Rockwood Lump Charcoal Sale-10% off thru 6/27-see below

lousubcap

Rockwood Charcoal- linked here: https://rockwoodcharcoal.com 

Independence Day

Prep Sale!

Ends Monday 6/27 at Midnight EST!

Use code LIBERTY10 to save

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The_Canuck

I get that not everyone has an Ace nearby, but man I struggle to spend $15 more on a 3-pack via Rockwood's website with their discount (almost $26 without discount).  I will continue to support the company by buying their product as I love it.  Just wish that even with the subscription program they have, it would be cheaper or the same price as the local Ace or any other store that carries them.

stlcharcoal

The_Canuck said:

I get that not everyone has an Ace nearby, but man I struggle to spend $15 more on a 3-pack via Rockwood's website with their discount (almost $26 without discount).  I will continue to support the company by buying their product as I love it.  Just wish that even with the subscription program they have, it would be cheaper or the same price as the local Ace or any other store that carries them.

Shipping.....sometimes we're spending upwards of $65 to ship a 3-bag box not including the cost of the box itself and the labor to package it.  Ace buys by the truckload and distributes it themselves, or their trucks by the pallet.  There is no way we will ever be able to have home delivery of our charcoal for the same price or below retail.  The cost of fedex and ups is way too expensive.

The_Canuck

I get that. Probably came across harsher than intended and I apologize if it did. As I said since my first bag almost 9 years ago I have never jumped ship. Always loved the consistency and the burn. Whether it’s through you guys directly or Ace I am supporting you. Even if I may have come across negatively. 

theyolksonyou

Nearly $30 at my Ace…

lousubcap

The_Canuck said:

I get that not everyone has an Ace nearby, but man I struggle to spend $15 more on a 3-pack via Rockwood's website with their discount (almost $26 without discount).  I will continue to support the company by buying their product as I love it.  Just wish that even with the subscription program they have, it would be cheaper or the same price as the local Ace or any other store that carries them.

@The_Canuck - Please PM me with your local source as the closest ACE I know is a good 15 miles away in Crestwood.  Thanks in advance-

Corv

I went through 3 bags of RW because of the great rep it has here. What I found was consistently tiny pieces of charcoal, generally smaller than 2" in any dimension, with a few larger pieces and probably 50% tiny pieces. The last bag, the stuff in the last quarter of the bag was too small to use and I had to toss it out.

I switched to a different brand and thus far have been satisfied. But it's too soon to be certain since it's a large bag and I've only used it a few times.

Ybabpmuts

@Corv

"I went through 3 bags of RW because of the great rep it has here. What I found was consistently tiny pieces of charcoal, generally smaller than 2" in any dimension, with a few larger pieces and probably 50% tiny pieces. The last bag, the stuff in the last quarter of the bag was too small to use and I had to toss it out"

So you are consistently getting  tiny pieces smaller than 2" in any dimension (it's a bold statement as nobody has ever measured anything in the fourth dimension and we don't yet know if anything from the fourth dimension is bigger or not. It could be that, as dimensions get further away from the twos and threes, they get more dense ...  in which case we may never get the information we need out of them, even if we tortured dimension four, or if we tortured dimension two and three and made dimension four watch, or if we made dimension two torture dimension three and made dimension four watch, or if we made dimension three torture dimension two and we made dimension four watch) 

There's a natural progression in all of this, that was my point.

4TheGrillOfIt

The_Canuck said:

I get that not everyone has an Ace nearby, but man I struggle to spend $15 more on a 3-pack via Rockwood's website with their discount (almost $26 without discount).  I will continue to support the company by buying their product as I love it.  Just wish that even with the subscription program they have, it would be cheaper or the same price as the local Ace or any other store that carries them.

One often pays for convenience.  For me, it is totally worth it.  

stlcharcoal

The_Canuck said:

I get that. Probably came across harsher than intended and I apologize if it did. As I said since my first bag almost 9 years ago I have never jumped ship. Always loved the consistency and the burn. Whether it’s through you guys directly or Ace I am supporting you. Even if I may have come across negatively. 

Best part about Ace and other local dealers is the fact that the charcoal travels on a pallet, and is moved around by forklifts.  So it's not thrown around by human hands, and doesn't have a bunch of other boxes stacked on top of it.  Usually arrives in better shape, assuming that when employees do depalletize it, they're not throwing it around.

I delivered a small order of 20# bags to a local grocery store the other day.  The kid met me at the dock, grabbed the first one of the back of my truck, and threw it 10ft into the stock room like it was a bag of trash.  I asked him if he did the same thing when the egg truck, fruit truck, or with any other delivery.....NO.  So why the hell are you doing that with my product?

Tarpon65

theyolksonyou said:

Nearly $30 at my Ace…

Every $5.00 off coupon I get goes towards a bag of Rockwood.  Seems I get two a month either through the mail or on the Ace app.  Love the Rockwood compared to a bunch of the cheaper stuff I can find down here in Sarasota. 

lousubcap

True to form, today I received a box of Rockwood delivered by that incompetent FedEx outfit.  Written in large letters on the box just below the address tag, "Leave by garage".  Yep, the rocket scientist left it at front door, a good 75 foot further hike with the box. 
I only hope that contract negotiations get them back with UPS as I understand a bottom-line business decision.  
Never pass up an opportunity to take a shot at FedEx!