This place used to be associated with BJ's Home Heating Program. BJ's has discontinued it, but they still offer great prices. About 30 cents gallon less than I could find for a 300 gallon delivery while calling around.
Considering that a New England home uses about a thousand of gallons of heating oil every year, any savings are welcome.
Something I can't figure out. Years ago home heating oil cost about 2/3 gasoline price. Today it's just as much as gas. Should be a lot cheaper because there's no road use or federal tax on it.
evbe said: Something I can't figure out. Years ago home heating oil cost about 2/3 gasoline price. Today it's just as much as gas. Should be a lot cheaper because there's no road use or federal tax on it.
There's no chance an oil company would rip you off, is there?
We have buying groups in our area. Many are through employers but some are just private citizens who get a lot of people together by word of mouth. They negotiate a deal w/ the various dealers to guarantee purchase prior to the start of the heating season. The dealers then know they have a guaranteed sale and the buyers get a bulk rate. I missed out signing up this year and the price w/o buying group is about 25-cents more/gallon. It's probably too late for this season but ask around and if you can't find a group maybe make one. One woman here has hundreds of homes signed up. People pay $20 to join. She negotiates the deal (for the membership fee) and the oil company gives her an even bigger break on her personal fuel. Of course there are legal contracts and all.
I've used priceenergy.com for 2 years. The prices are great. Basically they contract local oil companies to do the delivery, and they're probably companies you're already familiar with. The drawback is I could not buy a service plan from them.
JimboBriggs
Member
posted: Sep. 10, 2007 @ 9:33p
I live on LI also. I have been using CODOIL.com for a few years. They are great. Fair prices and reliable. My co-workers in CT can't come near the prices.
ch00wie
Member
posted: Sep. 10, 2007 @ 9:53p
prices dropped steadily in august and rose steadily in september. i locked in last week for $2.65 a gallon.
tlwisner said: evbe said: Something I can't figure out. Years ago home heating oil cost about 2/3 gasoline price. Today it's just as much as gas. Should be a lot cheaper because there's no road use or federal tax on it. There's no chance an oil company would rip you off, is there?
Good info for you oil burners.i suspect diesel price has increase in comparison to gas too. Heating Oil is Diesel with some added tint. Refinery can adjust the process to make more gas vs diesel based on demand and US' refinery capacity is already at its limit.
Now that oil price is going up again, expect all the ignorant public and the lame politician to line up and start another price fix hearing rather than face the real problem. It's like clockwork, truely pathetic.
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