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Discussion in 'The Pellet Bag' started by ttdberg, Mar 13, 2015.

  1. ttdberg

    ttdberg Pellet Pig

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    Hi. Received a TSC 10% off your entire purchase coupon in the mail today. Y'all should be getting them too I suppose. Makes for a pretty good price on pellets. Hmmm...buy now or wait for the July sale?
     
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    Do you remember what the TSC pellets are? I have 3 hours from here, could possibly be worth handyman to go there.
     
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    TSC usually buys their pellets regionally, so what we see here would be different than what you see out there. They also have some mills like Maine Woods here in Maine bag pellets in TSC bags. The key is the UPC code. That will tell you who made the pellet if it's in a TSC bag.
     
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    I'm in the same boat. Except my TSC doesn't even have much for pellets in the yard yet. So I guess I gotta wait. :confused:

    Whats the going price near you?
     
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    ttdberg Pellet Pig

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    Sub is right, each TSC will get what is "locally" available in their area. Around here, we get pretty lucky because there is a big selection to choose from. Just to give you an idea, these are all the brands I saw at TSC last season. Suspect I will forget a few too...

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    AWF Hardwood
    AWF Softwood
    Big Heat
    Easy Heat
    Energex (TSC Bags)
    Green Supreme
    Greenways
    Hardwood Heat (Hamers)
    Inferno Gold
    Instant Heat
    Lignetics (TSC and Lignetics bags)
    Main Woods (TSC Bags)
    Minute Man
    Nature's Own (Energex)
    North American
    O'Malleys Hardwood
    Ozark Hardwood
    Pure Fire
    Somersets
     
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    :vulture: looks like tsc in Millbury is well stocked . I drove by a little a while ago and saw many a pallet!
     
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    $5.49/bag or $264/ton currently. With the 10% off coupon that's what $238/ton? The stores here have a pretty decent supply already. About 160 tons at the local store and > 60 tons at the Millbury store last time I stopped in there. Mostly MWPs right now.
     
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    Yup, I took a peek a couple weeks ago and they had about 3 truckloads of MWPs.
     
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    Which store is your local one? Putnam?
     
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    What are the Energex that are in TSC bags? never saw these....
     
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    :)
     
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    Same product you will find in a bag of stove chow.
     
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    Storage is a huge issue right now. The garage is full, top to bottom with stuff removed from the house and for the rebuild. I'm going to have to get what I can around late August. Hopefully, the moving things around will be done with. Now just wishful thinking.
     
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    SIB will store them for you for no charge and deliver in the fall. I just ordered 2 tons at $229 with a $10 delivery fee. That will give me 6.5 tons and some peace of mind. Now I can sit back and wait for HD to get some more Blazers in. In the meantime :cheers::grizz::drunk:
     
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    I dunno, 160 tons doesn't seen like much to me. Currently, we have a 7 week order file and are, in the midst of summer, delivering an average of over 220 tons per week. I am glad folks seem to be planning ahead.
     
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    Thats a wotta pewwets. :faint:
     
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    Hello. This display was out in front of TSC today. I was drawn to it like a moth to a flame. Went inside and they had the coupon with the early buy details so here's that too.
     

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    Two tons of MWP's delivered this afternoon @ $236.50 delivered. I'm sitting on 6.5 tons. I'm ready.
     
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    Hello. With the TSC early buy starting soon, I took a spin by Leicester to see what they have on hand. About 80 tons total. A few pure fires and ozarks, but largely MWP, Energex, and a new kind I have not seen before. They are in white bags with prominent PFI and Made in USA emblems. There is generic / non-descript blue writing down the side of the bag that says "100% HARD WOOD PELLETS". I scanned the bar code (08899594002008) with the GS1 app on my phone and it came back as Geneva Wood Fuels. Definitely not Geneva bags. Private label, I suppose. I could not get a decent picture because the pallets were stacked 2 high and wrapped up tight.
     
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    TT, have you signed up to be Don's apprentice?