FloGas over 60p LPG price - Is this legal?

lamplighter2

BadBoy8 wrote: »

I've been with FloGas for several years and receive regular letters explaining that due to the current global fuel situation the price of my LPG has to increase. Interestingly, they hardly ever mention what the actual price is in the letter. After receiving another letter a few weeks ago my wife phoned them to ask what price we were paying. I was astonished to discover that they are charging me just over 60p/ litre (I understand that the current marketprice is around 38p). I realise I can switch and I will be doing that asap (or getting rid of LPG altogther).I'm shocked at this rip off but will sort it out. I am more concerned that there must be many more old and vunerable people in this situation who will never enquire and perhaps don't know the market rate. I think that this practice should be illegal - Does anybody know if it is ? I will be contacting trading standards next week -- Absoloutely shocking that a company can charge 150% of the market rate and try to keep the price quiet

just had a letter from flogas saying that due to market prices my lpg is going up 3p a ltr to 39p its gettin every month they are putting the price up did go to a independant 36p a ltr so his has gone up 4p in three months. wa looking to switching to oil but that is more than lpg at 42p a ltr and its the cost of the tank the oil pipe getting it plumbed in nott worth the hassel. they have us by the short and curlies and know it what is the competion board doing as we are bing held to ransome by the lpg suppliers as we are rural and can not get our gas any were else but them:mad:

SD-253

I believe this is the competition authority Internet site for changing suppliers http://www.uklpg.org/supplier-search/search.php It offered me 7 suppliers, one more than last year when I switched. I changed to Energas (definitely serves Yorkshire & Lincolnshire may serve other places) Also there was a supplier in Manchester who supplied lincolnshire (probably has a depot here) The latter gave there price on the Internet IE was not charging different people different prices. At the time I was paying 53 a litre with flogas (robbers) Energas wanted 37p. Checked a neighbours oil price it was 52p. LPG gives you 7.11 Kw per litre, Oil gives you 10.35 Kw per litre both assume 100% efficiency. So LPG has to be 30% cheaper to be equal. That also assumes Oil and gas boilers are equal as efficiencent??? Either way I was getting my gas at the same price as oil (taking into account the variation in output). An oil tank cost £700 plus fitting?? an lpg tank is nearly always £60 rental. Energas recently informed me that the 2 biggest suppliers (I assume Flogas and Calor) had recently raised there prices and they may have to IE they gave me a warning (I could therefore fill my tank before the price rise) unlike Flogas who send you a letter to inform you it had risen. No one should change to oil from LPG the cost would to be to high relative to the savings unless they either use enough to make it worth it or/and the price difference is just to ludicrous. Remember you can change suppliers every 2 years WITHOUT CHANGING YOUR TANK. THE NEW SUPPLIER BUYS IT OFF THE OLD ONE. PS Back it up with wood if you think you can get a cheap supply or as in my case free. The cost of the wood burner including all fitting costs were less than £2000 it heats my 2 bed bungalow (without radiators) and about an hour or 2 use of the LPG a day (this does heat the radiators). IE nearly paid for itself in one year.

SD-253

balwt wrote: »

I also had mine increased to 60.75p/Litre last week but when I complained they told me they would reduce it to 42p on a 2yr contract.

I believe this is the competition authority Internet site for changing suppliers http://www.uklpg.org/supplier-search/search.php It offered me 7 suppliers, one more than last year when I switched. I changed to Energas (definitely serves Yorkshire & Lincolnshire may serve other places) Also there was a supplier in Manchester who supplied lincolnshire (probably has a depot here) The latter gave there price on the Internet IE was not charging different people different prices. At the time I was paying 53 a litre with flogas (robbers) Energas wanted 37p. Checked a neighbours oil price it was 52p. LPG gives you 7.11 Kw per litre, Oil gives you 10.35 Kw per litre both assume 100% efficiency. So LPG has to be 30% cheaper to be equal. That also assumes Oil and gas boilers are equal as efficiencent??? Either way I was getting my gas at the same price as oil (taking into account the variation in output). An oil tank cost £700 plus fitting?? an lpg tank is nearly always £60 rental. Energas recently informed me that the 2 biggest suppliers (I assume Flogas and Calor) had recently raised there prices and they may have to IE they gave me a warning (I could therefore fill my tank before the price rise) unlike Flogas who send you a letter to inform you it had risen. No one should change to oil from LPG the cost would to be to high relative to the savings unless they either use enough to make it worth it or/and the price difference is just to ludicrous. Remember you can change suppliers every 2 years WITHOUT CHANGING YOUR TANK. THE NEW SUPPLIER BUYS IT OFF THE OLD ONE. PS Back it up with wood if you think you can get a cheap supply or as in my case free. The cost of the wood burner including all fitting costs were less than £2000 it heats my 2 bed bungalow (without radiators) and about an hour or 2 use of the LPG a day (this does heat the radiators). IE nearly paid for itself in one year.