Absolutely the worst company my wife and I have ever done business with. At the beginning of…read moreOctober they cam to our residence to install a 500# propane tank. They also ran 2 propane lines. One for our home and one for our generator. A couple days later they filled the tank. They informed us that they would not be able to make connections to the house or generator until November 13 as they had a full schedule. Today November 13. They show up and hook the propane to the house but did not connect the generator. I called the office to find out what was happening as they knew that they ran 2 lines. The office informs me that they needed to get a couple parts and the soonest they could return was mid January. Needless to say. We will be getting a new propane company that is competent I don't recommend Dead River to anyone that has to deal with the Bristol NH office.

On may 12th was quoted and paid for propane tank install and delivery by Dead River company. Here…read moreit is July 1st after 3 tech visits and still no propane and now without any hot water. I spoke to Jason who was helpful in person and was going to try and get the current price which was now over $750 (before yet another technician visit) down to the price I was originally quoted. Biggest issue was every time a technician came out they wanted one more thing done so had to schedule a time to come back and do a little more. Spoke to Jason in person and was told the unit only needed to be fired to adjust the regulator. Advised him the unit could be fired and that if anything else was needed I was 20 minutes away and would come back and do what was needed. Well tech showed up checked gas lines again (3rd time now twice by dead river and once by local fire dept.) advised the unit was not plumbed into the house. Explained that I could not plumb it into the house yet as I currently have an oil furnace and to switch over before I had propane would leave me and my 8 month old daughter without water. Explained clearly he could either use the isolation valve on the unit itself or I installed a ball valve on the hot water side and he could use that to generate flow to fire the boiler. Tech seemed to be fine with the process. Received a call from Jason over an hour after I had spoken with the Tech. Jason was now advising they wouldn't fire the system unless the unit was plumber into the house. I explained to him the same that it would leave me without water. Jason wasn't concerned, advised to call when it was set up and they would get out here. But wait there's more. Now they need to see a combustion analysis for the boiler (yet another step, after I specifically asked Jason if there was anything else they needed today besides to fire the boiler, and I was told no.) So July 1st rolls around. I take a day off of work and plumb the new boiler into the house, and buy a manometer to conduct a combustion analysis test. I call Jason and advise it's all set, now he has an attitude on the phone stating they came out yesterday and nothing was done and now I would have to wait until "sometime next week" I outright told him that he was told yesterday if I plumbed the new boiler into the house it would leave me without hot water, and he made no mention that I would be a week before he could have another technician come out. Then I was advised I needed to talk with someone else and that he (Jason) was in a meeting. So now I'm coming into a Holiday weekend. Out $1000, still have no propane to my house, have no hot water, have an 8 month old daughter, I have to drive 25 min to bring her to take a bath and the remedy is "they can be out sometime next week". Well that's unacceptable to me and I would rather go through the hassle of not having any hot water and wait for another company to have the availability to do a job they could have had done a month ago then put another dime in their pocket. Worst customer service and professionalism I have seen in a long time. I would suggest you go with anyone else besides Dead River for any of your home heating needs because they obviously have very little care or concern for their paying customers.

Generally good and reliable. Had some hiccups over the years but we're handled by the management…read moreonce brought to their attention.

Everything and everyone is first rate. Truly the best company to work with. From the service…read moredepartment to the delivery all is great.

Great place, When I went in one day, Lisa handed me an…read moreenvelope with my name on it. There was $20.00 bill in it. Lisa said she found the twenty on the floor at her register when I had been the last one in the store a couple of days ago. It is so nice to have a local store like this . They obviously have integrity and run an honest business. If you compare their prices with the big guys , I think you will be pleasantly surprised! Jess

I ordered $2300 worth of PVC trim from this company on 4-27-2026. Lumber department told me one…read moreweek for delivery. Its now 5-18-2026 and still no material delivered. So after three weeks waiting I called and asked what was going on. I was told the material would be delivered be in 5-14-2026 and delivered the next day 5-15-2026. Well the date came and went and still no materials delivered. No phone call, no delivery. This company will just take your money and leave you hanging then blame their distributors. Their problem is now yours, and you get to pay for it ! I will never trust this company again !

I have been with Stafford Oil for over 40 yrs. Absolutely no complaints. I buy and have bought no2…read morefuel oil, and kerosene. They service my oil burner, my 'monitor' type heater and now my central air system. I recently am using propane for my standby generator and didn't hesitate to contract with them for propane. I have total confidence in Stafford Oil, always have. The staff and technicians are friendly, competent and reliable.

Stafford has inspected our boiler every year for the past 6 years and right before Christmas last…read moreyear, all of a sudden (and similar to other reviews here), they said it was UNSAFE to operate. We subsequently installed split heat pumps by another company, and was told it was totally fine. We just received a notice from Stafford that says "due to safety issues with the heating appliance, we regret to inform you that we will no longer deliver product to any tank". Like the other reviews, they say they "consider each of our 8,000 customers a friend and neighbor." Totally false. To cut us off right before Christmas after ZERO notice of issues in prior inspections is morally and probably legally irrepressible. Do not use them. How they have stayed in business this long I do not know. Stafford Oil, do not worry about being notified when repairs or replacement have been completed. You should be more worried about receiving a legal notice than a call.

