Fuel oil providers

[blalor.livejournal.com]

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…

Comments

[atriplex007.livejournal.com]

Do you know how old your boiler is? Is it steel or cast iron? I had a 22-yr old steel boiler and the $120/yr service plan I purchased was well worth the investment. I easily recouped the cost of the plan in my four years with the boiler, having to replace its motor, then later a motor coupling, control switch, etc.