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Aerochick wrote:
<snip> > I’d warn against filing a claim on your homeowners insurance, though. 3 > claims and you’re out.
<snip> Just want to say how BS is that? How can an insurance company do this to their clients? I mean, insurance only loses money if people claim on their insurance, and that’s what it’s bought for. So if you are only allowed three, then bye-bye!, that’s just disgusting! -Sharon
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"kamelion10001" <l8…@NOSPAM.qcunix1.PLEASE.qc.edu> wrote in message
news:Yb6K9.5662$a8.189@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net… > Aerochick wrote: > <snip> > > I’d warn against filing a claim on your homeowners insurance, though. 3 > > claims and you’re out. > <snip> > Just want to say how BS is that? How can an insurance company do this > to their clients? I mean, insurance only loses money if people claim on > their insurance, and that’s what it’s bought for. So if you are only > allowed three, then bye-bye!, that’s just disgusting!
Since this was not their fault, it may come under a "comprehensive" clause, so there would not be any penalty.
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Damn Bev, now I am pissed. How aweful that happened but I agree with everyone’s advice, call the police and call your insurance people. Then call the fuel company and ask if it is at all possible to pay for the fuel LATER. I mean have them give you a few months to do it. They don’t need their damn money now… Give it time. Hang in there woman, now I know I want to come there and help out. Sorry but I can’t though. Poop. How aweful. And good for George to put a pad lock on the tank. hugs janers
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Oh Bev, I’m so sorry!! KC is right, mean people do suck!!! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -"Beverley" <pottings…@sybercom.net> wrote in message <news:uvh7ekta881vff@corp.supernews.com>… > You know I get upset (we all do for different reasons) but I try not to > dwell on things but this has me so ripped off I just had to vent to > somebody!!!! > We live in a very old house (150+ years) in a nice part of town. Well, the > furnace in this house is about 70 years old. It’s an old oil boiler. Nice > heat- hot water baseboard and it also provides our hot water. Well, in the > cold we check the tank frequently as the usage varies according to the cold. > On Sunday we had a 1/2 tank. That would be about 150 gals of fuel. Good that > should last us until the end of the month. We ran out last night. We didn’t > consume it somebody siphoned it from our tank. Fuel company said it is > common this time of year to have fuel stolen. > Now since this is a major expense (to us) we are very careful to budget this > around paychecks etc. So here we are between paychecks buying fuel oil we > cannot afford. There goes what plans I had for Christmas shopping. Skip the > tree I don’t have money for that either now! Food? Yep, there are some > things left in the pantry to eat until the next payday. We aren’t going to > starve. I’m so blooming mad I can’t see straight. Why did they steal from > me? Because I’m working a two bit job for $5/hr? So I’m not home to catch > someone stealing my oil! You just don’t siphon 150 gals in one fell swoop – > it had to be done over several days here and there. > If we had taken delivery of oil last night it would have cost us an extra > $50. Fuel guy said go dump a couple of gals diesel fuel in there overnight. > Then relight the furnace, etc. all at night, in the bitter cold, when it > should have been bedtime! (Hubby also drilled holes someplace in the darn > tank thing so we can put a padlock on it. Like a padlock is really going to > stop thieves around here!) So now, I get to be late for work so I can wait > for the fuel truck. Which means less pay! Vicious cycle. > So p*ssed!!!!!!!!!!!
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KCat. You do have a way with words. I agree with you whole heartedly. BJ-Sk. Canada "KC" <kca…@newsguy.com> wrote in message
news:5vjhvusollutfohlk0k4ps3t34d1tm5dtk@4ax.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> >So p*ssed!!!!!!!!!!! > and with every right to be. > mean people suck!
