Seems like a good deal on firewood....

vanti

any chance we can have a thread "Rathwood firewood - updates and status" and keep this for the actual bargains (if any)

OmegaGene

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121290842#Comment_121290842

How many firewood threads do we really need ? There’s no bargains apart from Rathwood at the moment so there’s nothing else to post about

feel free to start your own rathwood thread if you feel that strongly

vanti

That's the pont this isn't a firewood thread at all it's purely turned into order statuses and delivery statuses for rathwood

sternn

I got my rathwood delivery during the week. Pretty happy with it. About the same volume of wood that I got for €330 last year from TJ O'Mahony's. Only complaint is that there aren't as many thick pieces, many of them are quite narrow. Anyway, it will do me for the winter.

OmegaGene

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121291340#Comment_121291340

It’s a bargain alert for firewood and what tends to happen is people chat on a discussion forum when they aren’t posting bargains and some people find that information useful

you can always report the posts to moderator or just unfollow the thread if it’s that upsetting

vanti

Did I say it was upsetting? No need to be passive aggressive I'm trying to be helpful for everyone

Rows Grower

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121292170#Comment_121292170

You sound upset vanti, don't worry about everyone else, find a thread you enjoy, there's hundreds of them to choose from.

vanti

Quite like this one actually but I'm glad you care

mjp

Have to agree with Vanti. This over and back whinging bout delivery dates and order statuses for rathwood is getting ridiculous and clogging up the thread

Sheep Shagger

Lads, please stop the bickering...warnings will follow.

Fingers Mcginty

There isn't any other bargains out there at the moment bar Rathwood. I paid 400 Euros for a crate of Olive wood last year and it's the same this year. I know the quality is better than birch but still I vouched I'd never pay that much ever again. I see the odd offer up on facebook but don't know if they are repurable or not. I'm very careful about orderubg from facebook and donedeal especially as i got stung with wet wood dumped on my drive by cowboys a few years ago.

OmegaGene

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121293441#Comment_121293441

It’s hard to know who to trust these days and that’s why a forum like this is handy to let people know what the wood is like and delivery times etc, nothing worse than shelling out a few hundred quick and ending up with a pile of crap for the winter season

mailburner

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121291340#Comment_121291340

There's only a handful of posts here on a busy day (maybe 10) but generally half that, maybe the quietest daily bargain thread on this forum.

It's the rathwood thread though not the firewood thread, it's the only place with a bargain.

It's helpful knowing this for me who's waiting on an order and there's very little whining in fairness.

mun1

Using the 2m3 of monaghans oak i got for €519 delivered and it’s very good compared to the softwoods i was burning upto now. Well pleased

davidkane8

So since we’re talking about Rathwood maybe I can tell you what a super experience I had

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I ordered 2 x pallets on Sept 15 – now it was 50 / 50 whether I needed any this year as the log shed was nearly ¾ full but given the good deal – I took the plunge.

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Now when I pressed the order button – everything seemed to work fine and I was happy enough until

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THERE WAS NO CONFIRMATION!!!

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So I sat there twiddling the moustache for a couple of days and decided I’d call them on the Monday – ready for a good old argy bargy

davidkane8

Well cool the jets – I rang a lovely young lady and she told me to look in my spam - wouldn’t you know it

There was the bould confirmation.

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So low and behold a few more days passed and I enquired about the status – no real dates as such

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Another few days whistled by and the missus was giving me the dirty looks so I rang again for a status update

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Well the same lovely girl – what a coincidence – answered the phone – and told me they were getting in stock shortly and should be with me in a few days – MIGHTY STUFF

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So another week when by – and I thought – sure I’ll just enquire again – something to do while I was waiting for the paint to dry.

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You guessed it – it was the same girl and she told the stock was now in and the courier would be in touch.

OmegaGene

Love it 🤣

davidkane8

Next day around 9ish (strong southwest wind) the courier called – lovely fella and would be around the next day.

davidkane8

9am - Like a bat out of hell – there was the courier – 2 pallets ready to roll

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Well I should have listened to herself – there was nayara hope of either pallet getting into the log store.

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Back on to rathwood to explain my mistake - i nearly had them on speeddial at this stage