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Bring_Back_Shantz · 08-01-2006, 05:37 PM

I had those same guys at my place a few months ago, and I didn't even realize until they were done that they were trying to sign me up right there and then, I found it a little unsettling.

They came across as trying to scare me into signing up, and if I didn't know what they were talking about I might have done it.

One of the things that really bugged me was that they said that the last time there was a change in the method companies used to buy power (this had something to do with enmax changing how they buy power I think, I can't remember), but they said that prices jumped a few hundred percent, and that that was possible again, especially with the recent increases in natural gas prices.

They had no respose when I asked them the following three questions:
1) Wasn't that huge increse you spoke about a result of the privitization of utilites, and what relevance does that have on today?
2) Aren't natural gas prices lower now than just a few months ago, and with gas storage volumes very high, what makes them believe gas prices are going to rise much soon?
3) How much relevance does gas price have to electricity prices in a province where the most common method of power generation (almost 50%) is coal power? (I realise that natural gas is #2 on the list at something like 40% and that indeed this means that gas prices affect electricity prices greatly, but it would be nice if they knew that).

They really had no answer to any of these questions, and I politley said, no thank you I'll stick with what I have.
I'm sure these guys were just run of the mill salesmen, and didn't look very old, but if the company they're trying to sell for is going to give them all of that "imformation" to give to customers, it would be nice if they actually knew what they were talking about.

08-01-2006, 05:37 PM	#4
Bring_Back_Shantz Franchise Player Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: In my office, at the Ministry of Awesome! Exp:	I had those same guys at my place a few months ago, and I didn't even realize until they were done that they were trying to sign me up right there and then, I found it a little unsettling. They came across as trying to scare me into signing up, and if I didn't know what they were talking about I might have done it. One of the things that really bugged me was that they said that the last time there was a change in the method companies used to buy power (this had something to do with enmax changing how they buy power I think, I can't remember), but they said that prices jumped a few hundred percent, and that that was possible again, especially with the recent increases in natural gas prices. They had no respose when I asked them the following three questions: 1) Wasn't that huge increse you spoke about a result of the privitization of utilites, and what relevance does that have on today? 2) Aren't natural gas prices lower now than just a few months ago, and with gas storage volumes very high, what makes them believe gas prices are going to rise much soon? 3) How much relevance does gas price have to electricity prices in a province where the most common method of power generation (almost 50%) is coal power? (I realise that natural gas is #2 on the list at something like 40% and that indeed this means that gas prices affect electricity prices greatly, but it would be nice if they knew that). They really had no answer to any of these questions, and I politley said, no thank you I'll stick with what I have. I'm sure these guys were just run of the mill salesmen, and didn't look very old, but if the company they're trying to sell for is going to give them all of that "imformation" to give to customers, it would be nice if they actually knew what they were talking about. __________________ THE SHANTZ WILL RISE AGAIN. <-----Check the Badge bitches. You want some Awesome, you come to me! Last edited by Bring_Back_Shantz; 08-01-2006 at 05:41 PM.