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All I’m saying is check first– my friends were just cancelled because they had 3 claims and now might lose their home because they can’t find any insurance and they might lose their mortgage. None of the claims were their fault, it was things like the wind blew the roof off… A lot of radio talk show hosts are trying to put light on this, and they say it’s BS, too. I agree that it’s wrong, it’s just like auto insurance… -Aerochick "J Rogow" <JRo…@SpammenotNewsguy.com> wrote in message
news:atatu802ga0@enews1.newsguy.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> "kamelion10001" <l8…@NOSPAM.qcunix1.PLEASE.qc.edu> wrote in message > news:Yb6K9.5662$a8.189@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net… > > Aerochick wrote: > > <snip> > > > I’d warn against filing a claim on your homeowners insurance, though. 3 > > > claims and you’re out. > > <snip> > > Just want to say how BS is that? How can an insurance company do this > > to their clients? I mean, insurance only loses money if people claim on > > their insurance, and that’s what it’s bought for. So if you are only > > allowed three, then bye-bye!, that’s just disgusting! > Since this was not their fault, it may come under a "comprehensive" clause, > so there would not be any penalty.
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Aerochick wrote: > All I’m saying is check first– my friends were just cancelled because they > had 3 claims and now might lose their home because they can’t find any > insurance and they might lose their mortgage. None of the claims were their > fault, it was things like the wind blew the roof off… > A lot of radio talk show hosts are trying to put light on this, and they say > it’s BS, too. I agree that it’s wrong, it’s just like auto insurance… > -Aerochick
<snip> Hi Aerochick, I hope you know I wasn’t venting about you, but about the insurance BS. Sorry if it came across as at you. I’m glad it’s being brought into the light. Maybe some questions will be answered. But somehow, I doubt things will change, at least sometime soon. Hopefully some day these insurance companies will be held accountable. -Sharon — ~Integrity~ Integrity is one of the several paths. It distinguishes itself from the others because it is the right path… and the only one upon which you will never get lost. -M.H. McKee
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Beverley, "Beverley" <pottings…@sybercom.net> wrote in message
news:uvh7ekta881vff@corp.supernews.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> You know I get upset (we all do for different reasons) but I try not to > dwell on things but this has me so ripped off I just had to vent to > somebody!!!! > We live in a very old house (150+ years) in a nice part of town. Well, the > furnace in this house is about 70 years old. It’s an old oil boiler. Nice > heat- hot water baseboard and it also provides our hot water. Well, in the > cold we check the tank frequently as the usage varies according to the cold. > On Sunday we had a 1/2 tank. That would be about 150 gals of fuel. Good that > should last us until the end of the month. We ran out last night. We didn’t > consume it somebody siphoned it from our tank. Fuel company said it is > common this time of year to have fuel stolen. > Now since this is a major expense (to us) we are very careful to budget this > around paychecks etc. So here we are between paychecks buying fuel oil we > cannot afford. There goes what plans I had for Christmas shopping. Skip the > tree I don’t have money for that either now! Food? Yep, there are some > things left in the pantry to eat until the next payday. We aren’t going to > starve. I’m so blooming mad I can’t see straight. Why did they steal from > me? Because I’m working a two bit job for $5/hr? So I’m not home to catch > someone stealing my oil! You just don’t siphon 150 gals in one fell swoop – > it had to be done over several days here and there. > If we had taken delivery of oil last night it would have cost us an extra > $50. Fuel guy said go dump a couple of gals diesel fuel in there overnight. > Then relight the furnace, etc. all at night, in the bitter cold, when it > should have been bedtime! (Hubby also drilled holes someplace in the darn > tank thing so we can put a padlock on it. Like a padlock is really going to > stop thieves around here!) So now, I get to be late for work so I can wait > for the fuel truck. Which means less pay! Vicious cycle. > So p*ssed!!!!!!!!!!!
I’d be p*ssed too!! What a nasty, awful thing to do to someone. Cops are right when they say thieves will steal anything these days. Hopefully your insurance will cover this. Maureen
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On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 20:20:08 GMT, kamelion10001 <l8…@NOSPAM.qcunix1.PLEASE.qc.edu> wrote: >Aerochick wrote: ><snip> >> I’d warn against filing a claim on your homeowners insurance, though. 3 >> claims and you’re out. ><snip> >Just want to say how BS is that? How can an insurance company do this >to their clients? I mean, insurance only loses money if people claim on >their insurance, and that’s what it’s bought for. So if you are only >allowed three, then bye-bye!, that’s just disgusting!
yeah – move to texas and try to get homeowners’ insurance that covers squat now. *(&#$#*(&$ floods. And our home has never flooded despite 3 ft of rain in 2 days.
