excuse me how much are your logs!

[bjm logging]

I have just had a good one tonight ! Chap comes up our drive walks up our yard looking at my stack of logs, I went to him and asked could i help you,He said How much are your logs i said the bulk bags or the net sacks he said those pointing to the bulk bags of hardwood I said £70 he said are you joking i have just had a log burner installed and would like to fill my car up for a couple of quid! you people in the country are jumping on the bandwagon and trying to make a quick buck. To which i helped him back into his toyota prius and he silently reversed down the drive :001_tt:001_tt2:2:

[log dog]

hi we normally get, i will have them if you dont wont them ! on a job when we say they are for sale they normally pull a face and off they go

[Alycidon]

No doubt he bought a cheap chinese stove as well. Once he buys some 40% moisture wood from the DIY sheds he will learn, not that he will ever admit that to you of course.

 

On two occasions this winter I have caught people with bandsaw in hand cutting wood from my roadside hedge, they seemed to think that the hedge was public property ( wrong) as as such they had a right to cut it. One was cutting willow !!.

 

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[Ian Flatters]

I like the line well if it saves you hauling it away i'll take it for you. Oh and nearly forgot I don't think its worth that much it isn't even split.

[Billy68]

i like the one the man down the road will deliver 10 ton split to me for £20 .i reply why have you come here .they always say he not there anymore i wonder why my favourite one is they are only logs you get them free

Edited May 1, 2011 by Billy68

[BCF]

I have just had a good one tonight ! Chap comes up our drive walks up our yard looking at my stack of logs, I went to him and asked could i help you,He said How much are your logs i said the bulk bags or the net sacks he said those pointing to the bulk bags of hardwood I said £70 he said are you joking i have just had a log burner installed and would like to fill my car up for a couple of quid! you people in the country are jumping on the bandwagon and trying to make a quick buck. To which i helped him back into his toyota prius and he silently reversed down the drive :001_tt:001_tt2:2:

 

Think i might of sent him on his way with my boot up his @rse !

[easy-lift guy]

Funny comments and the bit about him driving a Prius, so typical. We call them cheapscapes here in the states, and yes they will help them selfs to what ever they can haul away, their only trying to help out, Right!

[mendiplogs]

HI B J M TOO which i helped him into his car with a BOOT UP THE U NO WHAT :lol: all the best jon :thumbup:

[18 stoner]

Stories like this make me chuckle!

 

Unfortunately its not worth getting into conversation with such, they usually know it all and are not capable of taking professional advice:001_rolleyes:

 

You may as well send them on their way and giggle when they have gone!

[Fahrenheit]

We installed a stove for a customer. I went back to it a few months later as they'd messed with the door catch adjustment and couldn't get it right.

 

Whilst i'm there he says....."they're bloody expensive to run aren't they"

 

I asked him how he was buying his wood......he the went into he pantry and pulled out a little cardboard box. It was like one of those boxes you get 6 bottles of wine in with the cardboard dividers. The box was tiny and each log was loaded into a separate divider. When i asked him how much he told me he'd paid £5.50 from a stove shop in Harrogate!

 

That's nearly a £1 per log! It was a nice looking cardboard box though :-) People who live in Harrogate and Knaresborough get heavily ripped off by the local shops. It's crazy.

 

I advised he found a log supplier.....one that didn't live in Harrogate and get at least a cube delivered at a time. He'd be well chuffed at our £130 for 1.2 cube!