Random Ramblings

Nordic wrote:Can someone read this entire article and tell me how much I’ll have to shovel this winter? This may even need to move to the global warming thread. But I don’t know, I made it halfway through and neither of these questions seemed close to be answered.

El Niño anomaly is growing rapidly, with a strong seasonal impact already seen in the forecast as we head into Fall and Winter 2023/2024

Floyd Robertson wrote:Received an email overnight from Consumers Energy that they will start charging $2.99 a month in October to autopay your bill via Debit or Credit card. Fuck them. Fuck them all to hell.

The MI PSC should tell them to fuck off.

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:Got that same email floyd. I should take care of that right now so I don’t forget, but I won’t and then I will forget.

Trapper Gus wrote:

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:Got that same email floyd. I should take care of that right now so I don’t forget, but I won’t and then I will forget.

The cottage up north is CP, so expect we will get this, too.

This seems like the latest scam companies are pulling, fuck I hate millennial MBA's running companies.

Trapper Gus wrote:

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:Got that same email floyd. I should take care of that right now so I don’t forget, but I won’t and then I will forget.

The cottage up north is CP, so expect we will get this, too.

This seems like the latest scam companies are pulling, fuck I hate millennial MBA's running companies.

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:

Trapper Gus wrote:

The cottage up north is CP, so expect we will get this, too.

This seems like the latest scam companies are pulling, fuck I hate millennial MBA's running companies.

Yeah man. Fuckin millennials.



What part about “energy company” made you think a millennial would be in charge?

Cameron wrote:Millennials are definitely to blame for all the corporate greed we're seeing, no doubt.

DWags wrote:stop blaming whole generations for specific short comings of our society.  There are good and bad actors in everyone.  There are people you'd have a beer with and those that you wouldn't think of having one with in everyone.

Floyd Robertson wrote:

Trapper Gus wrote:

The cottage up north is CP, so expect we will get this, too.

This seems like the latest scam companies are pulling, fuck I hate millennial MBA's running companies.

Their logic is that with rising costs for Visa merchant transactions, they want to pass the cost along directly to those who use it. Secretly, they are hoping that users like Travis will forget about changing their payment methods and this becomes a cash cow (or as Biden would say, "junk fees").

Rick Saunders wrote:

Floyd Robertson wrote:

Their logic is that with rising costs for Visa merchant transactions, they want to pass the cost along directly to those who use it. Secretly, they are hoping that users like Travis will forget about changing their payment methods and this becomes a cash cow (or as Biden would say, "junk fees").

I do not have CP but I am going to be on the lookout for this from others. What they will end up getting from me is a hand written check. That'll mean less time for me to post here, of course.

Rick Saunders wrote:

Floyd Robertson wrote:

Their logic is that with rising costs for Visa merchant transactions, they want to pass the cost along directly to those who use it. Secretly, they are hoping that users like Travis will forget about changing their payment methods and this becomes a cash cow (or as Biden would say, "junk fees").

I do not have CP but I am going to be on the lookout for this from others. What they will end up getting from me is a hand written check. That'll mean less time for me to post here, of course.

Floyd Robertson wrote:Received an email overnight from Consumers Energy that they will start charging $2.99 a month in October to autopay your bill via Debit or Credit card. Fuck them. Fuck them all to hell.

The MI PSC should tell them to fuck off.

Jake from State Farm wrote:

Floyd Robertson wrote:Received an email overnight from Consumers Energy that they will start charging $2.99 a month in October to autopay your bill via Debit or Credit card. Fuck them. Fuck them all to hell.

The MI PSC should tell them to fuck off.

Why are using autopay? It only take one glitch in their billing to take an extra $1k or $2k from your account. They should be paying you $2.99 to have autopay set up. They don't even need to send a bill, they just take your money, usually the first day it's due.

Trapper Gus wrote:

Cameron wrote:Millennials are definitely to blame for all the corporate greed we're seeing, no doubt.

If Millennals, as some do, blame baby boomers for all the wrongs in the world, turn about is fair play, however I didn't blame all the millennials or blame them for all the price inflation, just MBA managers for a lack of customer focus and adding fees for ways that baby boomers like to pay for essential services.

Cameron wrote:Millennials are definitely to blame for all the corporate greed we're seeing, no doubt.

Cameron wrote:

Trapper Gus wrote:

If Millennals, as some do, blame baby boomers for all the wrongs in the world, turn about is fair play, however I didn't blame all the millennials or blame them for all the price inflation, just MBA managers for a lack of customer focus and adding fees for ways that baby boomers like to pay for essential services.

If baby boomers and millennials were equally to blame for the state of things, then maybe you'd be onto something. But, alas...

Cameron wrote:Yes, fees are extremely new, good point.

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:Some gas stations have had lower prices for cash transactions for forever, they’re actually probably the pioneers on this. 

This is one of those times where you should probably just let it go, but you won’t. It’s fine.

Rick Saunders wrote:

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:Some gas stations have had lower prices for cash transactions for forever, they’re actually probably the pioneers on this. 

This is one of those times where you should probably just let it go, but you won’t. It’s fine.

I have all kinds of odd beefery like this.  I won't buy a shirt with a corporate logo on it... say Nike or Polo (see Bob and I share this perspective I bet).  Why the hell should I be the payer for advertising an organization with which I have and desire no affiliation?  They should pay me to wear the damn logo.

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:
As for gas stations or other fees- On some level I dunno, it’s kinda more fair. This is capitalism afterall, they gonna get their money. A gas station or electric company that charges a fee to use a credit card because it is more expensive for them to process is more honest about the situation than the Nike shirt that is priced to include that transaction fee, whether you use a credit card or not.

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:Some gas stations have had lower prices for cash transactions for forever, they’re actually probably the pioneers on this. 

This is one of those times where you should probably just let it go, but you won’t. It’s fine.

MSU addict wrote:

Rick Saunders wrote:

I do not have CP but I am going to be on the lookout for this from others. What they will end up getting from me is a hand written check. That'll mean less time for me to post here, of course.

Silver linings.

T-Mobile just did this to me - though a bit different - you "lose" the $10/month auto pay discount if you use a credit/debit card. Where I live the Verizon coverage absolutely sucks so it limits ones choices.

All of the utilities where I live (not in Michigan) charge a convenience fee for using a credit/debit card.

I hate providing my bank account number due to hacking risks, but there are risks in writing a check too. I have had my credit card number compromised too many times to count and also had fraudulent charges on a MSUFCU checking account (which probably had everything to do with asinine sequential numbering of accounts).

Jake from State Farm wrote:What on earth did you guys feed my dog? Holy crap.