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We do have homeowners insurance but they do not touch such little claims – that is why we all have deductibles. Also there is the problem of proving just how much oil was in the tank. We know how big the tank is and we know how much oil was on the stick when we checked it last. It’s just one of those things in life that s*cks. It was a mean rotten thing for somebody to do to us. It cost us more than just oil. But we replaced it. Now there is a darn padlock on the thing. It is probably more important for us to just pick up the pieces and figure out how to survive until the next pay day. And hope we do not have any more such cr*ppy things go wrong. I know what it is like to live without heat. The difference is I would never steal it to get some. So maybe some things are lacking. But we do have heat. I’ll bake a batch of cookies and fix my husband Tourtiere for Xmas. There are packages to be unwrapped on Xmas morning. I’ve got a brand new refrigerator and a husband who has beaten cancer. A tree standing in the living room does not make Xmas. I have a beautiful old house and it’s filled with love. So I’ll drag out the candles tomorrow and stick them in the windows. We’ve had better Christmases and we’ve had worse ones. (Facing the cancer last year was one of the worse ones.) I’m not going to allow some rotten criminal steal my Xmas spirit. Bev "Beverley" <pottings…@sybercom.net> wrote in message
news:uvh7ekta881vff@corp.supernews.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> You know I get upset (we all do for different reasons) but I try not to > dwell on things but this has me so ripped off I just had to vent to > somebody!!!! > We live in a very old house (150+ years) in a nice part of town. Well, the > furnace in this house is about 70 years old. It’s an old oil boiler. Nice > heat- hot water baseboard and it also provides our hot water. Well, in the > cold we check the tank frequently as the usage varies according to the cold. > On Sunday we had a 1/2 tank. That would be about 150 gals of fuel. Good that > should last us until the end of the month. We ran out last night. We didn’t > consume it somebody siphoned it from our tank. Fuel company said it is > common this time of year to have fuel stolen. > Now since this is a major expense (to us) we are very careful to budget this > around paychecks etc. So here we are between paychecks buying fuel oil we > cannot afford. There goes what plans I had for Christmas shopping. Skip the > tree I don’t have money for that either now! Food? Yep, there are some > things left in the pantry to eat until the next payday. We aren’t going to > starve. I’m so blooming mad I can’t see straight. Why did they steal from > me? Because I’m working a two bit job for $5/hr? So I’m not home to catch > someone stealing my oil! You just don’t siphon 150 gals in one fell swoop – > it had to be done over several days here and there. > If we had taken delivery of oil last night it would have cost us an extra > $50. Fuel guy said go dump a couple of gals diesel fuel in there overnight. > Then relight the furnace, etc. all at night, in the bitter cold, when it > should have been bedtime! (Hubby also drilled holes someplace in the darn > tank thing so we can put a padlock on it. Like a padlock is really going to > stop thieves around here!) So now, I get to be late for work so I can wait > for the fuel truck. Which means less pay! Vicious cycle. > So p*ssed!!!!!!!!!!!
