I’ve been seeing people using these bags to sell small amounts of wood instead of bulk so I decided to give them a try. I joined some facebook town pages a little out of my usual range (10miles or less). These towns have lots of condos, townhomes, small yards, etc. I advertised these bags for $10 each with delivery of orders of 4 or more. I have 25 of these going out after my half day of work tomorrow. If this takes off, I know I’m headed in the right direction.
Just think how many bags 300 cords will fill! All kidding aside great idea. Ive thought of doing similar for solo stove burners only with shorter splits. Ive also though of using the bags instead of wrapping the bundles i wholesale. Let us know how it goes Joe.
Been watching a lot of YT videos where guys are selling these on roadside stands. I've thought of doing the same. Let us know how it goes, good luck
I put some of the bags out at my son's roadside stand. His current stacks are loose but have about 12-14 pieces compared to the 8-10 the bags hold. His loose stacks have been more popular but the bags have sold to an extent. I'm hoping I can make deliveries of bags once a week, most likely Friday afternoon so they have it for the weekend. Only time will tell.
I have often wondered why on a mesh bag that 'Firewood' would need to be printed? The bags I have been looking at don't have any label. I'm not sure one is needed? I've lost faith in humanity for the most part, but surely someone wouldn't mistake them for potatos or onions?? lol
I should mention the slickest method for loading these that I have seen. Take a square bucket (think kitty litter) and cut the bottom out. Insert it into an empty bag before filling with wood. Gleaned from yootoob.
Never thought of the square one but have seen round ones used. Never have tried it though. There was a member in Texas that had a cool jig for filling bags.
Haha! As George Carlin once said, think how dumb the average person is....and now realize half of them are dumber than that!
I have a small stand out with XL mesh bags full of chunks and uglies (30 lbs of DRY! firepit wood) for 1 X $8 2 X $15, 3 X $20...have sold some, but it certainly hasn't "went viral"...but in this area it seems everybody and their sister sells wood, so not sure if its that, or people just want "pretty" firepit wood...oh well, I don't really need something else to do anyways...
There's a farmer a couple miles down the road from me that was trying to sell filled bags like that in bulk to reseller(s). He was getting a lot of his wood supply from land clearing for housing starts and was doing quite well, sometimes even selling for bargain prices in the Summer just to move stock. With housing starts pretty much at zero right now, he's almost out of firewood . He has enough land to have milk cows and grow pumpkins, peppers and some winter squash. Plus make big piles of firewood.
Every consumer package sold is required to have a declaration of identity, in this case it’s firewood. This is a federal law and most states have laws that are similar. The package would require a declaration of responsibility, in this case it would be jrider if he is selling it off his property it would be require an address and phone number. Consumer packages also require a declaration of quantity, how much is the consumer getting. Now you can price shop how much $$$ for how much product. Manufacturers can also be held accountable for making short weight packages. How? Put it on a scale. Does it weigh what the net declaration states plus the weight of the bag. In this case there are test procedures to test bundled firewood by cubic foot. Now he could not do any of these required packaging and labeling for years and not have any issues. But if he decided to sell them outside a gas station and somebody noticed they could take them off sale until they meet the requirements. Imagine going into any store and not having either of those three basic declarations. it would be impossible to price shop, verify that the consumer is getting what they pay for, or get in contact with a manufacturer if the product was defective or needed recalled. All of these rules in this instance may seem necessary but it holds sellers accountable for chitty practices and is a good thing.
I sure do dislike lawyers. How is selling a bunch of bananas legal under the above? They don't say 'Banana' on them anywhere. Know why? Because you'd have to have the IQ of a warm rock not to know that they are bananas.
