I believe it was far less than expected, which is great news. It should help drive down certain other prices.
I bought SHELL ULTRA fully synthetic off Ebay for £23.95. The seller is Smith @ Allan from Darlington. They have sold over 1800 5lt bottles and have 78000 sales with 100% feedback. How bad can it be ?
Don't know about the leak but all that type of oil I have bought just has a plastic seal that breaks as you undo the lid so you know it has not been opened. There is no peal off seal under the lid.
Don't worry, he has three squares a day - all curries, delivered to his door. Edit: So slow, thanks, keyboard!
I had two jags @ 18, paid £300 each for them - A Daimler S1 and Jag S2 both 4.2's great fun - one was featured on here after knocking my mates dads garage and house down