http://blalor.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] blalor.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] davis_square2011-02-04 12:57 pm
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Fuel oil providers

Not sure how many folks here are responsible for buying fuel oil, but I thought I'd throw this out there, anyway.

I live in Medford and get fuel oil from Erickson.  Near as I can tell, they've been delivering to this house for at least 50 years.   We got a delivery yesterday and I realized we're paying $3.59/gallon … and they put 150 gallons in the tank.  *eek*  I've done a bit of comparison shopping via newenglandoil.com and it shows that what I'm paying is at the top of the range.   I actually signed up for Clickfil this past spring, but they went belly-up before making a single delivery.   I'm all for supporting the community and all, but there's helping put someone's kid through college and then there's sending 'em in a Ferrari.

The newenglandoil.com site is the only reference I've found for oil prices, and I don't want to sign up with the lowest bidder and have them turn out to be shady.  Does anyone here have any experience with other local distributors?  What are you paying per gallon?

Heating oil prices in Mass. on the rise - The Boston Globe

Web-Based Mass. Heating Oil Supplier Clickfil Disappears Without a Trace

I'm going to look seriously into upgrading to natural gas next year…
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[personal profile] smammy 2011-02-04 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Try Mass Energy Consumers Alliance. They negotiate lower rates with a number of local suppliers. Membership dues are $20 per year, and they advertise savings of $150-$350 per year compared to the market price.

[identity profile] emcicle.livejournal.com 2011-02-04 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
I was going to suggest this as well.

We use them and have been happy. They set us up with Faulkner Brothers, who have been great (we had them replace our furnace this year using that fancy pants rebate!).

[identity profile] ratushebarl.livejournal.com 2011-02-04 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Dittoes for Mass Energy Consumers Alliance.

[identity profile] masswich.livejournal.com 2011-02-04 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Ditto to MECA as well. I don't think they have the lowest price but it seems to be on the lower end, and I assume that the companies they use won't screw members of MECA because they want to continue to have MECA send members to them. I think we paid about $3.35 for our last fillup a couple of weeks ago.

I remember looking at Erickson's price a while back and found it very high.