Propane customer held hostage

Posted on July 24, 2008
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The propane industries dirty little secret.

Imagine this… You’re a good customer for 14+ years. Now the company’s instituted a minimum usage fee if you use less then 200 gallons of propane.

This year,  you use 187 gallons.  They INSIST you pay a $91 minimum use fee as your usage is below their 200 gallons limit. (by a measly 13 gallons)

You think it’s gouging.  And you refuse to pay.

They’re refusing to deliver any more propane unless you pay their minimum use fee.

You think about leaving them for another company BUT here’s the propane industries dirty little secret…

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Sears air conditioners

Posted on July 16, 2008
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I broke down and updated my air conditioner over the weekend.

And I met the most astounding sales person. Her name as Gay and it was clear to me she could teach the head honchos sitting on the sears board a thing or two about saving money and jump starting Sears to the level of excelence it once shared.

Stay tuned… in the next few posts I’m going to share some the insights she shared with me and with any luck you’ll hear how other people are copeing withthe rediculous prices of fuel.

I’m also going to be adding more information that I’ve been getting from people like you about good and bad fuel companies.

OH and buy the way I bought consumer reports best buy DAMN the thing is tiny and it certianly doesnt have the balls my older AC unit had. This ones had been de-freoned. Their using some new material that acts like an emaciated version of freon.

I still have a ferw days  to decide if I want to buy the warrantee. I’m still not sure… the darn thing is so weak I just may return it.

Stay safe

Heating and food prices rise… the law of the jungle

Posted on June 22, 2008
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Sure go ahead and blame it on flooding.

Fact is food prices are going to rise. Sure in this case flooding is a huge issue. What happens when the cost of goods for farmers continue to rise…. like I mentioned in an earlier post.

just in case the link above doesn’t work the jist is Read more

Surprising victims of high fuel costs

Posted on June 4, 2008
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Just a few days ago I blogged about older people on fixed incomes and what they where doing to deal with the high prices of fuel.

I was surprised to read that there are other victims to the high prices that I never even considered.

Time ran an article http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1809950,00.html?xid=feed-yahoo-full-nation about abandoned horses.

Seems like in order to make ends meet people are abandoning their animals.

It’s sad.

Funny how some people consider their pets just Read more

Farmers and fuel prices OH MY!

Posted on June 3, 2008
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Just off of yeasterdays post direct … from todays herald tribune

Back in Willmar, Willis is quick to point out that farmers like him pay much of their revenue right to their suppliers. He has been told to expect the price of the liquid propane that runs his corn drier to be 30 percent higher than last year. The cost of fertilizer could double. The price of diesel fuel for his tractors rose Read more

So you think it’s bad now?

Posted on June 2, 2008
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Just wait…. It’s going to get worse and here’s why.

I just spoke to a group of long haul truckers from the local UPS teamsters.

Forget about the added fuel costs that are being tacked on to the price of food right now.  WAIT until we see the current high fuel prices tacked on to “this years” food cost.

Remember the food prices we are paying right now are based on “last years” cost of fuel and the price increases we are experiencing right now are based on today’s increased transportation costs.

BUT when farmers start planting and harvesting for the end of this planting season the “current” fuel cost Read more

Price of a barrel of crude is 199.00 an all time high

Posted on May 31, 2008
Filed Under Current Trends and News, Heating Oil, Kerosene, Propane | Leave a Comment

Gas prices are $5.99

Propane is so pricey it’s more expensive then 49 ounces of gold.

The average grocery bill for a family of 3 is now $495.00

The market crashed and the invaders are taking over … or should I say they allready took over.

Is it really only a matter of time?