Blowncrewcab
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Today I saw bundled wood at lowes for $5.99, there was 4 measley pieces in each bundle. Thats like $1.50 per piece, sure glad I cut my own......I'd have a problem with myself paying 1/2 that.....
Today I saw bundled wood at lowes for $5.99, there was 4 measley pieces in each bundle. Thats like $1.50 per piece, sure glad I cut my own......I'd have a problem with myself paying 1/2 that.....
I have never seen sacked firewood sold retail for less than $1 a log. Incredible, isn't it? Almost enough to make you start buying sacks and going into business wholesaling it.Today I saw bundled wood at lowes for $5.99, there was 4 measley pieces in each bundle. Thats like $1.50 per piece, sure glad I cut my own......I'd have a problem with myself paying 1/2 that.....
heh....how would you like to have that contract?
I have never seen sacked firewood sold retail for less than $1 a log. Incredible, isn't it? Almost enough to make you start buying sacks and going into business wholesaling it.
I was passed on the highway by a guy driving a 1-ton F-350, packed with sacks full of logs. I was carrying a full load of wood, unsacked. I think he gave me a thumbs up as he went by. Then he pulled off and headed straight for Lowes. I think I had more firewood on board than he did, but I imagine his wallet was shortly going to be fatter than mine. :biggrinbounce2:
Standard markup by most Home Improvement centers is 100% of the cost or 50% of the selling price--the famous golden markup. That gives them the margin they need to make a profit, advertise, run store specials, and finally discard the unsold quantities.This sounds like capitalism at its finest. But do you really think that Lowes was paying him any more for his load than you would get for yours? I wonder what their markup is on it??
I see it here, at the convenience stores, for $5.99 a bundle. Funny thing is its banded with metal bands.
Maybe we should band some of ours together, I'm sure that we won't be able to burn all this walnut, before its too dry. LOL
They are clear cutting a 25 acre parcel near me in preparation to build a housing development. They have a big Cat excavator cutting the trees, a big JD grapple skidder, a limber/buncher, and an eight wheel forwarder to move them.
All of the hardwoods are going to be chipped and sold to pellet plants. The guy my buddy talked too said that they are 300 loads behind in their deliveries to the pellet plants. I'm guessing that pellet prices will be steep this year. Makes me glad I burn wood...
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