Something strange afoot!

[redmoosefaction]

Looking in Homebase the other day, came across these "hardwood logs"

Funny cause they don't look like hardwood logs. Perhaps the addition of traditional makes it all alright.

 

Trading standards needing a call perhaps? What do you reckon?

[geoff]

What price were they going for?

[redmoosefaction]

Think they were £7 ish. They were approx.... let me measure my hand and I shall tell you.... about 10"x20" and however thick what.. 6-7"

[Steve Bullman]

so what wood is it? can't tell from the pic

[redmoosefaction]

Looks like pine to me

[redmoosefaction]

So, they may not even fill their own bags...mmmm

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/firewood-forum/14977-how-much-do-cpl-fuel-express-pay.html

[David Goss]

Looks like pine to me

 

[Gareth Dalzell]

Just had a look on their website site - they only seem to have "Traditional logs" for sale now - I wonder was this old stock in the multiple.

 

 

Winter Fuels - Fuel Express

[gensetsteve]

I see these bags last winter. Our local garden centre even commented, ' all our hardwood logs come from sustainable pine forrests '

[ashman]

Now this is interesting, last year i had 3000 ton of poplar on offer, i looked into a few things and found a firm very near to me that supplies homebase, i went and had a meeting with them, and he told me they sell it all to homebase as hardwood ! tecnicaly they would be right.

 

However, he also said from felling to delivery to the stores usually is within ten days !! and they call them seasoned, when i questioned this his reply was.....we dont care there is more market than complaints, and we never get the complaints thats down to the store to deal with !!

 

He offered me £1 a net..........needless to say i wasnt over impressed with the whole set up.

 

Rob.