ckf Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Trees run $25 around here. $115 seems a little high to me Quote Maybe a real 7-foot Christmas tree A Christmas tree and presents, Photo Date: 12/20/2015 / Photo: Pixabay / (MGN) NEW YORK (AP) Watch out for the 7-foot box on the doorstep. Amazon plans to sell and ship fresh, full-size Christmas trees this year. But a live tree is no paperback book. Amazon says the Christmas trees, including Douglas firs and Norfolk Island pines, will be bound and shipped without water in the usual sort of box. Amazon said they'll be sent within 10 days of being cut down, possibly even sooner, and should survive the shipping just fine. Amazon.com said the trees, wreaths and garlands will go on sale in November. Some will qualify for Prime free shipping, and Amazon will offer preorders so shoppers can choose a delivery date. The company sold trees shorter than 3 feet last year, and some other merchants sold bigger ones using its platform as a marketplace. But this is the first year Amazon is offering the larger trees itself. "Given the popularity among customers, we increased the assortment," the company said. A 7-foot Fraser fir from a North Carolina farm will cost $115, according to an Amazon holiday preview book. Also listed are a $50 wreath and a $25 red-leafed plant with a decorative candy cane speared into the soil. Will people buy a Christmas tree sight unseen? Tim O'Connor, the executive director of the National Christmas Tree Association, said picking out a tree and hauling it back home is part of the fun for families. The association estimates that only about 1 to 2 percent of the 27 million real Christmas trees purchased last year were bought online, mostly from grower's own sites. "It's so small, it's almost undetectable," O'Connor said. But Amazon has a history of shaking up shopping habits. It changed how people buy books, diapers and many other goods. It recently expanded the selection of live plants it sells, including potted succulents and orchids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted September 13, 2018 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted September 13, 2018 I got a small Amazon problem....gets worse when drinking. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Hell, the tree idea isn’t bad. I mean, they are pretty cheap around these parts being N. MN but I can remember paying $200 for a decent 7-8 foot tree in other parts. Funny, I can’t remember the last time I bought from Amazon...gotta be at least five years. Their stock is the only thing I’ve bought. WIN! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washedupmxer Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 About $60 here for a good one. Going to get it is what it's about.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmeeAgain Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 15 minutes ago, washedupmxer said: About $60 here for a good one. Going to get it is what it's about.. Without a doubt! We always get a family pic in front of the tree before we cut it down. A little over $100 isn't bad for the city area. I think the fraser fir would be the way to go from Amazon. They don't lose their needles like others. We typically pay $45-$50 around here for a fraser fir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted September 13, 2018 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted September 13, 2018 8 hours ago, ckf said: Trees run $25 around here. $115 seems a little high to me I used to sell them delivered to customers in just 3 towns. Got around $95. That was 5 yrs ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 We would always go out in the woods on the property and cut our own Charlie Brown tree. As an adult, no kids, no tree. Girlfriend hates it, she's all festive and shit. Bah humbug! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted September 13, 2018 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted September 13, 2018 (edited) YRs ago I lived in California with a girlfriend. WE were young and poor. She wanted a tree. I said we would take a ride to the mountains and I would just cut one down. She got sick of hearing that and went out to the condo parking lot and cut one down. Brounght it in , set it up , decorated it, Stood back to admire her work and the dog walked over to it and pissed on it. I pissed my pants laughing. Edited September 13, 2018 by steve from amherst 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ActionfigureJoe Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 I’ve got my eye on a tree in the neighbor’s back yard. It will be free. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snatchslayer Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 We've got nice evergreens here . Woman wants to take one from the yard ,I told her to stfu and just put lights on it. We still rock the fake plastic ones lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 2 minutes ago, xcr700 said: We've got nice evergreens here . Woman wants to take one from the yard ,I told her to stfu and just put lights on it. We still rock the fake plastic ones lol Run an extension cord and, she can decorate one in the woods! Win win! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snatchslayer Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 3 minutes ago, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot said: Run an extension cord and, she can decorate one in the woods! Win win! Dont give her any ideas .....cause lll be the one doing all the work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGNHL Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Got enough fir on my property to have a tree per year til I'm dead, a lifetime of looking forward to sweeping up needles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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