Home Heating Oil - buy now or wait?

sthealy

Hi all,

Just wondering if anyone has an inside track as to where home heating oil prices - kerosene - is going? I'm thinking there is a little more to go. I recently got a quote of 0.67c per 1000 litres. In Jan of this year, I paid 0.65c per 1000. In 2007, I paid 0.60c.....

Any views?

Thanks,
S.

JimmyCrackCorn!

if your cold i think its a good idea.

sthealy

Thanks Jimmy, but I've still got a few more weeks of oil in the tank....!

Just wondering what others are thinking?????????

todolist

I heard an economist talking on the radio the other morning and your question came up.His opinion was not to buy now.Leave it for 6 weeks or so and you'll see big savings.

sthealy

Hmmm, that's a help - thanks. found this site with a 3 month price trend chart - may be of interest http://www.cheapestoil.ie/articles/trend.aspx

I think I have another month or so in the tank (weather dependant), then its back to price comparisons.

Also, has anyone noticed any offers (€20 off etc) ??

ChaladhMor

sthealy wrote: »

Hmmm, that's a help - thanks. found this site with a 3 month price trend chart - may be of interest http://www.cheapestoil.ie/articles/trend.aspx

I think I have another month or so in the tank (weather dependant), then its back to price comparisons.

Also, has anyone noticed any offers (€20 off etc) ??

Hi

I need to order oil but does anyone know which supplier in Galway has the best price? I got a voucher from Esso Sweeney Oil with €50 off home heating oil in my letterbox and they appear to delivery in Galway but has anyone every used them? Are they reliable?

Also does anyone know is there is a way to check the oil in your tank without having to always dip the tank. I'm always running out.

muffler

ChaladhMor wrote: »

I need to order oil but does anyone know which supplier in Galway has the best price?

Galway is that direction

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sthealy

€50 off is a nice incentive.... be sure to get a competitive quote as oil is still falling on the stock markets....

any other experiences/suggestions out there?

byte

ChaladhMor wrote: »

Hi

I need to order oil but does anyone know which supplier in Galway has the best price? I got a voucher from Esso Sweeney Oil with €50 off home heating oil in my letterbox and they appear to delivery in Galway but has anyone every used them? Are they reliable?

Also does anyone know is there is a way to check the oil in your tank without having to always dip the tank. I'm always running out.

I got vouchers from Sweeney Oil in Donegal also (buy it thru an agent, E&J I think). But it was 2 seperate €25 vouchers, for two seperate fills of oil. Minimum fill was 800l IIRC.

sthealy

I'm getting quotes around the 0,62c per litre mark now....Since I paid 0,65c in January its not a bad price. Having said that, oil has fallen back to $70 a barrel now, so there may be more to go.....

Anyone get any better than that?

sthealy

0,60 cent per litre quoted for a fill today....

ArraMusha

sthealy wrote: »

0,60 cent per litre quoted for a fill today....

Got a price today of 59c a litre for 1000 litres. Had to haggle, but not too much before he buckled. Hold off for a few days.

risk

after a bit of haggling got corrib oil down from €320 to €300 for 500l.

sthealy

59c (above) is the best so far. I'm still getting quotes around the 60c mark. Anyone else broken the 60c "barrier" ????

sthealy

who did you get that price from arra?

muffler

Bastards :mad:.

74c/litre when I bought it just over a month ago

sthealy

ouch! at least you didnt buy it at 92c during the summer muffler!!

muffler

Yeah, I suppose it could have been worse.

donegalman1

€310 for 500l yesterday in Letterkenny. Cheaper than it was last winter or the winter before.

muffler

Good price. Its been a while since it was last going at €600 per 1000L.

muffler

Just a wee bump on this. I dont need heating oil obviously but it would be nice if anyone could post up what the kerosene or whatever is priced at this week.

sthealy

It seems to be levelling out around the 0,60c mark. I hear that some distributors are running low or out of stock as they are hedging their own purchases. I've ordered today at 60c ......

manc

just ordered my own today from www.emo.ie

Fuel KERO
No. Of Litres 1000

Online Payment Cost
Cost Per Litre 51.99 cents
Cost Per Litre + VAT 59.01 cents
Total inc. VAT 590.19

Squiggle

Check boilerjuice for prices.

manc

Squiggle wrote: »

Check boilerjuice for prices.

€620 on that site

Quantity: 1000 litres of Kerosene (paraffin)
Price: 54.63 cents/litre
Subtotal: 546.30 EUR
VAT @ 13.50%: 73.75 EUR
Total: 620.05 EUR

tdavfc

ON Boilerjuice in Louth its 51 cent... Looks like it could still go down more..

Quantity: 1000 litres of Kerosene (paraffin)
Price: 51.54 cents/litre
Subtotal: 515.40 EUR
VAT @ 13.50%: 69.58 EUR
Total: 584.98 EUR
Delivery info: Estimated delivery time to your region is 1 to 2 working days.
Please note this price includes delivery.


