The Think Tank

I bought oil today.  I got it at Best Oil .  It was 3.06.  It had been lower than 3.00 but I never saw that price.  Then it went up, and up and up.  I gambled and it paid off,  it came down and I ordered at 3.06.  It is up today to 3.10.  I paid 1224.00 for 400 gallons.  Gosh it would be nice if it would come down .

the price at Priestly for 400 gallons was 3.25 a gallon.  That is why I stick with Best Oil.  It is a case of a big company buying up a lot of the small companies.  We used Larsen Oil for YEARS.  They were always the cheapest, and if you were out of oil, they did everything to get it to you same day.  Then First Call bought them out.  Immediately the price of their oil went way up.  They have been buying up little Mom and Pop companies and there are precious few of them left.  You see the difference in cost.  Mine today was 3.06.  Same oil,  same day   First Call 3.25 per gallon.  No extra service, no nothing  AND the 3.25 is after their two discounts.  My friend and neighbor used First Call for years,  had an arrangement with them for auto fill, in summer etc  supposed to deliver when the price was lowest.  NOPE  never happened.  Price would rise,  then her tank would be filled.  They also did her furnace repairs and you guessed it,  they over charged, did shoddy work.  Soon they may be the only choice we have.  IF they obtain a monopoly   we are all screwed.