Maingas "insufficient propane use" fee

[RLW]

Originally Posted by songkrai

Look. I own my own takes and I am with you on this.

You state that you went out and purchased the tanks. Who hooked them up? Probably a propane company and you had to open an account and they checked all fittings.

I hired an independent gas fitter at a very reasonable price, $139 including parts.

So in this scenario, you must call, fill out application, with each and every propane company in order to shop around for all good prices.

No, only the company that you choice to use.

This may not be a hassle for you. But my guess is that most do not want all these technicians coming into their homes each time you open a new propane account and the required paperwork and credit checks.

Question to you, how many times do you plan on changing companies. Now me I do not plan on changing unless something comes up with a company that upsets me. That doesn't mean every time the prices go up.

But once this is done/accomplished - then you can just phone around for the best propane price. It's a trade off I guess. I do get lower propane costs. But factor in the price and installation of an owned propane tank and how much are you relly saving? I guess if you view this in the long term the payoff may be worth it.

I just recommend oil to people. With oil, you can swap around companies without anyone coming insdie your kitchen, basement, etc. and recording all serial numbers of all appliances.

I agree with the oil as that is what I have,but what if the homestead is all gas appliances, you can't just up and change everything for the sake to change to oil. Now my generator is just natural or propane gas. That's awful hard to change to oil.