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sa meredith · 10-25-2008, 01:04 PM

While I would agree there may be more to this story, I would say this...
First, of course a warning should have been in order, along with an explanantion of company standards.
However, I can see where the company is coming from. They are selling a product that the customer "has to buy". No maybes....if you want heat/hot water, you need our product. Of course, there are choices as to which company to use. But prices are all pretty close. That being said, people are probably all ready pretty freaked out when they see the oil truck pull up. Sort of like, "well, I hope we can find this 500/600 dollars". Which, of course, would natually lead to some resentment of this strange man entering my yard. After all, he is not providing heat, what he is doing is leaving a bill for $600, which we don't have. So, I would imagine oil companies are well in tune with the plight of today's oil comsumer, and would realize that the last thing said comsumer needs to see, is the oilman doing pushups as the tank fills. Just looks wrong. Kinda like "No worries, might as well get a little exercise here!" Just stand at the ready, in case the nozzle comes loose.
Make sense?

10-25-2008, 01:04 PM	#19
sa meredith Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 986 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 32 Thanked 352 Times in 137 Posts	more to stroy While I would agree there may be more to this story, I would say this... First, of course a warning should have been in order, along with an explanantion of company standards. However, I can see where the company is coming from. They are selling a product that the customer "has to buy". No maybes....if you want heat/hot water, you need our product. Of course, there are choices as to which company to use. But prices are all pretty close. That being said, people are probably all ready pretty freaked out when they see the oil truck pull up. Sort of like, "well, I hope we can find this 500/600 dollars". Which, of course, would natually lead to some resentment of this strange man entering my yard. After all, he is not providing heat, what he is doing is leaving a bill for $600, which we don't have. So, I would imagine oil companies are well in tune with the plight of today's oil comsumer, and would realize that the last thing said comsumer needs to see, is the oilman doing pushups as the tank fills. Just looks wrong. Kinda like "No worries, might as well get a little exercise here!" Just stand at the ready, in case the nozzle comes loose. Make sense? Last edited by sa meredith; 10-25-2008 at 02:38 PM.