The Think Tank

So we bought oil last week.  The cold weather showed up early, and would not go away.  There was big wind,  4 snowflakes, quite a bit of ice, and temps well below freezing, so unfortunately I had to break down and turn the furnace on before Thanksgiving.  So, of course, the price had risen, and stayed at the elevated number.  So I paid 3.08 for 400 gallons.  I had been waiting for it to dip below 3.00

So today, I checked prices and OF COURSE, the price has dropped considerably.  When I checked prices on Thursday of last week, Best Oil had the best price, ( as usual).  So I ordered there.  Today when I checked, Discount Oil is better by 1 cent.  Discount Oil has discounts (who’d’a thunk it from their name) They have a new customer discount of 10 free gallons.  They have a cash discount,  but (when I checked) they meant cash, not check or debit card) of 4 cents per gallon.  There is also a discount for seniors, 62 plus.  You are allowed to combine 2 discounts.  The good people at Best Oil, have 2 prices,  cash/check, and debit / credit. The price I quote here for Best Oil is the cash price.  The price I quote for Discount is there current price, as I do not know what discounts you may or may not qualify for.

I am not certain what happened to my form here,  so I will just tell you that today,  Discount is 1 cent cheaper per gallon than Best IF you pay CASH.  otherwise,  their prices are 100 gal  = 3.32   200 gal = 3.07      400 gal = 3.07     600 gal = 3.05

So it cost me 1232 this year for my 400 gallons.  Last year it was 1312.  Today it would have been 1216.  I will continue to monitor the price of oil.  Maybe IF it drops considerably ( and man I hope it does)  I will get some more !