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Help oil delivered to my house didn't order it

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  • #32
    PARlance
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,644 ✭✭✭✭PARlance


    my3cents wrote: »
    But maybe the tanker driver used to work for Fastway and hasn't really got into the new job yet.

    I can see the "I've left 200 litres of oil in your recycling bin" note.


  • #33
    Gimme A Pound
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,482 ✭✭✭Gimme A Pound


    Still waters wrote: »
    The immersion doesn't work off the oil :pac:
    My parents have oil and immersion though - is the immersion electric? (Clueless).


  • #34
    This is it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 815 ✭✭✭This is it


    Brycen Freezing Birdbath wrote: »
    My parents have oil and immersion though - is the immersion electric? (Clueless).

    Yeah it's electric, it uses elements to heat water in the tank.


  • #35
    PARlance
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,644 ✭✭✭✭PARlance


    Brycen Freezing Birdbath wrote: »
    My parents have oil and immersion though - is the immersion electric? (Clueless).

    Let's work this out... when people freak out about the immersion being left on is it because
    1. They were low on oil or
    2. They fear a big electricity bill.


  • #36
    Gimme A Pound
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,482 ✭✭✭Gimme A Pound


    PARlance wrote: »
    Let's work this out... when people freak out about the immersion being left on is it because
    1. They were low on oil or
    2. They fear a big electricity bill.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej0iUcgNCpg


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  • #37
    oneilla
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,179 ✭✭✭oneilla


    mea_k wrote: »
    Back gate. I leave it unlocked.

    I'd be getting a lock for that gate myself.


  • #38
    nailstar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36 ✭nailstar


    Happened me before Christmas, a different oil company delivered 500 litres by mistake, the driver left a note and asked me to call him.
    I explained I have a payment plan set up with my usual company - so didn’t have the money to pay straight away
    They said no problem, pay by instalments and gave me a €50 discount
    Worked out ok, as I just put a temporary stop on payments to my regular company until I cleared the balance.
    They also offered to come and take the oil back if I preferred


  • #39
    topnotch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 410 ✭✭topnotch


    Still waters wrote: »
    Mistakes happen because mistakes happen, that's how most women get pregnant, they'll be able take out exactly what they put in

    No, it’s that Murphy fella he is always riding the women. :pac:


  • #40
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 42,022 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    It's a free gift OP, keep it. The company can go whistle, their mistake their problem.

    But if they were able to access your tank to put it in, any of your light fingered scrap recycling horse loving neighbours can access your tank to take it out. So get a lock...

    I'm partial to your abracadabra
    I'm raptured by the joy of it all



  • #41
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,173 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Hotblack Desiato wrote: »
    It's a free gift OP, keep it. The company can go whistle, their mistake their problem.
    Strictly speaking this is not the case. If someone delivers something to you by mistake, it doesn't automatically belong to you and they are entitled to collect it at their expense.

    It doesn't matter if it's a box from Amazon or 200L of heating oil.

    If you refuse to give it back, they would be entitled to bill you for it.


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  • #42
    meeeeh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,612 ✭✭✭✭meeeeh


    Hotblack Desiato wrote: »
    It's a free gift OP, keep it. The company can go whistle, their mistake their problem.

    It's a driver's mistake so it might be his problem. Honesty is best here, especially because your neighbours know you got the oil. It's not worth falling out with them for 210 euro. But I wouldn't pay it unless it suits you if they offer some payment plan and discount. Otherwise they can collect it and deliver it to your neighbour.


  • #43
    topper75
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,942 ✭✭✭topper75


    Just when we had enough of the accidental landlords, we now have to contend with the accidental oil barons.


  • #44
    Marcusm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,203 ✭✭✭✭Marcusm


    Still waters wrote: »
    Mistakes happen because mistakes happen, that's how most women get pregnant, they'll be able take out exactly what they put in

    No they won’t because it will have mixed with whatever was already in it and they won’t have provenance for what they extract. The distribution and sale of oil is regulated for a reason. They may be able to take it back from the tank but they should dispose of it rather than sell it.


  • #45
    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,234 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    OP any update on this?

    Best bet is probably ring the oil company and explain their mistake. Say your shirt on money but offer them €150 for it, if they don’t accept asknthem what they’re going to do about it but I’d say they’ll accept for the sake of €60.


