In article , Theo theom+news@chi
ark.greenend.org.uk scribeth thus
Went to Wickes to buy some wood, came home with a banana.

This happens every time, and is getting rather tedious. It would be nice to
have somewhere that sells vaguely straight wood for a change.

I seem Travis Perkins have finally put non-account prices on their website,
and also indicating which branches have a timber cutting service (so I don't
have to try to fit 3.6m lengths in the car). But is their wood any good?
Does TP Group somehow send all their awful wood to Wickes?

We also have Ridgeons locally, who have also recently started admitting
prices on the web, but it's unclear what their policy on cutting is (and
they don't list the base lengths).

(hello Jewson, it would be nice if you could join the pricing party too)

Thanks
Theo

I was told in a deadpan way by one of them not so long ago now that
they;

Don't grow the tress like they used to"

Sez it all really.

FWIW we needed some OSB boards recently, Travis Perks were cheaper than
Ridgeons, now Huws Grey by another name, but if you use them a lot i
expect they are more competitive.

You can haggle a bit with them sometimes if you are buying a decent
amount of timber...

--
Tony Sayer


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