Rant ahead

[mrs_sweetpeach]

I hate dealing with people who work for alternative energy suppliers. Every single one I've ever spoken with, in person or by telephone, has refused to take no for an answer. Today's sales person kept apologizing for not be explaining things correctly and began shouting for her supervisor when it became clear my "we aren't interested" wasn't

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[rhymephile]

Perhaps you could cut them off at the knees by saying you use solar power. Or, you could always say you live in an apartment, or you could say you are renting the house and don't own it. Those things shut them up pretty quick.

That whole business is shady and is deliberately misleading. They're crooks.

[mrs_sweetpeach]

I thought about lying to them and saying "our landlord pays the utility bills," but, well, lying. I try to avoid that if I can.

Alternative energy though, that's worth a shot. And it costs *more* than standard energy, so that should shut them up about "but this will save you money!" It's not about the money, it's about the ethics of the thing.

[maiac]

I'm also sticking with Consumers Power, on the principle of "Better the devil you know."

I'm also sticking with AT&T, if only because I don't want to give up my landline. When the power was out for three days earlier this week, I still had a working phone, y'know?

(Did you lose power after Saturday's storm? We had trees/branches down for blocks around, and lost power for three days -- I missed the new Doctor Who episode, though fortunately it will be re-aired.)

[mrs_sweetpeach]

I have a landline too, but wouldn't a cellphone also be independent of the electric grid?

As for losing power, we lost it *very* briefly. If one of the computer systems in the house hadn't gone down when the power blipped, I don't think I'd have known about it. The digital clocks didn't even reset.

[maiac]

The cellphone is independent of the electric grid for as long as the battery stays charged.