Home Heating Oil Price Comparisons

danniemcq · 19-01-2011 1:10pm #1

With the cold weather far from gone I decided to get oil yesterday, now this is not a thread about giving out or complaining but just to highlight the difference if you ring around and help people get the most outta their moneys!

I rang 3 companies I had numbers for and asked how much I’d get for €200

Donegal Oil would give 220l
Tinneys would give 230l
Gulf Oil would give 250l

I dunno if others want to add to this list with recent prices they’ve been quoted for whatever amount. I know some people might be wary thinking that if people know what you got and where you live they can rob it but if others want to share fair play.

I looked through a few old threads and one of them is now down (letterkennyfuelprices I think) and the other one only gave examples for one or 2 and either at 500l or 1000l prices

(on a side note Donegal oil did say if I was getting 500l+ there would be a discount but I can’t really afford that)

mk2 · 19-01-2011 7:25pm

I got 500L for €390 last week the same cost €330 in october

(Tinneys)

creaghadoos · 19-01-2011 10:04pm

if you gather up a few drums and drive to the border you will get around 300l for your 200euro.

there is one place in strabane that allows you to put a deposit on the drums and bring them back empty for a refund, but that means two runs to the border

martic · 19-01-2011 10:16pm

creaghadoos wrote: »

if you gather up a few drums and drive to the border you will get around 300l for your 200euro.

there is one place in strabane that allows you to put a deposit on the drums and bring them back empty for a refund, but that means two runs to the border

Gallaghers Yard in lifford sell the drums for 2 euro each,well worth the money

danniemcq · 19-01-2011 10:24pm

creaghadoos wrote: »

if you gather up a few drums and drive to the border you will get around 300l for your 200euro.

there is one place in strabane that allows you to put a deposit on the drums and bring them back empty for a refund, but that means two runs to the border

martic wrote: »

Gallaghers Yard in lifford sell the drums for 2 euro each,well worth the money

yeah them ideas were in a previous thread on that basic premise, the hazards are its awkward, smelly and if you don't drive/have access to a trailer its not really worth it

GismoBaby · 21-01-2011 11:07am

danniemcq wrote: »

With the cold weather far from gone I decided to get oil yesterday, now this is not a thread about giving out or complaining but just to highlight the difference if you ring around and help people get the most outta their moneys!

I rang 3 companies I had numbers for and asked how much I’d get for €200

Donegal Oil would give 220l
Tinneys would give 230l
Gulf Oil would give 250l

I dunno if others want to add to this list with recent prices they’ve been quoted for whatever amount. I know some people might be wary thinking that if people know what you got and where you live they can rob it but if others want to share fair play.

I looked through a few old threads and one of them is now down (letterkennyfuelprices I think) and the other one only gave examples for one or 2 and either at 500l or 1000l prices

(on a side note Donegal oil did say if I was getting 500l+ there would be a discount but I can’t really afford that)

cheers for that you just saved me ringing round everyone!! gulf are great rang them there and they can deliver later today!!

kiddums · 24-01-2011 4:06pm

Thanks dannie, you just saved me some effort.

NIMAN · 27-01-2011 12:28am

Got 500l in Inishowen yesterday - cost €400:eek:

yuloni · 27-01-2011 1:49am

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shayser · 27-01-2011 1:04pm

Donegal Oil - €795
Tinney's - €790
Gulf Oil - €760
Top Oil - €775
McDermott Fuels - €770

kiddums · 10-03-2011 10:35am

Ahhh Zombie thread.
Anyway.......

I just phoned up to see how much I would get for my 200 euro:

Donegal Oil: ---- -200
Tinney's:

-200
McDermot fuels - 215
Gulf Oil

-220

Looks like Gulf could be the best bet all round.

mk2 · 10-03-2011 6:06pm

Top do a better deal if you order online!

Daegerty · 11-03-2011 8:46pm

shayser wrote: »

Donegal Oil - €795
Tinney's - €790
Gulf Oil - €760
Top Oil - €775
McDermott Fuels - €770

We getting very close to 80c/l there and if it goes up even the slightest bit more the night rate electricity will be cheaper. if you have a very decent boiler you might extract 10KWh from each of those litres

muffler · 12-03-2011 12:51am

Daegerty wrote: »

We getting very close to 80c/l there and if it goes up even the slightest bit more the night rate electricity will be cheaper. if you have a very decent boiler you might extract 10KWh from each of those litres

I think you missed post #11 above. The post you quoted is from 6 weeks ago and the price of oil is well and truly more than 80 cents/litre now.

