Have you ordered wood from these guys?

[Barefoot1]

Has anyone here ordered wood from Mystic Hardwoods in NJ?

[Mike Crosa]

I haven't but Steve Good from the scroll saw blog has. He also advertises them. So I imagine they can't be bad as Steve would be cutting his nose off if they were. If I remember right he makes a comment about them on the blog.

[cseymour]

Hi Thomas,
I ordered the web special of the Walnut and Cherry shorts. I didn't have any project in mind but I just wanted to build up my wood inventory. For $45 I got a big box of Cherry and Walnut. Nice quality -- I am very pleased with both the wood and the service I received.

I would recommend them.

Hope that helps.

Chris

[lucky788scroller]

I havent ordered from them, but if Stevie has had any problems, he wouldnt advertise for them.. If you are looking for walnut and cherry, Peterson's Custom Lumber has a special on some wide thin cherry and walnut.Dale

[Barefoot1]

No, nothing in particular, someone was handing out their catalog at the scroll saw club the other night and I was looking at some of their offerings but before I would even considered giving them a shot I wanted to check here. Thanks.

[cseymour]

Hi All,
Just went to the Mystic Hardwoods site and it looks like Desa, the owner, is closing it down.

Hope this isn't the case, as I was going to place another order.

If anyone can confirm or hopefully refute this, please keep this thread updated.

Cheers.
Chris

[sgood]

Hi Barefoot1, i don't have many details but Mystic Hardwoods has closed down their online site. I did try to give them a helping hand by advertising them on my blog. I did not take money for the ads because I knew they were just getting started and i wanted to help them out. I knew there was some risk it might not work out but I thought it was worth the chance. Looking back I'm afraid it was a mistake.

[Mike Crosa]

What a shame. I hate to see any small business close. I know what it takes to open a business and run it and when they go a lot of dreams go with them.

[robert schuler]

Hello everyone. Im a dirt farmer by trade but build musical instruments for sale in my spare time. I ordered wood from Mystic a month ago and got half my order. The other day I get a call from a company on the west coast telling me someone used my credit card fraudulently. They said the order originated from Oceanport NJ. They also asked if I knew someone named Desa Smith. I don't know exactly whats going on at this time. I filed a police report yesterday and now I see the company has closed down. If you ordered from Mystic please check your cc statements. I really liked this company and the folks who worked there, I hate to see it close... Bob.

[Barefoot1]

I sent an email to them and got a return mailer daemon notice, so the web address is not valid any longer either. I called their phone number and got VM for 'Billy'. Bummer, their catalog looked promising but i guess I will recycle it now.