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Beverley wrote: > We do have homeowners insurance but they do not touch such little claims – > that is why we all have deductibles. Also there is the problem of proving > just how much oil was in the tank. We know how big the tank is and we know > how much oil was on the stick when we checked it last. > It’s just one of those things in life that s*cks. It was a mean rotten thing > for somebody to do to us. It cost us more than just oil. But we replaced it. > Now there is a darn padlock on the thing. > It is probably more important for us to just pick up the pieces and figure > out how to survive until the next pay day. And hope we do not have any more > such cr*ppy things go wrong. I know what it is like to live without heat. > The difference is I would never steal it to get some. > So maybe some things are lacking. But we do have heat. I’ll bake a batch of > cookies and fix my husband Tourtiere for Xmas. There are packages to be > unwrapped on Xmas morning. I’ve got a brand new refrigerator and a husband > who has beaten cancer. A tree standing in the living room does not make > Xmas. I have a beautiful old house and it’s filled with love. So I’ll drag > out the candles tomorrow and stick them in the windows. We’ve had better > Christmases and we’ve had worse ones. (Facing the cancer last year was one > of the worse ones.) > I’m not going to allow some rotten criminal steal my Xmas spirit. > Bev
<snip> (((Bev))) That’s right! Good for you! -Sharon — ~Integrity~ Integrity is one of the several paths. It distinguishes itself from the others because it is the right path… and the only one upon which you will never get lost. -M.H. McKee
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Bev, I’m glad that you have what it takes to not let some thief ruin your Christmas. Like you said you have a house full of love, your husband beating cancer and many other things to be thankful for. Your holidays will be as special as they always are because you are you!!!!! Hugs, Sherry
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What Sherry said! "Sherry" <sstof…@inreach.com> wrote in message
news:QsyK9.673$zD.133665807@news.inreach.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Bev, > I’m glad that you have what it takes to not let some thief ruin your > Christmas. Like you said you have a house full of love, your husband > beating cancer and many other things to be thankful for. > Your holidays will be as special as they always are because you are you!!!!! > Hugs, > Sherry
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In article <atatu802…@enews1.newsguy.com>, J Rogow <JRo…@SpammenotNewsguy.com> wrote [ >Since this was not their fault, it may come under a "comprehensive" clause, >so there would not be any penalty.
H'mmm. Here, with cars, they point out you have a no CLAIM bonus not a no BLAME bonus - claim and you lose it. -- Andy [Chair, N E Lupus Group] See http://www.kitzbuhel.demon.co.uk/lupus for more!
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Bev, Will your homeowners insurance cover the theft of the fuel? File a police report and check out the insurance!!!!!!! Can’t hurt and that should be some help in recovering the money. I swear that it just never ends! I get so damned tired of stuff like this that just adds to all the other $h^! we have to deal with. It seems that locks on your doors and cars only keep honest people honest. Those that are gonna steal will figure out a way to do so. Maybe the lock on the fuel tank will slow down the thief the next time he (she) wants to strike. Hang in there! Wish I could help. We heat with wood. No other heat in the house and they want to "outlaw" fireplaces and woodstoves. Hugs, Sherry
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"Beverley" <pottings…@sybercom.net> wrote in message
news:uvh7ekta881vff@corp.supernews.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> You know I get upset (we all do for different reasons) but I try not to > dwell on things but this has me so ripped off I just had to vent to > somebody!!!! > We live in a very old house (150+ years) in a nice part of town. Well, the > furnace in this house is about 70 years old. It’s an old oil boiler. Nice > heat- hot water baseboard and it also provides our hot water. Well, in the > cold we check the tank frequently as the usage varies according to the cold. > On Sunday we had a 1/2 tank. That would be about 150 gals of fuel. Good that > should last us until the end of the month. We ran out last night. We didn’t > consume it somebody siphoned it from our tank. Fuel company said it is > common this time of year to have fuel stolen. > Now since this is a major expense (to us) we are very careful to budget this > around paychecks etc. So here we are between paychecks buying fuel oil we > cannot afford. There goes what plans I had for Christmas shopping. Skip the > tree I don’t have money for that either now! Food? Yep, there are some > things left in the pantry to eat until the next payday. We aren’t going to > starve. I’m so blooming mad I can’t see straight. Why did they steal from > me? Because I’m working a two bit job for $5/hr? So I’m not home to catch > someone stealing my oil! You just don’t siphon 150 gals in one fell swoop – > it had to be done over several days here and there. > If we had taken delivery of oil last night it would have cost us an extra > $50. Fuel guy said go dump a couple of gals diesel fuel in there overnight. > Then relight the furnace, etc. all at night, in the bitter cold, when it > should have been bedtime! (Hubby also drilled holes someplace in the darn > tank thing so we can put a padlock on it. Like a padlock is really going to > stop thieves around here!) So now, I get to be late for work so I can wait > for the fuel truck. Which means less pay! Vicious cycle. > So p*ssed!!!!!!!!!!!
CALL THE POLICE Seriously, if you file a report there is a chance your homeowners insurance may cover the loss. Even if it doesn’t, it will help when the police find the felon, and the oil company may reimburse you when he/they is/are found.
