Saving money in Vermont… neighborhood group purchases
Need to pinch pennies in this tight economy? Who doesn’t!
We’ve seen plenty of neighbors chasing lower prices by pulling together through Front Porch Forum to form group purchases. In Huntington, it’s propane. Other neighborhoods in Essex, South Burlington, Burlington, and Richmond have aggregated their purchasing power to get better deals on driveway paving, trash hauling, fuel oil, house painting, tree trimming, snow removal and more. From today’s Huntington FPF…
There was a group of folks last year who got this going, and we took advantage. Thank you to the folks who organized it… It was with Suburban Propane. Phone: 864-9821 Call them and ask for Tina. Tell her you want to be part of the Front Porch Forum group plan, and I think it was about $2.67/gal last year based on our small consumption (<500 gal/yr). This was compared to over $4/gal…
Matthew Yezuita wrote:
Hi.
I think this is a great idea and glad to see it mentioned here. My friend John Maeck and I will be doing a presentation on a similar idea on February 24th at the Fletcher Free Library:
“FINANCIAL PERMACULTURE & CONSUMER AGGREGATION
7:00-9:00PM on Wed. February 24, Fletcher Free Library, Fletcher Room. Come and learn how to pool resources and lower costs by starting a group purchasing of food group. Free to attend.”
Email me at myezuita@gmail.com for more info.
Thanks!
- Matt Yezuita
Posted 13 Feb 2010 at 10:49 am ¶
Michael wrote:
Good to hear, Matt. Be sure to publicize your event on Front Porch Forum… it’s a good way to sell out an event… http://bit.ly/bCli9f
Posted 13 Feb 2010 at 10:55 am ¶