Where can you find deeply discounted home heating oil?

On the internet of course:

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. homeowners scared of paying through the roof for heating oil this winter are cruising online classified sites for deals on unwanted fuel — and finding them.

“I have an old pickup truck and I stock it with 50-gallon drums, and I have an oil transfer pump,” said Bob Difiore, a mechanic who lives on Long Island, outside New York City.

“I pull into people’s driveways and lower a hose through a window or other access points and I start pumping it into the drums.”

The deals are possible because many homeowners in the Northeast are switching from heating oil to cheaper natural gas or other alternative fuels, leaving them with tanks full of unused oil. And those still using heating oil are eager to snap it up at a discount as the oil market skyrockets.

“I just went on Craigslist one day and I saw someone selling heating oil. So I put an ad in there saying I was buying,” said Howard Urvine, a real estate agent in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Living in the Northeast in the winter can be a challenge when it comes to monthly utility bills. Those who must have oil delivered to heat their homes took quite a hit already last year.

If this oil is safe an usable then more power to those who do the research and are able to save some of their hard earned money.

Written by Sue

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