Good deal at lowes under 200 a ton

Yes, that seems about the right price for 5 tons from Lowes these days in most of NYS (at least thru end of Sept.), when you are successful in getting the store to accept their 10% discount coupon (the one that can be found in the change of address/moving packets provided at any post office.) That is how I got my 5 tons ordered from them, and even got a bit lower price due to a positively manic cashier, ending up at $192/ton delivered!!, and for what I hope will turn out to be Greene Team pellets, though may be Clean Energy just as you got, which I'd also be ok with. (But really, it's an unbeatable price this season, if you ask me.)

ineclipse said:

Yes, that seems about the right price for 5 tons from Lowes these days in most of NYS (at least thru end of Sept.), when you are successful in getting the store to accept their 10% discount coupon (the one that can be found in the change of address/moving packets provided at any post office.) That is how I got my 5 tons ordered from them, and even got a bit lower price due to a positively manic cashier, ending up at $192/ton delivered!!, and for what I hope will turn out to be Greene Team pellets, though may be Clean Energy just as you got, which I'd also be ok with. (But really, it's an unbeatable price this season, if you ask me.)

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Could not find any Lowes that would take the additional 10% off. Store manager in this area (Gilford NH) was adamant and would not. 231/ton (247 delivered) is still a good price for Green Team.

By the way, I was told that I would get Green Team, but they had Pres-to-Logs on the truck at delivery earlier today. Now waiting to go home (again) and receive the Green Teams that they promised.
No issues upon finding the different brand on the truck, they apologized and are coming back in the same day. Ah well, I get out of work a little early on a sunny, 75 degree day in NH to receive these in. Damn, such bad luck.

Just hope I find the Green Team was a better choice now that I see Pres-to-logs are re-branded Lignetics.

I have tried this as well.... my son had moved recently so he gave me the 10% off coupon... they will NOT let you use it with any other sale they have going on.

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Just hope I find the Green Team was a better choice now that I see Pres-to-logs are re-branded Lignetics.

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really? I saw the pre-to-logs also at my local HD.

why would a company re-bag their pellets is something I question, they may claim is a marketing strategy but I don't believe that.
I think it is basically a pellet that didn't meet their standard so they pack in different bag so their main brand doesn't get compromised ...but it is just my thinking.....

wondering if someone actually tried those pre-to-logs and confirmed those ARE lignetics.....

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There is no question there made by Lignetics!

But I bet BTU is right about the lack of the better fiber, If they are junk pellets or even so so. There Lignetics brand will not be damaged.

I checked them out at HD the other day. The color of them is not even close to the ligs I burned in the past. There color was more like the fireplace logs. Maybe the same mix??? I am not sure. But they are darker in color with brown specks in them, I have only burned the hardwood ligs and remember them to be a creamy color. No brown specks.

Just my 2
jay

I really believe in my theory above. Same thing happened when I burned the Warm Front made by NEWP.
To me this Warm Front were crap and I wouldn't buy them again whereas the NEWP were much better BOTH in color and the way they burned, period.

I'd trust a feedback from experienced people like jay that have used lignetics for some time and know how they perform, if they can burn this pres-to-logs (supposedly same as lignetics) and say they are as good as lignetics then I'd buy this.

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ineclipse said:

Yes, that seems about the right price for 5 tons from Lowes these days in most of NYS (at least thru end of Sept.), when you are successful in getting the store to accept their 10% discount coupon (the one that can be found in the change of address/moving packets provided at any post office.) That is how I got my 5 tons ordered from them, and even got a bit lower price due to a positively manic cashier, ending up at $192/ton delivered!!, and for what I hope will turn out to be Greene Team pellets, though may be Clean Energy just as you got, which I'd also be ok with. (But really, it's an unbeatable price this season, if you ask me.)

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Do we live in a great country or what!... I mean, here is this multi national big box store that is willing to sell you a product for less than they pay for it themselves and are willing to lose money ...just for the privilege of having you shop at their store. Now for those of you that can take advantage of this deal, I hope you are buying something else from them, since they can't JUST sell you pellets and hope to keep in business.. Last I checked, this is not a really good business practice long term. It is my bet that LOWES never intended to except the additional 10% coupon on top of all the other discounts offered on pellets this year and its only lack of communication in these few stores, or misinformed cashiers that have allowed this to happen.... Once the regional VP figures out that the stores are actually losing money, I guess there will be a few store managers that will have some splaning to do......

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from a friend of mine who works for wallyworld as a manager, big box stores will take the loss on slow moving product just to keep the inventory and floor space from being filled up, once they have sold a certain amount of a product they figure they have made the profit they need and will "dump" the rest at a reduced price to clear it out, the bigger and busier a store is the more likely they will doe this. Wallyworld puts out a list on a weekly basis, and items on it can be "dumped" at the managers selection. The manager knows what the allowable amount is and how much it will hurt the profits (and bonuses), they can wait to lower a price after the list is out, never lower the price, or lower it a few dollars at a time until enough is gone.
Lowes has already commited to buy a fixed amount of pellets, the stores need to move that product to keep the space open, wether or not they make a profit, isn't always as important as having the space for the next seasons items.
HD, Lowes, wallyworld, all make enough off me, I am not worried about their sales that much.

