Heating oil - OMG!

[WilsonMilson]

We usually get 900 litres of heating oil for around £400- £450.

I knew prices had gone up, but just went to order more and was quoted £1,200 for the same amount.

I don’t think I’m being unreasonable in being speechless, I about fell off my chair. That’s almost 3 times the usual amount. This is totally unsustainable, and coupled with all the other increases in electricity, petrol etc, it’s really getting quite scary now.

I cant afford to buy any oil, I don’t know what to do other than just wrapping up but it done at help, does anyone think the prices will eventually come back down?

Plug in heaters are selling out.

I just checked our usual supplier - the standard price is 129ppl but the express price is 98ppl - it might be a mistype but if not that's the cheapest I've seen this week.

My unit cost for gas will be 3 x what it was under my last fix, once the new price cap becomes effective, so it's about the same increase.

I can’t even get a quote from boiler juice at the moment, have told DC’s that once this tank runs out then there won’t be any heating and showers only no baths

We have a community WhatsApp on which I read this morning that there had been an oil theft from the church in the small village adjoining ours.

People will need to be vigilant and I think it would be advisable to up tank security.