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>So p*ssed!!!!!!!!!!!
and with every right to be. mean people suck!
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"Beverley" <pottings…@sybercom.net> wrote in message
news:uvh7ekta881vff@corp.supernews.com… | You know I get upset (we all do for different reasons) but I try not to | dwell on things but this has me so ripped off I just had to vent to | somebody!!!! | Now since this is a major expense (to us) we are very careful to budget this | around paychecks etc. So here we are between paychecks buying fuel oil we | cannot afford. There goes what plans I had for Christmas shopping. </snip> MAN O MAN!!! If that just doesn’t beat all!! Of all the F-ing nerve and at this time of year!!?? That is unforgiveable and totally appalling! I am absolutely and completely PO-ed for you!! Try not to let it get you down mentally; I know it is easier said than done but your lupus will suffer and then you will suffer even more and then the AHs will have really succeeded in their dirty deeds! Try for insurance… maybe you are covered? And call the Police…. get them involved … maybe stop the idiots from doing someone else in too! Really wish I could help in some way! Hoping your Christmas is Merry and Bright ANYWAY!! from Shelagh with (((hugs)))
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Beverley wrote: > If we had taken delivery of oil last night it would have cost us an extra > $50. Fuel guy said go dump a couple of gals diesel fuel in there overnight. > Then relight the furnace, etc. all at night, in the bitter cold, when it > should have been bedtime! (Hubby also drilled holes someplace in the darn > tank thing so we can put a padlock on it. Like a padlock is really going to > stop thieves around here!) So now, I get to be late for work so I can wait > for the fuel truck. Which means less pay! Vicious cycle. > So p*ssed!!!!!!!!!!!
I guess ! Desperate people stealing from other people or greedy people trying to make a buck ! Are you sure the tank’s not leaking? Is it above-ground or below? (underground would be hard to see, I guess) Otherwise, seems to me someone would have to be watching your house and/or know your schedules. I mean, they would need a truck and a tank on it, to collect the oil and take it away. No quiet, obscure feat ! Seems to me I even read once that oil delivery people were doing that, but I can’t remember who/where/when I read about that. Maybe the drivers making money on the side, sort of thing. I don’t know about the insurance thing. Usually that’s a double-edged sword. The more one claims, the next renewal, the rate goes up? So sorry Bev, J
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -kamelion10001 wrote: > Beverley wrote: >> You know I get upset (we all do for different reasons) but I try not to >> dwell on things but this has me so ripped off I just had to vent to >> somebody!!!! > <snip> >> So p*ssed!!!!!!!!!!! > (((((Bev))))) > I’m so sorry to hear this! My folks had gas siphened out of their car > in the seventies during the gas crisis, but it was only 15 gallons, not > 150! I’m glad your hubby’s locking the tank, but how disheartening. :( > Can you set up a camera to catch the perp/s? Even better if it’s motion > sensitive, so it doesn’t waste film. > -Sharon
Just wanted to mention that this is the same old sharon perloff, but my nick is different because I’m on hubby’s ‘puter. Sorry if anyone got confused. -Sharon
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Beverley wrote: > You know I get upset (we all do for different reasons) but I try not to > dwell on things but this has me so ripped off I just had to vent to > somebody!!!! <snip> > So p*ssed!!!!!!!!!!!
