Bought a Full Pallet Load at Tractor Supply and They Charged Me for The Pallet

[bdog]

I was building fence and had a mixer set up on a trailer with a generator and a water tank. I would go get two pallets (forty two 80 pound bags each) of quickcrete and we would mix it straight off the trailer and use it to set posts. Hardware store wanted to charge for pallets. I told them I did not need them and just load the 6700 lbs of concrete by hand. They waffled and gave me the pallets to avoid the work but told me to bring them back when finished which i did.

 

[stuckmotor]

I got to keep the raggedy old pallet that my shipment came on when it was delivered by tractor trailer. What was attached to the pallet? Pallet forks.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

The lumber store in town charged me $17 for the pallet when I bought a pallet of cement (42 bags). They said to keep my receipt and when I bring it back they would refund me. On my paver project I just kept exchanging the pallet (10 times) until I was finished with the driveway 3 years later. I took back the last pallet and showed them my original receipt and got my refund. They said that that was the oldest receipt for a pallet they had seen.

This has been standard business practice for at least 40 years.

 

[randy41]

i bought 26 bags of quick setting concrete at lowes (Galax VA) and they just gave me the pallet. i bought some insulation (special order) at lowes (Christiansburg VA) that was on pallets and they just loaded it into the back of the pickup.

 

[WM75Guy]

Well, keep the pallets and next time you buy something on pallets, tell them you want it stacked on your pallet.

That is my plan, to always take 2 with me. :thumbsup:

 

[Ken45101]

It's been a couple of years ago but when I bought 3 tons of pellets at TSC they double palleted them when loading on my trailer. Nothing was said. I will have to keep a close eye in the future.

 

[charlz]

Never heard of getting charged for a pallet. Lots of free ones on Craigslist and guys driving around with scary piles of them on beat-up trucks and trailers.... apparently they make a living collecting and re-selling pallets.

I buy several tons of wood pellets each year and getting rid of the pallets can be a pain. This year they were definitely 'throw away' pallets as they were constructed of 1/4 plywood. The '2x4' parts were just layers of plywood nailed and maybe glued together. As soon as you stepped on the pallet your foot would go right through the slats.

 

[hosspuller]

In this area, only GMA pallets aren't give aways. They're 40x48 inches. see link for details >> Acorn Products Inc. - types - Pallets

Other pallets are readily available free for the pick-up. Just get a few free pallets and ask the store to transfer to your pallet if they won't give you the pallet. I used "Craig's list" to dispose excess pallets for the factory I worked at. Pallets were a constant hassle.

 

[dave1949]

People scrounge pallets here for firewood, there is usually someone trying to get rid of the light-duty pallets.

It seems like some pallets are designed to be one-way throw aways. They are just strong enough to get the product to its destination without totally disintegrating.

 

[oosik]

Over the years I've bought lots of stuff - Lignetics, fertilizer, shavings etc - from Lowes, Best Buy, Kubota dealer etc and never paid a single penny for their crappy pallets. Usually the pallet is so beat to cr-p its not longer good for anything anyhow. The day some store tries to charge me for a pallet is the day I will find another dealer for that product.

To me, this sounds the same as a store putting parking meters in their loading area.