NON-responsive after customer service promised callback directly before end-of-day…read more.. NO callbacks or reconnect after several attempts? need of boiler replacement ... so not small job either... DO NOT recommend!

Great Sevice ! Their response time is excellent as well as their service. I have been using them…read morefor over 30 years.

Rymes was taken over by Superior Plus Propane. This review applies to Superior, although Rymes…read morewasn't much better. Terrible customer service. If you don't constantly call and hold their hands, you won't get anything from them. You have to do their work for them because they consistently fail to do their job and don't really seem to care. Their CSR's do not communicate with each other and do not follow up as they should. Given this is a service organization they have fallen terribly short of an acceptable level of service. Sadly, this seems to be the case within the oil and gas supplying industry. It's a bit of a monopoly and they all seem to have a "could care less, go somewhere else if you don't like it" attitude. If it were not for the good group-buy price we get for propane I would have kicked their six to the curb a long time ago. They have one service tech for our area, he is very capable and a good guy, "IF" you can get him! He came to our house to address a propane leak at our generator. He rounded the corner and said the installation was done completely wrong, and it was done by another Superior tech who no longer works for them. Good luck.

Worst customer service ever. Literally called them begging them to please call me back about a no…read moreheat issue AFTER they came and serviced it. Never got a call back. I called four times. Spoke with manager Ralph who said they would take care of it. Left him two messages afterward and he (1) did not take my call and (2) did not call me back.

Called in an order -we are not on automatic. They arrived on a Saturday which is not normal for us…read moreand the driver handled our horrible driveway like it was no problem at all. Very quick, very professional and very much appreciated!! We were down to 5% left for two tanks so the quickness was such a relief!! Thank you all!

Why is there no zero option?…read more We bought a condo in August 2025. Everything about the condo in Newmarket has been amazing except that it is serviced by Superior Plus Propane (which took over for Rymes). Here's an abbreviated timeline: Summer 2025 -Requested cleaning and servicing of our Rinnai hot water heater and monitor heater, plus a new account set up. -New account couldn't be utilized until a safety inspection was conducted. -Had to harass them several times to get on the books. Done. -Safety inspection found that one pipe was corroded slightly, so I booked the fix and asked that they do the routine cleanings at the same time. -Tech comes out, fixes pipe, and tells me they never booked time for the cleanings. -Called customer service, they said the tech didn't read the notes (the techs have said the office has no clue ever and that the mergers were a mess--I have met many techs). -They decide to send out a new tech to clean for free (ok, fine, decent action). -A while later they come out and clean the Rinnais and state that the flame rods should be fixed. I call and order the parts and they are backordered. Annoying, but understandable. Quite a while later they finally come in, send a tech out after lots of calls. -They attempt to install the rods and find they are on too tight. Need a sparkle wire. Needs to be ordered. To date, we still haven't heard back about the sparkle wire or flame rod installation (I have a box of flame rods they left in my basement). The next few months after being told by at least 10 reps that they bill monthly: -Not billed until DECEMBER after calling at least monthly asking for billing/meter read. -They read it several times before it turned into a real bill. I watched them do it, as I work remotely. Still, bill was not created until December. Dec 2025: -I have a bill. Yay! -I pay the bill. -I am assured again that the bills will start being more regular now and that usually, billing is monthly. In between: -I call at least monthly, sometimes weekly. Guess who still doesn't have a bill or any decent guidance as to when I will receive one. 3/20/26: -I reach out to Samantha Hebert as she has at least responded before. This is when I learn she has quit. -Someone named Rachel Bitomske gets back to me and says "I can get that meter read." Later in March 2026: -I keep expecting a bill -I am told the meter was read on 3/30/2026 -The meter apparently gets read THREE TIMES, still, no bill -I have HAD IT, so I begin calling them regularly asking why the readings aren't turning into bills. April 2026 -One guy swears he will deal with the situation and make it his personal priority to call me within two hours. He doesn't. -FINALLY, at the end of April, I meet Casey. She is able to see that each of the 3 meter readings has come back at 0. Casey follows up with me on 4/24/2026 saying that this needs to be escalated and that service needs to get involved. She lets me know they will come out the following Tuesday to check the meter and to call her back on Wednesday. -I call back Wednesday. Meter is broken. -I ask for details about what's going to happen as I need to know my usage, and when I can expect a repair/bill. She doesn't know. -I talk with another person named Selene during this time, too, who tried to escalate my claim to Kelly (I think?) 4/30/26 -I call back as they called my husband instead of me. Kelly is not available, but wants to schedule the repair for May 5. We schedule it. -I agree to this, but still am not able to get details out of this new girl about how the process is going to go, or the timeline. She says she will get the District Manager and Kelly to call me back. -She doesn't call me despite me telling them point-blank I've had enough of being given the runaround. -I call in again and am told this is being brought to the attention of Betsy. The rep promises me that she has taken notes on my concerns and messaged her. She hopes that she will call me, given what has happened. It is not 8:10 PM. No call. No email. Nothing. This is INSANE!