Cheaper Oil for Fuel?

G_M

somersetmartin wrote: »

I'm impressed but puzzled to read that you can find heating oil for 24p per litre in North Dorset. I live in Somerset, near Bridgwater but the best price I can find is 44p per ltr +VAT. Can anyone suggest how I can halve my oil bills (or just reduce them)?

"£215 for 900 litres sounds good (23.9p/litre) did that include VAT?

North Dorset, Northover Fuels, 02/02/05, 1000 litres, 23.5p ex VAT "

2nd post page 1 !!!!!!

RichardHowells

You did notice that post is five years old? 02-02-2005, 8:38 PM

I'm betting that price might not still be available.

G_M

:rotfl:Errrrrr... yes. I did. :rotfl:

When I saw the question I guessed that might be his source.

RichardHowells

Oops! I hadn't even noticed that you are not the OP! :rotfl:

oap

Hello, was waiting until our tank is almost empty, (NOW!) to get the one thousand litres in, on Oil price check page it is going up at alarming rates at the moment, 6p and 7p a day on 900 litres. Quite a lot higher than it was last week and the week before.
Does anybody know why this is, surely it should be coming down now as spring is hopefully just around the corner.

We shall either freeze or go broke!!!

Regards
oap

paceinternet

previous posts suggested many reasons for price movements, but you can see from the links below, the Pound is weakening against the Dollar, and the price of crude is rising. Who knows where it will peak or go next?

This is money Brent Crude price graph:
http://investing.thisismoney.co.uk/companyresearch/100815/Brent_Crude/company_charts.html
This is money USD v GBP
http://investing.thisismoney.co.uk/cgi-bin/digitalcorporate/thisismoney/fx_rates.cgi

w50nky

Just ordered 900 litres from fuelfighter.co.uk as was the cheapest I could find in my area. (north yorkshire) at 41.45p. Scary!

G_M

oap wrote: »

Hello, was waiting until our tank is almost empty, (NOW!) to get the one thousand litres in, on Oil price check page it is going up at alarming rates at the moment, 6p and 7p a day on 900 litres. Quite a lot higher than it was last week and the week before.
Does anybody know why this is, surely it should be coming down now as spring is hopefully just around the corner.

We shall either freeze or go broke!!!

Regards
oap

Maybe I'm going blind, but where on oil price check do you get the ppl?
It only seems to quote for 500/900 litres and includes VAT (most companies quote without VAT) so comparison is hard.

oap

Sorry , I meant six pounds for 900 litres, not 6pence! (getting old!)
Have you any idea whyit is going up so much at the moment?

Cheers, oap

Tunstallstoven

Good thread this. Have only read the last couple of pages though......

Well, I'm hopefully moving into a new house soon which has oil heating and water. This will be a first for me. I've had a look at the oil pricecheck website and will keep a keen eye on it once I move. Are there any other comparison websites for oil? Or is not possible to have them because of the flexible nature of the costing (i.e. there is room for movement in the quotes, rather than it being a fixed price)?

Any other general tips about oil heating and how to get the best price would be great.

Cheers

Max