Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Tues and want oil boiler upgrade done!!!

all I did this morning was the second half of Dance-X cuz expecting a service man from fuel company for a valve replacement and repitching of a problematic radiator as well as free vent replacements for 5 other radiators. Darn radiator valve had been leaking since even before we bought the house almost 26 years ago! Previous people did a quick fix patch that didn't solve the problem. At least the oil company will be charging a very reasonable fee for a job that will take several hours. Still haven't receive the mysterious call from the owner of the company. She may be waiting till all of our work is done. Meanwhile, received an advertisement for 15% off heating upgrading so maybe she'll consider that discount and/or the Buyer's Club $250 discount off equipment I found recently if not already figured into her proposal. We paid $25 to join the buyer's club and prepaid for oil for this season. Good move cuz believe oil prices went much higher.

I would like to get this oil stuff all done with but now will be hoping to get another 2 seasons out of our underground tank before converting to gas (decided against tank insurance cuz too many loopholes and will hope just to get a NJ grant if contamination is found)


ETA: well got the call from the owner of the oil company and very disappointed in her attitude. She seemed to defend the salesman and offered nothing. Found her a bit condescending. Caught her off guard with an extra charge for a part on the revised contract that she assumed was missing from the original contract but wasn't. Thankfully, I didn't toss the original in the garbage as instructed by the sales rep. We had xeroxed both contracts and sent them to the engineer who had asked for copies of them after we showed them to him. Also caught her off guard with a $250 Buyers Club discount we clearly qualified for and weren't offered. Tried to weasel her way out saying that the offer may have expired but it says it was good from 9/1/2010 till 5/31/2011 right on the publication and we charged the club membership and prepaid oil on our credit card in August 2010. She did weasel her way out of the current 15% off promotion saying it was effective for off season only. Heck we missed the start of the offer by 2 stinkin weeks!

Ironically, I received a letter today saying I won their survey lottery and am getting 50 gallons of oil free LOL

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