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enormous outdoor Christmas tree

GinaV24 — Tue, 14 May 2024 13:46:56 GMT

saw this item on Q's website. H475772 - frasier hill farm tree (actually lights on a pole with topper) I tried to pull the photo but no luck. I thought this would be fun to have for the yard - until I saw the price which is $1600 I believe.

I found it somewhere else and it was still $1100

Not judging because as I said, I certainly looked at it and found it interesting but a) I don't need more holiday decor and b) that's really pricey.

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Meowingkitty — Tue, 14 May 2024 13:52:05 GMT

Wow. Pretty tree but I was expecting something more fabulous for $1600. It's just a pole in the shape of a tree with lights.

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kaydee50 — Tue, 14 May 2024 14:02:30 GMT

I was curious. And it doesn't even include something to secure it to the ground?!! I would think you could make your own with a pole and some strings of lights for a lot less.

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JYWilliams — Tue, 14 May 2024 14:27:51 GMT

That is way over priced in my opinion. I see nothing at all spectacular about it for that price.

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Venezia — Tue, 14 May 2024 14:48:50 GMT

And only a 1-year warranty? For that price? Pass.

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haddon9 — Tue, 14 May 2024 15:17:05 GMT

@kaydee50 wrote:
I was curious. And it doesn't even include something to secure it to the ground?!! I would think you could make your own with a pole and some strings of lights for a lot less.

I would think so too! Ridiculous price!!!

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lynnie61 — Tue, 14 May 2024 16:10:21 GMT

I would try to make something like this. Probably under $50. I have so many lights and would need a steel Pole and a wreath frame probably. $1628 almost sounds like a typo. Geez. It’s crazy. Who on earth would buy this?

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GinaV24 — Tue, 14 May 2024 16:24:24 GMT

@Meowingkitty yes I thought the same thing. Don't know if that price is because of the starburst thing on the top.

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GinaV24 — Tue, 14 May 2024 16:26:39 GMT

Yep @kaydee50 I have lots of string lights. I am thinking of what I have at home that I can duplicate this for WAY less $$$. The solar powered lamp post I have isn't 9 feet tall but I think it would work as the main pole.

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GinaV24 — Tue, 14 May 2024 16:27:49 GMT

Good idea about the wreath frame -- I think I have something I bought from a garden store that would work too.

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Desertdi — Tue, 14 May 2024 17:37:58 GMT

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Venezia — Tue, 14 May 2024 21:36:02 GMT

"Made to last year after year". So why only a 1-year warranty?

Even Balsam Hill warranties its products for longer than that.

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gardenman — Sat, 18 May 2024 11:26:47 GMT

I've made one in the past using a half-barrel filled with soil as the base and nylon twine as the legs of the tree. I think mine had eight twines coming down and they came out with a wider spread. I just staked the twines to the ground using wooden stakes and zip-tied the lights to the twine here and there. It ate a lot of lights but looked neat. I used some 1/2" PVC pipe with a piece of rebar through the middle as the post. Then drilled holes in the top for the twine to go through. Total cost was well under a hundred dollars, lights included. (I already had the barrel and soil.) I reused it for multiple years. If that's the look you want, you can do it yourself for a lot less.