The Bushel Stop Bait and switch tactic

I had something similar happen when purchasing from the Bushel Stop. I was having a bit of a hard time locating some landscaping products that the Bushel Stop stated they carried and had in stock. I am not local to any of the locations so my drive was several hours. When I called I was quoted a price however when I arrived and had my supplies loaded the price quoted quickly jumped, considerably.

When I inquired they told me the price I was quoted was the wholesale price and not the retail price. I have no idea why I would have been quoted wholesale price (was it because of the quantity, I have no idea) if I never gave any indication that I was a wholesale customer.

Since I had driven the distance and now had two pallets worth of product loaded I was compelled to make the purchase. I will give them another chance in the future however if this happens again I will surely update here as well as refrain from ever purchasing from The Bushel Stop in the future.

They are not even close to being the only landscaping/aggregrate/media supplier in the state of Florida. Without further researtch I do wonder if The Bushel Stops are a franchise or they're all owned by the same company/individual. I state such as I have found companies who have owners that are actually on site full time to be very different from those companies whose owners are only on paper and rarely on site.

I have a sense this company is part of the latter and not the former.  JS