Bertha Venation
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Mon Mar-08-10 12:34 PM
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My utilities run about $___ per month. |
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Edited on Mon Mar-08-10 12:34 PM by Bertha Venation
I am absolutely shocked at how much I pay for utilities (propane, electricity, phones (including cell), internet, TV, satellite radio, trash, water service, and drinking water). Care to guess how much?
How much are your utilities per month?
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Tobin S.
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Mon Mar-08-10 12:40 PM
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1. About $275 a month for me excluding water, sewer, and trash |
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which is included in my condo fee of $131 a month.
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Mon Mar-08-10 12:44 PM
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2. I don't even know, so I had to look it up: around $500 a month not including fuel oil. |
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Around 125 for dish TV.
About 125 a month for electric.
About 80 a month for cell phone.
Around 130 a month for landline and internet.
Anywhere from $600-900 for fuel oil every few months; we've switched to wood heat so that went way down.
I think $30 or so a month for trash, I'm not sure.
No water or sewer charge; we have a well and a septic.
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Mon Mar-08-10 12:46 PM
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Phone/internet - $55
Diesel fuel - $40
Living off the grid is grand!
:toast:
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Mon Mar-08-10 01:47 PM
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11. Why do you hate corporate America? |
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Corporations are people too, you know.
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VMI Dem
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Mon Mar-08-10 12:50 PM
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4. About $850 a month this winter. |
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Should go down a little as it warms up.
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Mon Mar-08-10 01:13 PM
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5. Included in my rent... |
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. ... except cellphone, which is $50 +fees/taxes. .
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Bossy Monkey
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Mon Mar-08-10 01:16 PM
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6. Mine is just the light bill, which varies from $50 to $150 |
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If you're shocked by yours, I'm guessing it's in line with VMI_dem's.
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Mon Mar-08-10 01:27 PM
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Less in the summer. That's heat (natural gas), electric, and water. Landline phone (including high speed internet DSL) and cable come to about another $200. My cell is free through my job.
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Mon Mar-08-10 01:40 PM
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$20-trash $50-water $135-cell phones $150-cable/internet/home phone $85-gas & electric
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Mon Mar-08-10 01:44 PM
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10. they just seem to go up and up, don't they? |
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Hmm, about $450, including garbage and water fees, in the winter - even with the new furnace, which was a bit of a surprise. We tend to use some of those oil heaters which look like radiators in colder areas, so I think that kicks the cost up a bit.
In the summer, probably about 250?
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Mon Mar-08-10 01:51 PM
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12. electricity and gas run about $130/month in winter, give or take... |
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Edited on Mon Mar-08-10 01:53 PM by mike_c
...and about $60 in summer. We heat with wood during most evenings and don't need much heat otherwise. Water is expensive here though, about $70/month. Cable internet access is $50, and VOIP phone service is $28/month. The SO pays for cell phone service on top of that, but I don't know how much.
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Mon Mar-08-10 01:53 PM
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13. $425 excluding cell phone. That's for gas, elec/water, cable, phone and internet and trash pickup. |
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We've been as high as $500 a month, it all depends on the gas company's budget plan amount.
Our water/sewer is high here, costs as much or more than our electric each month and I hear it's going up another $20 a month sometime this year. They're getting darn close to charging nearly as much as the water/sewer costs in fees so they can keep up the equipment/water/sewer plant. Funny thing is, most of these old houses here, mine included, still have wells but we're not allowed to use them.
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Mon Mar-08-10 01:55 PM
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Electric: $66 Natural Gas: $72 Cable/Internet: $70 Water: $20 Trash: $25 Month's worth of cell phone minutes for me and Rhythm: $60
If we have a major cold snap, the gas bill can be a bit higher. But it's lower in the summer, so that evens out in the long run.
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Mon Mar-08-10 01:58 PM
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15. About $110 a month, all in |
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but check back after my Comcast intoductory offer expires... :scared:
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Mon Mar-08-10 02:29 PM
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16. I moved next door in with my Grandparents |
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60.00 for cell and 110.00 for cable and internet. I got off easy.
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Mon Mar-08-10 02:35 PM
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$120 for electric $125 for cable $ 85 for internet / landline $ 25 for water $ 20 for cell phone, which is pay as you go, that breaks down to about $20 a month.
Garbage is part of rent.
Not as bad as some.
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Mon Mar-08-10 02:49 PM
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18. Electricity is about $100 |
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Edited on Mon Mar-08-10 02:50 PM by blueamy66
in the winter and over $250 in the summer.
I pay $55 a month for trash, sewer and water.
$60 for cable and phone
$50 for cell phone
not too bad....fiances co pays for our high speed internet
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Mon Mar-08-10 02:52 PM
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19. Of all the things you included about 250-280 a month |
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Higher during the summer because of electricity.
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