On Tuesday, August 13, 2019 at 11:39:29 PM UTC+1, Theo wrote:
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

Last time I went to Travis Perkins for some timber - just roofing battens, I said that I didn't have an account. She gave me a price. I said that is too expensive. She umm'd and ahh'd, then created a temporary account for me and gave me a much better price.
Now I know that is an option, I will try it at other places.

The timber was straight (I was not actually using it on the roof).

Simon.