I just got a fill up and prices have gone up almost a dollar a gallon since February. Your 36 cent per gallon difference between home and here may simply be the continuing price spikes for gas/energy.
It never hurts to look around but if you are not going to buy heating oil for another couple years and you are happy with your company the situation could be completely different by then.
Treating you as a new customer was not surprising, especially the credit check since you are only buying every few years. Prices are significantly higher and a lot of people's financial fortunes have changed due to COVID disruptions and the dems hacks of the economy. The delivery I just got cost $880. At last July's prices it would have been $522, an increase of $358 (+69%). That's an increased financial risk for the oil companies holding outstanding unpaid bills, especially when their costs (cost of product, fuel for delivery trucks, wages, office energy expenses) are soaring.
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