People like thavoice are gifts from God. They allow us to peer into the mind of a retard.

ccrunner609;1457251 wrote:yeah but doesnt DPL own the infrastructure and maintain it? So they get paid regardless

This is their retail affiliate, not the transmission/distribution or wholesale affiliate. Ohio is a retail choice state, so lots of retail affiliates compete to make sales. Their retail affiliate has more pricing flexibility than whatever the POLR rate gets stuck to their t&d side, so this is a big money maker for them.

dlazz;1457622 wrote:Those jobs are typically outsourced to consulting firms. Probably wasn't DP&L's fault

Ya know, you are probably right.

Weeper;1457835 wrote:People like thavoice are gifts from God. They allow us to peer into the mind of a retard.

I may be a retard but that has nothing to do with this.

In sales you should do what is going to make the general population you are trying to sell to feel at ease.
I had a buddy who had tattoo sleeves all the way down his arms. Very smart guy and tremendous salesman. Through some trial and error he figured out that he was much more successful selling cars when he had on his long sleeves and seemed like just a normal guy.

I have known places that request, and require, their employees while they are customer facing to take out their visible piercings in eyebrows, excessive ears, tongue's, etc.
Of course it depends on the business you are in. Some instances that would be totally acceptable but in many it isnt to the company.

It is all about knowing your target audience and putting the salesmen in front of them that they are accostomed to seeing. I know of a delivery company years ago that made sure on one certain route that they had a black driver. It was an exceptionally brutal area of the city and when they sent whitey out he ran into problems.

Not saying it is right, just saying that if you really want to hawk your wares you should do a little bit of research on the TA.

thavoice;1458210 wrote:I may be a retard but that has nothing to do with this.

In sales you should do what is going to make the general population you are trying to sell to feel at ease.
I had a buddy who had tattoo sleeves all the way down his arms. Very smart guy and tremendous salesman. Through some trial and error he figured out that he was much more successful selling cars when he had on his long sleeves and seemed like just a normal guy.

I have known places that request, and require, their employees while they are customer facing to take out their visible piercings in eyebrows, excessive ears, tongue's, etc.
Of course it depends on the business you are in. Some instances that would be totally acceptable but in many it isnt to the company.

It is all about knowing your target audience and putting the salesmen in front of them that they are accostomed to seeing. I know of a delivery company years ago that made sure on one certain route that they had a black driver. It was an exceptionally brutal area of the city and when they sent whitey out he ran into problems.

Not saying it is right, just saying that if you really want to hawk your wares you should do a little bit of research on the TA.

The problem is that in your case, the company isn't allowed to say "we have this backward town full of bigots and other assorted trash, we need to send in white people only to sell to these relics". It's a violation of federal law to do so.

fan_from_texas;1458198 wrote:This is their retail affiliate, not the transmission/distribution or wholesale affiliate. Ohio is a retail choice state, so lots of retail affiliates compete to make sales. Their retail affiliate has more pricing flexibility than whatever the POLR rate gets stuck to their t&d side, so this is a big money maker for them.

You do realize that 99% of the OC has no fuckin idea what you just said right? But the other 1% like me say...nic.e reply FFT youre a geniass

Tiernan;1458860 wrote:You do realize that 99% of the OC has no ****in idea what you just said right? But the other 1% like me say...nic.e reply FFT youre a geniass

Yeah, that is about right.......99% of the OC are a bunch of F'n idiots.

Tiernan;1458860 wrote:You do realize that 99% of the OC has no ****in idea what you just said right? But the other 1% like me say...nic.e reply FFT youre a geniass

Eh. It's ironic because in rate cases, the utilities argue that people won't confuse the wholesale/retail/t&d sides of their businesses, and yet threads like these make it abundantly clear that most people don't differentiate.

To clarify, the DP&L person calling you to buy power works for a different company than the DP&L that operates the transmission/distribution system.

fan_from_texas;1458903 wrote:Eh. It's ironic because in rate cases, the utilities argue that people won't confuse the wholesale/retail/t&d sides of their businesses, and yet threads like these make it abundantly clear that most people don't differentiate.



To clarify, the DP&L person calling you to buy power works for a different company than the DP&L that operates the transmission/distribution system.

I imagine that many on the OC dont understand it because they either: A. Live with their parents and have no idea about the electrical rates or B. live in an apartment that dont allow you to switch carriers. (I know in my last apt the landlord said ya had to stay with the regular DPL carrier).

One can really get a better rate if you look for it. The transmission/distro charges still will show up as the same but the KW rate can go down. One thing to look at though is to make sure if you switch if there is a contract to sign, or a cancellation fee down if you do switch later on.

thavoice;1457416 wrote:Uh, no, just said it probably wasnt smart to sent a team of black people to go door to door in a town that is 99% white.

Why would it not be smart supposing the folks in your town are otherwise rational Americans?

thavoice;1458210 wrote:I may be a retard but that has nothing to do with this.

In sales you should do what is going to make the general population you are trying to sell to feel at ease.
I had a buddy who had tattoo sleeves all the way down his arms. Very smart guy and tremendous salesman. Through some trial and error he figured out that he was much more successful selling cars when he had on his long sleeves and seemed like just a normal guy.

So the people in your town don't feel "at ease" in the presence of people with black skin???

thavoice;1458904 wrote:I imagine that many on the OC dont understand it because they either: A. Live with their parents and have no idea about the electrical rates or B. live in an apartment that dont allow you to switch carriers. (I know in my last apt the landlord said ya had to stay with the regular DPL carrier).

One can really get a better rate if you look for it. The transmission/distro charges still will show up as the same but the KW rate can go down. One thing to look at though is to make sure if you switch if there is a contract to sign, or a cancellation fee down if you do switch later on.

Good points.