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Funny thing is you don't see Energy companies selling their energy for what they can get away with depending on where you are! They have fixed prices and various tariffs for you as a customer to choose from.

As firewood producers we are in competition with them to some degree and as an industry should, I believe, be trying to sell quality firewood at a similar price throughout the land!

Petrol and diesel doesn't vary that much up and down the country on the whole, it's all fuel which ever way you look at it.

Went to a business seminar once and was told (according to research) if you put prices up by 10% you can afford to lose 25% customers and make the same profit. By lowering prices by 10% you would need to generate 50% more business in order to make the same profit.

 

 

An excellent analogy, but I have to disagree with the fuel price variation. The highland and islands can be 20p /litre more expensive than anywhere. Probably the highest fuel price in the world.

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An excellent analogy, but I have to disagree with the fuel price variation. The highland and islands can be 20p /litre more expensive than anywhere. Probably the highest fuel price in the world.

 

Yep it can be expensive up here!

 

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We have this and can fill a Transit fairly heaped in 30 mins once its set up £100 per load of softwood deliverd locally if its just tipped off.

Thats a crewcab Tranny so it holds a fair bit less than the single cab.

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try and up the price and the customer goes elsewhere.

 

Thats where you shouldn't rely on logs sales, if they dont like the going rate, let them buy the crap up first.

 

I've had loads of enquiries and very few takers. But this week the phone has started ringing and the logs are selling,

 

I've noted down all the numbers that have told me my logs are too dear hoping they ring back so I can tell them where to go :001_smile:

 

I charge £70 a cube for udercover seasoned, hardly over priced methinks

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No not over priced at all. I wouldnt be turning folk away in the future though. I find the firewood price/demand/supply/quality thread very interesting.

 

I turn the plonkers away and as a result have ended up with a small but faithful band of followers which are growing in numbers.

 

No messing, no quibbling, they just ring and I deliver

 

I'd rather be ticking over than busy with idiots :001_smile:

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Trouble is i have checked out the competition in my area and the going rate for a 1 ton pick up load is between £55-£65 and it dosnt really matter what quality wood you sell, to most customers as long as it burns is what matters. I have noticed a hell of a lot of people are turning to log burners so the future for log sellers looks good.

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