Daegerty · 12-03-2011 12:54am

muffler wrote: »

I think you missed post #11 above. The post you quoted is from 6 weeks ago and the price of oil is well and truly more than 80 cents/litre now.

I did indeed miss that one lol, can remember when we got the oil heating it was 34c/l. The times they are a changing, ESB will be busy installing night rate meters i'd say

muffler · 12-03-2011 1:01am

Daegerty wrote: »

I did indeed miss that one lol, can remember when we got the oil heating it was 34c/l. The times they are a changing, ESB will be busy installing night rate meters i'd say

Never mind the ESB, the way things are going we could well see more of this

Daegerty · 12-03-2011 1:04am

muffler wrote: »

Never mind the ESB, the way things are going we could well see more of this

Whats the running cost on them? The "Horse Outside" song is getting a step closer to reality by the day

muffler · 12-03-2011 1:22am

Daegerty wrote: »

Whats the running cost on them?

2 bales of hay and about 40kg of carrots per week :pac:

danniemcq · 12-03-2011 7:21pm

muffler wrote: »

2 bales of hay and about 40kg of carrots per week :pac:

still cheaper than oil

Penfailed · 13-03-2011 5:42pm

mk2 wrote: »

I got 500L for €390 last week the same cost €330 in october (Tinneys)

NIMAN wrote: »

Got 500l in Inishowen yesterday - cost €400:eek:

425 now...! :eek:

Daegerty · 13-03-2011 5:43pm

Penfailed wrote: »

425 now...! :eek:

Fook.

NIMAN · 18-03-2011 10:32pm

Got 500lit today, €430. Bloody shocking.

Lets hope the mild weather arrives soon, and last til September

Senna · 21-03-2011 2:59pm

Anyone know where abouts in stranbane is the place selling home heating oil in large drums?

mamakevf · 27-03-2011 7:45pm

500L yesterday,€425 whorisky fuels, Man it's getting rediculous.:(

theblueirish · 27-03-2011 8:01pm

Senna wrote: »

Anyone know where abouts in stranbane is the place selling home heating oil in large drums?

What do you mean large drums? the 25L ones or the cubes that hold 1000L?

Mchugh oils beside Doran's shop as you head towards the head of the town do the 25l drums, if you want to borrow some I can lend you a few save you paying the £2 per drum.

Not sure about the 1000l ones I have access to one but its in Derry and I wouldn't be able to get it for about a week.

Theblueirish

Senna · 27-03-2011 11:09pm

Cheers Theblueirish for the offer, but i heard somewhere was selling 250ltr (or 200ltr) drums with a pump, you paid a deposit on the drum/pump and got it back when you returned it.
There might be someone doing it, but i couldn't find them, so i bought a 200ltr drum myself (€15) and got it filled up:D

theblueirish · 28-03-2011 1:21pm

Just got 40l in McHughs in Strabane a massive £0.65 a litre, converting this to Euro its about €0.73 per litre.

I am a bit reluctant to put 500l in because of the number of thefts latley.

Daegerty · 28-03-2011 1:23pm

muffler wrote: »

Never mind the ESB, the way things are going we could well see more of this

Feck your Honda Civic

Got oil there about a month ago. Was 88c/l

mk2 · 30-03-2011 5:54pm

theblueirish wrote: »

Just got 40l in McHughs in Strabane a massive £0.65 a litre, converting this to Euro its about €0.73 per litre.

I am a bit reluctant to put 500l in because of the number of thefts latley.

Do they sell green diesel or red in there i guess,any idea on the price of it?

theblueirish · 30-03-2011 7:10pm

If they did it would be red, for anyone comming from the Ballybofey end there is a place in Clady that looks handy.

Theblueirish

shayser · 25-10-2012 2:52pm

Hope this isn't too old to bump but with the forecast for -3 tomorrow night I ordered oil today. The tank has been dry since last May.