  • #46
    blade1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,167 ✭✭✭✭blade1


    It wasn't Fastway by any chance that delivered? :pac:


  • #47
    somesoldiers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,846 ✭✭✭✭somesoldiers


    They would have dumped it at the front door


  • #48
    Wildly Boaring
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    Ronin247 wrote: »
    You better hope that your on the same type of oil. I believe there's 2 types Kerosene and another one. If they have put the wrong one in your tank then it is a big issue for the company. Don't think it would hurt your boiler but it would burn less efficiently.
    Someone who is more into plumbing might explain it better

    What?


  • #49
    K.Flyer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,560 ✭✭✭K.Flyer


    Ronin247 wrote: »
    You better hope that your on the same type of oil. I believe there's 2 types Kerosene and another one. If they have put the wrong one in your tank then it is a big issue for the company. Don't think it would hurt your boiler but it would burn less efficiently.
    Someone who is more into plumbing might explain it better
    Wildly Boaring wrote: »
    What?

    This was the very first thing I thought of when I read the first post.
    There are two types of heating oil, Kerosene and Gas Marked Oil (Diesel).
    It can be a big problem if the wrong oil goes into the wrong tank, particularly if Diesel goes into a newer high efficiency condensing Kerosene boiler.
    So more importantly, the o.p. really needs to take a look at the delivery docket to ensure that it is the same oil type that he normally gets delivered.


  • #50
    Wildly Boaring
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,820 ✭✭✭Wildly Boaring


    Marked gas oil is just green diesel.

    Never knew people had home heating off it.

    Kero must be the 99%?


  • #51
    K.Flyer
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    Wildly Boaring wrote: »
    Marked gas oil is just green diesel.

    Never knew people had home heating off it.

    Kero must be the 99%?

    It was fairly common years ago and its still in use, but not as much nowadays as older boilers are being replaced, but still wise for the o.p. to double check.


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  • #52
    biko
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    Call America, they will come and liberate the oil


  • #53
    Mrcaramelchoc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,789 ✭✭✭Mrcaramelchoc


    biko wrote: »
    Call America, they will come and liberate the oil


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X_Ot0k4XJc


  • #54
    Igotadose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 15,676 ✭✭✭✭Igotadose


    Have had this happen exactly last year. Rang the company, told them they mis-delivered. The truck came out the next day, and removed the oil (seems like the fill pipe also works to drain, no surprise there). No problem, no fuss. They extracted exactly as much as they had put in, I checked levels before and after.


  • #55
    Balanadan
    Site Banned Posts: 725 ✭✭✭Balanadan


    4 pages in, and I still can't see any solution to this problem! :confused:


  • #56
    Spook_ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,892 ✭✭✭✭Spook_ie


    Still waters wrote: »
    Mistakes happen because mistakes happen, that's how most women get pregnant, they'll be able take out exactly what they put in

    Not if she's pregnant they won't!


  • #57
    K.Flyer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,560 ✭✭✭K.Flyer


    Balanadan wrote: »
    4 pages in, and I still can't see any solution to this problem! :confused:

    It's been mentioned a few times including the post above yours..
    Phone the oil supplier and let them sort it out.


  • #58
    pure.conya
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 904 ✭✭✭pure.conya


    you never ordered any oil, you didn't steal any oil, you owe your neighbours absolutely nothing, I'd maybe put a lock on the back gate and the oil tank because if this happened so easy then what's stopping somebody from stealing your oil, end of story and go about your business


  • #59
    Tommy Kelly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 416 ✭✭Tommy Kelly


    M.T. Cranium wrote: »
    This is not the worst wrong oil delivery. About half a century ago when I was in high school, a friend of mine had an oil delivery at their house with an address like 101 Main Street in the town. Problem was, it was supposed to go to 101 Main Street in the next town over, and the people at the wrong address had changed their heating source to natural gas a few years previously but the intake valves were still there. So the oil went into their basement and the house was uninhabitable for about a year after that.

    It actually was me that made that mistake. There was war over it. needless to say I got the sack an I've never sat behind the wheel of an oil lorry sense.


  • #60
    DopeTech
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    mea_k wrote: »
    Back gate. I leave it unlocked.

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  • #61
    Still waters
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,164 ✭✭✭Still waters


    Marcusm wrote: »
    No they won’t because it will have mixed with whatever was already in it and they won’t have provenance for what they extract. The distribution and sale of oil is regulated for a reason. They may be able to take it back from the tank but they should dispose of it rather than sell it.

    yes they can, I stated they can take out the exact volume of
    what they put in, nothing more, if it's all kerosene theres no reason why they couldn't use it again


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