Beat the oil man

milroy · 04-25-2006, 08:18 PM

In my case, the propane man... A few years ago Wayne Mock the auctioneer started a non-profit fuel purchasing co-op. The idea was that people would sign on with him for a modest fee, I think it was $15 then and he would go to the fuel companies and negotiate prices based on the number of people in the group. The first year I was skeptical, but for $15 figured what was there to loose. Well the savings were substantial and there was no complicated billing, I just delt directly with the fuel company after giving them my membership number in the buying group. Wayne has now gone south and a guy in Barnstead has taken over his list and added it to one he's developed himself. I ended up signing up with him for the past winter after missing a year with Wayne and dealing directly with the fuel company in terms of price. Anyway I ended up paying less for propane this past winter from the same supplier than I paid the year before on a pre-buy. $1.29/ gal. and it was pay as delivered within 10 days instead of a pre-buy. If you have interest in paying less for heating fuel go to www.otnrgy.org and sign up. You'll need to sign up soon. It's $25 now, but as I said to myself "what have you got to loose". I think their oil prices this past winter were in the $1.90 range. The more members we have the more bargining power we have. I have absolutely nothing to gain from this except hopefully even lower prices with more numbers in the organization.

04-25-2006, 08:18 PM	#1
milroy Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Beat the oil man In my case, the propane man... A few years ago Wayne Mock the auctioneer started a non-profit fuel purchasing co-op. The idea was that people would sign on with him for a modest fee, I think it was $15 then and he would go to the fuel companies and negotiate prices based on the number of people in the group. The first year I was skeptical, but for $15 figured what was there to loose. Well the savings were substantial and there was no complicated billing, I just delt directly with the fuel company after giving them my membership number in the buying group. Wayne has now gone south and a guy in Barnstead has taken over his list and added it to one he's developed himself. I ended up signing up with him for the past winter after missing a year with Wayne and dealing directly with the fuel company in terms of price. Anyway I ended up paying less for propane this past winter from the same supplier than I paid the year before on a pre-buy. $1.29/ gal. and it was pay as delivered within 10 days instead of a pre-buy. If you have interest in paying less for heating fuel go to www.otnrgy.org and sign up. You'll need to sign up soon. It's $25 now, but as I said to myself "what have you got to loose". I think their oil prices this past winter were in the $1.90 range. The more members we have the more bargining power we have. I have absolutely nothing to gain from this except hopefully even lower prices with more numbers in the organization.