Thread: Farmlands

Im pretty happy with Farmlands. Been a member since '75. Recently got a good discount off a Ford Ranger - over and above trade or fleet discount.

I watch their specials and pick up some good deals on stuff I need (and don't need).

And Ive always wondered why they bothered with ammo given the hassle for a small turn over.

so....if you unemployed or finding current job not quite cutting the mustard you COULD go to farmlands/wrightsons/ITM and say you have FAL and would love to work for them......it might be the little bit extra that gets you the job.

We gave in our farmlands account recently, their service was turning to shit, they didn’t want to order stuff in and when they did they either ordered the wrong thing or it was faster to drive to another area yourself and pick it up, I heard great they took over CRT’s systems after they went under/bought out? They really only seemed to care about lifestyle blocks and horses, gone to another supplier now

Tend to agree with nickbop. Ammo is the least of Farmlands issues. They have gone downhill since CRT bought them out. Processes have become far more convoluted, many more middlemen clipping the ticket. May well go elsewhere .

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

so....if you unemployed or finding current job not quite cutting the mustard you COULD go to farmlands/wrightsons/ITM and say you have FAL and would love to work for them......it might be the little bit extra that gets you the job.

Except they just laid off a heap of people "to economize costs"

Originally Posted by XR500

Tend to agree with nickbop. Ammo is the least of Farmlands issues. They have gone downhill since CRT bought them out. Processes have become far more convoluted, many more middlemen clipping the ticket. May well go elsewhere .

Farmlands staff moral seems to be at an all time low too. We've been members so long we've got a 3 digit member number starting with a '2'. It's not the same co-operative structure it was when it started, and sometimes we find ourselves going across the road to PGG for better prices. I ordered 200 cyanide pellets through farmlands last week and 10,000 arrived, this is the kind of stupid stuff up that is happening all the time. I suspect Farmlands may be on the way out.

Originally Posted by 7mmwsm

I hope you are wrong about Farmlands being on the way out. Wrighties did a dirty on us back in the nineties and the only way they will ever get my business is if they are the only option.

That's a common occurrence there mate.
Our local farmlands has also taken a turn in the last few years to be fair.
Seems a bit like walking into a h&f store 10 people behind the counter and no one wants to serve ya.

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Hardly use Farmlands now. Local RD1, sorry, FarmSource prices are comparable plus they are 10 minutes away versus 35 minutes drive for Farmlands.
Noticeable for some time and given I don't use them much but each visit to Farmlands sees mostly new faces behind the counter. My FarmSource has had the same core of staff for years.

Their nice things like discounted phone bills are well gone although Spark stopped that.

One thing that has always annoyed me with my Farmlands is we have to load (overload?) our animal feed on to a trolley, checkout at the counter, take out to our vehicle, unload. FarmSource is drive thru and usually with staff assistance for loading.

Just wish FarmSource would stock Hansen fittings instead of the poxy brand they sell.

May be time to cash in my FL shares...

If its as we suspect, I doubt you would be able to cash them in just at the mo....

Originally Posted by XR500

If its as we suspect, I doubt you would be able to cash them in just at the mo....

Fark

Farmlands seems to be going the way of all the previous stock and station agents. Too many have done their dash and amalgamated with the competition.

But it hasn't made the surviving operators stronger.

Over the Hill for a shopping trip today, called in at Farmlands Motueka & Richmond. Grabbed a box of .25/06 2 boxes .357 magnum and a slab of Falcon SP40 number 3's.
Still good deals on 12 ga. lead and steel at Richmond site. Rifle ammo has been well picked over... a staff member was surprised how many locals had bowled in last week and taken advantage of the prices (forum members I'm looking at you guys...)
Both stores said the new Red Tape has made it nonviable for them to continue supplying ammunition.

Visited the big new Gun City store right next to KMart in Richmond which cheered me up immensely.

Called into Farmlands Matamata yesterday and they had 2 boxes of 308, 2 boxes of 243 and about 5 boxes of 12g. All the rest goooone

Interesting to pick up on the Nth Island perspective of 'Farmlands has gone to shyte ever since got on board with CRT.' Well I can only tell ya from the Mainland, that we reckon it soon turned to poo since CRT cobbled up with Farmlands.The trajectory has been very steep downhill from then.Bring back the good ol days.Sounds like I,m not the only shareholder irrespective of Island getting ready to tell them to jam it

From my somewhat biased observation of companies performance and my many redundancies. I am firmly convinced that once the Bean Counters, ( the Suits) get control of any business, then as they know the cost of everything but not the value of anything, it is downhill from then on.