shocked at the price of these logs

[Spruce Pirate]

No its not a log,it is now a high class Swedish candle:laugh1:

 

We're always being told to add value to our products - now I know what they mean!!

[mendiplogs]

hello i had this flyer with a news letter in the post and i was shocked at the price of these logs and are they selling any :001_huh:

 

just wondered what your thoughts are

 

HI SHAVEY all well if logs are short people will have to pay it or put the GAS ON thanks jon nice one

[monkeybusiness]

I don't know why anyone is complaining on here - the only people who should be upset are the customers. Logs are generally far too cheap IMO - if people are charging (and selling) at high prices that must be a good thing for everyone else selling logs. Put your prices up people - place a realistic value on the kit and labour required to deliver an end product that is in great demand. If you sell half as many logs at twice the price then that is a lot of free time you instantly create for yourselves...

[Alycidon]

I don't know why anyone is complaining on here - the only people who should be upset are the customers. Logs are generally far too cheap IMO - if people are charging (and selling) at high prices that must be a good thing for everyone else selling logs. Put your prices up people - place a realistic value on the kit and labour required to deliver an end product that is in great demand. If you sell half as many logs at twice the price then that is a lot of free time you instantly create for yourselves...

 

Agreed. I had a guts full of people selling truck parts below cost just to get some turnover. This is bliss comparatively,

 

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[Johny Walker]

if people are paying this price down hear in devon for winter fuel most private log merchants around here are only charging 1/3 of that per cube of logs i would feel bad taking that sort of money of customers

that is my personel issue:thumbup:

thanks

andrew

 

its called profit & its not a dirty word & folk wil pay what they want for wood ,ther prob ,ther doing you a favour by charging more ,think about it

[shavey]

its called profit & its not a dirty word & folk wil pay what they want for wood ,ther prob ,ther doing you a favour by charging more ,think about it

 

hello johny yes you are right i get what you are saying i havent been taking in the big picture of the shortage and price of quality firewood i will put price up to £75 a cube for hardwood now and any new customers £80-£85 a cube:thumbup:

cheers andrew

[County 764]

good on them if they can get it. but probably not cheep logs to produce if they been through a kiln then packed and sent out to the customer via pallet courier

[18 stoner]

if people are paying this price down hear in devon for winter fuel most private log merchants around here are only charging 1/3 of that per cube of logs i would feel bad taking that sort of money of customers

that is my personel issue:thumbup:

thanks

andrew

 

Ok, so he's selling at around £140 a cube inc vat and you say its around 3 times more than you. I'm not sure what you're charging, but lets say yours are £60 a cube. You are possibly making £15 cube profit on those. Just think if you started selling at £140 assuming your overheads stay the same. That would give you over £90 per cube profit, 6 times what you're making now.

 

So, a large percentage of your customers are going elsewhere. Stuff 'em! If you keep one third of you original customers, you will be earning twice as much as now. Just think of all that extra time you'll have to spend doing other stuff 'cos you only need to process a third of what you're used to doing.

 

Rough figures, but it does work!

 

 

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[likeitorlumpit]

why complain

this is what you want to see- sets a new benchmark which you can rise to

[Tom D]

Great marketing, if they can get it to work then fair play, I have £108,000 worth of logs at those prices! If only I could get that...