I found that a local Lowes was carrying Somersets and had 10 ton stuffed away in the racks in the garden center. I've always kept an eye on prices at this store because they're the only Lowes around me to even carry pellets and the only box store to compete with Menards. They've had Somersets for over a year now. Until recently, though, their prices have been outrageous at $5.97/bag.
The price is now $3.99/bag and I have some 10% off coupons so I decided it was time to work on my stash. I cleaned out my work car and stopped there after work for 25 bags. They thought I was freakin nuts just for asking for 25 bags They keep some out in the exit foyer and the bags are usually all torn up with pellets all over the floor. When they directed me to them I refused them and told them I wanted a new pallet from the garden center. They seriously had no idea what to do!! They acted like they didn't even know they had them. So after much waiting around for them to call the right people, etc., some dude comes rolling up on a lift with an old dust uncovered pallet of Somersets...leaving a trail of pellets behind him...many bags with such large holes you could see the large wet, gooey clumps of pellets hanging out. I refused them also and asked that one of the new pallets from the garden center be brought down. Again...they act like I'm some insane crazy man.
Finally after about a total of 45 minutes of waiting and refusing crappy pellets, they finally brought around a pallet that was still wrapped and bagged....pellet trail left behind from the bags being forked. I got my 25 good bags...loaded into my Ford Fusion...(pellet pig wannabe) and this crazy SOB finally got out of Lowes hair. Upon closing my trunk and rear doors I told them to pull more pallets out because I'd be coming back for more!!
All said, I wasted almost an hour but got a half ton of Somersets for $3.59/bag. I've got more 10% off coupons and I'm gonna use em'!!
The price is now $3.99/bag and I have some 10% off coupons so I decided it was time to work on my stash. I cleaned out my work car and stopped there after work for 25 bags. They thought I was freakin nuts just for asking for 25 bags They keep some out in the exit foyer and the bags are usually all torn up with pellets all over the floor. When they directed me to them I refused them and told them I wanted a new pallet from the garden center. They seriously had no idea what to do!! They acted like they didn't even know they had them. So after much waiting around for them to call the right people, etc., some dude comes rolling up on a lift with an old dust uncovered pallet of Somersets...leaving a trail of pellets behind him...many bags with such large holes you could see the large wet, gooey clumps of pellets hanging out. I refused them also and asked that one of the new pallets from the garden center be brought down. Again...they act like I'm some insane crazy man.
Finally after about a total of 45 minutes of waiting and refusing crappy pellets, they finally brought around a pallet that was still wrapped and bagged....pellet trail left behind from the bags being forked. I got my 25 good bags...loaded into my Ford Fusion...(pellet pig wannabe) and this crazy SOB finally got out of Lowes hair. Upon closing my trunk and rear doors I told them to pull more pallets out because I'd be coming back for more!!
All said, I wasted almost an hour but got a half ton of Somersets for $3.59/bag. I've got more 10% off coupons and I'm gonna use em'!!