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jandrok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-09-05 11:09 PM
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I think our propane company is price gouging......
They're charging $2.33/gallon. That's sounding a little high. My parents live in Northeast Texas and they're paying $1.75/gallon.

Anyone else out there got any pricing information they'd be willing to share?

I'm thinking we're taking it up the bobo on this deal.

Thanks for any info.
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Webster Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-09-05 11:20 PM
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1. Texas energy company price gouging?
Thats hard to believe....

Ok sarcasm off....

I know that there are wide price variations between different propane companies here in California. The company that supplies our house is a total rip-off compared to other companies that deliver in the area. We had a large bill and tried to make a partial payment and then catch it up, and they said no, we would have to pay them the full amount or they would cut us off. I told them great, you'll never see a dime of that bill, and I don't care if you give me a bad credit report cuz my credit is so fucked already that it won't really matter. I left the office cussing and giving the finger to the redneck losers that run the place.
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k8conant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-05 09:44 PM
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2. Here in WV propane used to be priced on a par with gasoline...
this winter gasoline has been between $1.69 and $1.95 and both of my deliveries of propane have been at $2.70/gallon.
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MadMama Donating Member (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-30-10 06:39 PM
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3. Propane gouging
I have a problem here in Texas. My company who I have been with since 1996 has been sold to another Company. Now they want me to pay.$3.20 per gallon for propane, while some of their other customers are paying $2.66. When I bought the last 100 gallons in Oct, I paid $2.25.

Lucky for me, I always call and check the price first. I am about to make waves come Monday.

MadMama
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fasttense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-03-10 08:59 AM
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4. I got charged $3.05 a gallon here in east TN.
I use to do a pre-buy in the summer when prices were low but no matter how much I bought (I got as much as 500 gallons one year) It was never enough. My husband has a friend who does deliveries for LP. The friend said that with pre-buys, they would pump gas into other people's tanks and charge it to the pre-buyer account because the pre-buyer had no way of knowing how much was pumped into their tanks.

Even so I think we are being gouged now. I tried to find another LP service but guess what? There isn't another one around here that delivers. Since they have a monopoly, they can screw us.

I guess I'll be using electricity as much as possible from now on.
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