Why, oh why oh why?....

[mendiplogs]

This thread is a load of rubbish, you bought a bag of wood for £50 and didn't get as much as you wanted/expected, big deal, don't buy off him again and get over it.

 

Hi hodge nice one mate Jon

[gensetsteve]

130 posts about a possible £10 worth of missing timber thats got to be a record. I bet we have investigated and interigated more than the police do after an armed robbery.

 

So to sum up your better off buying off ebay from a picture of a big bag in cumbria and collecting it after paying with paypal ( assuming thats not the only big bag he owns )

[Bowlander]

Very many thanks to all who have posted helpful, constructive and civil replies. All really useful thanks.

 

Zero thanks to those who have posted sarcastic and marginally insulting replies. There really is no need for that IMO.

[Marko]

No i wouldnt be disapointed because its obvious from the picture that its a cubic metre bag, unless that guy is a dwarf, which i doubt. So i'd have an idea about how much firewood i'd be getting before i bought it.

 

There was similar ad on ebay where the seller had a photo of cubic metre bag next to a bulk bag to show the difference in size. It has since vanished. Not sure if it was the same guy but there was a thread a while ago about an ebay seller being threatened by other sellers for showing such a photo!

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/firewood-forum/54691-being-threatened.html

 

So the dimensions of a bag are "obvious" from a picture yet a factual description of .7 cubic meters led to such disappointment. I can't tell from the photo what the contents will be and there is nothing in the description that even offers a clue yet that is your vendor of choice.

 

You raised a valid problem of expectations and have advocated vendors adopting a standard unit of measure yet hold up this as an example? I suspect you will lurch from one disappointment to another.

[Bowlander]

So the dimensions of a bag are "obvious" from a picture yet a factual description of .7 cubic meters led to such disappointment. I can't tell from the photo what the contents will be and there is nothing in the description that even offers a clue yet that is your vendor of choice.

 

You raised a valid problem of expectations and have advocated vendors adopting a standard unit of measure yet hold up this as an example? I suspect you will lurch from one disappointment to another.

 

Oh, so you disagree with another Professional on here at post #118 about the size of the bag in the picture?

 

The pic on the link looks like a standard 1 cubic meter bag, I suppose that is extra large when you are used to selling tiny ones.

 

70 for a cube of hard if well cut, split and dried is very cheap, no profit in that at all unless getting the cord for free as arb waste.

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The ebay description is:

"Extra large dumpy bag of seasoned hardwood logs.

Bags are stored in large greenhouses so well seasoned.

These bags are much larger than a standard builders dumpy bag.

Free collection or delivery within 10 miles for 1 bag or 20 miles for 2 bags."

 

Yes, i'd take a chance and buy a bag from this guy.

[felixthelogchopper]

Oh, so you disagree with another Professional on here at post #118 about the size of the bag in the picture?

 

 

 

The ebay description is:

"Extra large dumpy bag of seasoned hardwood logs.

Bags are stored in large greenhouses so well seasoned.

These bags are much larger than a standard builders dumpy bag.

Free collection or delivery within 10 miles for 1 bag or 20 miles for 2 bags."

 

Yes, i'd take a chance and buy a bag from this guy.

 

Bet you that you don't get a cubic metre when you stack it though. Incidentally, was the bag you are complaining about the first builder's bag that you have bought?

[eggsarascal]

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

 

Aye tis getting tedious now !

[Spruce Pirate]

This thread is hilarious and ridiculous in equal measure - I can't believe it's rumbled on for so long!

 

Someone once told me they stopped selling logs by the ton because a customer weighed each log over their bathroom scales () then phoned up complaining that the load was underweight! I never quite believed them until this thread came along.

[Mortimer Firewood]

Can the last one out turn the light off.