(((((Bev))))) I’m so sorry to hear this! My folks had gas siphened out of their car in the seventies during the gas crisis, but it was only 15 gallons, not 150! I’m glad your hubby’s locking the tank, but how disheartening. :( Can you set up a camera to catch the perp/s? Even better if it’s motion sensitive, so it doesn’t waste film. -Sharon
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Just thinking– but if you use the same retailer (supplier) of fuel all the time, maybe if you call them and tell them what happened, they might sell you replacement fuel at cost… ???? Sometimes small towns are good about this type of thing. I’d warn against filing a claim on your homeowners insurance, though. 3 claims and you’re out. I heard it on the news the other day- all of the insurance companies are doing this now, even if you’ve been their client for 20 years… So I don’t know if it’s worth it to claim 150 bucks. But yes on the call the police thing! They might know of someone that’s been doing this and need more information… Good luck, Aerochick "Aerochick" <aeroch…@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:oF1K9.2056$MV5.221932@newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Oh golly. I get as mad as you are in this letter when this happens!!! I > remember during the fuel shortage in CA we had to put locking gas caps on > our cars because of the same thing. (But we didn’t lose 150 gallons!!) > I’ve been ripped off before and I know how it feels personal. Like they > picked you to steal from because of …. fill in the blank… I’m so sorry > to hear about this. Vent as much as you’d like, I can relate!!! > Wish I could help… > -Aerochick > "Beverley" <pottings…@sybercom.net> wrote in message > news:uvh7ekta881vff@corp.supernews.com… > > You know I get upset (we all do for different reasons) but I try not to > > dwell on things but this has me so ripped off I just had to vent to > > somebody!!!! > > We live in a very old house (150+ years) in a nice part of town. Well, the > > furnace in this house is about 70 years old. It’s an old oil boiler. Nice > > heat- hot water baseboard and it also provides our hot water. Well, in the > > cold we check the tank frequently as the usage varies according to the > cold. > > On Sunday we had a 1/2 tank. That would be about 150 gals of fuel. Good > that > > should last us until the end of the month. We ran out last night. We > didn’t > > consume it somebody siphoned it from our tank. Fuel company said it is > > common this time of year to have fuel stolen. > > Now since this is a major expense (to us) we are very careful to budget > this > > around paychecks etc. So here we are between paychecks buying fuel oil we > > cannot afford. There goes what plans I had for Christmas shopping. Skip > the > > tree I don’t have money for that either now! Food? Yep, there are some > > things left in the pantry to eat until the next payday. We aren’t going to > > starve. I’m so blooming mad I can’t see straight. Why did they steal from > > me? Because I’m working a two bit job for $5/hr? So I’m not home to catch > > someone stealing my oil! You just don’t siphon 150 gals in one fell > swoop – > > it had to be done over several days here and there. > > If we had taken delivery of oil last night it would have cost us an extra > > $50. Fuel guy said go dump a couple of gals diesel fuel in there > overnight. > > Then relight the furnace, etc. all at night, in the bitter cold, when it > > should have been bedtime! (Hubby also drilled holes someplace in the darn > > tank thing so we can put a padlock on it. Like a padlock is really going > to > > stop thieves around here!) So now, I get to be late for work so I can wait > > for the fuel truck. Which means less pay! Vicious cycle. > > So p*ssed!!!!!!!!!!!
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I hate thieves. Vent all you need. I am so sorry this has happened to you and your family. Wende "Beverley" <pottings…@sybercom.net> wrote in message
news:uvh7ekta881vff@corp.supernews.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> You know I get upset (we all do for different reasons) but I try not to > dwell on things but this has me so ripped off I just had to vent to > somebody!!!! > We live in a very old house (150+ years) in a nice part of town. Well, the > furnace in this house is about 70 years old. It’s an old oil boiler. Nice > heat- hot water baseboard and it also provides our hot water. Well, in the > cold we check the tank frequently as the usage varies according to the cold. > On Sunday we had a 1/2 tank. That would be about 150 gals of fuel. Good that > should last us until the end of the month. We ran out last night. We didn’t > consume it somebody siphoned it from our tank. Fuel company said it is > common this time of year to have fuel stolen. > Now since this is a major expense (to us) we are very careful to budget this > around paychecks etc. So here we are between paychecks buying fuel oil we > cannot afford. There goes what plans I had for Christmas shopping. Skip the > tree I don’t have money for that either now! Food? Yep, there are some > things left in the pantry to eat until the next payday. We aren’t going to > starve. I’m so blooming mad I can’t see straight. Why did they steal from > me? Because I’m working a two bit job for $5/hr? So I’m not home to catch > someone stealing my oil! You just don’t siphon 150 gals in one fell swoop – > it had to be done over several days here and there. > If we had taken delivery of oil last night it would have cost us an extra > $50. Fuel guy said go dump a couple of gals diesel fuel in there overnight. > Then relight the furnace, etc. all at night, in the bitter cold, when it > should have been bedtime! (Hubby also drilled holes someplace in the darn > tank thing so we can put a padlock on it. Like a padlock is really going to > stop thieves around here!) So now, I get to be late for work so I can wait > for the fuel truck. Which means less pay! Vicious cycle. > So p*ssed!!!!!!!!!!!
