Hey Jay!
I got ripped off! Yesterday I bought 10 bags of these pellets for $5.97. I have 2 unopened tons of Barefoots in the garage and want to keep them sealed up till next season, switched to buying cheaper ones at HD and Lowe's since mid-January. I figured I'd take advantage of the current low prices so I've kept the more expensive super premium Barefoots in storage.
HD in this area is out for the season and we're in for another un-expected cold blast till mid-April, so says the weather, so I wanted to top off what I'm burning now ( cheap ones ) to get us into mid-April when I'll stop burning pellets till next season.
I called the store and asked about the price differential, $3.54 vs. $5.97, in the same region, and why?, and they told me Lowe's bases price on demand, not on their cost, when Lowe's Corporate pays the same price across the board for them! WTF!
Pissed me off! I sent Lowe's Corporate this email:
"Hello,Yesterday I purchased 10, 40lb bags of North American brand wood pellets at the Lowe's store on Andover street in Danvers, Ma., to burn in my pellet stove. They cost $5.97 per bag. Today I discovered the same pellets in other Lowe's stores in nearby states, NY, CT, etc., cost $3.54. I called the Danvers store and asked why, and they told me that Lowe's bases the price on demand, not on cost. Do you think that's fair? At almost double the cost it looks a lot like price gouging to me. Not fair. From now on I'll be buying my wood pellets else where."
end of message.
It's not a lot of money in my case, 20 bucks, but still pisses me off. Sounds like gouging to me.
Cold winter huh? Sure glad we have this Omega!
Dave
j-takeman said:
IMHO, The smell isn't from the fiber! Its from a binder as all the Curran pellets have the same smell. What it is? IJDK!