The Power of Group Purchasing | Slick Energy

It might sound like one of those crazy marketing terms, but group purchasing is not complicated, or a gimmick. It’s a proven way to save you, the consumer, money. It’s been used for years, in many different businesses and for all sorts of different types of consumers. And now you get to reap the benefits of group purchasing for the best discount oil prices, for heating your home. But how does it work? What do we use it for? And how do we know it works? Let’s have a look at a few of the different ways group purchasing has been used across America, and how this history has led to you being able to get the best discount oil prices today.

It’s thought that over 400,000 people in the U.S.A. are members of grocery cooperatives. Members of the cooperative work together to get food in bulk or from local suppliers, so delivery costs are low. This means all the members of the cooperative get a better price on their food. Great news for consumers, and for local suppliers who have a guaranteed customer base.

Sometimes these cooperatives are run locally, amongst neighborhoods. Sometimes they are run from local stores, where members might have a card to allow them to buy the discounted stock. Whichever way it’s set up, the main feature is that by all these folks from the same area buying together, they save money. It’s thought that this has a knock on positive effect on the overall economy too, as buying in bulk ensures suppliers always have a market. This keeps the grocery market more secure, and keeps goods available for the consumer. A happy spiral that just keeps on going.

While Slick is not a cooperative, it’s a similar type of group purchasing that drives our ability to deliver discount oil, and keep you warm and toasty without stressing about rising costs.

Another way consumers save through group purchasing is with their utility bills. U-Switch refers to this as ‘collective purchasing’, and it’s the idea that negotiating as a group has more impact than negotiating as individuals.

Picture it: you and your neighbors all get your cable from the same supplier. The prices have shot up. You call and complain, but you get no joy. Your next-door neighbor does the same. And so on. The cable company might not think that there’s a problem, speaking to one consumer at a time. But when one of you calls them up and tells the cable company that twenty households will be leaving if they don’t sort it out… Well, that’s the kind of smart negotiation that makes even big companies it up and listen.

A group of consumers working together can make a big difference in price. And with Slick, the great thing is that we do all that legwork for you. To find you the best discount oil prices, we look and see who else in your area needs oil at the same time, and we work with the delivery companies to make sure you all get the best price. No need for you to call and haggle; we’re doing it all in the background, so you have time to do the things that are important to you.

If you want discount oil for heating your home, let us use the power of group purchasing to save you some money today. Click here to see what great price we can offer you.