who still sells firelighters?

quickshot89 · 4 Nov 2011 at 13:28

who at this time of year sells firelighters still? need some for the weekend (away camping)

Reality Bites · 4 Nov 2011 at 13:29

any supermarket?

ci_newman · 4 Nov 2011 at 13:36

Or camping shops?

h00fzilla · 4 Nov 2011 at 13:38

Petrol station? Wilko's?

lee32uk · 4 Nov 2011 at 13:39

Asda sell them

godinman · 4 Nov 2011 at 13:40

Handy tip, if a shop sells tinned soup, it will also sell firelighters.

Cosimo · 4 Nov 2011 at 13:40

Robert Dyas, blimey they are not that rare.

lee32uk · 4 Nov 2011 at 13:40

Here you go

http://www.zipfires.com/uk/stockists/

quickshot89 · 4 Nov 2011 at 13:51

i know it was a stupid question, but the poundshop didnt sell them, so i thought it was best to ask

thanks for the replies, will check tesco on way home

Abraham · 4 Nov 2011 at 13:51

quickshot89 said:
i know it was a stupid question, but the poundshop didnt sell them, so i thought it was best to ask

thanks for the replies, will check tesco on way home

because they usually cost more than a pound :confused:

the poundshop don't sell lots of other things, it doesn't mean they're hard to find.

quickshot89 · 4 Nov 2011 at 13:53

Abraham said:
because they usually cost more than a pound the poundshop don't sell lots of other things, it doesn't mean they're hard to find.

well the guy in the poundshop said it was becuase they were more a garden/summer thing, so they wouldnt stock them in november, but anyways, hopefully tesco will have some

utajoker · 4 Nov 2011 at 13:55

Abraham said:
because they usually cost more than a pound the poundshop don't sell lots of other things, it doesn't mean they're hard to find.

Lol

Think they are around the section of kitchen foul and cling film in supermarkets. Along with matches and lighters etc.

Jez · 4 Nov 2011 at 14:01

quickshot89 said:
well the guy in the poundshop said it was becuase they were more a garden/summer thing, so they wouldnt stock them in november, but anyways, hopefully tesco will have some

Do you really think a guy who works in the pound shop is likely to have a clue? Obviously he didnt as they are absolutely not a summer/garden thing, they are used very heavily through winter as thats the time of year when it is cold, and when it is cold people light fires

TommyV · 4 Nov 2011 at 14:11

google has information that exceeds anyone here

godinman · 4 Nov 2011 at 14:12

Maybe the poundshop guy was thinking more of BBQ lighters, which are a summer thing.

Dunks · 4 Nov 2011 at 15:04

Tesco /always/ has firelighters. It's not a summer/BBQ thing.

platypus · 4 Nov 2011 at 15:14

Supermarkets.

What really irritates me is that B&Q don't. I often nip over to B&Q to get some coal for our stove, and they also sell wood, kindling, and various other fuels for home stoves/fires. Yet they don't sell firelighters. I once asked "Steve" why it was that since B&Q sell several home fire fuels they don't sell firelighters, his answer was that I should pop over the road to Tesco.

MrMoonX · 4 Nov 2011 at 15:44

i get these ones that are waxed strips of wood wound up in a tight bundle, they are all natural and are the best fire lighters ever

Jedeye · 4 Nov 2011 at 15:48

Since when is making a fire a Summer thing?

Isn't it Guy Fawkes Night tomorrow in the UK? Fires will be lit nation-wide!

That Poundshop guy sure is missing out on a lot of business..