Sherrill buys Honey Brothers and Treekit in the UK

[High Scale]

World domination continues for the VSG group.

 

[treebogan]

Ffs.

 

[lxskllr]

Were they good companies? I recognize the Honey Bros name.

 

[High Scale]

Yes very good.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

There went the neighborhood

 

[lxskllr]

I was gonna order something from Honey Bros once. That was the only place that had the item I was interested in. I can't remember what "item" was now. I guess I didn't need it that badly.

 

[pete mctree]

Not impressed

 

[Bodean]

Par for thé course.

 

[friedrich]

thats too bad, used to order alot from them before the brexit.. they werent exactly a small company but still sad to see the big shark eating all the fish.

 

[pigwot]

Not good ☹

 

[flushcut]

Were the two companies publicly traded on the stock exchange?
They probably got an offer they couldn’t refuse if they weren’t.
Not that I support VSG or it’s subsidiaries. Maybe the saying “ the quickest way to go broke in business is to expand” is true.

 

[stig]

Tobe Sherrill is truly the John D. Rockefeller l of treegear.

 

[gf beranek]

Wes Spur and Baily's are still independent.

For how long?

 

[Tommy_B]

Be interested to see how this one plays out. The personal touch is what makes a lot of these companies so successful.

 

[High Scale]

Were the two companies publicly traded on the stock exchange?
They probably got an offer they couldn’t refuse if they weren’t.
Not that I support VSG or it’s subsidiaries. Maybe the saying “ the quickest way to go broke in business is to expand” is true.

Offer they couldn't refuse I reckon.

It came as a total surprise to all, industry people included, We'll have to wait and see what their huge buying power results in.

 

[flushcut]

Longer wait times for merchandise, diminished quality, Notch products, and lack of customer service will be the result.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Eventually, Rajan, that shat will correct and or bite them in the azz. In the meantime, I'll keep sending my dollars to WesSpur, Baileys, Madsens...

 

[lumberjack]

I ordered some Green Teeth from Treestuff on 10/7.
On 10/11 I got notification that something had shipped, arriving 10/13. I schedule work for the 14th.
10/13 rolls around and I find they shipped a 6"x6"x6" package with just the free chaff they include with every order. They shipped the teeth separately on 10/13, arriving 10/17. Had to reschedule the work.

Amazing they would ship the free trash separately. It was a buff and a coupon for 7% off. Gotta figure it cost them at least $10 to do that.

 

[Treeaddict]

Is Bartlett Supply a taboo company?

 

[lxskllr]

Bartlett seems decent. I kinda stick with what I know, which is more wesspur than anything. Treestuff's gotten less cool as time's gone on. Arbsession has some interesting cordage that isn't common over here. I got some tendon prusik cord that's been pretty good. Dunno if it's better than the standards, but it's good cord. I go to baileys for ground oriented stuff. I've heard grousing about them after they were sold, but they've always been alright to me. The "old" baileys predates my involvement, so I have no frame of reference.

 

[Treeaddict]

Bartlett has been my go to. I love them for service and pricing. The only 2 orders from Treestuff have resulted in very long ship times for in stock stuff. But hey, at least I got a cool sticker! Made the extra long delay worth it

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Barlett has been fine for me. In fact, I think that's where I order my 20oz choice of color
Throw weights (pink).

 

[Treeaddict]

Pink is certainly high viz!

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Indeed. And only 20oz bags I can find.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

But they have different colors.