Seems like a good deal on firewood....

This doesn't exactly fill me with confidence. I requested a cancellation of my order with a full refund just now.

https://www.courts.ie/view/Judgments/37c32a09-1bf8-4dc2-a6fd-b217f0ff01eb/8ee89a98-c47f-427d-804f-38328b01c18f/2025_IEHC_261.pdf/pdf

Quick AI summary:

Implications:

• Past Debt to an Insolvent Company: Rathwood had a significant outstanding debt to Mercer Agencies Limited when Mercer Agencies went into administration in November 2024.
  
  
• Potential Legal Proceedings: The administrators of Mercer Agencies were considering legal proceedings to recover this debt, indicating that a repayment plan had not been definitively secured at the time of that judgment.
  
  
• Impact on Rathwood's Financial Position: A debt of nearly £1.5 million is substantial for any company. While Rathwood's overall financial health (as reported in their 2023 accounts with €22.9M turnover and €5.8M net assets) might suggest they could absorb such a debt, the fact that legal action was being considered by the administrators of Mercer Agencies indicates it was a contentious issue or a significant liability for Rathwood at that time.
  
  
• Timing: The Mercer Agencies administration was in November 2024. Rathwood's latest accounts filed are for December 2023. This means the debt to Mercer Agencies would likely be reflected in their next set of accounts (due by September 2025, for the year ending December 2024) if it hadn't been fully resolved by then.

AND

The document states that "At the time of administration Rath-Wood owed the Company £1,499,399.17." It also mentions that the administrators of Mercer Agencies "felt it may become necessary to bring proceedings for recovery of the debt" because efforts to secure a repayment plan had been made.

This indicates that, at the time the document was written (related to the administration in November 2024 and the judgment delivered in May 2025), Rathwood had not fully paid the debt to Mercer Agencies, and there was an ongoing effort by Mercer's administrators to recover the money, potentially through legal action. It doesn't definitively state that Rathwood refused to pay, but rather that the debt was outstanding and its recovery was a concern for the administrators.

You can get a chargeback on debit card too

hard luck to the people waiting on rathwood.

I took delivery of 2m of oak from monaghans today.

Some fine big sized firewood 🪵.

They are excellent

sorry folks, meant to correct, i got oak from Kenny fuels. it was monaghans in 2023. both excellent quality

Should be all be looking for refunds from rathwood ? I've 3 orders for September in.

Or get it free via your local library, with permission of a mod I can post images of their accounts (I won’t until allowed, though they are public documents)

they give you vision net for free online, if you have a library card

when did you order?

You’ll be lucky to see it in Sept

I got my refund in about 18 days and will assume it was involvement by Revolute and possibly the CCPC that helped me. Be aware the CCPC do not act on individual complaints and Revolute can take up to 90 days to refund you. I found it very disappointing that we have no real protection when EU Law is broken and Rathwoods own T&Cs of refunds made within 14 days does not happen. Revolute at least did get back to me and escalated my issue but I never got any correspondence from the CCPC. I have another two orders that will most likely have to ask for refunds, and I'm not looking forward to that.

I checked the portal today to find, as expected, my delivery date for my order placed on 01/01/2025 is now due into stock on 18/09/2025 and not 18/08/2025. I will cancel this order and another one I have. I think it is unwise for anyone to order from Rathwood until it returns to having actual goods in stock. No advanced orders or Wait and Save.