My heater ran out of oil yesterday and I arrived home from work late so I called the place I usually deal with who offers quick delivery and accepts cash. I called and got the 50 gal quote ($170) for delivery today since it was too late for delivery yesterday. Upon arrival today, after filling, he was expecting $100 more! I had to argue for quite a while before he accepted his quote!!
This one man operation accepts and will meet quotes from competitors, and I made sure I had an additional quote in hand before calling yesterday. They actually quoted a dollar less ($169), but good to go on my guy's price.
After the argument today, I called the same competitor as yesterday and, guess what, they also went up $100 overnight!
Now I know what I was quoted yesterday, but I am unable to find yesterday's 50g prices online, only today's. I tried using Wayback to no avail. This entire situation made me look like a liar and I'd just like to find the prices online somewhere and I would appreciate any suggestions.
I know two things for sure. Next time, I'll make sure and get same day delivery and/or record any quotes received over the phone in case this happens again.
This doesn't seem right, but I suppose it has to do with supply and demand, but why suddenly boost the 50g costs over the higher gallons as I checked and they remained nearly the same as yesterday? Not good for limited income folks, such as myself, as we can't afford unexpected surprises like this.
JD