Heating Oil
 

We are fed up with our current oil supplier, but rather surprised to find that every other company we talk to about making spot deliveries now wants a credit application filled out, complete with banking detail/ history, property value, employment history/ salary, inside leg measurement etc etc etc.

I dont mind them having a Credit Card number on file so that they can be assured of being paid, but all this other information seems unnecessarily intrusive to me.

Is it like this everywhere? All I want is someone to deliver oil when I ask them too, I can live without the rest of the hassle.

Having just paid $300 for maintenance on the furnace/ water heater, next time they need replacing I would quite happily ditch oil for propane as a result of all the BS that goes with it, tank certification and all that.

Re: Heating Oil
 

Is oil the kind of product you pay for upfront, on delivery?

If so, I also do not understand the need to ask so many questions.

Or is the cost spread out? In which case, I don't recall my gas or electricity supplier asking for so much information.

Re: Heating Oil
 

Are you not tempted by geothermal & solar for heat/ac and hot water?

Re: Heating Oil
 

Not tempted by the startup costs....

If we had a better well then a water based heat pump might have been an option, but ground based heatpumps are serious money up front to install.

Re: Heating Oil
 

We just want them to deliver as and when. Even when we were on monthly billing before it was just charged to a CC... its not like they dont know where you live!

On challenging them they backup out of requiring half the information, so why ask in the first place..:frown:

Re: Heating Oil
 

I'm sure it wouldn't be too difficult to do a self-install. Just need to borrow a backhoe and a bit of common sense...