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ineclipse said:

Yes, that seems about the right price for 5 tons from Lowes these days in most of NYS (at least thru end of Sept.), when you are successful in getting the store to accept their 10% discount coupon (the one that can be found in the change of address/moving packets provided at any post office.) That is how I got my 5 tons ordered from them, and even got a bit lower price due to a positively manic cashier, ending up at $192/ton delivered!!, and for what I hope will turn out to be Greene Team pellets, though may be Clean Energy just as you got, which I'd also be ok with. (But really, it's an unbeatable price this season, if you ask me.)

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Do we live in a great country or what!... I mean, here is this multi national big box store that is willing to sell you a product for less than they pay for it themselves and are willing to lose money ...just for the privilege of having you shop at their store. Now for those of you that can take advantage of this deal, I hope you are buying something else from them, since they can't JUST sell you pellets and hope to keep in business.. Last I checked, this is not a really good business practice long term. It is my bet that LOWES never intended to except the additional 10% coupon on top of all the other discounts offered on pellets this year and its only lack of communication in these few stores, or misinformed cashiers that have allowed this to happen.... Once the regional VP figures out that the stores are actually losing money, I guess there will be a few store managers that will have some splaning to do......

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A great country indeed! Though I'm not so sure the struggling Mom & Pop in-the-family-for-generations hardware store on Main St., would mind terribly much if the big box behemoths drove themselves out of business with unsustainable deals like these! But that ain't gonna happen, of course. Very few Americans will pay more for something on Main St. that they can get for less at the mall, just because it might save a small business here or there. Not that you were arguing this point, but I'm perfectly ok with taking advantage of an absurdly low box store price for a bulk purchase like this - and for even extracting another 10% out of them on top of it (and not giving a rat's petunia if they lost money on it - it's not like I stole the damn pellets!), and then going down to my local hardware for everything else! Lowes certainly did get 'the privilege' of having me as their customer and good for them (and if it wasn't "good for them", I should really be concerned?) It was a supervisor that approved my coupon and gave the cashier the override in the system for it. This was not just an 'uninformed cashier', and I am certainly not the only one on this forum to have had this coupon accepted at Lowes on their bulk pellet purchase. So let these managers explain themselves to regional. That's fine. And yes, I certainly did just walk in there, make this one purchase, and walk out with nothing else. And yes, if everyone did that, these deals would disappear in a heartbeat! But then maybe more of the Mom and Pops that built our great country could compete and our small towns wouldn't be all shutters and tumbleweed. But ok, it's the 21st century and small towns and Mom & Pop hardware stores are no longer what our great country is all about. Take-no-prisoners capitalism and efficient distribution systems have moved us on from that, and the Mom & Pops have lost. But that's what some call 'growth and progress', even if it's not exactly 'prosperity'... so be it. But I certainly ain't crying for taking honest advantage of a box store! (I presented their coupon, told them that I'd be heading to the competitor if they could not accept that coupon, and let them decide what to do about it. No problem there.)

Capitalism... love it or leave it, in the end, will drive the little guys out of business before the big guys every time... leaving us to lament the loss of the little guy and groan and moan about the big guy, and swear by the system anyway. Let's see, in 21st century America, a self-made small business owner at 30 = a cashier at Walmart at 60. But at least they're providing 'jobs'. A depressing reality in our great country, but reality nonetheless.

I don't know if it is just my Lowes or all Lowes. They will only let me purchase what I can pick up at the sale price. They will not let me buy three tons and make three trips to get them. I will be boycotting Lowes for pellets this Year even though they are right around the corner. I will be going to home depot instead Such a bummer since they are right around the corner.

Erin

green77bus said:

. . . They will not let me buy three tons and make three trips to get them . . .

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Erin, maybe you could try buying 1 ton 3 times? Home Depot wont do that either, at least not the one near me. I asked and the guy said they were becoming everyones warehouse. People wouldn't pick up for weeks.
Mike -

If you buy 1 ton 3 times u don't get to take advantage of the sale.

I am all about best price and if you do them in different orders you do not get the best deal on them. I put a call into corporate because I had told them I would pick them up within 2 days and at the store they said they could not do that. So I got a call from the store manager this morning an need to call her back because she wants to rectify the situation. So we will see what happens. Lowes is 2 miles from my home and Home Depot is 20 miles. Home depot said they will hold the pellets for me for a week.

I will let you know what I find out when I talk to them.
I would think they would give you a few days and then sell them if you do not pick them up and put you on a waiting list for the next ones to come in until you pick them up so that they are not hanging onto pellets that they can not sell because they are holding them for someone. And not penalizing the people that can not pick them up all at one time.

Erin

I bought 3 tons and saved, if memory serves me, $150. I bit the bullet and paid the $65 delivery charge. To me it was worth it since the delivery charge is a flat fee independent of the amount of pellets you buy. It was a much better deal than buying one ton at a time and carting them home myself.

I don't know about everyplace else but Lowes always has been the LAST place I look for pellets. They nearly always have the highest prices around in this area.