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The economics of Christmas trees

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comoatoupeira · 05/12/2024 20:35

Please reply with

  • area of the UK
  • height of your tree
  • how much did it cost
  • how much profit you reckon they made 😂
AIBU we are being had?
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SocksAndTheCity · 06/12/2024 00:00

SarahAndQuack · 05/12/2024 23:54

Yes, and then they die. This scheme is designed for people who think trees will live like this.

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Well aren't you a little ray of sunshine? Bless 🤣

I've had the same tree back each year for the last three years, so it appears to be coping (and it is the same one, despite the necessary haircuts its had as it grows). If people stick them in front of a radiator and don't water them then yes they likely will, but it's not as if the shop doesn't make that clear.

For anybody who's interested in the rentals: https://www.christmasonthehill.co.uk/

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SarahAndQuack · 05/12/2024 23:54

SocksAndTheCity · 05/12/2024 21:19

Live 5ft tree in a pot, (roughly) three weeks rental at £100 which includes delivery to the door and collection again in January so it can go back outside with the other trees. Bargain.

Edit: London

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Yes, and then they die. This scheme is designed for people who think trees will live like this.

SarahAndQuack · 05/12/2024 23:51

Hotflushesandchilblains · 05/12/2024 21:18

The best Christmas tree scheme I ever saw was in San Francisco - the parks department will let you hire a potted sapling (may be any kind of tree, not a conifer), which they then plant out after Christmas. The money raised goes to park projects. I thought it was a really nice way to do things.

Yes, it's just they then mostly die.

Fancytrike · 05/12/2024 23:44

6ft real tree, north of England grown locally, £30, guess £10 profit or not worth doing? I wouldn’t pay £100 for a tree - chain stores have them for £28!

48wheaties · 05/12/2024 23:27

Real Nordman fir tree, 7ft
Buckinghamshire
£29
I thought it was a fair price!

wibblywobblytummytumtum · 05/12/2024 23:25

London- 7ft £89

TimeFlysWhenYoureHavingRum · 05/12/2024 23:24

London 5 ft. Artificial tree manufactured circa 1965. Inherited from grandparents. Basically a broomstick with wire branches and green plastic bristles. Used every year of my adult life. Still going strong!

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Strawberry0909 · 05/12/2024 23:13

South west, 6ft tree, cost £50 after £10 discount for having gardening club card

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comoatoupeira · 05/12/2024 23:08

avocadotofu · 05/12/2024 21:59

We've got a real tree. It is 7 feet tall and cost £98. We're in London.

Same
i was shocked

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comoatoupeira · 05/12/2024 23:06

SocksAndTheCity · 05/12/2024 21:19

Live 5ft tree in a pot, (roughly) three weeks rental at £100 which includes delivery to the door and collection again in January so it can go back outside with the other trees. Bargain.

Edit: London

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love this!
we paid the same for a cut tree … London n1

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Johnnyfartpants · 05/12/2024 22:57

Zone 3 London 7ft delivered to room, £90

GridlockonMain · 05/12/2024 22:53

Central Scotland
9 feet, real tree
£70

Seems a reasonable price to me as the trees always last well, but interested to see the answers from others!

DelilahBucket · 05/12/2024 22:53

Real tree, 6.5ft, £35, Yorkshire. No idea of the profit, hopefully a fair one.

TheDogsMother · 05/12/2024 22:52

West Sussex, 6 ft, £60.

Hadjab · 05/12/2024 22:50

London
7ft
£89

Nogaxeh · 05/12/2024 22:27

claratheskivvy · 05/12/2024 21:40

We don't have a tree because we feel sorry for the real ones, have no room to plant a potted up one and won't buy a plastic one.

We bought a laser cut wooden tree from etsy which might be an option worth considering. It works quite well as a stand for decorations and lights, and I don't miss trying to work out when is too early to buy a tree (because it will die before New Years) and when is too late (because all the good trees seem to disappear so early). I remember when I used to walk down to the High Street to get my mother her Christmas tree on something like the 22nd, but good luck finding a tree then nowadays.

Lunde · 05/12/2024 22:26
  • not UK
  • 6-8 feet
  • 3 choices
  • basic tree £18
  • organic £22
  • Norwegian spruce £35

No idea what profit they make

If you take it to the town square on the 20th day of Christmas my local authority will take it to use at the power station and give the kids a bag of sweets

Tangled123 · 05/12/2024 22:19

I have a real tree. It’s about 6 foot and cost me nothing because my dad distributes them 😇.

Bloodylovecheese · 05/12/2024 22:17

North West
7ft £70
Profit was split between owner of field (who chopped it and bagged it) and owner of another field who only grew the type we like...they have an arrangement..but not sure on the split of profits

OrwellianTimes · 05/12/2024 22:15

M&S 7foot real look tree, £20 down from £120 8 years ago in the boxing day sales as one of the branches was missing a screw. Replacement screw cost less than £1.

Think we did alright.

BaronessBomburst · 05/12/2024 22:13

Ggmores · 05/12/2024 21:57

3m, London, £55

3m?! 😲

BaronessBomburst · 05/12/2024 22:11

In the Netherlands, where a 7-8 ft tree costs 30 euros. They grow them here and we get ours straight from the farm. I see tractors laden with trees on my way to work every day at the moment.
They'll stick Christmas trees anywhere here. Any scrappy bit of land, odd-shaped, a sloping corner of a field, they'll plant Christmas trees. Or pumpkins.
Sheep appear in random places too, as long as there's grass and you can fence it.

Seaitoverthere · 05/12/2024 22:06

Current one is a fake one from Gumtree for £15 about 5 years ago which we got instead of a real one as only had underlay down one Christmas with the carpet arriving after Christmas so didn’t want needles in the underlay.

avocadotofu · 05/12/2024 21:59

We've got a real tree. It is 7 feet tall and cost £98. We're in London.

Ggmores · 05/12/2024 21:57

3m, London, £55