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10-30-2020, 10:52 AM | #1 |
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Another Business Leaves Meredith
Cross Insurance is leaving Meredith.
What other insurance agencies are in Meredith ? |
10-30-2020, 11:00 AM | #2 |
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Melcher & Prescott.
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10-30-2020, 12:06 PM | #5 |
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Meredith Insurance Agency right across the street from Town Docks.
Ted Fodero is the agent, great guy, knowledgeable and right there when you need him. |
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10-30-2020, 12:16 PM | #6 |
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I believe I received something in the mail from them stating they were moving the Meredith office people into the Laconia one. I guess merging the two - could not say if anyone was let go, just sounded like moving everyone into one location...
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10-30-2020, 01:43 PM | #7 |
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Correct...
The letter stated that no one is getting canned....just consolidating space into the Laconia office
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10-30-2020, 01:51 PM | #8 |
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I wonder to what degree the availability of insurance online has impacted local insurance agencies?
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10-30-2020, 02:05 PM | #9 |
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Amerigas has closed local offices
Amerigas closed the Laconia office, which makes for a challenge when trying to contact anyone. They have reportedly cut customer service reps from 12000+ nationally to about 2000 (approximate numbers), so you can expect a long time on HOLD if you need service. If we didn’t have such a favorable rate for propane, we would probably go elsewhere.
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10-30-2020, 05:58 PM | #10 |
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.............. No way ........ www.amerigas.com/contact works totally fabulous for me ..... by sending them an email ..... it is the greatest way to communicate since language was first invented ...... way back on 1194 BC ...... and even beyond that to the neanderthals rubbing two sticks together to get a fire started ..... on 12454 BC ..... Dick & Jane Neanderthal sent a message via their neanderthal grape vine ...... helloooo Amerigas ...... here we are living in a cold cave ..... trying to start fire with rubbing two sticks together ..... and no fire is happening? ..... can you send someone over here! ...... ..... is so easy, even a cave man or cave woman can do it.
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After waiting 13 days for a tank fill, and then them sending me a tank rental charge for not using enough gas, I closed my AmeriGas account and told them to come to get their tank. This after being a customer for 6 years.
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10-30-2020, 07:42 PM | #12 |
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The troops in Laconia are restless....not at all happy with how Amerigas is being run long distance. We waited over 2 weeks and several phone calls to another planet to have the pressure adjusted properly. It means that we will have to monitor everything closely, even if we are on automatic delivery. Despite what FLL claims, it’s not the same, and it’s not as good as it was.
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10-31-2020, 06:48 AM | #13 |
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When a business isn't local any more you don't get the same service. Just the other day people on FB were complaining about Amerigas, Rhymes, Irving, Eastern. All of them are companies that used to be local but aren't any more.
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10-31-2020, 07:00 AM | #14 |
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Very happy with Rymes…..price and service. Now sold to Superior but still local offices
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What BS. Auto delivery my ass...have had to call most times in the coldest season to ask for delivery. Going with a more “local” company but they can’t put me in service until December 3rd due to heavy schedule. Hope it’s worth the wait...meanwhile, I may have to call Irving one more time before then. I will request a partial fill as I don’t want the tanks full when they come to take them away. I will add that Irving people are always polite and cordial on the phone even though they don’t deliver quickly enough. |
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One thing we all need to remember is that local businesses are typically more expensive. Amerigas, Irving and others reduce local service in order to cut prices (and increase profit). Next time you're looking for the best deal, maybe don't sweat it if the local guy is a bit pricier
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My HVAC guy contracted out his customer service department....when I lived in Massachusetts, I would call Methuen for service and they would answer the phone. Just before we moved, I called and got someone from the Philippines...could barely speak English...I couldn't understand them...had to keep saying, "excuse me?"...
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Also don't forget the impact that COVID has had on many of these businesses, especially ones that have people in the field with direct contact with the public. Some of that is due to government controls, some is the private sector - specifically when it comes to employers and liability. Furthermore the impacts it has had on supply chains as well.
