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[quote user="Bugsy"]I've just been told that someone they know had 1200 litres delivered and the cost was 1200 euros.

Please tell me thats not correct.

.[/quote]An 'English price' perhaps [blink]

Last year someone we know was crowing that they'd paid I forget what but it was seriously over the going rate. We didn't have the heart to tell them that they had been well and truly tucked up [:(]

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I bought 500 litres right at the end of November and it was just over 0.70 euros per litre. Amazing service, arrived at the house on a Saturday, oil ran out on the Sunday, phoned at 08:30 on the Monday and was quoted a Tuesday delivery, asked if they could deliver sooner and they delivered at 10:30 on the Monday.

The organisation that I work for had two deliveries in early December of 17,300 litres per delivery. The cost per litre converted to euros 0.744. Wonder how much people pay in the UK for a delivery of 500 litres.

Paul

 

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[quote user="AnOther"][quote user="Bugsy"]I've just been told that someone they know had 1200 litres delivered and the cost was 1200 euros.

Please tell me thats not correct.

.[/quote]An 'English price' perhaps [blink]

Last year someone we know was crowing that they'd paid I forget what but it was seriously over the going rate. We didn't have the heart to tell them that they had been well and truly tucked up [:(]

[/quote]

Yep, Foreigner Tax is a real concern to those who dont do their research first - not just heating oil, but any prices.

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Around here the Picard way of negotiating, not that it ever achieves much is to insult and ridicule the other party in as loud a voice as possible to attract an audience to your respective side, a bit like a bully in a playground, or on a forum come to that!

It can be witnessed every weekend at the local rédéries, for the most its just nasty haranging and points scoring but even a mild exchange between Picards is very in your face and confrontational, visitors have been known to run away in fear.

If a big enough crowd has gathered it can derape and become a stand up fight especially if someone loses face, the ultimate insult which usually tips the balance is "vous me prenez pour un Americain, hein?"

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The price is going through the roof here in Britain.    A neighbour had 400 litres for £300;  75 p per litre.   Whilst the price was higher as it was a bit of an emergency and a small delivery it's still pretty shocking,    even if you assume 65 p per litre that's the same price now with oil at $99 per barrel as it was when oil was $145 at the peak.     So someone somewhere is making a pretty penny.

At that price it's cheaper to heat by electric fan heater,  even at peak rate electricity.

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