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Post by DRB » Sat Dec 16, 2006 5:20 pm

I did the same as you Tim, went to local micro picked up a 25kg bag only to find out it was whole,but for £10 per 25kg sack im not going to moan to much.Anyway I put an order in for that grain mill at pvrdirect as Andy said £8.73 deliverd,went through ok so i'll be waiting for it to arrive.

Calum

Post by Calum » Sat Dec 16, 2006 6:50 pm

I will be keeping a close eye on this thread. If these mills are up for the job then it would be a be fantastic. It has always confused me why it was impossible to buy one cheaper.

The last 25kg bag of pale malt I bought was found by the local mice :cry:

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Post by johnmac » Sun Dec 17, 2006 5:21 pm

I've ordered a 93p mill, just for the hell of it.

moorsd

Post by moorsd » Sun Dec 17, 2006 5:24 pm

Great minds think alike...I've literally just done the same thing!! :D

Lets hope they honour the price!

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Post by bitter_dave » Sun Dec 17, 2006 5:41 pm

Me too :lol:

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Post by Orfy » Sun Dec 17, 2006 5:43 pm

I hope they have lots left.

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Post by bitter_dave » Sun Dec 17, 2006 5:44 pm

Orfy wrote:I hope they have lots left.
:lol:

I can see they are going to be a best selling item :lol:

Orfy

Post by Orfy » Sun Dec 17, 2006 5:48 pm

They say next day despatch but it's a 5 to 10 day lead time so I guess they have to order from them from a suppliers.

I hope despatch and buying are different departments. That way they may not spot the mistake.

I do not hold up much hope.

Boo Boo

Post by Boo Boo » Sun Dec 17, 2006 5:49 pm

They are adjustable if you place washers between the plates held together by the two adjustable bolts. Let me see if you can see my setup.
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You can see the washer just to the left of the porkert and you can see where I cut out the sheet metal to allow for the washer so my grain exit will fall into my bucket instead of everywhere else.

Sorry for the picture size.

moorsd

Post by moorsd » Sun Dec 17, 2006 5:51 pm

Been looking at mills that look pretty much the same elsewhere and they all say they are adjustable...so looks very promising!

Bet the people at PVR will think that there has been a boom in people wanting to make their own bread and other heathly stuff....but little do they know it 's just a load of us home brewers wanting a bargain!! :D

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Post by bitter_dave » Sun Dec 17, 2006 5:55 pm

Orfy wrote:They say next day despatch but it's a 5 to 10 day lead time so I guess they have to order from them from a suppliers.

I hope despatch and buying are different departments. That way they may not spot the mistake.

I do not hold up much hope.
I don't think this is going to go through either, but it's worth a try :wink: We haven't given authority for them to debit our cards for more than the £9ish total so they can't put the order through for the real amount :wink:

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Post by moorsd » Sun Dec 17, 2006 6:03 pm

bitter_dave wrote:
Orfy wrote:They say next day despatch but it's a 5 to 10 day lead time so I guess they have to order from them from a suppliers.

I hope despatch and buying are different departments. That way they may not spot the mistake.

I do not hold up much hope.
I don't think this is going to go through either, but it's worth a try :wink: We haven't given authority for them to debit our cards for more than the £9ish total so they can't put the order through for the real amount :wink:

Even at the original price it's still pretty good value! Everywhere else seem to sell them for £35-50!! I've seen HB shops trying to sell them for more than that!!

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Post by bitter_dave » Sun Dec 17, 2006 6:16 pm

Even at the original price it's still pretty good value! Everywhere else seem to sell them for £35-50!! I've seen HB shops trying to sell them for more than that!!

They work out at about £26 when you factor in postage and vat which I guess is pretty good. I had no intention of buying a mill in the first place though, so I'll have to decide whether to go through with the order if they want the full amount.

On the plus side I'm thinking uncrushed malt will be easier to store and will perhaps open up more possibilities for buying from micros for cheap like DRB 8)

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Post by Andy » Sun Dec 17, 2006 6:21 pm

I'd imagine you'll all get an Email early this coming week!

I didn't bother ordering as I'm too lazy to crush grain and would rather splash a bit more cash to get someone to crush it for me :lol:
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Post by bitter_dave » Sun Dec 17, 2006 6:23 pm

Andy wrote: I didn't bother ordering as I'm too lazy to crush grain and would rather splash a bit more cash to get someone to crush it for me :lol:
If I could buy ready crushed malt dead cheap from a microbrewery down the road like yourself, I don't think I'd be ordering a mill either :wink:

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