Oil, coal, turf, briquettes and firewood, where to get?

ex sanguination

Tell me does anybody know which supplier is offering the cheapest in Galway at the moment?

My Housemates want to get oil right now but I believe the recent drop in the global price of oil will take a few weeks to filter through to the consumer. Should I perhaps encourage them to hold out for a few weeks?

Appreciate any advice, thanks

ErnieBert

Good topic.

I rang a few places for prices in 2006 and Corrib Oil came out tops. Since then, every time I need a fill I speed-dial Corrib.

Before I order, I always ask them what they are charging per litre and then just order anyway

snubbleste

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055360593
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=475

Tell them to wrap up in geansaís and hold out!
(Connell Oil is good btw) Haggle.

ex sanguination

thanks. I'll try and get them to hold out but no clouds in the sky tonight, going to be hell to convince them tomorrow after they thaw out.

o connell and corrib, i'll try both

Oakbark

ErnieBert wrote: »

Good topic.

I rang a few places for prices in 2006 and Corrib Oil came out tops. Since then, every time I need a fill I speed-dial Corrib.

Before I order, I always ask them what they are charging per litre and then just order anyway

NO NO NO NO NO!!!!

Corrib Oil came out the worst for me! Statoil was the Best. For €300, you get 50 litres more from Statoil than Corrib (330l vs. 380l)

I rang most of the oil places in Galway - stick with Statoil unless you can haggle a better price elsewhere.

leex

I rang Corrib Oil @ 5pm yesterday and Sweeney Oil (was Statoil?) @ 12pm today. Corrib quoted 680euro for 1000L. Sweeney was 690euro for same amount. From talking to the guys in Sweenyoil it came down 2c yesterday and 2c last Friday.

ex sanguination

leex wrote: »

I rang Corrib Oil @ 5pm yesterday and Sweeney Oil (was Statoil?) @ 12pm today. Corrib quoted 680euro for 1000L. Sweeney was 690euro for same amount. From talking to the guys in Sweenyoil it came down 2c yesterday and 2c last Friday.

On a thousand litres I believe they offer some kind of discount. My house will be short the thousand though as we'll be paying approx five hundred and twenty euro. I'll ring around though {statoil included}.

Good to hear its dropping

JohnCleary

I usually get about a 10c/litre discount when ordering 1000l+ of diesel - not sure about heating oil

leex

JohnCleary wrote: »

I usually get about a 10c/litre discount when ordering 1000l+ of diesel - not sure about heating oil

They quoted 2c per litre more for 500L.

Madame Razz

Well, I ordered oil last week , and was told that over last weekend the price had dropped by 3c, so its obviously on its way down at the moment.

I ordered from Suttons(I always do, I'm a member of their household budget thing), But I got 725litres of kerosene for €544 euro incl VAT.

I thought that was good value; but then I didnt shop around so maybe it isnt

ex sanguination

ok I finally got around to ordering the oil after a cold night. I rang four places and asked for the price per litre VAT and all other costs included, I also asked that they remove any thousand litre discounts from the price as we would be ordering less. I found the price offered to be virtually the same. Corrib Oil, MacMahon oil [EMO], Sweeney Oil[Statoil} offered prices at 65cents per litre. Connell [Texoil} said the price wud be sixty four cents by Monday.

So there you have it {although I'm curious as to Connell oil offering me Monday's price, perhaps he expects it to fall and knew he'd get the drop on the competition by offering me monday's as opposed to todays price] Anyway the oil has been ordered.

leex

ex sanguination wrote: »

ok I finally got around to ordering the oil after a cold night. I rang four places and asked for the price per litre VAT and all other costs included, I also asked that they remove any thousand litre discounts from the price as we would be ordering less. I found the price offered to be virtually the same. Corrib Oil, MacMahon oil [EMO], Sweeney Oil[Statoil} offered prices at 65cents per litre. Connell [Texoil} said the price wud be sixty four cents by Monday.

So there you have it {although I'm curious as to Connell oil offering me Monday's price, perhaps he expects it to fall and knew he'd get the drop on the competition by offering me monday's as opposed to todays price] Anyway the oil has been ordered.

Going by prices I received during the week one would save 60euro on 1000L by waiting a week.

snubbleste

Anyone order any kerosene/heating oil in the past week
Have prices come down further?

Interceptor

I just bought 500 litres for €312 and was quoted €600 for 1000 litres from O'Grady Oil in Belclare (Tuam) Woohoo!!

