Miners Choice Coal Awful
- ASea
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Went to Tractor Supply to pick up a few bags of Kimmels Nut. They no longer carry it, they have "Miners Choice". It was awful more of a Pea size than Nut. Half of the bag was fines, really awful stuff, avoid it if you can.
- Rich W.
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My post from another thread...
My nearby TS changed from Kimmels to MC, so I asked them to order the Kimmels for me. They said it was the same sku as the MC, so the order would likely be filled with MC. I emailed TS HQ and showed a screenshot of their website, which showed Kimmels (but really MC) in stock. I explained that they were not equivalent and should not share the same sku. They did respond, and I think they understood the issue, especially that I took the drive only to find that I was mislead by their "availability" information on the website. I don't expect anything to change for this heating season, but maybe next year we will have a choice.
My nearby TS changed from Kimmels to MC, so I asked them to order the Kimmels for me. They said it was the same sku as the MC, so the order would likely be filled with MC. I emailed TS HQ and showed a screenshot of their website, which showed Kimmels (but really MC) in stock. I explained that they were not equivalent and should not share the same sku. They did respond, and I think they understood the issue, especially that I took the drive only to find that I was mislead by their "availability" information on the website. I don't expect anything to change for this heating season, but maybe next year we will have a choice.
- Uglysquirrel
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Thanks.ASea wrote:Went to Tractor Supply to pick up a few bags of Kimmels Nut. They no longer carry it, they have "Miners Choice". It was awful more of a Pea size than Nut. Half of the bag was fines, really awful stuff, avoid it if you can.
- SawDustJack
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I had the same problem. I only bought a few bags to try it. They did have pallets of Kimmels rice on site though. This was at the Wareham Store. People there were not helpful at all.
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