When Barbara Troxell started one in 2004, she started by putting flyers in neighbors mailboxes. After getting about 14 people together, she started calling up dealers to see if they would offer a group rate discount. The group negotiated a $40 discount off a $179 annual plan, got downside price protection, with a pre-season boiler check included. Now the group is up to 50 people.Through collective buying power you can negotiate a better deal to buy in "bulk" than you can individually. For more info and tips on the nuts and bolts, check out this article.
How to Save Money by Starting a Fuel Oil Coop [Furnace Compare] (Photo: Getty)
]]>"A report by government agencies - including the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Federal Reserve and the Treasury and Energy Departments - found that speculative trades in oil contracts had little to no effect on the rise in prices over the last five years." NY Times Editorial
The quote I've provided above is just [ a summary of] one of the ubiquitous explanations available that explains in economic terms that speculation accounts for < 4% in the fluctuation in oil prices.
I'm certain if you try there will be plenty of informative sources available to counter the hyperbole of the site you included in your post.
]]>I have that problem all the time on Consumerist... I wonder if anyone at Gawker is aware of the problem.
]]>It's a federal offense to put something into someones mailbox that did not go through the mail system, and be delivered by a USPS postal employee or carrier. The Post Office doesn't call the cops, they call the FBI.
I've called people who leave fliers in my mailbox and told them that. A couple of them said that the post office had alreday called because people were complaining.
It drives me NUTS when people put stuff in my mailbox like that. Plus, you don't know if someones out there stealing your mail either. I had to end up getting a locking mailbox because people (read kids) were walking down the street and opening mailboxes..
]]>why not just buy a device that turns urnine into clean drinking water any takers on that?
]]>Get those space blankets the astronauts use
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]]>Start a sweater and wool sock coop. Then save money by buying in bulk.
]]>@HIV 2 Elway Resurrected: Get a sweater and wool sock coop started, and you can save money by buying in bulk.
]]>To save money on heating costs this winter, consider buying a sweater and wool socks.
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