'c

Bass Cadet

Interceptor wrote: »

I just bought 500 litres for €312 and was quoted €600 for 1000 litres from O'Grady Oil in Belclare (Tuam) Woohoo!!

'c

Who did you buy the 500 litres from?

When you are ringing around ask for the price and then knock a few cents off and say you were quoted that somewhere else. Ask them to do better and you never know, they might.

big b

€300 for 500ltrs from Top Oil this week

snubbleste

Anyone have any update on heating oil/kerosene quotes in town?

DeadSkin

snubbleste wrote: »

Anyone have any update on heating oil/kerosene quotes in town?

Last week €300 for 500 litres from Corrib Oil.

kayos

DeadSkin wrote: »

Last week €300 for 500 litres from Corrib Oil.

Yup we were about the same. Can not remember the exact amount we got but it was a bit over 500L and just a bit over the 300 mark.

GerardKeating

DeadSkin wrote: »

Last week €300 for 500 litres from Corrib Oil.

And €480 for 850 litres last week from Corrib...

And a very prompt and efficient service as well, ran out over the weekend, had a full tank lunch time monday.

ErnieBert

GerardKeating wrote: »

And €480 for 850 litres last week from Corrib...

And a very prompt and efficient service as well, ran out over the weekend, had a full tank lunch time monday.

Just out of curiosity, what is the capacity (in litres) of a typical Oli Tank?

GerardKeating

ErnieBert wrote: »

Just out of curiosity, what is the capacity (in litres) of a typical Oli Tank?

Mine is 950ltrs, but the bottom 50 or so cannot get out, the outlet pipe is a few inches about the bottom of the pipe

galwaybabe

GerardKeating wrote: »

Mine is 950ltrs, but the bottom 50 or so cannot get out, the outlet pipe is a few inches about the bottom of the pipe

You can sort that by putting a block under the tank on one end to tilt it in the direction of the outlet pipe.

JIZZLORD

i was quoted 285 for 500litres by Mór Oil yesterday. tried a load of places and they were the cheapest for a half tank

wills56

Rang around on Tuesday Corrib oil the cheapest.
Was also told that they check there prices every Wednesday!

minxie

corrib oil doing a deal on 500 litres home heating oil
for €275!!!!!!!:D

snubbleste

minxie1 wrote: »

corrib oil doing a deal on 500 litres home heating oil for €275!!!!!!!:D

Phone their competitors and ask them to match it
Connell Oil are doing 500l for €270
People get the same amount for €240 in Dublin.

JohnCleary

Is home heating oil (Kerosene) always cheaper than green diesel?

Bass Cadet

Make sure you get some kind of lock for your oil tanks!! Little d!ckheads are going around trying to steal oil!

snubbleste

JohnCleary wrote: »

Is home heating oil (Kerosene) always cheaper than green diesel?

Yes. Not sure why, different tax rates?

This is a quote from a local supplier
500l Kerosene @ 0.52 €/ltr = €260
500l Marked Gas Oil @ 0.545 €/ltr = €272

JohnCleary

Still a huge reduction compared with the summer. I remember Marked Gas Oil being 99.9c at the pump :eek: And still 89.9c when buying in quantity of 1000l :eek:


Wonder if the price is going to drop anymore, i've a 1500l tank that needs fillin'!

Sponge Bob

€485 for 1000L today off Sweeney after a little bit of haggling . They started at €510

I see Mór Oil even have a customer service department nowadays ...not like 2 or 3 years ago when they specialised in the olde Neandarthal Male with Real Phone on Desk form of CS

ErnieBert

Anyone ever use www.boilerjuice.ie

They organise buying groups to buy oil. If we all got together to get a quote for 10,000 litres for 20 houses (500 litrs per house), then they wouldn't be long dropping prices.

JohnCleary

I'm game for 1500l of marked gas oil (green diesel) if that would help

big b

Sponge Bob wrote: »

€485 for 1000L today off Sweeney after a little bit of haggling . They started at €510

I see Mór Oil even have a customer service department nowadays ...not like 2 or 3 years ago when they specialised in the olde Neandarthal Male with Real Phone on Desk form of CS

Always found the delivery guy for Mor Oil to be cheery & very helpful.
I know he primed the burner for my OH once, when the tank had run dry & the tigerloop failed to do its' job.

He anwered the phone quite often too, clearly when the Neanderthal was having its' tea break.

wills56

got 1000 ltr yesterday from Corrib oil for €480 (.48 per ltr), seems to be the best around this week.

