{"id":3034,"date":"2010-09-14T17:02:16","date_gmt":"2010-09-14T17:02:16","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-09-14T17:02:16","modified_gmt":"2010-09-14T17:02:16","slug":"counting-the-cost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodpelletreviews.com\/counting-the-cost\/","title":{"rendered":"Counting the cost"},"content":{"rendered":"

A letter from my wood pellet supplier:<\/p>\n

\n

Bagged Brites<\/em> Wood Pellets<\/span><\/p>\n

We have been advised by Balcas that, due to the increase in transport and raw material costs, the price of their bagged wood pellets is being increased by \u00a320 per tonne.\u00a0 The new price will therefore be \u00a3200 per tonne plus transport and VAT.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Now, for all you reading this from across the Pond, \u00a3200 is about US$311 at today’s rate.\u00a0 The increase is US$31.\u00a0 Whichever currency you’re using, it’s an increase of 10% when the rate of inflation in the UK economy is currently static at 3.1% per annum.<\/p>\n

Happy?\u00a0 No, I’m not.\u00a0 This, sadly, is a consequence of buying in a nascent market with just one dominant domestic manufacturer.\u00a0 Balcas’ main factory is in Northern Ireland, so historically there has been a significant cost in bringing its product over the Irish Sea to Scotland and England.\u00a0 However its new plant in Scotland, which also generates electricity from biomass, opened just over a year ago.\u00a0 Did we see any benefit from the reduced<\/em> transport costs that must surely have followed?<\/p>\n

Go on.\u00a0 Have a guess.<\/p>\n

It’s difficult to beat the system by buying from one of the few small-scale producers that are springing up in the UK because they all know who their competition is and how much he’s charging.\u00a0 They price themselves accordingly.\u00a0 And it’s a risk taking pellets from the one truly cheap source currently being shipped into the UK – China – because of issues over quality.\u00a0 I really don’t want to have my stove coked up and in need of expensive cleaning and repairs.<\/p>\n

I’d love to be able to wander into a garage or a garden centre and pick up a couple of bags of a new brand of pellets, just to try out, the way you can easily buy a small bag of coal, logs or peat in the UK.\u00a0 Sadly, it’s just not possible.<\/p>\n

I wonder, does anyone else have any similar experiences, and perhaps any solutions?\u00a0 Come on, hit that comment box.\u00a0 You know you want to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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