If You Do Business With Irving Oil...

This is just an FYI --- Irving Oil is ripping off their customers, so I will no longer do business with them for fuel oil, propane or their filling stations.

Thursday they filled my propane tank. I flipped when I saw the bill - a whopping $5.599 a gallon! For PROPANE!!!

I called Dodge Oil and asked what they are getting per gallon. They said $3.17.

Irving is charging nearly DOUBLE what other companies are getting. When I called to complain, they basically said, "Too bad." So I basically said, "Too bad for YOU - I'm dumping you crooked morons."

The real story as told by Irving Oil --- they practice redistribution of wealth. They steal extra money from people who do not use as much propane, then use that extra money to give a discount to those who use a lot. That is the same as taking money from one person because he earns a lot and giving it to someone who earns less. That's socialism - redistribution of wealth. They call it "tier pricing", but by any name it is robbing Peter to pay Paul. 

Note to Irving Oil - I have NO interest in paying for some other guys' propane just because he is a gas hog and uses so much more. I do the right thing and conserve, and you double-charge me so he can waste gas.

If you do business with Irving, I strongly suggest you call ahead and get their pricing BEFORE you refill. As for me, you will never see me at another Irving station. Even if their gasoline prices are competitive, any business that rips off their customers on propane or oil will not get ANY of my business.

As a side note - propane has nothing to do with oil, so it should not be skyrocketing just because oil is.  That's like the price of apples going up just because the price of Nike's went up. When propane prices follow gasoline prices, you know the propane companies are ripping you off.

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