My husband and I called Enercare and after speaking with a representative there, we set up the Heating and Cooling Maintenance plan. This was going to cost us around $50 a month. It's been about 3 weeks so we called to cancel because we thought about it and changed our mind. Upon calling, we were promptly told that no, we can't cancel because we are locked into a contract for 1 year. This was news to us, we didn't know if was a contract we entered into, and the plan was not sold to us this way when it was setup on the account.
Enercare referred me to the Terms and Conditions and said it speaks to the contract there, but it doesn't - it speaks to a 12 month plan. Well, plan and contract are not the same thing, and they are not interchangeable words.
Sorry, but as a consumer, it should be made clear to me that I am entering into a contract. Many vendors do this already, where it is clear the service is a contract - think of cell phone carriers, they all are very clear about this.
I'm not an unreasonable person, if I had any idea I was signing up for a one year contract, I would not have called Enercare to cancel my service, I would have just done the year and then cancelled in a year, if I still wanted to do that.
I just find it to be a shady sales practice. So, buyer beware. Their heating and cooling plan is a one year contract.
The escalated my call to a supervisor, unfortunately, he wasn't very helpful. I've asked to speak to a higher manager/supervisor, so I'll see where that goes, but I don't have my hopes up.