New 47kg LPG what are you paying thread
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Wow! How many different suppliers are you able to order from? Are they all in the same ball park in terms of price?
I wonder if there are any logistical reasons to justify that price hike? I can't think of any so I could only conclude they are ripping you off.
Are you the gentleman that once tried to get some sort of official investigation into LPG prices in NI?
I wonder if these price hikes are prevalent in the south - do you know?
With absolutely no expectation of success, I am going to try to budge them over this flagrant abuse of a duopoly,
I think that it wouldn't just be NI LPG users that would sign but all LPG users in the whole of the UK would be potential supporters I would imagine. Let's face it anyone who buys LPG can't help but notice that something weird is going on.
I accept that NI is a particularly serious example of exploitation but don't make the mistake/assumption that there wouldn't be support from the rest of the UK - I think there would; especially if someone like Martin drew attention to it in his TV show & newsletter.
"Thank you for your further correspondence to The Consumer Council in relation to the price differential of liquid petroleum gas between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.
The Consumer Council wrote to the Competition and Markets Authority about this issue in March 2019. In our correspondence we reiterated The Consumer Council belief that home heating oil and LPG markets are not working as effectively for consumers in Northern Ireland as they should. We also asked the CMA to investigate our off-grid market. We submitted additional evidence in October 2019. I have attached for your attention a copy of the two letters.
We are yet to hear formally from the CMA about any decision to launch our investigation, but we believe that we have provided robust evidence to support our ask.
Thanks and regards
Paulino
Paulino Garcia
Head of Policy (energy)
Concumer Council Northern Ireland"
Nice one - Well done!!
Presumably you will respond and thank/acknowledge their efforts. In that communication, can you suggest to them that they encourage the CMA to take the view that the whole of the UK including NI should be looked at by the CMA? (although I do acknowledge that NI seems to be a pretty clear example of exploitation)
The CMA may be more minded to assign resources to this if they think it's a UK wide problem; albeit the NI situation seems to be a particularly egregious example.
We wait with bated breath the results of the investigation (if they do it of course.)
Has anyone purchased LPG in Somerset recently, just noticed the valve has gone red.
Good news about the NI investigation. Agreed, the whole UK and NI market needs investigating