Hahaha...I may have read that the wrong way!! One of buZZsaw BRAD's ex-girlfriends said this to me one morning!!
"In future please adjust your loads to ensure that the agreed upon amount is delivered. If loads continue to arrive short we will have to revisit price."
I'm not saying this is what you should do but this is what I would do. I'd throw out the guy's number and never use it again. I just don't have patience for stuff like that. You were a repeat customer and you inquired about being short changed and were rebuffed. I wouldn't go back.
Tough call. From the looks of things he doesnt want your business anymore and in your shoes i wouldnt buy from him anymore either. Is there a Wyoming dept of weights and measures you can file a complaint/grievance with? Have your attorney give him a call?
Do all Americans just have attorneys? Is that normal? As a lawyer myself up North I don't even have my own lawyer.
You don’t have any great options. This guy is not going to admit he’s wrong or reimburse you in cash or wood. It’s easy to tell this guy to take a hike when you have other great options. You don’t. You said that price for the smaller amount is still the best. You want this relationship to work. Until you find a similar or better option, I’d buy from him. I’d watch each future load come in to make sure it wasn’t any less, but he’s more likely to maintain the product level if you stay positive.
Seems like a reasonable solution at this time. Since this is a business venture for you, keep a set of books on these transactions along with the advertised description. Any chance he isn't the cutter and is a middle man? Find the cutter.
Well, the seller changed his story on me. I pressed for a resolution that he come up with. His response was "I sell a load for 350, I don’t sell it by the cord." I have messages from our first interaction asking how much wood it is in a truck and trailer load. He said about 3 cords. When he was here the second time, I asked again what it should produce and he said about 3 cords. There is another logger who lives down the road from me that sells semi loads of logs (the only guy I know of as another choice). The ironic thing is this guy works for him in the winters and then does his own thing during the summers. The only reason I haven't gone that route is it's more money upfront to buy a 7-9 cord truck load. I do not do business with dishonest people. It's more the response from the seller that has disappointed me and changing of the facts.
I don't know him, I don't know you, but in his defense, if he said, "about 3 cords" then he was accurate. It was about 3 cords.
You really need to measure it before you cut it up. If the load is not consistent lengths and some is on a trailer and some is on a truck, getting an accurate number might be tough.
I interpret about 3 cords as meaning 2.75 cords to 3.25, maybe I interpret about differently? When you're off .75 cords, I don't think it's accurate. Out of 6 cords expected to be delivered, I only received 4.75.
That is the tough part. On the newest load, it was visible that it wasn't as much as last time in both the truck bed and trailer. I also tried to research the LTX 115 (trailer with grapple) to see how much cordage it holds but there isn't accurate information available. The trailer is sort of V shaped so it holds more logs the further up in the cradle.
He is the cutter and person who delivers. I'm going to try ordering a semi load of Lodgepole from another logger.
I'm going to try another logger. There are two options and that's the route I'll try. If I really wanted to press the issue, the lease on the land that he's logging is for pole products only. And he's selling the logs for poles and firewood. This lease is through the state of Wyoming. Things have a way of resolving themselves.
Yes Wyoming does have some strict guide lines when it comes to cutting wood in national forest if that is where his lease is. It would be easy enough to find out.