Rang around (Letterkenny), prices for 500L from €471 - Top Oil, to €449 - Swilly Fuels, who I went with. On the phone they said €459 but when I told them their web site said €449 they gave it to me for that.

Depressing spending that kind of money! :eek:

2moreMinutes · 25-10-2012 9:02pm

shayser wrote: »

Depressing spending that kind of money! :eek:

For bloody sure. I am almost certain that 500 litres was "only" ~€350 18 months ago.

Was just thinking earlier that I prob need to order some shortly too before I'm left dry for a weekend and was hoping there would be a price comparison thread on here somewhere.:D

NIMAN · 25-10-2012 11:15pm

Pray for a mild winter!

DrPhilG · 26-10-2012 9:52am

NIMAN wrote: »

Pray for a mild winter!

Mild?

Would need to stick around 25 degrees to stop my missus from blazing through a ton of oil.

danniemcq · 26-10-2012 10:12am

womenfolk are always cold,

my gf had the electric blanket on from August and we have a fire on pretty much every night.

i remember when we first started going out there was 4 other girls in the house, i couldn't figure out how we went through so much gas. Turns out the heating was on for 8 hours a day.

no matter how i tried to explain that this was wayyyyyyyyyy to much they wouldn't listen

muffler · 26-10-2012 10:15am

danniemcq wrote: »

my gf had the electric blanket on from August and we have a fire on pretty much every night.

Dont be putting yourself "down" dannie. Talk to your GP

danniemcq · 26-10-2012 2:10pm

donegal. · 26-10-2012 2:23pm

500lt in carn today is €420. EDIT: sorry thats a typo... i actually paid €470

whats the forecast for the winter like this year ?

muffler · 26-10-2012 2:32pm

donegal. wrote: »

500lt in carn today is €420.

Where did you get that price?

danniemcq · 02-11-2012 9:06am

Just outta curiousity before i ring around does anyone know the minimum places will deliver?

Is it still around 200 quid?

danniemcq · 02-11-2012 11:22am

Company € 200 € 500 Contact number
Donegal Oil 180 465 1800-740-740
Tinneys 195 537 074-91-21476
Gulf Oil 200 543 1800-645-626
Top Oil 193 533 1800-369-200

Flibbles · 03-11-2012 1:33am

Here's a useful site, it lists a few places.

http://www.cheapestoil.ie/heating-oil-prices/donegal.aspx

The worst thing is, it has a trend graph of the prices of oil... a few years ago it was less than half the price

danniemcq · 08-03-2013 1:29pm

updated

Company € 200 Contact number
Donegal Oil 180L 1800-740-740
Tinneys 200L 074-91-21476
Gulf Oil 180L 1800-645-626
Top Oil 190L 1800-369-200

Gallaghers Fuels ain't answering at the minute but i'll try them later

Beanstalk · 11-03-2013 2:20pm

can confirm the tinney's price there. 200 euro for 200l.

b1964 · 16-03-2013 1:52pm

can anyone tell me is there anywhere in the falcarragh/gortahork area selling
kerosene in drums?

muffler · 27-06-2013 12:10pm

Probably not the best time of year to update this but I had to order kerosene so rang a couple of suppliers and this is what I got...all for 1000 litres

Swilly Fuels €819
Donegal Oil €860
Gulf Oil €880

Hope that helps someone

XDivaX · 16-09-2013 3:49pm

Anyone have the latest prices?

danniemcq · 16-09-2013 4:15pm

XDivaX wrote: »

Anyone have the latest prices?

I will soon, need to ring around myself

donegal. · 17-09-2013 1:19pm

Inishowen 500 lts 17/sept/'13

Swilly Fuels - €445
A&N - €449
Coyle Fuels - €440
Inishowen Oil Co - €450
Fergusion Fuels - €445

DrPhilG · 30-09-2013 10:30am

A friend was telling me that it is legal to bring heating oil out from the north, provided you're bringing less that 100 litres.

Is this true?

NIMAN · 30-09-2013 8:33pm

I think he might be right, I have heard the garage on the border between Lifford and Strabane informs you that they will tell Customs if you buy any more than 100 litres.

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