Pellet Shortage?

I stopped by the local Lowes today to use a couple of gift cards from Christmas. Bought a new CO/Smoke Alarm to put in the room with the stove. There wasn't a pellet to be seen anywhere in the store.

 

The last couple weeks here in "The Land of Plenty" pellets are getting scarce. Through all the shortages over the years a guy could scrouge some up somewhere at a dealer. Looking slim.
Even the display skid of pellets at TSC that has been sitting on the front stoup all fall/winter is gone !!!! ????

 

Two bags of each.
$26.50
I got them in Sanford Maine.

 

yeah,
I wanted to try them ,,
he said the Vermont was over $300 a ton

 

So i won't be buying the Northern Max pellets again.
Yikes! what a ash dam, just as bad as the NEWP.
I'm thinking I like softwood the best.
I'll drop in the Vermont's tomorrow.

 

That's what I get from the Cubex that everyone raves about. A lot of heavy ash and not much heat.

 

This may sound weird but the color of the flame is different on a lower burn.
more orange color.
unless I've had to many adult beverages..

 

Not possible.

 

Have a few more, they'll be multi-colored!

 

Gonna try this, thanks sub!

 

In my book cubex lost its "top shelf" stays around 2010

 

Took a spin through the TSC parking lot on the way home and they got a fresh delivery of Minute Man pellets. 3 pallets outside, 2 pallets inside, and more out back.

 

I am burning my leftovers as we type

 

I don't buy pellets at Lowes, I do like the store, but most of the Pellet brands they have been having are either low quality or too costly.

 

X2.

 

Same here.... But...... I did pop on a fluke 239$ skid of somersets

 

Today, TSC Johnston RI, they have Green Supreme and O'Malleys.

 

I bought a 3 bags of omalleys from pellet house in 2013.. I thought they sucked - how are they nowadays?