option and you are screwed'.
fisher and paykal gotta get their moneys for developing teh respiratory illness gears. yup yup yup.
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