home heating oil $4.57 a gal what ru going to do

[JERSEY MAN]

Originally Posted by tahiti

haven't dropped, but I've seen a leveling, or a drop of a few cents. what's chapping my hide is a lot of stations charging 9 or 10 cents a gal more for credit cards.

Cash girl, cash. 9 cents xtra ain't worth the points!!!

[tahiti]

Originally Posted by JERSEY MAN

Cash girl, cash. 9 cents xtra ain't worth the points!!!

no, i boycott stations that do that - luckily I still have some to choose from. it's all about the points baby!

[mike0421]

That's pretty weak. Can you imagine if any other institution, say a restaurant, for instance, charged you more for the meal if you put it on a credit card? You'd likely take your business elsewhere in the future.

[njkate]

Originally Posted by mike0421

That's pretty weak. Can you imagine if any other institution, say a restaurant, for instance, charged you more for the meal if you put it on a credit card? You'd likely take your business elsewhere in the future.

I'm not entirely sure if it's even legal as far as the contact a merchant signed with Visa, Master, Amex & Discover to charge a card holder more for using their card...Hmm something I would check out but If I charge gas it's on my Exxon Card
I know they are not supposed to limit you either..those places that say all cc must be over $10.00

[RMS_07]

Well, if our salaries were getting 22 percentage hike, man that would be insane-happy. But seriously heating oil price is double and they are saying its goin still go higher, given that option Im leaning towards gas still. Kicking myself.. should have stayed in the rented apartment.. miss that now!

Originally Posted by mike0421

But according to the article I posted, the gas company has already requested a 22% rate hike 6 months in advance. This is insane. When was the last time your salary went up 22% in one year? Home heating oil is supposed to double.

Energy costs are the 800 pound gorilla in the room that there seems to be no answer for right now. There's a lot of bitching and moaning about the increases (and rightfully so) but there seems to be no real solution to the problem, other than what apvbguy and myself (half jokingly) suggested: move south.

[Calico696]

Passed by Norton Oil in Washington today. Cash price for heating oil is down to $3.99/gal from $4.19/gal two weeks ago. Never thought I would be happy to see $3.99/gal.