The "To Keep Up" Wiki

July 19, 2022
Hello neighbors,

Overview:
We're Steve and Evie Isenberg, you've seen us walking around the neighborhood and we've spoken to you about our oil supplier research.
Our research is done.
We have contacted eight oil suppliers who service our neighborhood to determine what they are charging for delivering heating oil, and what they are charging for boiler service. We're writing you because you expressed an interest in our project, so you can access the results.

Several of the suppliers offer lower prices if a group of 5-10 of us end signing up with them; we've included the “group” pricing and the “non-group” pricing so you can decide which is best for you.
You can see the results of our research at https://oil.toku.us (This is a site created and maintained by Steve.)

In short, the first part lists the eight oil suppliers we contacted (in no special order) with their oil and service options and pricing. The second part shows what multiple deliveries of oil from each supplier would cost, group and non-group pricing, at the current (7/18/2022) prices. (Note of course that oil prices will likely go up or down over time.)

Examples based on price information 7/18/2022:

1. Lyons fuel 200 gallons delivered 5 times with full service policy is $4,319.
2. Taylor and Murphy (also known as Arlmont Fuel), 200 gallons delivered 5 times with full service policy is $4,990 (non-group) and $4,790 (group of 10+)
3. Lyons fuel 200 gallons delivered 5 times with just a cleaning is $4,185.

The table at https://oil.toku.us shows similar data for the other oil suppliers.

Each household will have a direct business relationship with the chosen oil supplier after you sign up with the them, because every household's usage and payment method is different. Steve and Evie are only giving you the information, and we will have no involvement in any oil supplier choice you may make.

Know someone else who might be helped by this information?
We haven't been able to speak to all of our neighbors. If you know someone else in the neighborhood who might be interested in this information, please feel free to forward this email and/or the link https://oil.toku.us to them. Ask them to contact us (both@toku.us) if they'd like to be added to our (no spam, privately held) email list.

If you have any questions or suggestions, please don't hesitate to email us, or give us a call.

Evie (781-258-7743) and Steve (781-258-7741)
9 Ross Road
both@toku.us

PS
We have decided to go with Lyons. Our reasons are: the pricing is really good. We don't need a service policy as we still have some months left in our service policy with our previous oil supplier, and we so rarely need service for our 18-year-old boiler that we will only get a cleaning every year or two.

PPS
Please feel free to reply-all if you are seeking others to join a group to go with one supplier.