Quantity: 500 litres of Kerosene (paraffin)
Price: 52.86 cents/litre
Subtotal: 264.30 EUR
VAT @ 13.50%: 35.68 EUR
Total: 299.98 EUR
Delivery info: Estimated delivery time to your region is 1 to 2 working days.
Please note this price includes delivery.

manc

tdavfc wrote: »

ON Boilerjuice in Louth its 51 cent... Looks like it could still go down more..

Quantity: 1000 litres of Kerosene (paraffin)
Price: 51.54 cents/litre
Subtotal: 515.40 EUR
VAT @ 13.50%: 69.58 EUR
Total: 584.98 EUR
Delivery info: Estimated delivery time to your region is 1 to 2 working days.
Please note this price includes delivery.


Quantity: 500 litres of Kerosene (paraffin)
Price: 52.86 cents/litre
Subtotal: 264.30 EUR
VAT @ 13.50%: 35.68 EUR
Total: 299.98 EUR
Delivery info: Estimated delivery time to your region is 1 to 2 working days.
Please note this price includes delivery.

now getting the same on that site, maybe they just update prices every so often or after this thread yesterday

Squiggle

I only discovered boilerjuice recently on the web. I have no idea how many suppliers they have signed up for in any particular area but at least it's another quote and the bottom line for me is the only way to ensure that you are not being screwed is to check as many prices as you can. I haven't used them yet but I will if they have the best price.

manc

Would agree with checking a few before buying (the websites are handy) but also just before you buy, as I just had a look at emo again and its dropped again from yesterday. Boilerjuice is same as earlier, probably not their time to update yet.

This info could be useful when waiting until the price bottoms out, then when the price rises on one website buy on the other.


Also just noticed this is thread in the North West, i'm in dublin , it was the thread title that caught my attention when searching. But it appears the prices on the websites anyway are the same across the country if they deliver there.

Fuel KERO
No. Of Litres 1000
Online Payment Cost
Cost Per Litre 49.98 cents
Cost Per Litre + VAT 56.73 cents
Total inc. VAT 567.47

foxshooter243

Paid 560 euro per 1000 liters last friday in Buncrana from McGonigles oil, my tank was all but empty and 600 euro left it filled to the brim:D...

dardevle

texoil--550euro per 1000l
285euro per 500l

muffler

dardevle wrote: »

texoil--550euro per 1000l
285euro per 500l

Where are they based?

6th

muffler wrote: »

Where are they based?

I just rang them and got a quote of €280 for 500lts of Kero - she did say to ring again in the afternoon as they expect the price to drop a bit. Girls name was karen and was very nice.


Texoil Dublin
Alexandra Road
Dublin Port
Dublin 1

Tel: 01 8556655
Call Save: 1850 656 555
Freephone: 1800 788 777
Email: dublin@texoil.ie

muffler

Doubtful if the would deliver to Donegal for that

dardevle

athy,athlone,ballinasloe,carlow,cork,dublin,galway,gort,kilkenny,mayo and sligo.

www.texoil.ie

dardevle

i got a delivery from them a couple of
weeks back and it came from ballyshannon
(i'm just outside bundy) tbh they seemed not to
want to turn down any potential orders,so they may
even deliver to YOU muffler!:D

juuge

I need to buy oil in West Wicklow and the best price I got was from Naas Oil @ 280 euro for 500litres can anyone better that ?

signman12

just ordered today
€460 for 1000 litres gas oil
burke oil, rathnew, wicklow

muffler

That is damn cheap.

signman12

just got a email from dci fuels saying that all fuels will be going up at least
4 cents a litre after midnight tonight.
:eek:

dardevle

just had a delivery of 500lts for 240 euro from
texoil-driver said 5c hike by tomorrow.

Essexboy

dardevle wrote: »

just had a delivery of 500lts for 240 euro from
texoil-driver said 5c hike by tomorrow.

Diesel seems to have gone up already in Tullaghan. same reason?

dardevle

from what i can gather the price rise will be across the board..

sthealy

Fuel prices really have come back in recent weeks. Out of curiosity, was that 5c price rise per 500l, 1000l or just per litre in general do you know?

dardevle

that was a 5c per litre increase..

think the price per barrel of oil has been on the up in recent
weeks so they won't be slow to make the upward adjustment.

Essexboy

dardevle wrote: »

from what i can gather the price rise will be across the board..

Sligo Fuels quoted €450 for 1,000 litres of heating oil today but said the price is about to rise (unspecified). Their diesel is still the cheapest in town.

muffler

Good thread and it would be nice to see the prices posted on a weekly basis so if any of you are aware of the present prices please share

dardevle

muffler wrote: »

Good thread and it would be nice to see the prices posted on a weekly basis so if any of you are aware of the present prices please share

.
just noticed the petrol/diesel prices beginning to creep up so
gave texoil a call...prices as of today; 500lts=240euro
. 1,000lts=460euro.:)





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muffler

Still cheap.

sthealy

Hi all, just got a fill of home heating oil (kerosene) today. Paid a per litre price of 41c. Its been a while since it was that price. 862 litres cost me €353. Went with Stewarts Top Oil this time as they could deliver on the same day.

joctcl

In wicklow just bought 1000 litres 435 ultima oil going up tonight by 30 + further increases next week. Please also bear in mind carbon taxes will be applied in our mini budget!