Parts ripoff

[walterm]

I was restocking my bolt bin and needed 3/8 x 1 inch bolts and nuts. Standard grade 5 stock at local coop agro or peavey mart is 3.99 a pound but both places were out of nuts. Went to local new holland dealer as they also sell bolts and asked for a couple handfuls of nuts. Partsman hands me a bag with 200 nuts and bill for 70 dollars plus tax. I questioned him and he said its because their supplier only sells by the piece and not by the pound. Since every place in town was out of stock I had to take them. When I came home I weighed the bag of nuts and at 3.01 pounds this would have cost me 12 dollars by weight at other places.
Thanks new holland dealer.🖕🖕

Aren't seed companies selling seed per seed or at least want you to seed as seeds per acre? Why don't farmers start selling grain based on per seed in a tonne or is it bushel?

[WiltonRanch]

It’s coming. With the advent of seed singularization and canola planting it was only a matter of time. Bloody bs if you ask me. Necessity of fancy technology because of corporate greed. That’s economically sustainable. Right?

[walterm]

It’s coming. With the advent of seed singularization and canola planting it was only a matter of time. Bloody bs if you ask me. Necessity of fancy technology because of corporate greed. That’s economically sustainable. Right?

Just have to con the farmers into being more conservative. Wait a minute!!!! LOL

[dalek]

Aren't seed companies selling seed per seed or at least want you to seed as seeds per acre? Why don't farmers start selling grain based on per seed in a tonne or is it bushel?

Funny. 140,000 seeds is supposedly the standard for soybean seeds per bag but suddenly the big P found their seed size was larger this year and they could only fit 120,000 of some varieties. Price per bag looks the same though