Half the delivery, double the price. They tell you it's the war
A man in Warwickshire pays for 1,000 litres of heating oil. War breaks out. Suddenly only 500 litres arrive — and two days later, the SAME firm offers him the missing 500 for an extra £1,000. The oil existed. It was in the tanker. Ask yourself where the other half went, and who decided the war was a price list.
He wrote to all the directors and — suddenly, smoothly, no fuss — full delivery at the original price. Just like that. Interesting how fast the impossible becomes possible when someone starts creating a paper trail. Remember that. Paper trails are garlic.
Zoom out: 1.5 million households, no protections, prices peaking 92%, and the regulator only NOW recommends bringing them in line with the grid. Where was the recommendation last winter? Drafted, probably. Sitting somewhere. Documents sit. It's what they're for.
Fill your tank early, keep your receipts, write to directors by name — it works, the Claverdon files prove it. And check your delivery gauge yourself, in person, while the driver watches you do it. You do the math. Nobody else will.