You cannot severely restrict things and not have a domino effect. This is not to meant to say what is in play is right or wrong. Just that it is impacting many service providers. |
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Recall that Covid started near the end of the winter heating season. Tanks were full, weather was getting warmer. We don't really know what will happen this winter. If there are major supply changes e.g. no fracking, that won't have an impact for many months. Save this thread and read it again in a year.
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11-01-2020, 08:08 AM | #22 |
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...... hey Amerigas!
At the end of August I emailed Amerigas, presumably somewhere in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, and told them I wanted my message to go sta-raight to the King, himself ...... you know the King of Prussia ..... and sure enough that tank was filled the very next day ..... with the bestest quality propane ever produced in the great propane State of Pennsylvania.
Like, why bother with that never ending, oil burner service ...... what, with all the tune-ups, nozzles, electrodes, pumps and filthy soot boiler/furnace/chimney cleaning that goes with oil, when there's clean burning, gravity fed propane ...... good for outside tank storage down to minus 25-below zero. Furthermore, by communicating by email it automatically puts it in writing, easy to use again the next time for your propane refill. Hey Amerigas ..... it's about that time, again .... plus Amerigas-Laconia has a truck with an extra long 150' hose so it can get to problematic snow deliveries.
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Propane can be confusing for some consumers because per gallon it is cheaper than heating oil, but because it contains less energy per gallon. OEP data puts propane at 40 percent more expensive than oil for space heating. |
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Hmmm--I think this chart is also confusing. It describes electricity as the most expensive, but obviously that is with outdated baseboards, and is not the case with electric mini splits.
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However you slice it I think this is accurate in that heating with electricity is generally the most expensive. |
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I believe the chart is simply the cost to generate 1 million BTUs per a specific fuel source (Cost in NH per the title) so it is agnostic regarding the space itself & the underlying efficiency to heat or cool it.
The British Thermal Unit, or BTU, is an energy unit. It is approximately the energy needed to heat one pound of water by 1 degree Fahrenheit. 1 BTU = 1,055 joules, 252 calories, 0.293 watt-hour or the energy released by burning one match. 1 watt is approximately 3.412 BTU per hour This chart will change drastically based on the price (cost) assumption of the fuel source itself. |
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Elementary and probably dumb question
Please don’t do an eye roll here....I have never heard of mini splits. If a homeowner with electric baseboard heat wanted to switch to the newer more efficient mini split system, what is entailed, and would it be terribly expensive to do? We have electric bb, and propane system was added later. I am wondering if it makes sense to do the mini split system since it sounds efficient and reasonable in cost to operate, even with N.H.’s high electric rates. Small cape, about 2200 s.f. Thanks for opinions.
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I have a total of five heads and two units that operate them. Very happy. The largest change to these systems over the past few years is the heat it supplies. Much more efficient. Even at 0 degrees. I no longer need to run a humidifier during the winter months. The install of these units in most cases is simple and can be completed in one day.
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In Canada, by a Canada law, have heard that all propane heaters must be the design that continues to make heat when the electricity is down. Is this really true?
Is not the case in USA or in NH, and you can get either a propane warm air space heater that continues to work when the electricity is down or goes out until the electricity comes back on ...... which can make a big difference if the power is out for 24-hours in very cold temps. The non electricity dependent propane heaters operate on the propane pressure within the propane storage tank, and have a pilot light and a 12-volt dc Piezo (whatever that is?) self-generating hot air heat that can work a remote wall mounted thermostat. It has a propane pilot light, which is the key design to the non electricity dependent systems. A Rinnai direct vent will shut off without electricity, and come back on, when the electricity is back.
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The use of pilot lights on gas appliances is being replaced by on demand ignition which are fired by A/C but most decent stuff has a battery backup should the lights go out. It's a safety thing.
This all comes down to properly preparing your situation in the event of power loss. Paying a steep premium for propane cause it works without electricity is pretty short sighted. Installing a transfer switch and purchasing a portable generator is short money and can give you plenty of power for the essentials when needed. |
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