Used to say the same thing, heat pumps are for people who don't get real winters. Then my buddy in Spokane got one and I watched his numbers. His place is about the same size as mine and his winter bills ran maybe 50 bucks under mine every month, and that's with the cold snaps we get. The part that got me was no igniter to blow, no yearly tune up guy, just a filter swap a couple times a year. My last furnace repair was 300 bucks for a blower motor and I sat in the cold for two days waiting on the part. Two winters is a small sample, but the math on your neighbor isn't a fluke. You didn't get unlucky, you just bet on the wrong horse.

Wait, you paid 75 bucks to learn how to send emails you were already sending? The read receipt thing is the real kicker here. Dude can see you sent them, still won't open them, and the class told you to do the exact same thing but with a clearer subject line? That's like paying someone to teach you how to breathe. The $40 workbook at the end is just the cherry on top, they hit you with the upsell right when you're sitting there feeling dumb about the first purchase. Next time just buy yourself a nice lunch and save the receipts, at least the sandwich won't try to sell you a binder.