My husband and I moved to the PA area in September 2015. We had received a lot of welcome information when we moved, one of the items being a first time customer special for fuel oil with a fixed rate for fuel for signing up with them( Aero Energy). I called the representative who was friendly and arrived at our home the following day to check our furnace and provide info with regards to the different types of plans available.
We selected the budget billing plan in which we were to pay a set amount each month and were told that we would receive the information regarding our contract within a couple of days. We did not. I had to call several times when we were low on fuel oil about the contract and when we would be scheduled for a delivery. That should have been the first sign that there may be issues down the line. The second should have been that they only put the service in my husband's name em rather than both outer names which had been requested...
Once deliveries were received, a delivery ticket would be left at the door with the amount of fuel delivered. An invoice would then be sent via email with an amount due - this amount was never the amount of our budget billing. Additionally, when I did make a payment online, it was not properly applied to the services being received and I had to call to get it applied to the services for which I was paying. The billing continued to be an issue so why I decided to add their propane delivery service for our outdoor fireplace is beyond me...(well I actually thought it would be easier to have one bill instead of two. Go figure.)
When going to make a payment on a Friday, I had checked my email and saw that our delivery service had been suspended and an amount of approximately $1,300 was due to reinstate our service!!! Naturally I was shocked and concerned. I called to speak with the individual who sent the email - Mr. Raymond Gambrill III and left a message that same day. I did not receive a call back. I figured it was a little after 2 that afternoon and I'd hear something by Monday.
Monday passed along with Tuesday. On Wednesday after not having heard back, I sent an email to the rep stating that the billing had been a continued issue and I wanted to resolve it prior to making any payment. He did respond that same afternoon...
I was taken aback by how poorly I was treated. First, he was adamant that there was nothing that could be done. I was removed from the budget billing for being one month behind on our billing, and the total amount was due In order to have our delivery service restored. He had several smart alec comments such as, "paying your bill shouldn't be that hard. It should be straight forward." And "You're a new customer and have not paid your bill on time..." etc. even after I had explained that following the billing information THEY provided and trying to reconcile that to the information online has been the biggest pain in my ass and I was unable to follow it. It really shouldn't have been that difficult...hell I'm an accounting major for crying out loud.
It wasn't until HE started going through all of the information within my file and COULDN'T FOLLOW IT EITHER, was he finally willing to work with some people in his office to get it straight before coming back to me with the correct budget billing information. Apparently the new customer is supposed to be all-knowing???
The following day a very nice lady (Deb I think) called to set up the payments. She also took note that we were low on fuel oil and had us scheduled for delivery within a couple of days. (This is the only reason they are getting two stars instead of one).
I am hoping that the issue is now resolved, and the billing will be clear moving forward...we'll have to see with the billing for next month...
All I know is that when my contract with Aero Energy is up, I definitely will not be going with them for fuel oil or propane delivery service. If this is how their new customers are treated, I don't want to know how their old/existing customers are treated.
Update: 6/2/2016
Since Peggy got everything squared away, everything has gone smoothly - from receipt of the invoice to making the payments online, it is finally all clear and easy to read! I still won't be going with this company at the end of our contract term, but did want to report that everything has finally been resolved. read more