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mrsjpierre
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Member since 10/07 263 total posts
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cindy
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spinoff to oil burner ? ooooh i'm mad!
i am so enraged my day is ruined today! we just got a nice friendly letter from petro saying that due to the cost of oil these days they had to increase our monthly payment(we were in a plan 165/mos)........."your new payment will be 566/mos starting dec 31,2007" with warm regards! WTFFFFFF . I DON'T know what to do i mean my billed tripled and then some! i'm gonna call when i cool off.......i mean we're gonna have to cancel this contract......its outrageous! we absolutely can not afford this!
does anyone have any advice? suggestions? anyone else have this problem?
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Posted 12/18/07 10:13 AM  |
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bicosi
life is a carousel
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Re: spinoff to oil burner ? ooooh i'm mad!
That doesn't make sense! did you call them?
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| Posted 12/18/07 10:21 AM |
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PotofLuck06
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Betsy
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Re: spinoff to oil burner ? ooooh i'm mad!
WOW! I have petro w/contract and haven't gotten that type of letter, and if that's true, we're going to shop around.
We got a flyer for a company that will do a burner check for $99. Forget paying $500 plus cost of oil! That's ridiculous!
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| Posted 12/18/07 10:29 AM |
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Maathy317
Grammie's Little Man
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Re: spinoff to oil burner ? ooooh i'm mad!
Don't know if you paid your bill within the required 27 - 30 days after receiving it, but, oil companies have been changing contracts when people don't. It used to be that they would allow you to carry over a balance and still deliver oil at the agreed upon price. Since so many locked into contracts at low rates and misjudged the market, they've created this loophole. This is why I do C.O.D. No surprises. I'm sorry this happened. It really stinks.
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| Posted 12/18/07 10:48 AM |
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DRMom
Two in Blue
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Melissa
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Re: spinoff to oil burner ? ooooh i'm mad!
Posted by Maathy317
Don't know if you paid your bill within the required 27 - 30 days after receiving it, but, oil companies have been changing contracts when people don't. It used to be that they would allow you to carry over a balance and still deliver oil at the agreed upon price. Since so many locked into contracts at low rates and misjudged the market, they've created this loophole. This is why I do C.O.D. No surprises. I'm sorry this happened. It really stinks.
Yep look into COD with a separate contract
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| Posted 12/18/07 11:54 AM |
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mrsjpierre
LIF Infant
Member since 10/07 263 total posts
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cindy
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Re: spinoff to oil burner ? ooooh i'm mad!
Posted by mrsjpierre
i am so enraged my day is ruined today! we just got a nice friendly letter from petro saying that due to the cost of oil these days they had to increase our monthly payment(we were in a plan 165/mos)........."your new payment will be 566/mos starting dec 31,2007" with warm regards! WTFFFFFF . I DON'T know what to do i mean my billed tripled and then some! i'm gonna call when i cool off.......i mean we're gonna have to cancel this contract......its outrageous! we absolutely can not afford this!
does anyone have any advice? suggestions? anyone else have this problem?
okay here is the update...............i called and spoke to someone.......i'm still confused but basically b/c price of oil has increased dramatically......my budget payment plan has to also increase. the way that they came up with 566$ is they estimated my usage and multiplied by current price of gas.......i feel they overestimated.! so he told me 566/month is one of the many options they have......and i don't have to go with that particular plan. oh and p.s. the budget plan is actually deceiving......although i pay 165/mos if i go over the 165 we have to pay the difference at the end of the year. that was not explained to me before! whats the point of a flat rate monthly pymt????????
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| Posted 12/18/07 5:31 PM |
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mrsjpierre
LIF Infant
Member since 10/07 263 total posts
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cindy
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Re: spinoff to oil burner ? ooooh i'm mad!
Posted by Maathy317
Don't know if you paid your bill within the required 27 - 30 days after receiving it, but, oil companies have been changing contracts when people don't. It used to be that they would allow you to carry over a balance and still deliver oil at the agreed upon price. Since so many locked into contracts at low rates and misjudged the market, they've created this loophole. This is why I do C.O.D. No surprises. I'm sorry this happened. It really stinks.
yes we pay every month on time too! but read my udated post to further understand
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| Posted 12/18/07 5:34 PM |
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Maathy317
Grammie's Little Man
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Re: spinoff to oil burner ? ooooh i'm mad!
Posted by mrsjpierre
Posted by Maathy317
Don't know if you paid your bill within the required 27 - 30 days after receiving it, but, oil companies have been changing contracts when people don't. It used to be that they would allow you to carry over a balance and still deliver oil at the agreed upon price. Since so many locked into contracts at low rates and misjudged the market, they've created this loophole. This is why I do C.O.D. No surprises. I'm sorry this happened. It really stinks.
yes we pay every month on time too! but read my udated post to further understand
I would go over your contract. If you locked into a rate and there is no provision in your contract for the oil company adjusting that rate because the price of oil goes up, they can't just take it upon themselves to do so. They can't just unilaterally change a contract because the price of oil changes. They are bound by the conditions in the contract. Would they be willing to adjust your rate if the price of oil went down? My guess would be no. I would fight this all they way and make them honor their contract.
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| Posted 12/18/07 6:25 PM |
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