These fuel companies seem to like to play these games. I think the long time local supplier had a reasonable minimum delivery requirement before an additional fee was charged.
That same company, years ago, was delivering fuel to a friend that had just gotten into a garage/gas station business. There was some conflict along the way, the fuel company was still very reputable, and had a large share of the market, but he had enough, bought an old fuel truck, got it road worthy, and I stood right there when he told the owner of the fuel company that he did not need his services anymore. His reaction was priceless, I know this person from years of business, sometimes its a refreshing slap in the face that levels the playing field. It went over quite well, more so long term. So he had a few gas stations/garages going, but then took it to another level, by going into the fuel business, invading the local market that all the long time fuel companies had divided amongst themselves. So now, like these long standing business's he was buying allotments of fuel from the port, undercut the price and took a huge market share of the business, he expanded, new single axle tank trucks, tractor trailers, and was profiled on the front page of the local business review publication as one of the fastest growing business's in the area, and of course the outfit he had delivering his fuel was most certainly humbled. He even went into fleet fueling and used outside the box thinking to really stick it to these other business's. Once established, he got the attention of a national business, sold the whole lot off to them for a windfall, remained on as the operation manager for a healthy salary for 5 years, and eventually did consulting work for the state.
Its sad when a supplier bullies customers, the above is a great example of very humble beginnings, the owner with his barely, but legal old fuel truck, making deliveries himself at 3 am in the bitter cold, to a very successful venue, none of those 100 year old business's thought it possible, and no one else had ever tried this, sure there were always sole proprietors with one nice truck making a living hauling fuel, he literally invaded and took over significant portions of their markets.
Would be great if someone did that to this looming monopolizer in your area.
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