Outdated laws are unfairly restricting your right to buy and sell goods freely. Even if you are reselling something you have already bought you could be targeted by brand owners for alleged illegal behaviour. This also impacts small businesses and can result in higher prices for consumers.
Take 60 seconds to watch this video about why you should support this campaign for consumer choice.
In my last four years in Belgium, I think only once the waiter came to me and ask me what I would like to drink in less than a minute!!!!!
Sun 01/11/2009 - 14:50 www.flandernews.be From now on it is easier to change banks than it was before. All the customer has to do is go to the new bank and it will arrange everything for the client. One signature is all it takes from now on Changing banks is now easy in Belgium. The customer just has to ask the new bank they want to use to arrange everything for him or her. The bank accounts will be transferred and payment facilities set up. The new bank also arranges the fixed payments that go out. The new bank will also arrange the activation of new bank cards, and the deactivation of the former bank's cards. The entire administrative operation takes a bit of time at the moment. From next year the entire operation should be able to be completed in 8 working days. quoted from http://www.deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws.english/news/091101_changing%2Bbanks
Brussels, rue Montoyer, does it sound familiar??
P.S. Apologies for not being very active in this blog lately. I have to find the time, it is not because I don't have the contents!!!
As you can see a very standard one, rather very common type of key.
Well, he was charged 6.95 eur for one single copy of the key. Can you believe it???
The funny think, and I told my friend, is that in Mr. Minit, if you make two copies of the same key, you get one extra for free!!!! ....Hilarioius!!!!
THIS IS THE NEW STRATEGY OF ELECTRABEL: a product called GREEN PLUS ("VertPlus")
First question I ask myself. Does Electrabel tell me how much CO2 I am producing with my energy consumption???? or how much CO2 will I save???? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPE
Another question: 100% renewable means 100% green???? NOOOOOOOOPE
You probably have already received their season free magazine in your mailbox "Energique". Again, I ask myself, how many tons of CO2 have they produced it to create and bring 4.5millions copies to our homes in Belgium???? They used recycled paper yes, but that does not mean anything when it comes to CO2 emissions.
OKAY. Less CO2 emissions, but, at what price ELECTRABEL offers this? I honestly admit I am not able to calculate it exactly, but I am estimating it between 20% and 30% more expensive (price per KWh, including everything)
Well you have to read 6 documents in order to really understand it 100%:
Quite simple right???? This is because they want to hide the dark side of it. IT IS MORE EXPENSIVE!!!!!! So basically what ELECTRABEL is offering is: pay more for the same service, and feel.... better????
Green electricity is produced anyway in this country, and it will be more and more produced in time, whether ELECTRABEL wants it or not. It is not their decision, it is the Government decision. Will you change the world paying more for your energy?? Not with ELECTRABEL. Because they are selling smoke....CO2 smoke.
It is no wonder why they promote energy savings among its clients in its magazine. They want us to consume less energy, but pay it more expensive!!!!
Besides, the small letter, which you always need to read carefully, says that you need to engage for at least two year period, three year if you live in Brussels.
Still interested in paying money for nothing in the next three years????
