indiansprings
Firewood Purveyor
A friend called late this afternoon and told me about a guy wanting around 15 cord of wood cut, the land owner would furnish the timber, all we had to do is stack it up in the wood lot, with him furnishing the fence post to use for stacking. I leave where we were working and take the oldest son with me. Know the place, it has been empty for a while but a retired couple from out of state had bought it.
I pull in, truck is loaded with firewood, I myself to the gentleman, tell him we are in the firewood business and we had "heard" he was looking for someone to cut firewood for him.
I tell him if he furnishes the wood, and he wants 16" wood, stacked between post, that we'll so it for 125.00 a cord and pile all the small limbs and debris, pushing it up with our tractor.
He explains he is a retired college professor, blah, blah, blah, tell him I've got a Criminal Justice Degree with and Associates in Military History/ROTC.
Then the fun starts, he tells me the price is ok for the "timber harvesting" he wants done. When could we get started? I tell him we could work him in within a couple of weeks but could come one day and knock out four or five cord so he would have wood, I tell him I invoice and payment is due the same day the wood is cut and stacked. I assure him he can measure our cords and they will exceed the legal definition by a minimum of 10% and offer a list of references.
This guy then proceeds to tell me that he will not pay until he has burned the wood. That is the only way to assure it is a quality product. My son is giving me the "look", waiting on me to flip out.lol
I just told him that around here that is not the way it works, payment is due upon receipt of goods, period. I say if you can't pay for the 15 cord all at once you can call and we will keep you in wood, if you just need one, two or three at a time no big deal, lots of customers operate that way. Nope he doesn't pay until he burns it. I tell him I'm not his guy, gave him my flyer with references and phone number and tell him if he changes his mind we'd like to have his business.
I leave trying to make it to the local parts store before it closes. Need a couple hydro filters, I start telling the owner about the conversation, it just so happened his son had got involved with the guy, cut three cord, stacked , measured out between fence post. The owner tells him it's a nice cord, he tells the 17 year old kid three cord is actually one. Apparently the kid also thought he would be paid when he cut the wood. The dad/owner of the parts shop was hot as a fire cracker, when he closed his first stop was to see the professor and measure the wood that was already cut and tell him he wanted paid immediately.
Can't wait until he opens at 8:00am in the morning to see how it turned out.
What a nut, where in the hell do you get people to cut wood and wait for payment until you burn it. Is this some kind of city deal, maybe something done up North?
This cat regardless of his educational back ground, might freeze to death this winter. Around here you pay when the wood is delivered. World is full of all kinds.lol This is one of the weirdest deals I've ever been offered. You can bet your hiney if he calls me to do his wood cutting,, it's going to be cash in hand for say three cord before the saws are fired up, when those three are cut , it will have to be cash in hand for the next three. I'm not into the five year 0% interest wood plan.lol
I pull in, truck is loaded with firewood, I myself to the gentleman, tell him we are in the firewood business and we had "heard" he was looking for someone to cut firewood for him.
I tell him if he furnishes the wood, and he wants 16" wood, stacked between post, that we'll so it for 125.00 a cord and pile all the small limbs and debris, pushing it up with our tractor.
He explains he is a retired college professor, blah, blah, blah, tell him I've got a Criminal Justice Degree with and Associates in Military History/ROTC.
Then the fun starts, he tells me the price is ok for the "timber harvesting" he wants done. When could we get started? I tell him we could work him in within a couple of weeks but could come one day and knock out four or five cord so he would have wood, I tell him I invoice and payment is due the same day the wood is cut and stacked. I assure him he can measure our cords and they will exceed the legal definition by a minimum of 10% and offer a list of references.
This guy then proceeds to tell me that he will not pay until he has burned the wood. That is the only way to assure it is a quality product. My son is giving me the "look", waiting on me to flip out.lol
I just told him that around here that is not the way it works, payment is due upon receipt of goods, period. I say if you can't pay for the 15 cord all at once you can call and we will keep you in wood, if you just need one, two or three at a time no big deal, lots of customers operate that way. Nope he doesn't pay until he burns it. I tell him I'm not his guy, gave him my flyer with references and phone number and tell him if he changes his mind we'd like to have his business.
I leave trying to make it to the local parts store before it closes. Need a couple hydro filters, I start telling the owner about the conversation, it just so happened his son had got involved with the guy, cut three cord, stacked , measured out between fence post. The owner tells him it's a nice cord, he tells the 17 year old kid three cord is actually one. Apparently the kid also thought he would be paid when he cut the wood. The dad/owner of the parts shop was hot as a fire cracker, when he closed his first stop was to see the professor and measure the wood that was already cut and tell him he wanted paid immediately.
Can't wait until he opens at 8:00am in the morning to see how it turned out.
What a nut, where in the hell do you get people to cut wood and wait for payment until you burn it. Is this some kind of city deal, maybe something done up North?
This cat regardless of his educational back ground, might freeze to death this winter. Around here you pay when the wood is delivered. World is full of all kinds.lol This is one of the weirdest deals I've ever been offered. You can bet your hiney if he calls me to do his wood cutting,, it's going to be cash in hand for say three cord before the saws are fired up, when those three are cut , it will have to be cash in hand for the next three. I'm not into the five year 0% interest wood plan.lol
