I was without heat yesterday. Stupid tenants were supposed to leave me half a tank of oil (aka 125 gallons). No way that happened. Had to sit around all day waiting for the oil company to come because they wanted a check right away. Luckily it hasn't been all that cold. I closed myself up in the front room with a blanket and space heater and binge-watched Homeland (catching up).
$435 later, I now have heat (200 gallons). Oh, and a calendar.....
You know, I lived in the east for a couple of years, northeastern Pennsylvania and northern New Jersey, and always wondered how that works, this heating oil business.
<<<grew up in a part of the country where natural gas and electricity are used for heating almost to the complete exclusion of other means.
It seemed to me everybody using heating oil had to pay instantly upon delivery, no credit given, not even for ten days.
Even those with stellar five-star credit ratings.
The natural gas and electrical people around here would love that set-up, payment upon delivery, but can't have it.