Just when you think you've seen it all on CL

[Cross Cut Saw]

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Wow, $180 for 1/3 of a cord.

At least they deliver.

 

[swagler85]

That's EXPENSIVE!

 

[StihlHead]

Wow, I you have us beat at $540 a cord. I thought that this goon here that wants *cough* $65 for 1/8th of a cord was insanely greedy ($20 cheaper than yours at *only* $520 a cord!)

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[TreePointer]

Hmm, there must be more of George Washington's cherry tree than previously known.

 

[Jon1270]

I love a ridiculous Craigslist ad as much as the next guy, but I don't see why this is such a big deal. If 1/8 - 1/3 cord is the unit of choice, they're not catering to the home heating market. My local grocery store chain sells little bundles of kiln-dried junk (one good-sized split of oak or ash plus three undersized splits of something like basswood) for what works out to about $850/cord, and they don't even deliver. These CL ads look like a great deal in comparison. Since delivery is pretty much a fixed cost regardless of the size of the load, it makes sense that small loads would cost more per unit than big ones.

 

[mywaynow]

All cherry too. Free market.

 

[fabsroman]

The better way to set up the ad would be with "reasonable" prices for the wood and a set delivery fee for whatever amount of wood gets delivered.

By the way, you aren't paying that much for just dry cherry, but for the fact that this stuff produces a smell just like grandpa's pipe. It is the nostalgia factor. I never knew my grandfathers and the one that died from smoking smoked cigarettes. So, no nostalgia factor for me.

 

[PapaDave]

Well, it's all relative.
Anything more than $100/cord is expensive to me, but I don't buy my wood from the grocery store.

 

[StihlHead]

Well, it's all relative.
Anything more than $100/cord is expensive to me, but I don't buy my wood from the grocery store.

You burn your relatives?

 

[PapaDave]

Only the ones I don't like.

 

[tsquini]

You have to pay a little extra to buy wood that smells like grandpa. The last time I burned wood that smelled like grandpa it smelled like his fart, not his pipe.

 

[Jack Straw]

I am sure he was smelling some sort of pipe

 

[Cross Cut Saw]

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I wonder if the first ad was a typo or if he realized smelling grandpa's pipe wasn't worth $540/Cord.

$80 for 1/3 of a cord is actually a pretty good deal for seasoned wood this time of year in this area...