Monday, September 14, 2009
Corporate scum
Do I have a corporate ripoff story for you.
Namely, the supply of gas to residential properties here in the self-proclaimed City of Champions.
You'd think that in summer you don't use much gas.
And you'd be right, notwithstanding the fact that our particular house has a gas oven/stove and gas hot water heating.
In June we used $5.40 worth of gas (+5% GST = $5.67)
And in July we used $5.24 worth of gas (+5% GST = $5.50)
Pretty parsimonious by anyone's standards. Two bills I wouldn't mind paying.
But what do both bills actually come to?
June = $50.70
July = $52.00
That's right, to actually get $5 worth of gas supplied to your house costs an additional $45. That's roughly 9 times the value of the gas used, in summer at least.
And just how is this extra $45 made up, you ask?
Well, bear tax of course. And a fuel surcharge. An airport improvement fee. No, I jest, but it would be almost no more ridiculous.
An administration fee ($5.40)
Riders (to feed Jesse and his family, presumably) ($1.00)
Delivery charge fixed ($24.30)
Delivery charge variable ($2.80) - they're carting it in by horse-drawn carriage?
Municipal franchise fee ($9.00) - aka the bear tax
GST (5% on top of all of the above listed)
And that, readers, is what you call a fucking rip off.
Namely, the supply of gas to residential properties here in the self-proclaimed City of Champions.
You'd think that in summer you don't use much gas.
And you'd be right, notwithstanding the fact that our particular house has a gas oven/stove and gas hot water heating.
In June we used $5.40 worth of gas (+5% GST = $5.67)
And in July we used $5.24 worth of gas (+5% GST = $5.50)
Pretty parsimonious by anyone's standards. Two bills I wouldn't mind paying.
But what do both bills actually come to?
June = $50.70
July = $52.00
That's right, to actually get $5 worth of gas supplied to your house costs an additional $45. That's roughly 9 times the value of the gas used, in summer at least.
And just how is this extra $45 made up, you ask?
Well, bear tax of course. And a fuel surcharge. An airport improvement fee. No, I jest, but it would be almost no more ridiculous.
An administration fee ($5.40)
Riders (to feed Jesse and his family, presumably) ($1.00)
Delivery charge fixed ($24.30)
Delivery charge variable ($2.80) - they're carting it in by horse-drawn carriage?
Municipal franchise fee ($9.00) - aka the bear tax
GST (5% on top of all of the above listed)
And that, readers, is what you call a fucking rip off.
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