The Think Tank

well, today the stock market went down, and so did oil prices.  That is a good thing !

that is a good trend.  Lets hope it keeps right on dropping.  Stay warm friends.  It is supposed to stay above freezing for about 5 days.

Well, we had some problems for a couple of weeks with our host server.  Seems it may now be fixed so lets keep our fingers crossed.

Pioneer Oil changed their website so I had to find another comparison company.  Our old preferred oil company that we purchased from for years and years, Larsen was purchased by First Call McCalls and the prices went way up.  They also purchased Discount Oil and now it is anything but a discount price.  i will be posting their prices now as a comparison.

It is up quite a bit from the 3.25 we paid for our oil the week before Thanksgiving.  I am ever hopeful it will drop.

that is it for today.  Stay warm everyone.

Today, the price of crude oil dropped on Wall Street, so did the price of heating oil on Wall Street.  So hooray, the price dropped at the pump too.

It is still not back to what I paid 400 gallons @ 3.28.  And it is not at the low point a week before I bought when it was 3.25.  Last year, the week after I purchased our oil at 3.49, it dropped to 3.22.  I would love for it to drop even lower than that, but I guess we just have to wait and watch.  I checked with First Call Heating who took over my old favorite heating oil company, Larsen Oil, and they also took over Discount Oil and even tho they did not chane the name, boy is it NOT a discount.  The price for heating oil today at Dscount/First Call is 100 gal 3.74,  200 gal 3.49, 400 gal 3.47.  The 100 gallon price at Best Oil is 3.56, and at Pioneer 100 gallons is 3.67.  I just keep saying it,  It costs money to be poor.

Hope you all have a wonderful and Happy Thanksgiving with your loved ones.

So today the price of crude went down, and inexplicably, the cost of heating oil went up.  Hard to understand how that works.  The price for 100 gallons is always higher, at BEST OIL it is 3.59 and at Pioneer Oil it is 3.67.  I just keep saying it, it costs LOTS of money to be poor.

Hopefully the coming weeks will see the price come down.  I like it to drop, I just really feel bad when it does it immediately after I mortgage my soul to heat the house.

Our oil was delivered today, 400 gallons at 3.28 = 1312.00 .  Even though I was trying to wait to turn on the furnace until Thanksgiving, I had to turn it on today about 4 pm.  It had been below freezing the past 2 mornings, and this morning it was only 25 degrees.

I was worried the darned price would go down, which of course I want it to do, but it makes me feel bad when I pay ??? and the next day it is cheaper day after day.  Today it went up a penny, so not too bad.  I sort of expect it to go up again tomorrow.  I will try to update this often and track the prices.