GerardKeating

wills56 wrote: »

got 1000 ltr yesterday from Corrib oil for €480 (.48 per ltr), seems to be the best around this week.

Not bad, a month ago, i paid that for only 854 ltrs

snubbleste

Just in case anyone is looking for a guide to local prices http://www.texoil.ie/direct/order-connell-oil.htm

I'd always go with these guys because they gave evidence against a 9 company oil cartel which operated in galway a few years ago. Draw your own conclusions.

Director of company in Galway heating oil cartel fined €10,000
A former director of Corrib Oil Company Limited and chairman of the Connacht Oil Promotion Federation was given a 6 month suspended sentence and fined €10,000 in the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 23 January 2007 for his participation in the Galway home heating oil cartel. The Mayo businessman pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting Corrib Oil to enter into price fixing agreements for gas oil and kerosene. Corrib Oil was also fined €15,000. Corrib Oil is a Shell oil distributor in Galway, Mayo and Roscommon with about 55 trucks and 103 employees. Evidence given in court confirmed that, at the time of the cartel, it had about 20 trucks and 30 employees.

JohnCleary

snubbleste wrote: »

Just in case anyone is looking for a guide to local prices http://www.texoil.ie/direct/order-connell-oil.htm

I'd always go with these guys because they gave evidence against a 9 company oil cartel which operated in galway a few years ago. Draw your own conclusions.

WARNING: That site is asking for CC details over an unsecure portal. I wouldn't do it TBH as it doesn't seem to complete an order, just send your details onto someone who prob enters the details in manually

However thanks for the link snubbleste, just got a very good price for 1000l of diesel

Das Kitty

Anyone get any oil recently? I have to order some now.

Fey!

I got about 390 litres from Excelsior (751014) last week for €200 (€0.51/litre). Didn't realise that they did incremental pricing, meaning that 1000 litres is €450 (€0.45/litre). So I have another 600 litres coming this week for €270 (€0.45/litre); not having checked things out properly has cost me €23.40!

I've been using Excelsior for about 10 years at this stage, but never copped that I should be buying in bulk (I don't even know the capacity of my tank!). Their service is excellent, down to the drver restarting the heating for me last week (I had run out of oil, and I have a tricky boiler with 20 metres between the tank and the boiler). They work a priority syste; if you're out/nearly out, you go on the top of the list (I have gotten calls from them in the past when I had orders in asking whether or not I could hold off on my delivery so that hey could bump in someone who had run out).

snubbleste

Fey! wrote: »

I got about 390 litres from Excelsior (751014) last week for €200 (€0.51/litre). Didn't realise that they did incremental pricing, meaning that 1000 litres is €450 (€0.45/litre). So I have another 600 litres coming this week for €270 (€0.45/litre); not having checked things out properly has cost me €23.40!

Fey! you should be ashamed admitting something like that :pac:

Fey!

I only put it there so others could learn from my mistakes. Inside, I'm hanging my head in shame at having wantonly parted with my cash through my own ignorance and stupidity.

I could have bought pron instead!!!

JohnCleary

Fey! wrote: »

I could have bought pron instead!!!

Who the fcuk pays for porn?

GerardKeating

snubbleste wrote: »

Just in case anyone is looking for a guide to local prices http://www.texoil.ie/direct/order-connell-oil.htm

I'd always go with these guys because they gave evidence against a 9 company oil cartel which operated in galway a few years ago. Draw your own conclusions.

But they are more expensive than the "cartel" companies (Sweeney/Corrib).

gerard

JIZZLORD

what price is oil going for now.
heat ran out last night

gmkgreaney

texaco 40 C a litre today we filled up ours:D

snubbleste

gmkgreaney wrote: »

texaco 40 C a litre today we filled up ours:D

That sounds too low, is the price before VAT?

Eurochild

Needed to order 500 litres so did the rounds today:

Mór Oil: €250 (guy asked me "do you usually order from us"...hate that sh*t).
Excelsior: €255, came down to €250
Connell Oil: €260
Cloonans (who I used to regularly order from, now with Corrib I believe): €250 (wouldn't go any lower when I tried to haggle)
Sweeny Oil: €265

Not much competition there then. Went with Excelsior as they are only the road from me and yer man was nice on the phone!

snubbleste

Well done for shopping around and telling us
Connell Oil are quoting 500l €232.5 kerosene & €240 Gasoil on their site?