Got another call yesterday from a BBQ restaurant looking for a new wood supplier. After he asked a lot of questions he said he was having a hard time finding low wood prices in this area. He said wood in another city is much cheaper and he was tired of high prices.
I asked him what prices he was being quoted and he said around 250 a cord.
I explained that he was comparing apples to oranges.
The reason for lower prices in other areas or for any area for that matter is supply and demand.
He said he was a small business and he could not afford the high prices.
My immediate thought was, so your small, I'm small and you want me as a small vendor to sell wood for no profit so you as a small business can make a bigger profit?
I didn't say that out loud but I was thinking it.
He was very disappointed when he found out my pick up price was 250, the same as the other quotes he was getting.
I asked him what prices he was being quoted and he said around 250 a cord.
I explained that he was comparing apples to oranges.
The reason for lower prices in other areas or for any area for that matter is supply and demand.
He said he was a small business and he could not afford the high prices.
My immediate thought was, so your small, I'm small and you want me as a small vendor to sell wood for no profit so you as a small business can make a bigger profit?
I didn't say that out loud but I was thinking it.
He was very disappointed when he found out my pick up price was 250, the same as the other quotes he was getting.