FireCraft Rockwood Price Increase?

DaveRichardson

@stlcharcoal - don't get me started on Prop65.  My wife is in Regulatory for her company that is wood treatment / pressure treating business.  she was prior with pool and water treatment biz....  Prop65 is a pain in the a$$.  And the $$ are there for a reason - b/c it costs sooooo much to deal with them!

THEBuckeye

Tell her to take a pay cut. 

The_Canuck

@stlcharcoal  - Can you hurry up and ship some more charcoal to FireCraft.   Its about a 2 week lead time currently for them to have some back in stock.  Add in a few days to turn around a ship it to me, it will be almost 3 weeks before I receive my order from the time I placed it.

Yes there are other online vendors other than FireCraft that could sell it to us, and while their prices might be a little cheaper, the shipping is what kills the deal.

Either that can you set up some agreement with a local distributor to sell it here in Louisville, KY.  The closest dealer to me is just over 51 miles away.  There are 2 Ace hardware stores, but both are out of the way (for me at least.). 

Or maybe I convert the third bay of my garage to a "warehouse" and I can be a distributor for you.  

stlcharcoal

The_Canuck said:

@stlcharcoal  - Can you hurry up and ship some more charcoal to FireCraft.   Its about a 2 week lead time currently for them to have some back in stock.  Add in a few days to turn around a ship it to me, it will be almost 3 weeks before I receive my order from the time I placed it.

Yes there are other online vendors other than FireCraft that could sell it to us, and while their prices might be a little cheaper, the shipping is what kills the deal.

Either that can you set up some agreement with a local distributor to sell it here in Louisville, KY.  The closest dealer to me is just over 51 miles away.  There are 2 Ace hardware stores, but both are out of the way (for me at least.). 

Or maybe I convert the third bay of my garage to a "warehouse" and I can be a distributor for you.  

I heard about the backorders......I offered to eat the shipping on this one to get those order fulfilled and everyone get their last orders in.  It's going to be a while until our site is up and running.  Sorry for the interruption.

I stopped through Louisville a few weeks ago on a day trip to Cincy.  I visited with Steepltons and Brownsboro Hardware, then a place in Sellersburg.  No takers yet.

Good luck on the garage thing.....wives do not like garages full of charcoal.  In fact, that's how this company started.  My wife told me to get the 4 pallets of charcoal I bought or my DeLorean out of the garage for her car.  So I put the charcoal on Craigslist and it sold really fast.  That was 10 yrs ago.  And yes, even with 3 warehouses (soon to be 5), I still have a bunch in the garage at any given time.

The_Canuck

Never understood why they get a house full of the knick nacks and decor that they like, but we want a couple pallets of charcoal in the garage and its the end of the world.  

Shocked Brownsboro Hardware didn't want to jump in on the action.  They are usually my go to place for egg related items.

My offer still stands for the garage - I mean if I can make some money on it, why not.

Sea2Ski

Stopped by Firecraft yesterday, and they were at -136 bags when I reserved my 5 bags. They will hold them and I have to show up by next Tuesday to get what I reserved, otherwise they will let them go.  

@stlcharcoal
The guy behind the counter also told me I will only be able to get Rockwood directly from Rockwood via online ordering. Based on what was said earlier in this chain, this is not true, but thought I would mention that is what they told me. Not sure if you want to act/react to this or not, but that is what I was told. 

lousubcap

@stlcharcoal and @The_Canuck - I too am surprised that Brownsboro hardware didn't see the correct light.  Maybe they are happy with the BGE brand and the off-brand "Cowboy" which they carry.  Can't imagine moving much of that but you never know.  Oh well, first world issues.