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Cheap grain

Post by IPA » Sun Jul 16, 2023 8:36 am

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Re: Cheap grain

Post by MashBag » Sun Jul 16, 2023 8:57 am

Genuine question, is £43 per sack delivered good then?

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Re: Cheap grain

Post by guypettigrew » Sun Jul 16, 2023 9:52 am

MashBag wrote:
Sun Jul 16, 2023 8:57 am
Genuine question, is £43 per sack delivered good then?
Odd! I've just checked and it's £28.70 for 25kg, plus £6.75 delivered by DPD. Total of £35.45, not £43.

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Re: Cheap grain

Post by MashBag » Mon Jul 17, 2023 6:58 am

Ooer, how strange.

The carriage seems to make the difference. My last one was £26 collected.

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Re: Cheap grain

Post by IPA » Mon Jul 17, 2023 8:03 am

I would not have posted that link if I had thought it was not true. Everybody has to pay transport cost in one way or another.
Be it fuel in your car plus the time involved. Most people never count the cost of their time!!!
Or by paying a courier to bring it to your door. Less than £7 to transport 25 kilos from Northern Ireland to your home in the UK is an absolute bargain.
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Re: Cheap grain

Post by vacant » Mon Jul 17, 2023 9:17 am

MashBag wrote:
Sun Jul 16, 2023 8:57 am
Genuine question, is £43 per sack delivered good then?
Although I got used to paying a lot less than that over the years, when I started AG BIAB in 2008 I bought equipment from Hop and Grape and I got ingredients for three brews as well - MO was £1.60/Kg equivalent to £40 for a sack.

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Re: Cheap grain

Post by chastuck » Tue Jul 18, 2023 6:28 pm

Well, I bought a 25kg bag of MO from Geterbrewed. At £37 with delivery I thought it was a great offer.

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