My husband and I are new but familiar to the area. We walked out of our new house one day to a "paid" receipt from Mystic Fuel for 150 gallons of oil that we did not order. The receipt was made out to the previous owner, so we called Mystic Fuel the next day to inquire about it. They stopped payment to the former owner's account and said they would contact us at a later date.
When we did speak to Mystic Fuel they called after dinner, which for us seemed like a desperate time to call. When my husband got on the phone with them the "business owner" asked him "so how would you like to take care of it?" Well, we were put off by this as it was probably a less than professional way to approach $500 of oil that was not ordered. He then said that we could take care of it 1 of 3 ways.
1) His company would come pump the oil back out
2) He could discount the price (not by much, mind you)
3) (And he didn't want to scare us) He'd take us to court and the "court would side with him."
This "business owner" told my husband on the phone "well, you're going to use it (th oil) anyway." I'd like to know how he knows that as we do have a wood stove and do not use the heat very much. Most people don't have $500 laying around to pay for oil deliveries that were not ordered.
We learned from the former owner that she did not have any kind of contract with Mystic Fuel, which made us wonder who authorized this delievery. According to Mystic Fuel, the delivery went to the "wrong address," which he says happens all the time." Therefore they made a mistake. Instead of apologizing for their error they lightly threatened my husband with court. However, this isn't even about the money. It's about the unprofessional way they went about getting their precious money. Apparently, this person has been "in business for 15 years." Well, maybe in the future he should learn some tact since he says this type of mistake "happens all the time." They should probably start checking their paperwork and records twice before making a delivery.
Mystic Fuel has lost a customer before even gaining one due to an ignorant, unprofessional attitude. Going forward, they are not to deliver to our house under any circumstance. read more