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October 08, 2009

FirstEnergy "Free" Lightbulb Program Scrapped; Angry Customers Feel Misled

I posted this article about FirstEnergy's Free distribution of CFL's on Tuesday, after finding it over at Ohio.com.

So much for "Free"

Seems like there was a little issue with the word Free...Some customers found out that they would be charged for them.

The furor followed FirstEnergy's announcement Monday that it would hand deliver or mail 3.75 million compact fluorescent bulbs to homes and small commercial customers, beginning Monday.

Do you think folks around here don't like free stuff? The post on Tuesday brought a lot of traffic to this blog.

Continue the story over at Cleveland.com

Posted by The Franchise King on October 08, 2009 at 09:55 AM | Permalink

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