Beware of people selling wood here!!

[lemans]

So last month one of our members posted that he has been using lilac wood to smoke
on. And he has for sale. So I sent him a check for $20 and this is what I got..
Boy do I feel stupid

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• lemans
• Jun 10, 2015

 

[padronman]

WOW......looks more like .25 cents worth.  Sorry that happened

Scott

 

[gary s]

Bummer, I think you should tell him you got the samples, when is you order coming

Gary

 

[vwaldoguy]

Bet it smells good though.

 

[daveomak]

That sucks..... Have you asked for at least a partial refund... He did have to pay postage but he could have at least stuffed the box full... don't cost any more to send a full box......

 

[ajbert]

That does suck but...

did the individual ever say exactly say how much wood you'd get for your $20?  There are way too many scams out there, yet the old saying, "Caveat emptor" is as true today as it was when it was first used. 

I don't blame you for being upset, I know I would.  But you need to look back at the transaction and decide if you let yourself be ripped off or not.

 

[gary s]

You might want to use it sparingly @ $5.00 a stick,    By the way you ever tried willow ?  I'll send you 10 pieces for 20 bucks

Gary

 

[bluewhisper]

At that rate, I have a few thousand dollars' worth of lilac that I'm tired of mowing around. Can an armoured car tow a chipper?

 

[lemans]

You know I thought we all shared a common bond on this forum and when one member does this kind of deception to a brother member it just hurts us all. The hell with the money. I'm here to share the fun of smoking
Not to make a profit!!?

 

[bluewhisper]

Not so fast, my lilac is estate-grown and thus locally-sourced!

 

[crazymoon]

Name names so no one else gets burnt !

 

[Bearcarver]

So last month one of our members posted that he has been using lilac wood to smoke
on. And he has for sale. So I sent him a check for $20 and this is what I got..
Boy do I feel stupid

Was this from a guy who only made one post on this forum, and that one post said to contact him???

If it was, I wouldn't compare him in any way to having a common bond with the smokers on this forum.

Wonder how many others got caught.

Bear

 

[atomicsmoke]

Bummer, I think you should tell him you got the samples, when is you order coming

Gary

Lol.

 

[Bearcarver]

I'm just guessing but this guy only made one post back on May 8th:

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• Mark Francisco
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I have lilac wood that is seasoned fed for a year for  smoking.  It is used for lamb, seafood, crawfish, fish, it will make pork taste sweet and I don't suggest using it wit beef. 

Get a hold of me and I'll ship it to you fedex. 

Mark 

 

[cats49er]

He stated Fed-X ,looks like post office box to me.  I beleive I'd drive nails in the wood , roll them in a fresh cow paddy and ship it all back to him with a little note telling him where to put it.

 

[gary s]

There are always going to be people like him.  But what goes around comes around.

Gary

 

[ak1]

So last month one of our members posted that he has been using lilac wood to smoke
on. And he has for sale. So I sent him a check for $20 and this is what I got..
Boy do I feel stupid

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• lemans
• Jun 10, 2015

So, let me ask. What exactly were you expecting? What exactly did the seller promise to deliver?

 

[lemans]

This is the sellers words
Joe, I don't know but you will get quite a box of cut branches, you'll have to chip them for the smoker.
I thought I would get like 10lbs of wood

 

[joe black]

This sort of thing is really tragic on a forum like this. I guess theres no way to stop it, but it would be nice. I may be naive, but I would trust the folks here. Everyone seems to be on the right track and the same track. I can't change my mind about you folks because of one jerk. Joe

 

[pineywoods]

With shipping costs from the Post Office the member wasn't getting rich by any means but they could have packed more into that box with a little more effort and shipping would have been the same price.

I have shipped some wood to a few people but I go ahead and cut it into chunks that way I can pack the most into the flat rate boxes.