Send comments to chris@maineoil.com 

4/18/2000

Why is there a 7-cent difference between mean heating oil prices between Augusta and the Madison/Skowhegan area? Does it really cost that much to truck it up here? Or is someone taking more than their fair share on the route?

I firmly believe that our local oil companies are doing their best to keep prices down, but there seems to be something amiss here. Perhaps its a lack of local storage? Maybe there's an investment opportunity here...

There's rail service from Waterville thru Norridgewock to Madison, which would be much cheaper than trucking, if someone had an oil storage facility near the tracks. The only catch here is that parts of the track are so bad the crew can only go five miles per hour. Oil cars are pretty heavy, and a spill would be devastating to the swamp along Martin Stream.

Madison Paper Industries apparently is the largest customer of this leg of the rail service, and they have the money to invest. For the sake of our local economy, why not make an investment here, if the railroad company's management is up to the challenge?

4/17/2000

I just found your site via a link from the Portland Press Herald.  I love it!  This is a great service to the community.  I would like to see more entrepreneurs capitalize by educating and empowering the public.  Keep up the good work!

Let me know what I can do to help you pressure refusing companies to submit their prices to your database.

Cheers!

Mark  

4/11/2000

Folks, I first saw it on the The Weather Channels local weather forecast, it was displayed on the banner at the bottom of the
page.  I have used it ever since to shop for oil, which has been
 three different purchases.

 Thanks for the service.

3/6/2000

A very useful service. I hope you can keep this up and running. I'll forward your page to people I know.
Paul

3/6/2000

Great idea. Much needed for people on a fixed income who are comparing
 prices, saves me many phone calls.