Seems like a good deal on coal....

naughto

Has any one bought these

https://www.easyglow.ie/index.php/shop-coal/%E2%82%AC10-38-per-Bag-Small-Coal-Ovoids-for-Stoves-24-x-20Kg-Bags-Fast-Delivery-Included-in-Price-p168021673

OmegaGene

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118775264#Comment_118775264

I see places advertising €8 a bag near me and people go in to be told that’s 20kg

naughto

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118775445#Comment_118775445

Its only 24 bags of 20kg not the toon

Indestructable

Well, I just bought a tonne from Easyglow for next Winter. Can see their prices going up very soon.

photovoodoo100

Does anyone know if countryblend from CW is good in an open fire, mother in law is thinking about buying a ton she doesn't have a stove getting very worried about the comming price hikes here

naughto

fj2022 code for 5euro off with easyglow

mollymac57

With reports on RTÉ that coal is to go up by €7 a bag I’m not taking any chances and have bought a ton from Dairygold at 784 incl delivery. Stocked up with what I have in the shed and this ton coming.

OmegaGene

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118775929#Comment_118775929

Jesus Christ that’s some ball of cash for a ton of coal, you know this is bargain alerts right ?

i think a moderator should revoke your membership

topofthewind

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118775445#Comment_118775445

I used it the last 2 winters. A good fuel, comes on a covered (plastic hood) pallet in 20kg clean bags.

It had good heat output. It lights easily enough. The ash content is average to low.

Overall I’d recommend it. Handy to order online too.

Another stove fuel I bought is “golden glow” eco glow from Mcloughlins, Buncrana, Co. Donegal. Local supplier ceased trading so I switched fuel. It was the best I have used. High heat and very low ash.

I see they do deliveries now by the ton. I’d recommend it too.

Shauna677

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118775981#Comment_118775981

It sounds like panic buying. Mad money to pay for a tonne of coal. Money be better spend if it was redirected towards retrofitting his house.

swardy1

Pricing has gone crazy. Just checked price from my last order of these back in Sept 2021 and a tonne of these ovoids was €344 (€388 including delivery).

Bobeagleburger

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118775929#Comment_118775929

The very definition of panic buying.

You'd have saved hundreds by just shopping around. Yer man probably couldn't believe his luck when someone paid it!

Cape Clear

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118775742#Comment_118775742

Hate to hear of people worrying about basics like heat particularly the older generation. I would suggest a mix of coal and good seasoned fire wood for an open fire. Plenty of genuine sellers out there but a few sharks also.

OmegaGene

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118776202#Comment_118776202

Few quid more and you’d get two pallets from easy glow or coal wharehouse

2forjoy

Increase is price gouging. I heard there is a plentiful supply of Columbia coal.

Dakota Dan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118775929#Comment_118775929

Surely you mean a pallet 40x40kg bags 25x40kg bags in a tonne.

mollymac57

yea it’s 40x40 kg bags of Arigna Cosyglo smokeless. Works out at €19.60 per 40kg bag, delivered. (Or €9.80 per 20kg)

Its not panic buying by me. If I see that a commodity is likely to increase in price I will buy in advance as I’m sure most BA people would. I have bought from NI for the past few years with mixed results. The quality of this product should be much higher and if not I will exercise my consumer rights with a local supplier. I have an oil boiler and with the price of kerosene rocketing I am holding off purchasing if/until prices stabilize. And in the meantime I will burn this coal I have purchased along with existing stocks to heat my home. It made sense to me to buy but others are free to exercise their own judgement. By waiting though the prices of all fuels are only likely to sky rocket (eg: petrol, diesel, kerosene, gas etc) at least in the short to mid term. I’m more than happy to know that I have a lot of my heating secured for next winter.

Widdensushi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118777299#Comment_118777299

Fair enough, but you posted a ton, i think most would have taken that as 1000 kg, not the 1600 kg that you bought, i buy a tonne a year, i have gas heating also but use it very little, the amount of fuel many buy on here seems big to me, i suppose a tonne a year seems alot to others.

macvin

I have done a fair bit of reading on the oil/diesel price jumps.

In the middle of it coal also was in many news articles.

It has gone crazy in the last 10 days with some market prices at $400/t.

That's before shipping, bagging, distribution costs, taxes and margins.

Up until early February it was trading $130-$140 per ton, then jumped to $180.

Then since 2nd march it went stratospheric to $400.

It will drop back when the war ends - but that could be a while away yet.

Basically, if you use coal, buy it immediately. Don't wait another day. It will be €600/ton from NI and €700 in the south when extra vat and carbon tax is added.

podge3

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118777299#Comment_118777299

Worst coal I ever bought - and I got a few bad batches from the North over the past year or 2.

Humongous amounts of ash and clinkers left in the grate. I couldn't burn more than a bucket of the stuff before the fire was smothered with the ash.

It was replaced by a different batch of the same product and that was even worse. Got a refund eventually.

mollymac57

Just checked and 40 x 40kgs of the coal I bought has increased in price to €880 (from €759 on Sat night)

Anyone in the market for coal might be well advised to check and buy before prices go up more generally.

Cape Clear

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118782306#Comment_118782306

€3 a bag increase on a bulk order. You'd wonder how much of an increase on single bags. I believe Panda waste have put a €1 fuel surcharge on each residential bin lift.

homer1982

Has anyone bought Polish coal from CB Fuels in Fermanagh? Is it any good?

Indestructable

Easyglow went up €70 this morning, compared to the tonne I ordered Saturday.

podge3

The Homefire Supertherm ovoids I mentioned previously are still the same price locally i.e. 5 bags for €99.

I bought 15 bags and have another 5 approx so that should see me through the early part of this year. Hopefully some sense of normality might have returned to fuel prices by next winter.

OmegaGene

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118784618#Comment_118784618

have you ever seen coal go down in price ? it is only up it is going with the green party taxing it later this year

Cape Clear

CW increasing by a further €40 a ton from tomorrow.

Conchurl

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118789776#Comment_118789776

I phoned them on Monday to order 6 ton of black diamond and was told they were sold out and to call back in a few days

enricoh

Got a ton of small ovoids off easyglow last week , e460 delivered. Was waiting 10 days from the order so they must be busy. Good heat, last well- happy with them. I use them in the stove.

BorneTobyWilde

EG now 535 per ton for smokeless, plus delivery. No need for coal in this weather, just burning timber now, I won't be ordering coal until next oct, hopefully the lunacy is over by then.