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You know I get upset (we all do for different reasons) but I try not to dwell on things but this has me so ripped off I just had to vent to somebody!!!! We live in a very old house (150+ years) in a nice part of town. Well, the furnace in this house is about 70 years old. It’s an old oil boiler. Nice heat- hot water baseboard and it also provides our hot water. Well, in the cold we check the tank frequently as the usage varies according to the cold. On Sunday we had a 1/2 tank. That would be about 150 gals of fuel. Good that should last us until the end of the month. We ran out last night. We didn’t consume it somebody siphoned it from our tank. Fuel company said it is common this time of year to have fuel stolen. Now since this is a major expense (to us) we are very careful to budget this around paychecks etc. So here we are between paychecks buying fuel oil we cannot afford. There goes what plans I had for Christmas shopping. Skip the tree I don’t have money for that either now! Food? Yep, there are some things left in the pantry to eat until the next payday. We aren’t going to starve. I’m so blooming mad I can’t see straight. Why did they steal from me? Because I’m working a two bit job for $5/hr? So I’m not home to catch someone stealing my oil! You just don’t siphon 150 gals in one fell swoop – it had to be done over several days here and there. If we had taken delivery of oil last night it would have cost us an extra $50. Fuel guy said go dump a couple of gals diesel fuel in there overnight. Then relight the furnace, etc. all at night, in the bitter cold, when it should have been bedtime! (Hubby also drilled holes someplace in the darn tank thing so we can put a padlock on it. Like a padlock is really going to stop thieves around here!) So now, I get to be late for work so I can wait for the fuel truck. Which means less pay! Vicious cycle. So p*ssed!!!!!!!!!!!
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Oh golly. I get as mad as you are in this letter when this happens!!! I remember during the fuel shortage in CA we had to put locking gas caps on our cars because of the same thing. (But we didn’t lose 150 gallons!!) I’ve been ripped off before and I know how it feels personal. Like they picked you to steal from because of …. fill in the blank… I’m so sorry to hear about this. Vent as much as you’d like, I can relate!!! Wish I could help… -Aerochick "Beverley" <pottings…@sybercom.net> wrote in message
news:uvh7ekta881vff@corp.supernews.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> You know I get upset (we all do for different reasons) but I try not to > dwell on things but this has me so ripped off I just had to vent to > somebody!!!! > We live in a very old house (150+ years) in a nice part of town. Well, the > furnace in this house is about 70 years old. It’s an old oil boiler. Nice > heat- hot water baseboard and it also provides our hot water. Well, in the > cold we check the tank frequently as the usage varies according to the cold. > On Sunday we had a 1/2 tank. That would be about 150 gals of fuel. Good that > should last us until the end of the month. We ran out last night. We didn’t > consume it somebody siphoned it from our tank. Fuel company said it is > common this time of year to have fuel stolen. > Now since this is a major expense (to us) we are very careful to budget this > around paychecks etc. So here we are between paychecks buying fuel oil we > cannot afford. There goes what plans I had for Christmas shopping. Skip the > tree I don’t have money for that either now! Food? Yep, there are some > things left in the pantry to eat until the next payday. We aren’t going to > starve. I’m so blooming mad I can’t see straight. Why did they steal from > me? Because I’m working a two bit job for $5/hr? So I’m not home to catch > someone stealing my oil! You just don’t siphon 150 gals in one fell swoop – > it had to be done over several days here and there. > If we had taken delivery of oil last night it would have cost us an extra > $50. Fuel guy said go dump a couple of gals diesel fuel in there overnight. > Then relight the furnace, etc. all at night, in the bitter cold, when it > should have been bedtime! (Hubby also drilled holes someplace in the darn > tank thing so we can put a padlock on it. Like a padlock is really going to > stop thieves around here!) So now, I get to be late for work so I can wait > for the fuel truck. Which means less pay! Vicious cycle. > So p*ssed!!!!!!!!!!!
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