So are you dropping your fire wood prices?

[timberbear]

This is the question I was asked last night in the pub. It was simply put " Are you reducing the price of your firewood buy 5% now that the price of gas has dropped". I simply replied no, none of my equipment is gas powered, my haulier doesn't run his 26ton lorry on gas and the nearest gas main to us is five miles away! And as the landlord grinned at me, I asked him when the price of grain falls do we get cheaper beer!

 

There might be a reason to keep an eye on the price of gas, if the price drops dramatically our customers might revert back to gas. I'm lucky 99% of my customers are on oil!

[timtree81]

my sales are down anyway ,this winter has been so mild and there are loads and loads of new fire wood people around selling wood for peanuts ,rubbish mind but most folk are ill informed when quality is concerned so there happy to buy it

[mendiplogs]

This is the question I was asked last night in the pub. It was simply put " Are you reducing the price of your firewood buy 5% now that the price of gas has dropped". I simply replied no, none of my equipment is gas powered, my haulier doesn't run his 26ton lorry on gas and the nearest gas main to us is five miles away! And as the landlord grinned at me, I asked him when the price of grain falls do we get cheaper beer!

 

There might be a reason to keep an eye on the price of gas, if the price drops dramatically our customers might revert back to gas. I'm lucky 99% of my customers are on oil!

 

HI TIM ref going back to gas mate not if they paid £3/5000 for a stove and liner fitted the price of cord may come down :lol:then our price may come down but with the price of dev and red i can not see it coming down thanks jon

[Johny Walker]

nope !!!

[Mortimer Firewood]

Im sure a lot of people will be dropping there prices next year as they will have stock left over from this year as its been so mild a lot of the guys that do firewood round here have still got huge piles of firewood to get through on a plus note it might knock the price of cord down a bit.

[Dave Martin]

This is the question I was asked last night in the pub. It was simply put " Are you reducing the price of your firewood buy 5% now that the price of gas has dropped". I simply replied no, none of my equipment is gas powered, my haulier doesn't run his 26ton lorry on gas and the nearest gas main to us is five miles away! And as the landlord grinned at me, I asked him when the price of grain falls do we get cheaper beer!

 

There might be a reason to keep an eye on the price of gas, if the price drops dramatically our customers might revert back to gas. I'm lucky 99% of my customers are on oil!

 

Your reply should have been that had you increased your prices by 15% as the gas supplier did you would have been happy to give a 5% reduction

[dave fox]

This is the question I was asked last night in the pub. It was simply put " Are you reducing the price of your firewood buy 5% now that the price of gas has dropped". I simply replied no, none of my equipment is gas powered, my haulier doesn't run his 26ton lorry on gas and the nearest gas main to us is five miles away! And as the landlord grinned at me, I asked him when the price of grain falls do we get cheaper beer!

 

There might be a reason to keep an eye on the price of gas, if the price drops dramatically our customers might revert back to gas. I'm lucky 99% of my customers are on oil!

the price of corn has gone up, to get anal about it.

[gensetsteve]

Your reply should have been that had you increased your prices by 15% as the gas supplier did you would have been happy to give a 5% reduction

 

We did

[philg]

It's the middle of Jan and your on about dropping prices:confused1: There's a good while to go yet to have some nice winter weather. A fortnight of cold weather will have logs flying out of yards. My prices will only go 1 way, UP. I've had 3 new customers phone today the price wasn't an issue as they were all recommendations and they've had shite off the "have a go harrys" so learnt the hard way.

Thanks Phil

[Alycidon]

Nope, be proactive in the market and let your competitors be reactive.

 

People are fed up being held to ransom by the energy companies. The RGI scheme if and when in comes in for private dwellings will also help. There are a lot of knackered oil boilers waiting for govt funding to switch to wood.

 

What sells sells, what does not then sell it next year. At the end of teh day dropping prices to regular customers will mean they have stock so will not be buying next year.

 

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