Heating Oil price East Sussex ?

[Andrew Mawson]

Can anyone give me a recent price paid per litre for central heating oil in East Sussex please?

Cheers,

AWEM

[The Wanderer]

If you use the boiler juice web site, you'll get a fairly competitive price there.

[jim]

Not long ago I compared notes with a pal new to oil CH & the joys of being an oil trader. All my 'trades' were at a lower price than Boiler juice quoted. Inference from the data was that (a) boiler juice have some agreement or price monitoring with one or more oil firms in each area and (b) they are commission agents - ie they add on a % to the oil trading co price.

Your best bet for a decent deal is to draw up a short list of CH fuel oil companies from yellow pages & poll each one by phone for price and delivery time. Fairest method for all concerned. Note prices quoted vary between companies day by day because of the timing of the firms own restocking. Different payment methods also alter the price to you. It is a highly competitive market with margins to the bone. Any dealer exposing his prices on the web would be immediately undercut, so you can be certain Boiler juice are never the cheapest.

HTH

[Michael Chare]

Buying inconjunction with your neighbours can also help.

[The Wanderer]

Don't disagree with anything you've said, but the OP was asking for a recent price. I took this to be an indication of what he might expect to pay. BJ is at least as good a starting point as anywhere else for that info. Even if someone had popped up and said 'I paid xp per litre' that info is not really *that* meaningful, given the day-to-day volatility of oil prices.

Yup, agree 100% with that advice too, but there again BJ is a good starting point against which you can measure the offers of the other suppliers. I've found in some instances BJ ain't the dearest, they tend to be more or less middle of the road in my area. Having said that, I've never bought from them, merely used their price as a yardstick to use when negotiating with others.

[Andrew Mawson]

competitive price

quoted

All I'm trying to do is turn known volume consumed into £ for a running cost comparison with my existing house and a prospective house purchase. Hence asking if anyone in East Sussex can tell me what they have paid recently, simple really !!!!!

AWEM

[The Wanderer]

So my suggestion of Boiler Juice was perfectly valid, given the circumstances. I appreciate also that you're probably only looking for a rule of thumb comparison, but there are *many* factors that can influence running costs between houses. Having replaced my old boiler last Autumn, I've been truly amazed at how inefficient it was since the new one has been in and working, I know we've had a relatively mild winter, but my oil use has dropped quite dramatically. I presently have half a tank, where I'd have been looking for a refill in the next two or three weeks. Then there's the house type, if it's detached, whether or not the roof and walls have been insulated, type of glazing....... :-)

[Andrew Mawson]

price

undercut,

influence

Yes Heating Juice was useful - thanks, but the comparison is on a know volume of oil used in the target house so "but there are *many* factors that can influence running costs between houses" is largely eliminated apart from user factors, and as this is a Rayburn on 24/7 variation is minimal !

AWEM

[The Natural Philosopher]

I have found the same dramatic drop this year, with the same boiler I had last year.

The winter has been excessively mild.

[The Natural Philosopher]

A rayburn on 24x7 - our aga uses about 600 liters a year..its off in summer.

[Michael Chare]

I live in West Kent. I made the following purchases of heating oil over the past few years. As you can see the price is quite variable.

Date, supplier, volume, price, VAT rate, amount paid.

18/12/06 Emo 599 29.2 5% 183.65

11/08/06 Goff 2250 33.5 5% 791.44

15/12/05 SomerLeyton 1200 30 5% 378.00

08/17/05 Advance Fuels 2500 28.5 5% 748.13

08/12/04 Goff 750 22.5 5% 177.19

05/10/04 Total Butler 2600 23.5 5% 641.55

17/12/03 Shell 901 16.5 5% 156.10

02/10/03 Shell 1850 14.89 5% 289.24

11/02/03 Chapter 900 17.95 5% 169.63

17/12/02 Q8 500 15.7 5% 82.43

26/09/02 Total Butler 2400 16.65 5% 419.58

11/02/02 Chapter 1400 13.3 5% 195.51

21/08/01 Chapter 2394 16.7 5% 419.79

06/02/01 Chapter 1200 17.3 5% 217.98

03/07/00 Arena 2300 16.35 5% 394.85

04/02/00 Chapter 1200 15.9 5% 200.34

14/09/99 2197 12.4 5% 286.05

11/01/99 Q8 1510 7.7 5% 122.08

01/09/98 Chapter 2600 7.9 5% 215.67

[Andrew Mawson]

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Michael, Many thanks,

AWEM

[Andy Hall]

Wish I could say that - it's -23 outside. However, people consider it mild in comparison to previous years.

[Nick]

Where is it -23 at the moment ?

Nick